Sad but heartwarming especially around min 4-6, so proud to have Ange as our manager
LOL!!! Imagine “bloody 6’s and 8’s mate, they’re midfielders”Ange is @Archibald&Crooks. What a way to reveal himself.
Harry Redknapp or @SirHarryHotspur?Having endured years of is Harry staying or going , we are not going to get the same again from media and pundits on Ange I hope.
Tottenham are confident manager Ange Postecoglou, 58, will stay at the club despite potential interest from Liverpool as the Reds look to replace Jurgen Klopp this summer. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Having endured years of is Harry staying or going , we are not going to get the same again from media and pundits on Ange I hope.
Tottenham are confident manager Ange Postecoglou, 58, will stay at the club despite potential interest from Liverpool as the Reds look to replace Jurgen Klopp this summer. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Unless you are winning the big trophies, your top assets will be linked with moves. That's just how it works.Having endured years of is Harry staying or going , we are not going to get the same again from media and pundits on Ange I hope.
Tottenham are confident manager Ange Postecoglou, 58, will stay at the club despite potential interest from Liverpool as the Reds look to replace Jurgen Klopp this summer. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Makes you wonder why apart from Saudi , how few transfer rumours has Sonny been linked to, signing Sonny guarantees masses of shirt sales in S Korea and a mass influx of fans from New MaldenUnless you are winning the big trophies, your top assets will be linked with moves. That's just how it works.
Going out of the cups early allows us to be more focused on preparation for some of our league games, so league performances and results should theoretically benefit from this.We went out to City in the FA Cup. The Carabao was poor for sure but it doesn't make or break our season. We haven't won a title in 15 years. We're no more ready to win a domestic trophy in his first season than we are to challenge for the title. I don't see how a cup exit has any bearing on our league position and progress. The squad is strong but we're still in transition.
I think we need to lower expectations here honestly. I know we're impatient due to the last 5 years lately wasted but we're early stages in this new era. It's a process that will take time. I don't see how anyone could be disappointed as long as we finish higher than last season. The quality of football is night and day from the last few years and the squad is so young still.
It seems far less optimistic with the hindsight of how awful Chelsea have beenI said top 6 should be the goal before the season started. An optimistic view at the time on here. I still think that would be a very good first season, especially if you told me we'd play nearly a third of the season with a bare bones squad and several games without a CB of any sort but yeah, it would feel like a disappointment at this stage.
We've given ourselves a real chance at more than that. Just hope we can achieve it.
Don’t know if you’ve seen reports of being on Liverpool shortlist to replace Klopp. Do you want to say anything about that?
"I may be on a shortlist." I don’t think I want to say anything about that because I don’t think that’s ever going to enter my brain space for what is my priorities in life and profession right now.
You must feel you’re only just getting started at Tottenham.
Well I am. Not just feel — I am. I’ve only been here seven months, so that’s self-explanatory. I’ve been at pains to say we’ve still got a long way to go in terms of the football we want to play, team we want to be, squad we want to have. We’ve had two positive windows. I think we’ve had two positive campaigns, a decent campaign so far, but we’ve got a long way to go.
Any doubt you’ll be here next season?
That’s what I’m talking about. That’s the funny space when we talk about managers. When we’re not going well, then there’s questioning about whether we’re going to be here. When you’re potentially going OK there’s still question about whether you’re going to be here. The reality of it is: most of it is out of our hands. I’m never worried about that.
I’ve got a history of 26 years of management where you can see pretty clearly what I do. I rely on that as my explanation as to where my thought processes are. Right now it’s about finishing the season strongly with Tottenham and making sure we’re trying to establish a really strong foundation for who we want to be in the years to come. That can only happen if I’m totally focused on what these last 14 games can bring for us.
Take the Liverpool links as a compliment at all?
It depends. If it’s just people throwing up names, then who cares? Like, seriously? But, at the end of the day, if I’m doing a good job then hopefully people will acknowledge that in one form or another — whatever that form is. But so-called ‘chat’, that’s of no interest to me.