Tottenham caretaker boss Ryan Mason has taken a swipe at previous managers.

Mason insists he understands what the Spurs fans want from their team.

He said, "We haven't won an away game since January and conceded, what, 60-plus goals this season? So this isn't something that's just happened in recent weeks.

"Obviously, we were left in a position in the league table that's probably false, in terms of other teams had games in hand. When you level them out, I think we might have been seventh in the table. So there's a lot of things that were probably false.

"One thing I will say is that I respect everyone that I've worked with, I've learned a lot from a people. But at the same time, I'm the own person. I've got my own people and how I believe not only this club, but any football club that I'm at in the future, should work and should operate.

"Every club will have its own history and DNA. I think Tottenham historically has always been a club with high-tempo football, exciting, brave and aggressive. I think our best years, our best results have probably come off the back of playing that way.

"In the summer I will look back and be bitterly disappointed with the results because I really expected more and wanted more. Like I said, it has given me more belief in what I am, what my team are, the people around me that wherever we are in the next five, 10, 15, 20 years - and I have a lot of time on my hands and a lot of time to grow - we will do good."