Ange Postecoglou, not for the archetypal clip this season, was alternatively baffled.
He had conscionable been asked to measure Tottenham's play pursuing the 4-1 decision by Brighton - the side's 22nd nonaccomplishment successful the Premier League this season.
The Australian bristled astatine the question, seemingly confused arsenic to however the play could beryllium seen arsenic thing but a blistering occurrence fixed helium had guided the nine to their archetypal trophy since 2008 conscionable 5 days earlier.
"How bash I measure it?! Outstanding!" said Postecoglou.
"We won a trophy, which we haven't done for 17 years, and we're successful the Champions League.
"Ask anyone astatine this shot nine astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth if they'd instrumentality that and I'm beauteous definite determination wouldn't beryllium a idiosyncratic successful the location that wouldn't."
Having fulfilled his remit of qualifying for the Champions League and winning a trophy, the Australian bemoaned the information that his aboriginal was inactive up for debate.
"I volition beryllium honest, I person been uncovering it truly weird talking astir my aboriginal erstwhile we person done thing unprecedented," helium said.
"I person had to reply the questions due to the fact that no-one other astatine the nine is successful the presumption to bash so, I guess."
There is lone 1 idiosyncratic who tin reply the questions astir his aboriginal - Spurs president Daniel Levy.
Sunday's nonaccomplishment against Brighton saw Spurs gaffe to a 17th spot finish, their worst ever successful Premier League history.
The 38 points they accumulated is six points abbreviated of their erstwhile worst points tally of 44, which they deed successful the 1997-98 season.
In fact, Spurs mislaid doubly arsenic galore games (22) arsenic they won this play (11), and finished with a extremity quality of -1.
Postecoglou volition reason his broadside was blighted by wounded problems implicit the wintertime months and that the absorption shifted to the Europa League erstwhile it became wide that relegation was nary longer a threat.
But it is hard to get distant from conscionable however atrocious Tottenham's home run has been.
They person won conscionable 3 league games successful 2025 - against Brentford, Ipswich and Southampton.
Spurs finished the league play connected a seven-game winless run, with their past triumph coming against Southampton connected 6 April.
Levy indispensable present determine whether occurrence successful Europe was a existent practice of Spurs' prime nether Postecoglou, oregon whether results successful the Premier League are a amended denotation of the side's calibre.
When Postecoglou said that successful "all the champion TV series, play 3 is amended than play two" astatine Spurs' trophy parade connected Friday, it was seen arsenic an denotation that helium had been told helium was staying astatine the club.
But, arsenic helium remarked during his pre-match media league earlier the sojourn of Brighton: "Sometimes they termination disconnected the main character."
After the decision by Brighton, Postecoglou said helium had not spoken to president Levy astir his future.
"You're asking the incorrect person," said Postecoglou.
"Everyone successful the media is intelligent capable to cognize I'm not the idiosyncratic to cognize to inquire those questions.
"I'll person a interruption and past hopefully we'll beryllium backmost archetypal time adjacent play to commencement things."
The question for Levy present is whether helium volition sack a manager who ended Spurs' trophy drought.
Wednesday's Europa League last triumph against Manchester United earned Postecoglou the benignant of recognition with supporters that seemed intolerable lone a fewer weeks ago.
Sacking him present would upset galore fans, though determination are immoderate who consciousness it is the cleanable infinitesimal to accidental goodbye.
That is the conundrum that Levy indispensable see and, arsenic United discovered erstwhile they sacked FA Cup-winning manager Erik 10 Hag past year, squaring that ellipse is ne'er easy.
Former England striker Alan Shearer told BBC Match of the Day: "You person to accidental it has been an outstanding season. He said they would triumph a trophy and they person done.
"This play is astir winning the cup. It doesn't dependable similar helium volition beryllium present adjacent play though does it? Doesn't that sum shot up? If helium wins a trophy for the archetypal clip successful 17 years and it's not bully enough."
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