Ramos Feels Safe in His Job After Meeting Spurs Chairman

Juande Ramos is convinced he will be given the opportunity to revive Tottenham Hotspur's season after holding talks with the club's chairman, Daniel Levy, after Sunday's loss to Hull City, a defeat which condemned Spurs to their worst start to a campaign in 96 years.

Tottenham remain anchored to the foot of the Premier League with two points from seven matches, with the team departing the turf at White Hart Lane last weekend to boos from disgruntled fans. Bookmakers made Ramos odds-on to lose his job by Christmas though having met Levy post-match, he believes he will not suffer the same fate as his predecessor, Martin Jol, who was sacked a year ago.

There has been an acknowledgment from the club hierarchy that there were encouraging signs in Sunday's display, though Levy has stressed that their league position is unacceptable and a swift climb up the table is expected after the international break. The club are insistent the crisis must be countered by a show of unity rather than more upheaval. The sporting director Damien Comolli's position remains precarious but even that will not be addressed in knee-jerk fashion.

Levy is conscious of the effort undertaken to secure Ramos' services from Sevilla a year ago - much to the Spanish club's annoyance - on a contract worth around £4m a year until 2011, and the board cannot contemplate a search for a replacement.

For all that, Tottenham will be relieved they cannot be handed a potentially embarrassing clash with Jol's new employer, Hamburg, in today's Uefa Cup group stage draw, with both clubs among the first group of seeds. Ramos spoke with his players following the defeat to Hull and with his summer signings still struggling to find their feet, must instigate a revival starting with the visit to Stoke City.

"We have to change things very quickly," said the assistant manager Gus Poyet. "We can't hide. When you are in this situation everybody is responsible. I accept my responsibility and everybody has to accept theirs. We made a decision as a club to change players in the summer. A lot of the players we chose are here. If that's not working, why are you going to blame somebody else? We have to take the blame. All of us."