Tottenham striker Robbie Keane insists under-fire boss Martin Jol has the full backing of the players after Monday's thrilling 4-4 draw with Aston Villa.
Spurs came back from 4-1 down and Keane said the spirit shown by the players demonstrated their respect for Jol.
"He has the support from everyone - he's shown what a good manager he is over the past few years," said Keane.
But Jol conceded the result would not necessarily end speculation over his future, with Spurs third from bottom.
Tottenham's indifferent start to the Premier League season, after they spent heavily during the summer transfer window, has led to Jol coming under increasing pressure.
"I've thought about my future for the last six weeks so it's nothing new," said Jol.
"I think about my future because I want to be better and better."
Keane, deputising for the injured Ledley King as captain of Spurs, said the fightback against Villa showed that team spirit was not an issue.
"We're going through a bit of a sticky patch at the moment," stated Keane.
"To come back from 4-1 down is unbelievable. We showed lots of character - that is what we have in this team.
"You should have seen our manager at the end when we scored the goal."
Jol said he was delighted with his team's second-half response after going into the break 3-1 behind.
"It was a relief in the end. I don't even want to think about if we had lost," he said.
"At half-time we told the players they have to play for the shirt and give everything - and they did that.
"I am happy for the fans that there was a sort of celebration."
Spurs had paraded former players and managers before kick-off to mark the club's 125th anniversary and Jol was pleased that his side managed a positive result in the end.
"It was a night about football. I don't want to think about negative things," he added.
"It's not about results or the league, it's about the celebration. 
"We spoiled that. It was awful to concede the goals like we did.
"But my family are all in the marines and a commander never leaves his troops. If he does that he's lost.
"I kept my head cool and they have to do it. The only thing I can do is make substitutions."
Villa boss Martin O'Neill says he expected a Tottenham fightback.
"I would never think it's all over," O'Neill said. "We knew Tottenham would throw absolutely everything at us, with nothing to lose.
"At 4-2, it seemed that we saw off that part of the storm but I've seen it happen before.
"Naturally, we're disappointed. We could have gone fifth and it was a nice incentive but I hope we learn from it. I'm upbeat but disappointed for the travelling fans."
Keane backs Jol after fightback
Reading hit by Little injury blow
Reading winger Glenn Little will have an operation on his Achilles on Wednesday that will leave him sidelined for up to six months.
Little, 31, has not played for the club this season and his injury has not responded to treatment.
"I've scrapped this season, anything I get out of it is a bonus," Little told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Team-mate Kalifa Cisse will have an operation on his knee on Friday and will miss six weeks.
"Cisse is still having some problem with the cartilage in the knee," said Royals physio Jon Fearn told the club website.
Midfielder Cisse joined Reading from Boavista in May and has made three appearances for the Royals this season.
Little joined Reading from Burnley in June 2008 but his career has been restricted by injury problems.
The Irishman missed the latter stages of last season with the Achilles injury but is now hopeful surgery in Sweden will finally resolve the problem.
"I've been mucking about getting it to a certain level and it keeps breaking down," added Little.
"The man who's doing it knows what he's talking about - he seems to think it'll be pretty routine and it'll just be a case of operating and getting back out there.
"The only problem is a tendon takes longer to heal than a muscle, but hopefully that's the end of it.
"It'd be great if it was four months (before I return) but I'd probably say write the season off."
Ronaldinho dismisses Chelsea link
Brazil and Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho has rejected suggestions that he could be set to join Chelsea.
He has two-and-a-half years left on his deal but has been linked to the Blues since Jose Mourinho's managerial exit.
Ronaldinho's brother and agent Roberto de Assis is also thought to have held a meeting with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich during the summer.
But Ronaldinho, 27, told newspaper El Mundo: "Not Chelsea or Milan. I want to stay at Barcelona, that is my wish."
Ronaldinho has missed the last three Barca games through injury but he is back in their squad for Tuesday's Champions League match with Stuttgart, while Chelsea face Valencia on Wednesday.
The Brazilian's private life has been under scrutiny in a newspaper report in recent weeks.
And Ronaldinho said of the story: "It has bothered me because I have been here for five seasons now and I have always been in the same position and behaved in a similar manner.
"It bothered me but that is normal - life isn't always wonderful. I am content because my life is centred on my work and I will give my answers on the field. It is there where I will respond."
Chelsea appointed Avram Grant as successor to Mourinho and have played three games since the Portuguese coach left the club.
The Blues lost to Manchester United and drew with Fulham in the Premier League but beat Hull in the Carling Cup.
FA to tackle players' behaviour
The Football Association plans to step up its campaign against bad behaviour by launching a pilot scheme that allows only captains to talk to referees.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick says it will be introduced at grass-roots level and is part of a wider programme aimed at improving standards.
"It's not going to change the world but I am determined to make an impact - and I'll do it," Barwick told Radio 5live.
He added that the FA is still pushing strongly for goal-line technology.
Barwick says he has been "banging down the doors" of football's world and European governing bodies Fifa and Uefa to ensure referees are given extra help with crucial decisions.
"Goal-line technology will ultimately be delivered and the great part of it will be because of the work the FA has done," he said.
As for improving standards of behaviour in football, spectators and club officials will also be expected to conform as Barwick seeks to clean up the game from the bottom to the top.
The three main components of the pilot scheme to be launched in nine regions from next January are:
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Only the team captain will be allowed to speak with the referee.
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Roped-off areas will be introduced at junior matches so 'over-indulgent or abusive' parents cannot direct their bile at the referee.
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All players and club officials will be forced to sign a 'memorandum of understanding' noting the standards of behaviour that will be expected.
Barwick added: "These things are done better through discussion rather than a big stick but we want to stop the situation getting out of hand.
"There is a lot of emotion and passion in the game but you only have to look at a sport like rugby to see there seems to be a certain level of respect for the officials.
"That sets a marker down for our game because the treatment of referees is a really serious issue and something we have to deal with."
Barwick's stance has been backed by England coach Steve McClaren, who was once forced to resign as president of a local club because of the behaviour of parents.
"In my opinion, this thing has to start at the bottom," he said.
"In my experience, over many years of coaching, the players coming through are less disciplined every year and instilling the discipline required into them is getting harder and harder."
As for goal-line technology, tests are currently being undertaken at Reading's academy on the Hawk-Eye system that has proved so effective in cricket and tennis. 
The results will be evaluated by the Premier League and Fifa, but Barwick is determined to come up with a way of determining beyond all doubt whether a ball has crossed the goal-line or not.
"I would say we are market leaders in trying to do it and now the Premier League are taking it on in terms of experimentation," added Barwick.
"I absolutely buy the fact that when the ball crosses the line, these days it's absolutely imperative that we know it, the referee knows it and he's not the guy with a red face because everybody else at home knows.
"So technology, yes, the right technology, yes, goal-line technology, absolutely yes."
Barwick has also given his opinion on the current influx of foreign investors in the Premier League.
He has no major concerns about that situation but feels it is important such businessmen care about English football.
"You can't discriminate on the basis of nationality," he stated.
"It's a fantastic injection of capital and let's hope in five or 10 years' time we look back on it as a seriously positive moment in English football.
"I absolutely believe that you have got to care.
"I'm not naive enough to think that every person who has bought into a club in the last 18 months necessarily followed the fortunes of that club previously.
"But that might have been the case with other British owners down the years as well."
