After Harry Redknapp's extraordinary reversal of Tottenham's fortunes on all fronts former assistant boss Gus Poyet has conceded the club made the "right decision" to sack him and manager Juande Ramos.
Spurs replaced Ramos with Redknapp last month and the new boss has sparked an immediate revival at White Hart Lane.
With Spurs bottom of the table, and without a Premier League win, when Ramos was dismissed the Spaniard's former assistant Poyet accepts the club's decision to wield the axe was correct.
"Being honest and looking at the results, it was the right decision to sack Juande and me," said Poyet in The Sun."When you change the manager after 10 games or so, you're not looking to change the style.
"What you're looking for are different results, a reaction, a change. Simple - and it happened. So full credit to Harry.
"It's not nice when you get the sack. But I'm realistic at the same time - when things aren't going well you can't hide. Those are the rules in football and you must accept them.
"We had an absolutely fantastic pre-season. But we couldn't get any points in our first couple of games so the situation changed completely - especially for the new players.
"All of a sudden, 'boom' you can't get a result. I think the place got nervous. You have habits, methods and those sometimes don't work."
Former Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli, who was also shown the door at the time, insists his spell was a success and believes the team's upturn in fortunes is a result of his legacy.
Comolli had overseen transfer dealings over the previous three years but it was the sales of strikers Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov, to Liverpool and Manchester United, respectively, that apparently underpinned Spurs' struggles.
New acquisitions Fraizer Campbell, on loan from Manchester United, and Roman Pavlyuchenko failed to shine under Ramos while David Bentley and Jonathan Woodgate went public with their criticism of the team's displays.
However, Comolli believes he is at least partly responsible for the side's improvement.
"My time at Tottenham went exceptionally well," he said. "I took a lot of pleasure in what I achieved. I had a lot of success. I did a lot of good for the team and left a club in great shape.
"The current results are showing what I did for Tottenham. The team is great and young."
