Ange Postecoglou has a fight on his hands at Tottenham Hotspur and the coming week will let him know whether the club is truly behind him.

The Australian's Spurs squad is on its knees right now with barely a fit starting XI to put out every three days and the embarrassing home defeat to second-from-bottom Leicester City on Sunday afternoon only compounded the frustration inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

There were chants from thousands inside the ground calling for the exit of chairman and part-owner Daniel Levy throughout the game and Postecoglou faced angry shouts himself from frustrated fans as he walked down the tunnel after the final whistle.

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football.london reported on Monday that for now at least Spurs are sticking with Postecoglou amid the injury crisis his squad is engulfed in and the Australian has the players behind him still. The club are attempting to sign at least one player for him in the week ahead to add depth to the squad.

The words 'at least' are set to be key for the Tottenham head coach over the coming week. He has been calling for reinforcements for his squad for more than six weeks and with each passing day since the January transfer window opened, so more and more damage has been done with overused players dropping like flies with new injuries.

On Sunday, Postecoglou lost James Maddison shortly before kick-off and decided to use the injured Pape Matar Sarr during the game with the young Senegal international clearly struggling.

"I've said all along, the players need help and I've also said the club are working hard in that area to try to alleviate some of those problems, because Pape Sarr shouldn't have played today. He obviously wasn't fit," said the Australian. "The players are going out there and giving everything they can because we can't call off games. We've got another game in three days' time that these players have to front up for.

"The injury situation will ease and I'm confident they will sort of help us. Even one more player coming in, just in the short term will give us an opportunity, at least to navigate these last 10 days, two weeks, of what's been a really hard slog for this group of players."

Postecoglou is not blameless and on Sunday questions were raised over why he did not at least utilise out-of-favour Sergio Reguilon in the starting line-up and push Archie Gray into midfield rather than put Sarr through those 54 minutes. On top of that, Richarlison came in at half-time feeling discomfort in his groin and wanted to play another 10 minutes before the Tottenham boss took him off because he could see he wasn't moving freely.

Yves Bissouma was named on the bench but the fact that he was unused suggests the Mali international was not able to actually take part in the game. The bench itself only contained eight players in the first place rather than the maximum nine, presumably with Maddison's late withdrawal.

What areas does Postecoglou need help in over the coming week if he is to turn this situation around? You could probably close your eyes and point and find a part of the squad that desperately needs more depth right now, other than in the goalkeeping department.

The need for a centre-back was high at the start of the window, but with Spurs' inactivity so the damage has already been done there and now with all of the four central defenders currently in training that ship appears to have sailed unless a versatile solution can be found.

The same cannot be said in the full-back spots with Pedro Porro currently the only fit natural player in those roles and having played more minutes than anyone else in the first team. Eighteen-year-old midfielder Archie Gray has been filling in wherever asked but has also been racking up the minutes. Both players are veering well towards the risk zone with their amount of game time.

A new left-back would be an important addition for the long-term as well as the short term, with Destiny Udogie not due back just yet and the versatile Djed Spence expected to potentially return next weekend. It is an area that Spurs went into the season light on as it was not addressed during the summer window. To ignore it again could be disastrous with midfielders having to fill in as left-backs for a second successive season.

When it comes to the centre of midfield, the options are currently slim but Postecoglou could have Bissouma back this week and all eyes will be on whether Sarr had made his problem worse or not. The Spurs boss also said he hoped that Maddison would be back this week as well ahead of Sunday's game. So while the Australian would be unlikely to say no to another central midfielder, especially a versatile one, it's an area that might be restocked naturally if the current players can actually stay fit.

Up front is where Postecoglou desperately needs help. He currently has Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert and Timo Werner all out and Richarlison's groin discomfort will now be a concern.

The Spurs boss said recently that he was not expecting to a sign a centre forward but wanted an attacker, presumably someone who can play across the front three. Richarlison's situation might have some say over whether a central striker is also needed, even if just in the short term.

Tottenham's crutch to hold on to in recent weeks - not the medical ones - is that they have continued to score goals. They're 15th in the table yet are the third highest goalscorers in the Premier League - but the more tired and overused the current attackers get without replenishing so those goals will dry up.

Postecoglou said that "even one more player coming in, just in the short term will give us an opportunity" but the truth is that after months of planning and almost four weeks of the transfer window having passed, a single outfield signing would be the bare minimum rather than the answer.

With the games only getting tougher in the fixture schedule ahead, Postecoglou's job is likely to depend on new legs and energy arriving ahead of the deadline on Monday February 3 as much as those players on their way back from injury.

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