{"id":301140,"date":"2023-12-02T00:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301140"},"modified":"2023-12-02T00:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:25:09","slug":"ange-postecoglou-admits-his-desire-to-turn-tottenham-into-a-big-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-admits-his-desire-to-turn-tottenham-into-a-big-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou admits his desire &apos;to turn Tottenham into a big club&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Ange Postecoglou admits his players are RIGHT to question his plan to attack Man City with a depleted squad&#8230; but insists his philosophy will &#8216;bridge the gap&#8217; to success<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ange Postecoglou has scoffed at claims his side could sit back vs Man City\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Australian also revealed his desire to &#8216;turn Tottenham into a big club&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big Ange has lost three in a row, but no chance he changes his style:\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou admitted on Friday his players are right to question taking on Manchester City at their own game with their depleted group, but that under him Tottenham will never park the bus.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou scoffed at suggestions he could go defensive at the Etihad on Sunday, despite that being the blueprint which helped Spurs win five of their last seven Premier League meetings with Pep Guardiola\u2019s City.<\/p>\n<p>This is set to be the ultimate test of Postecoglou\u2019s philosophy, and though Tottenham could construct an XI out of their players currently unavailable and have lost their last three games, they will go on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s a reason I\u2019m sitting here and the reason is the end game is not to beat City,\u2019 the Spurs boss said. \u2018If that\u2019s the end game, that\u2019s been done. It\u2019s not why I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m not trying to set up a team to beat Manchester City. I\u2019m trying to set up a team to be successful. I\u2019m sure the players are thinking, \u201cIs this really going to work against Man City?\u201d And those are justifiable questions that they need to ask.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/21\/78487489-0-image-a-18_1701465491110.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou has admitted that his players are &#8216;justified&#8217; to question his plans to play attacking football against Man City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/21\/78487513-0-image-a-19_1701465495581.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Spurs boss scoffed at suggestions that they could sit back against the Treble winners during their trip to the Etihad on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My role is to show them this is still the way forward for us as a group if we\u2019re ever going to bridge that gap to being a successful side. I don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s at a point where I\u2019m losing people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/22\/78488085-12816079-Pep_Guardiola_has_lost_more_games_in_the_Premier_League_against_-m-100_1701468353451.jpg\" height=\"322\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has lost more games in the Premier League against Tottenham than any other opponent<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Even internally people will always ask those questions. \u201cCan you do this?\u201d \u201cAre you able to continue playing this way?\u201d \u201cIs it working or is it not working?\u201d When I lay my head at night, I just believe in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I get up the next day thinking I feel strongly about it. Maybe I\u2019ll end up in a heap, mate. I don\u2019t know, because there are no guarantees. But my gut tells me that I won\u2019t. I enjoy it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So does Guardiola, who said: \u2018Absolutely not\u2019 when asked if Spurs would become defensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It would be a surprise. I met him in pre-season in 2019 when we played Yokohama. I saw some of their games before and I said, \u201cWow, there are things that I like\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019ve followed him ever since. In a relatively short time, even the games they didn\u2019t win lately, I\u2019m impressed with how well they do many things \u2014 how many chances they create, how aggressive they are in all departments. He came here and in a few months you recognise perfectly his team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/21\/78487497-0-image-a-21_1701465501351.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has also admitted that it would be a surprise to see Tottenham play defensively<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He makes football a better place because I\u2019m also a spectator and I enjoy watching them a lot with the approach they have. All Spurs fans and people in England can admit the impact has been big.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It was July 2019 when Postecoglou\u2019s Yokohama Marinos faced Guardiola\u2019s City in a friendly between the two City Football Group clubs. Yokohama finished with 58 per cent possession.<\/p>\n<p>But with Rodrigo Bentancur, James Maddison and Pape Sarr among those sidelined, it will be tough to repeat the trick.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou added: \u2018You could shy away, say we have injuries, say we\u2019re playing Man City away, but you\u2019re either going to be a club that tries to knock off the big clubs or you are a big club. You are one or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My hope and my ambition for this club is to make it a big club.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12816079\/Ange-Postecoglou-Tottenham-Man-City-attack-pep-guardiola.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ange Postecoglou admits his players are RIGHT to question his plan to attack Man City with a depleted squad&#8230; but <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ange Postecoglou admits his desire &amp;apos;to turn Tottenham into a big club&amp;apos; 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