Ange Postecoglou blames injuries for Spurs issues and understands fans criticism amid 26 year old career
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Ange Postecoglou addressed his reaction to the Tottenham supporters who expressed anger after the team’s defeat at Bournemouth. He explained his stance on acknowledging the feedback and his intention to fix the issues.
Ange Postecoglou said, “No. They felt like they needed to give me feedback, so I thought I’d get close enough for them to make sure they were heard… Hopefully after 18 months, you’ve realized that I am who I am. I don’t really care. Whether people think I’m an easy target, soft target. I’m going to shy away from it. I’ve fought my whole life and I’m not going to race down the tunnel because some people feel like they need to give me some direction… It doesn’t bother me, it doesn’t. From my perspective, what motivates me and what drives me on a daily basis is continually staying true to my values and what I believe is the right thing to do in every situation. Maybe people thought it wasn’t the right thing to do. My wife certainly didn’t. So I got some feedback there as well. But that’s ok. I’m not going to change. It’s who I am, mate. I’ve been like that my whole career and I won’t change.”
Postecoglou elaborated on his role and responsibility to address Tottenham’s inconsistency and emphasized that external perceptions don’t concern him.
Ange Postecoglou said, “It’s on me but also whatever you’ve got to direct, direct it at me. And I’m listening. I’m listening, I’m looking, I’m understanding… My role within that and my responsibility is to change that because if we’re going to get to where I want us to get to, we need to break that cycle of not showing the belief and resilience in key moments. It doesn’t sit well with me mate but nor should it and that’s why we do what we do.”
Postecoglou reflected on handling criticism regarding having no Plan B and explained his dedication to his style of management.
Ange Postecoglou said, “I keep saying I have had 26 years of that. I can defend this to the day I’m gone if I’m doing it my way. So like I said it is not unusual for me, it’s not unique and sometimes you kind of understand that people are going to see what we are doing in that light. ‘Well, why don’t you change?’ But change to what? To something somebody else is doing or somebody else did? I was brought here to do it my way otherwise what is the point of me being here.”
Discussing the squad’s strength and injuries, Postecoglou commented on Tottenham’s player availability and potential strategies for upcoming games.
Ange Postecoglou said, “If everyone was fit, yeah. Where we are now, no, but that’s pretty evident. Vicario, Van de Ven, Romero, Bentancur, Richarlison, Odobert, if five of those were available last night or four of those were available last night… Look the players who left, it wasn’t a slight on them… they were good, experienced players, absolutely, but we can’t change if I keep everyone, I can’t just keep adding to the squad without letting people go, and when they left we couldn’t replace like-for-like, I couldn’t let a 28-year-old go and sign a 28-year-old because that wasn’t where we were at.”
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