{"id":56257,"date":"2023-08-19T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/19\/i-really-dont-know-postecoglous-telling-admission-as-ange-explains-special-spurs-moment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T22:44:00","slug":"i-really-dont-know-postecoglous-telling-admission-as-ange-explains-special-spurs-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/19\/i-really-dont-know-postecoglous-telling-admission-as-ange-explains-special-spurs-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I really don\u2019t know\u2019: Postecoglou\u2019s telling admission as Ange explains special Spurs \u2018moment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ange Postecoglou told reporters earlier this week that he was not comfortable with Tottenham fans singing his name. Why?<\/p>\n

Well, the Australian\u2019s explanation spoke to why the Spurs faithful had been so quick to embrace him in the first place. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot but I\u2019m not comfortable with it. You love what it means,\u201d opened Postecoglou. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part, it\u2019s blind faith. I haven\u2019t earned it yet. Hopefully, when the day comes that we deliver something it will mean even more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ange Postecoglou celebrates. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS \/ AFP)<\/span>Source: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a fanbase that has had to wait more than 15 years for a major trophy, that kind of accountability was refreshing. <\/p>\n

This coming from a coach that is very confident in the way he wants to play and yet still maintains a sense of humility, not one to get swept away or lost in the bright lights.<\/p>\n

A man who has earned everything that has come his way so far in his coaching career \u2014 and that is not going to change anytime soon.<\/p>\n

So, when Postecoglou celebrated his first Premier League win in charge on Sunday he took a moment to soak it all in. A moment he and the rest of the team had earned<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to feel that moment,\u201d Postecoglou told reporters after the 2-0 win over Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I have always said that to me I love what football does to people, particularly in those moments. You kind of take a moment to think about the 60,000 here or the ones who were watching at home, they\u2019re going to be smiling for the rest of the week. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love that it does that, the game. For me that moment is just about appreciating I am pretty blessed to be doing what I am doing and be in the middle of a stadium leading a fantastic football club.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, again, Postecoglou is not the kind of manager to get swept away or lost in the bright lights. And so, the Australian had one quick reminder to add before he was done.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then you start to think about next week, mate,\u201d he said with a smile.<\/p>\n

Tottenham fans aren\u2019t thinking about next week though. They\u2019re thinking about right now. They\u2019re thinking about the berth of a new brand of football, one that dares to be different under a manager that does the exact same.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe atmosphere was incredible,\u201d Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur supporters were outstanding today. The energy they created in the stadium right from the first whistle was just brilliant. To be honest I thought it helped us. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first half I thought we just looked a bit nervous and edgy for sort of half an hour or so and were probably fortunate to still be in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again, another example of Postecoglou refusing to get carried away, even as Tottenham fans continued to chant his name.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports after the win, Postecoglou said building off the team\u2019s success in the second half would be key moving forward as Bournemouth await next Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a long way to go and today we saw elements of how far we still have to go,\u201d Postecoglou said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can keep feeding the players the belief they have in the second half then we can create something special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tottenham has already created something special if the way its fanbase was celebrating after the 2-0 win is anything to go by.<\/p>\n

Although the challenge, according to Postecoglou, is to now replicate the same kind of performance on a more consistent basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice,\u201d Postecoglou said of fans singing his name.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou separate yourself from that stuff because what\u2019s more important to me right now is that if we\u2019re going to continue to go down this road, I said before the game that we really need an energy, particularly here at home. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have been a shame today, because you could tell the crowd were up for it, if we were flat in our performance. <\/p>\n

\u201cObviously you want to win and that gives everyone the joy they need but I felt the manner in which we played, it\u2019s a great starting point so when the final whistle goes… from my perspective that\u2019s fantastic fertile ground for me to get going, rather than sort of if we had a flat performance it would have been hard, we would have had to work hard. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time now that leaves a fairly decent benchmark that we\u2019ve got to match now because that\u2019s the expectation we go out there because we did it against a very good team so we have to do it on a weekly basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tottenham fans are embracing Postecoglou. (Photo by Clive Rose\/Getty Images)<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Football Australia CEO James Johnson said to Stats Perform back in June that Australian football is \u201cin a golden era right now\u201d after Postecoglou\u2019s hiring.<\/p>\n

When considering Postecoglou\u2019s appointment alongside the historic success of the Matildas at this year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup, it is easy to see why that may well be the case.<\/p>\n

Although when asked by a reporter on Sunday whether his success at Tottenham may help football really break new ground in Australia, Postecoglou was hesitant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI battle with that, mate. I really don\u2019t know if we will ever crack Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope so. I think the women\u2019s World Cup was a brilliant tournament. I am not watching anymore of it… the Premier League has always been the most watched league in Australia anyway and now they have a vested interest, so that\u2019s great. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow much of an impact that has I am not really sure.. I don\u2019t know if there are too many with similar backgrounds to mine but I\u2019ve worked 26 years in the game and it is not that I feel I have earnt this opportunity, it is just I don\u2019t see any reason why I shouldn\u2019t be given this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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