Tottenham midfielder James Maddison insists that despite their "unacceptable" Premier League season, the team "lagged 100% behind Ange Postecoglou.

The Spurs ranked 16th in the Premier League list after the 19th league defeat of the season after the Spurs lost 5-1.

But despite their domestic form, Tottenham still has a chance to win the Europa League, which will end their 17-year trophy drought and gain a spot in the Champions League next season.

Around Postecoglou's future, he hosted speculations about the Spurs' worst Premier League season ever, with some reports saying the 59-year-old would lose his job even if the Europa League trophy was cancelled.

But Maddison fully supported the underdeveloped Australian before Thursday’s first leg of the Europa League semi-final against Norwegian champion Bodo/Glimt.

He said: "We were 100% behind the manager. I think he is a good guy.

“He was the first person to tell you, and I heard myself that our season was terrible, especially in the league. We were doing well in Europe, but the league season could be unacceptable and we can all take collective responsibility for it.

“But he is my manager, he is my gaffer, and I respect his number is terrible.

“Narration is something we players try to stay away from because it’s not healthy to read what you’re talking about – the manager’s position. I just know that I’m working every day and seeing the lads listening, answering messages, how he wants to play and try to do what’s best for this club.

“We are in a very good position in Europe and under his management we can still have a special season under his management. So I will continue to do this until he is not here.

“The season is still very special”

Tottenham Hotspur held host/Grim in the second leg in Norway on Thursday ahead of the second leg above the Arctic Circle on May 8 and had the chance to compete in the Europa League final in Bilbao on May 21.

It gives PosteCoglou a chance to win the Spurs’ first silverware since 2008 and its first European trophy in 41 years.

When asked if the team owes fans the glory of the Europa League in a frustrating domestic sport, Madison replied: "We definitely want to reward them for the support they provide by creating something special because the league is not good enough, but it will certainly hurt us. It will also hurt us. Let's not create a narrative that lets us have a bad responsibility there.

"But that's why we're going to be in this game because the season is still so special. You've been talking about Tottenham Hotspurs having no silverware for years without silverware. We've had a great opportunity to do that in the last four games, and it's in our very solid game this year.

"We want to reward them because we will feel supportive. At the end of the game, when we lose again, you're coming over because you want to thank them for their support. I know they don't want to hear it. In this press conference and Sunday's interview (after Liverpool's failure), they're not really bothering because words are just words.

"But it's painful, we're trying to be right. I think that's the main thing. Hunger is there. It doesn't always work, it's just life. It doesn't always work.

"It's a unique situation where we're in Europe in the last four of Europe and we can go and reward their support because they do travel around. We're very grateful. Even in the league position, we didn't play, we didn't play, they still sold in Liverpool. We do appreciate that, they appreciate us, but they're also painful.

"I guess the message I'm trying to convey is that we are not satisfied either. We are together."

He added: "I don't take personal responsibility because it's a collective. It's everyone. There's no one in the entire club from the top to the bottom who is happy with where we are, so it's definitely going to hurt.

"The hurt you are talking about, I think it's a tough thing because like I just said, we have to do the interview. You talk about Liverpool on Sunday. I'm going to have an interview that lost 5-1. It's a little awkward. I have to go and talk. I really don't want to hear what I'm going to say is, what we're going to say is, this is our reaction. Turnaround because if we get good results, we can turn right on Thursday.

"And then in seven days we have another huge game. If we pass that, we go to the European finals. There is motivation there, but I think we have to do it, we have to show them that we are as hungry, they are as hungry as they have won something."

Norwegian Mystery Bodo/Glimt aims to crack another code with Spurs

Declan Olley of Sky Sports:

Underestimate the Bodo/Glimt in Tottenham's danger.

Just ask Porto, Besiktas, Olympiakos and Lazio this season. Roma and the Celtic were then managed by Spurs boss Postecoglou and were also victims four years ago.

But Lazio's latest giant killing is especially historic, as Bodo/Glimt becomes the first Norwegian side to reach the European semifinals.

Now, the Eliteserien champion, located above the Arctic Circle, aims to freeze the Spurs, whose stadium is larger than Bodo's 55,000 population.

"We walked into this game with confidence and we believe we can compete no matter who we know," said Bodo/Glimt's athletic director Havard Sakariassen.

“I hope we don’t focus on this occasion and we play games and dare to be ourselves.

“I really believe that we have all the tools brave enough to go out in London and be Bodo/Glimt. Just play the game and then we’ll see.

“Of course, the experience we have gained over the past few years has made us more confident in this situation.”

Read more about Tottenham's Europa League semi-final rival Bodo/Glimt here.