Former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists Nuno isn't to blame for the team's slump.
Spurs began the season superbly - winning their first three games to rise to the summit of the table - but have since lost the next three, letting in nine goals in the process which included a dismal 3-1 defeat to bitter rivals Arsenal.
Ahead of today's clash with Aston Villa, Redknapp told The Sun: "Of course Spurs should be doing far better but pointing the finger at Nuno and plonking it all on the manager is unfair and too easy.
"It makes me laugh when people say how much these players - and the bulk of them are still there - loved playing under Mauricio Pochettino. Well, if they loved him that much, you'd have thought they might have tried a bit harder and he wouldn't have got the sack in the first place.
"They weren't exactly pulling up any trees in his last season. Jose is up there with the best managers around and I honestly felt they had a squad to challenge for the title, but he couldn't unlock it either.
"There are certain times at certain clubs when you just can't do anything about it, no matter who is in charge. That's Tottenham right now.
"You can talk about tactics but when the situation is like this you want leaders, you want players standing up and putting in the effort... and there's something badly missing. Poch couldn't get a tune out of them in the end, Jose couldn't and Nuno is finding the same."
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