Furious Ange Postecoglou fires back at Tottenham ‘agenda’ to get him sacke
Under-fire Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has leapt to the defence of young stars and. Hit out at ‘agenda-driven stuff’ aimed at his side.
Three days on from their limp exit from the แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ Carabao Cup at the semi-final stage against Liverpool, Spurs were dumped out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa on Sunday evening.
Tottenham found themselves a goal down after just one minute with goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky at fault, letting Jacob Ramsey’s effort past him all too easily.
Premier League legend Alan Shearer was critical of the 21-year-old after his ‘howler’, commenting ‘what on earth is he doing?’ while on commentary duty as Spurs suffere the worst possible start.
Postecoglou has managing an almighty injury crisis over the last two months with Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Destiny Udogie and James Maddison all still sidelined.
First-choice centre-half pairing Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven have also endure injury-hit campaigns.
Postecoglou was without 11 first-team players in total on Sunday with the Australian passionately defending the group.
‘I don’t care about me, people will judge me or whatever,’ he said in his post-match press conference.
‘But you can’t judge this group of players on what’s happene. They’ve given everything. Two 18-year-olds, a 17-year-old, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old goalkeeper starting against one of the best teams in the country at home.
‘They [Villa] had a week off, they didn’t play on Thursday night against Liverpool. We did. Same group of players, not a change. You can’t measure this group of players on that and their performance. It’s too easy for people to be critical of them. I have huge admiration and respect for them.’
Postecoglou demande ‘better appreciation’ of the demands place on the group of players who have fit during a packe fixture schedule, taking a swipe at criticism that ‘is not anywhere near close to objective analysis’.