Mark Bosnich reckons Ange Postecoglou is under serious pressure heading to face Rangers – and paying the price for not listening to his advice a decade ago.

The former Celtic boss heads back to Glasgow with Tottenham having lost his last two matches and not won in four. Sunday’s 4-3 collapse at home to Chelsea – where they led 2-0 after 11 minutes – has focused the spotlight on the Aussie’s gung-ho approach. And former Australia keeper Bosnich – who worked as an A-League pundit when Postecoglou was managing Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in his homeland – says he warned the 59-year-old a decade ago he’d pay the price for not having a Plan B.

Spurs have slipped to 11th spot in the Premier League with just six wins from 15 matches and just one win in their last seven games ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash with Rangers. And Bosnich told Sky Sports: “I’ve always had this debate with him, going back 10-12 years when he first began over here and I worked on television.

“I totally understood his points that a manager or coach shouldn’t change his philosophy. But I said to him all those years ago there will be a time you’re managing in the Premier League and will be playing three games and week and won’t have all your players because of injury and suspensions and you will need to tweak it.

“His stock reply was ‘my Plan B is to do Plan A better’. I think he is finding out right now that when you get to the very top level you need to have the ability to tweak things just a bit when things aren’t going well.

Ange Postecoglou and Mark Bosnich in 2015 (Image: Getty Images)

“What is getting on a lot of Tottenham supporters’ nerves is the inconsistency and also it’s kind of like a replay of what’s happened before when they’ve got themselves into a certain situation and things have happened again.

“They have a massive week. They have Rangers away and Southampton away and then obviously they have the League Cup quarter final. He is under pressure there’s no doubt about that. It comes down to the fact those results are not good enough for a team of Tottenham’s calibre.

“It’s time for him to have a heart to heart with the players and really understand there are some things some players can do and some things some players can’t do. There’s no problem with that, you just have to cut your cloth accordingly.”

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