Spurs crisis continues under Igor Tudor after Atletico Madrid defeat

Tottenham are in trouble. A harrowing defeat at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League has piled the pressure on Igor Tudor.

Despite a horror run of four straight defeats under Tudor, Spurs have confirmed he will will take their press conference to preview their game at Liverpool.

What's the mood like inside the Tottenham training ground?

The mood here, frankly, is one of disbelief, certainly among fans who drive past and comment and ask me what's going on, and fans who come here to see what's going on.

We saw the CEO, Vinai Venkatesham, arrive here bright and early on Wednesday.

I assumed that was because Igor Tudor is staying in the hotel inside the training ground and, even though the players aren't in, they were going to have a meeting and that the Igor Tudor period would be over. But it seems not.

If Tudor is sacked who will make the decision?

So, the process that took place when Thomas Frank was sacked was that the senior leadership group at Tottenham, which includes CEO Vinai Venkatesham and sporting director Johan Lange, recommended to the ownership and the board that it was time to make a change.

That's certainly the process that will be followed again, but it will be the owners Vivienne and Charles Lewis who have the final say on whether or not the head coach should be changed.

And there's also another interesting name in there that Spurs fans may not have heard of before, and that is Nick Beucher.

He is the son-in-law of Vivienne Lewis and is said to be increasingly influential in key decisions there. So, he would also have a say.

Why did Spurs decide to go with Igor Tudor in the first place?

I really don't know anyone in the world of football who thought he was the right man for the job. When Tottenham decided to sack Thomas Frank, what they had to do is get somebody who had experience of English football. Now, Igor Tudor, he was a good player.

As a manager, he's got a pretty decent record, but there's nothing in that record that suggested he was the right man for the job, either in the short term or the long term.

Look at all the other Premier League clubs who've replaced their managers this season. They all went for somebody who had experience of playing and managing in the Premier League. I do not understand why Tottenham went for Igor Tudor.

It can't get any worse, can it?

Igor Tudor's appointment as the latest Tottenham Hotspur head coach was announced by Spurs on February 14, but we first became aware that he was going to be getting the job on Friday February 13.

Yes, Friday the 13th. And frankly, his almost four weeks in charge has been cursed. Four games, four defeats, 14 goals conceded, the worst ever record for a Tottenham Hotspur manager.

I think things can get worse; they're going to go out of the Champions League, there's very little doubt about that.

They've got Liverpool away at the weekend, and then they've got Nottingham Forest in the six-pointer. They could find themselves by the international break out of the Champions League, in the relegation zone, with time running out.

Who should Spurs look at next?

Tottenham are in a desperate situation. The most important thing is that they stay in the Premier League.

To do that, they need somebody who knows the league inside out, who knows the club inside out. If I was a chief executive of Tottenham, I would be calling Tim Sherwood and Robbie Keane.

That is who they need. Either one of them, I think, have what it takes to give Tottenham a fighting chance of staying up.