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Chris Sutton says Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has given critics ‘a stick to beat him with’
Tottenham Hotspur fans breathed a huge sigh of relief on Wednesday night as Spurs secured their place in the fourth round of the League Cup.
Ange Postecoglou’s charges were fresh off losing the N𝔉orth London derby and were on the brink of also losing to second-tier Coventry City.
Late goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson turned the game around for Tottenham, keeping them in the picture for the League Cup.
Spurs haven’t had much to shout about on the si🥃lverware front for a while now, so there will be pressure on Postecoglou to end their 14-year trophy drought this season.
Last week, the Tottenham boss raised some eyebrows when he mentioned that he has “always” won ༺trophies in his second season.
More specifically, he told Sky Sports, via : “I’ll correct myself – I don’t usually winꦗ things, I always win things in m꧃y second year. Nothing’s changed.”
Postecoglou went on to express bemusement at how his comments “upset a lot o🍨f people for some reason” as he merely “stated a fact”.
BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton has now spoken about Postecoglou’s comments and suggested he has made a 🃏mistake.
Chris Sutton says Ange Postecoglou comments will be used ‘as a stick to beat him with’
While Sutton agrees they were taken out of context, he st⭕ill feels the Spurs boss has given ammuniti𓃲on to his critics going forward.
“A lot has bಌeen made about Postecoglou talking about alꦍways winning a trophy in his second season,” he began on .
“I have 🦩heard what he said and it has been taken out of context. Now, no matter what he says about it, people are going to use it as a stick t🐈o beat him with.”
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Postecoglou trophy record solid but wording was risky
Post𝄹ecoglou’s career trophy-winning ꦕrecord is superb. UK fans will have seen him do it at Celtic, but he also did so in Japan and twice in Australia.
The Tottenham boss also did it 𝓡with the national team in their second tournament, as well as two different junior Australian levels.
Furthermore, every team Post༒ecoglou managedꦇ for more than nine months before moving on went on to win the league in their second season.
The issue people seem to have is with how he worded it. One thing is sayin🍸g he has won trophies⭕ in the past, the other is suggesting this is a given that will happen this season too.
Considering Tottenham had two serial winners in the dugout – Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte – and neither could win anything with ♕Sp🌺urs, Postecoglou should be wary of jinxing things.