Managing Tottenham 'a test of character' - Kelly

The "buck stops with the manager" but managing Tottenham is a "test of character", says former defender Stephen Kelly.

"I think managing Tottenham is a test of character for any manager - [it is] just the way it turns out to be. You look at the people that have been in before," Kelly told BBC World Service Sport Today.

"Everybody will expect that the manager is the one who has to hold responsibility and whatever the players do on the pitch, it comes down to him.

"With the players we've had at our disposal, some of the teams we've lost to, we should have been capable of beating those teams.

"If you're trying to be an analyst, or trying to be a neutral watching, you go - 'how can a team that can lead from the front and be so cutting going forward then capitulate at the back so easily?'

"Is the message that's being portrayed by the manager just one of - 'well, we just keep going forward regardless of the scoreline, regardless of how we're playing, regardless of the moments of the game?'.

"That's something that can be looked at and can be judged. I think he will get through this, but he needs to pick up a few results."