‘That’s not the reason for God sake’: Ange Postecoglou unhappy and disagree with reporter’s suggestion on what leads to Spurs loss at Craven Cottage [Full story link in comment]
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was an unhappy man tonight as he saw his Spurs side hammered by Fulham this evening.
The Aussie looked on in disbelief as his team crumbled under pressure from the Cottagers. Tottenham simply didn’t defend properly and going forward, could not shoot.
Indeed, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg appeared annoyed with Pedro Porro at one point. The Dane remonstrated with the Spanish full-back for not getting tight enough, and in essence, that summed up Tottenham’s night.
And after the game, it appeared that manager Postecoglou was also in a touchy mood, as he responded abruptly to a suggestion (BBC) that Micky van de Ven being injured was the reason his team lost.
“That’s not the reason we didn’t perform today. Micky van de Ven is not the reason we didn’t perform today,” Postecoglou said.
Tottenham would have lost with Van de Ven
While the Dutchman might have made a small difference to proceedings, it was just one of those nights for Spurs really.
Key players were well off it, both in defence and attack. Destiny Udogie had a nightmare from defence as he provided nothing at both ends of the field. While in midfield, the likes of James Maddison also struggled.
At the end of the day, having Van de Ven in the XI might have helped a touch but Fulham were so good and Tottenham so bad, that the result would have been the same.
With a long two weeks ahead now until the next game, there’s plenty to work on for Postecoglou and his troops.
Quite what the Aussie will think of the performance and how he’ll feel about beating Aston Villa so handsomely to then losing this one, remains to be seen.
As for Van de Ven, despite Postecoglou brushing this one off, he’ll be keen to ensure his man is back for the return to football at the end of the month.
‘That’s not the reason for God sake’: Ange Postecoglou unhappy and disagree with reporter’s suggestion on what leads to Spurs loss at Craven Cottage [Full story link in comment]
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was an unhappy man tonight as he saw his Spurs side hammered by Fulham this evening.
The Aussie looked on in disbelief as his team crumbled under pressure from the Cottagers. Tottenham simply didn’t defend properly and going forward, could not shoot.
Indeed, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg appeared annoyed with Pedro Porro at one point. The Dane remonstrated with the Spanish full-back for not getting tight enough, and in essence, that summed up Tottenham’s night.
And after the game, it appeared that manager Postecoglou was also in a touchy mood, as he responded abruptly to a suggestion (BBC) that Micky van de Ven being injured was the reason his team lost.
“That’s not the reason we didn’t perform today. Micky van de Ven is not the reason we didn’t perform today,” Postecoglou said.
Tottenham would have lost with Van de Ven
While the Dutchman might have made a small difference to proceedings, it was just one of those nights for Spurs really.
Key players were well off it, both in defence and attack. Destiny Udogie had a nightmare from defence as he provided nothing at both ends of the field. While in midfield, the likes of James Maddison also struggled.
At the end of the day, having Van de Ven in the XI might have helped a touch but Fulham were so good and Tottenham so bad, that the result would have been the same.
With a long two weeks ahead now until the next game, there’s plenty to work on for Postecoglou and his troops.
Quite what the Aussie will think of the performance and how he’ll feel about beating Aston Villa so handsomely to then losing this one, remains to be seen.
As for Van de Ven, despite Postecoglou brushing this one off, he’ll be keen to ensure his man is back for the return to football at the end of the month.
