Defiant Postecoglou Earns Some Respite as Tottenham Keep Season Alive
Ange Postecoglou has not had much to smile about in his second season as manager of Tottenham Hotspur but the under-pressure Australian now stands three games away from delivering the club’s first silverware for 17 years.
The 59-year-old former Celtic manager has been mocked for his claim that he always wins a trophy in his second season with a club, especially with Tottenham on course for their worst Premier League finish since 1994.
His tactics have been regularly questioned and had Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final away to Eintracht Frankfurt gone badly it might have spelt a hasty end to his tenure. Instead, Tottenham rolled up their sleeves and dug out a 1-0 victory for a 2-1 aggregate win.
With a two-legged semi-final against Norwegian outsiders Bodo/Glimt to come, Postecoglou appears to have bought himself some time and he was not shy in stating that fact.
“I think I said yesterday, I am the same manager today that I was yesterday so if people think us winning tonight makes me a better manager or whoever thinks I wasn’t doing a good job yesterday, should be feeling the same way,” he told reporters.
“I don’t care, it doesn’t bother me, it doesn’t affect what I do. For me, it’s always about the dressing room. Do the players believe? Do the staff believe?
