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Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge
I'll reveal the first of the managers from our earlier quiz question...
The answer is...Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest.
Postecoglou lasted 39 days at the club earlier this season.
Well done to Ben, Dell Price, Andy Evans, Olivia, Jamie and Paul for getting this one.
Three more to get.
Former Liverpool defender Danny Murphy believes Tottenham's mentality was one of their most worrying traits on display during Igor Tudor's final game in charge.
Spurs matched Nottingham Forest for the majority of the first half but fell apart once the visitors got their noses in front.
Having a man in the dugout that can restore a bit of confidence and belief to the side, therefore, could be the biggest key to their survival bid.
You can watch the full breakdown from last weekend's Match of the Day below.
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
Igor Tudor was a left-field gamble that went wrong from the start.
His unique selling point, in an appointment that smacked of panic from Tottenham's hierarchy, was that he had a chequered coaching career but a record of having the sort of instant impact the club required.
This never materialised. He became the first man in charge of Spurs to lose his first four matches, starting with that heavy 4-1 home defeat by Arsenal.
Tudor's brusque, plain speaking style got no more out of the Spurs squad than Thomas Frank's more empathetic approach. It never made any connection with the Spurs players, while a welter of tactical shifts hinted that he was struggling to work out how to get the best out of the shambles he had inherited.
The low point came in the Champions League last 16 first leg at Atletico Madrid where he gambled on selecting Antonin Kinsky in goal ahead of first-choice Guglielmo Vicario, only to remove the young Czech after just 17 minutes following two catastrophic errors that left Spurs 3-0 down in an eventual 5-2 defeat.
Tudor was also criticised for the manner in which he ignored Kinsky when he went off, comfort being left to his colleagues on the pitch, as well as Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke, who followed him down the tunnel to console him.
Improvement could be detected in the deserved draw at Liverpool before an honourable win in the Champions League exit to Atletico – but normal dismal service was resumed in last Sunday's highly-damaging 3-0 home defeat by fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest.
In Tudor's defence, he took over a shell-shocked and struggling squad decimated by injuries and stripped of confidence. There is no guarantee anyone else would have done markedly better.
In this emergency situation, Spurs had to act, but the whole episode reflects more badly on those at the top of the club than it does on Tudor.
Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge
Surely Nathan Jones’ tenure at Southampton was less than 50 days?
Chris, Farnborough
Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace
Jake, Kent
Steve Coppell is one surely?
Tony, Manchester
Good guesses but incorrect I'm afraid.
Nathan Jones - 95 days
Frank de Boer - 77 days
Steve Coppell's tenure at Manchester City lasted just 33 days but they were in the Championship at the time. We're after Premier League bosses.
Pat Nevin
Former Everton and Chelsea winger
Image source, Getty ImagesThe real drama this weekend was in north west London as Manchester City won the Carabao Cup final to quash any hopes of an Arsenal quadruple.
From Wembley to Tottenham might only be about 12 miles, but right now it might as well be 12 light years away for Spurs.
The lack of fight needed to stay in the Premier League was all too apparent in the 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest.
It has been a long time since a true giant of the English game has been relegated, but even the most die-hard Lilywhite knows this is a possibility edging towards a probability right now.
None of Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea nor Arsenal have gone down this century, but Spurs are perilously close and dropping at a sickening rate.
Their penultimate game is at Chelsea and there is the frightening prospect that their bitter rivals could drive in the last nail in their coffin.
If that happens, it would be the most horrendous relegation in living memory.
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No surprise - the surprise was being appointed in the first place.
Nigel, Wirral
He had to go, but the clowns running Spurs have waited FAR too long. New boss should’ve been in getting a feel for the place and meeting some players for the past week!
Ben, Stroud
Feel a bit for Tudor. Inherited a poisoned chalice and is going through a personal bereavement. Ultimately the wrong decision by Spurs to bring him in. The fact that Harry Redknapp and Tim Sherwood are both seen as legitimate options show how far Spurs have fallen.
Matt, Birmingham
Seven matches between now and the end of the season for Tottenham to save themselves.
Here's how their run-in compares to others facing the drop.
Spurs don't have the easiest run but then again is any run easy?
Despite Tottenham suffering a 15th defeat of a torrid Premier League campaign, statisticians Opta still only give the north London side a 26.51% chance of suffering relegation from the top flight for the first time since 1977.
However, their chances of going down are now rated far higher than 16th-placed Nottingham Forest (8.45%) and Leeds United (6.93%) in 15th.
Third-bottom West Ham, who are just one point behind Tottenham with seven matches of the Premier League season remaining, are being given a 58.22% of being relegated.
Basement club Wolves have a 99.93% chance of going down and second-bottom Burnley 99.92%.
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BBC Sport chief football writer
Sean Dyche's name has inevitably been linked after a good body of work fighting against the odds at Burnley and Everton, where he kept both teams up when relegation beckoned.
Do Spurs see Dyche as the sort of personality to handle Spurs, especially as his last job ended when he was sacked by Nottingham Forest after only 114 days in charge?
Austrian coach Adi Hutter is a rank outsider, although he did win admirers in the Premier League with his work at clubs such as Eintracht Frankfurt.
Hutter is on the market after being sacked by Monaco in October, but he really would be a wild card.
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It's the right decision to let Tudor go, it was never the right appointment. We have a great opportunity to get the right manager now to get some points on the board and away from relegation.
Mike, Wiltshire
There are seven games left. On-form Spurs would expect points from most and comfortable. Trouble is, our form has never been worse. Just need some simple football and some belief
Ed, Wales
After the way Spurs have treated Frank and now Tudor I hope they go down and this leads to changes in the boardroom. Spurs have been on the decline for a long time and throwing a succession of managers under the bus completely misses the point.
Chris, Hampshire
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
Image source, Getty ImagesMauricio Pochettino would top a fan poll as the permanent successor to Thomas Frank – the Argentine still a much-loved figure after taking Spurs to the 2019 Champions League Final.
There is every indication he would jump at a return to north London after he was sacked by former chairman Daniel Levy only five months after losing to Liverpool in Madrid.
Spurs fans pin the blame on Levy for failing to back the coach and many would welcome Pochettino back with open arms.
Any notion of a Pochettino return, however, must wait until after the World Cup, as he is entrusted with coaching the United States at a home showpiece.
If Spurs are to seek an immediate full-time appointment, this leaves Roberto de Zerbi as frontrunner. The talented but combustible Italian established a fine reputation at Brighton and is available having left Marseille by mutual consent in February.
De Zerbi is also believed to be amenable to the idea.
The question is whether he would want to take the job immediately, with that prospect of relegation hanging over Spurs, or would be prefer to wait until the end of the season to see what division they are in?
If Spurs are in the Premier League they would be hugely attractive proposition to De Zerbi, but he may well have other options in the summer having been heavily linked with Manchester United.
De Zerbi may prefer to bide his time and sit tight as opposed to taking on a salvage operation.
While we're discussing next steps for Spurs, I've got a little quiz question for you.
Igor Tudor is just the fifth manager to last fewer than 50 days in charge of a Premier League club.
Can name the other four?
Here's a clue, one of them is this season.
Send in your responses via the Get Involved button at the side of the page.
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
Image source, Getty ImagesWho can realistically step in for what is now a firefighting job?
Former manager Harry Redknapp has indicated his willingness to return, but is now 79 and has not worked in management since being sacked by Birmingham City in May 2017. He was sacked by Spurs 14 years ago and calling for him would surely smack of desperation.
Redknapp has said Spurs "know where I am." It would be a sign of their plight should they go to find him.
Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.
Hoddle, now a respected television pundit, is 68, but was sacked as Spurs manager in September 2003. The last post the former England manager occupied was with Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving in July 2006.
Ryan Mason, sacked by West Bromwich Albion in January, is a well-respected and popular figure having twice served as Spurs' caretaker manager following the sackings of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, but his reputation took a hit during an unrewarding spell at The Hawthorns.
After that disappointment, would Spurs turn to him? Would he even want to walk into such an ominous situation?
Tim Sherwood, the former player who left Spurs in May 2014 after a six-month spell as permanent head coach, has made it clear he fancies the job, saying: "I would keep them in the Premier League. I believe that someone with common sense keeps them in the Premier League."
Robbie Keane, currently at Ferencvaros in Hungary, falls into the category of the younger up-and-coming manager, but would the former Spurs captain leave a full-time job for a new post that might only extend to seven games.
So on that note. Let's get into who Tottenham may go for next.
Their statement said Igor Tudor's replacement would be announced "in due course".
Will they find another interim boss? Will it be someone simply brought in to keep them up? Or should they go for a long-term replacement now?
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He was never the right person - never stayed anywhere long and never managed in the Premier League. Need an experienced Premier League manager now - Sean Dyche? Even Harry? No-one else will take it
Geoff, Eastbourne
He shouldn't have been appointed, having had no Premier League experience. Give us someone who has previous experience at Tottenham - Redknapp, Sherwood, Houghton, Hoddle, we might have a chance then. Poch back in the Summer
Janice, Suffolk
But it wasn't long before the Totteenham Hotspur Stadium was emptying out as fans were once again left disappointed.
Seeing this huge stadium half empty has certainly been a bit of a feature of Spurs' season.
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Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham fans lined the streets before last week's crucial match against Nottingham Forest in an attempt to motivate their team and show their support.
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Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham 0-3 Nott'm Forest
Relegation rivals Nottingham Forest moved above Spurs in the Premier League table with a comfortable 3-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Goals from Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi settled the basement battle to lift Forest three points clear of the Premier League drop zone.
Forest leapfrogged Spurs into 16th to leave the hosts a point above the bottom three after West Ham's defeat at Aston Villa.
That proved to be the final straw for Igor Tudor.
Tottenham's next manager will have seven matches to try to preserve the club's Premier League status.
Their first match in charge will be away to Sunderland on Sunday, 12 April (kick-off 14:00 BST).
Spurs have not been relegated from the top flight since 1977, but sit just one place and one point above the bottom three.
Of their remaining league matches, four are away from home, while two are against teams also in the bottom six - Wolves (20th) and Leeds (15th).
Tottenham's Premier League run-in:
Igor Tudor lost each of his first four matches as Spurs boss. The opening defeat by north London rivals Arsenal was followed by losses against Fulham and Crystal Palace in the league before a calamitous 5-2 Champions League last 16 first-leg defeat away to Atletico Madrid.
He celebrated his first point after Richarlison scored a 90th-minute equaliser at Liverpool, and then watched his side win their second leg against Atletico - although they failed to overturn their three-goal deficit.
However, the woeful defeat by Forest heightened Spurs' fears of suffering their first relegation from the top flight since 1977 and proved to be the final game of his brief spell.
The single point which Spurs have collected since Tudor's appointment is the fewest of any side in the Premier League during that time.
But they have been bottom of the form table since mid-December.
