{"id":301704,"date":"2023-12-07T12:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301704"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:39:44","slug":"jenas-backs-ange-postecoglous-high-pressing-football-at-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jenas-backs-ange-postecoglous-high-pressing-football-at-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenas backs Ange Postecoglou&apos;s high-pressing football at Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Jermaine Jenas backs Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s high-pressing football at Tottenham and says he has shown &#8216;courage&#8217; despite calls for cautious approach&#8230; as he insists the Australian WILL end club&#8217;s trophy drought<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jermaine Jenas defended Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s attacking football at Tottenham\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He said his philosophy has shown &#8216;courage&#8217; and believes it will bring silverware<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s wonderful, but we are baffled and bamboozled by what Big Ange is doing &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Tottenham star Jermaine Jenas has backed Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s relentless high-pressing football despite calls for him to take a more cautious approach &#8211; insisting: &#8216;No one tells Pep Guardiola to dial it back.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have won admirers for their heavy-metal football and attractive style of play under the Australian this season following a superb start that saw them win eight of their first ten matches- before a run of three consecutive losses saw his brand of football come under fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou came under heavy scrutiny in particular after Spurs collapsed to a 4-1 defeat against Chelsea last month &#8211; having decided to persist with a high line despite going down to nine men.<\/p>\n<p>He has also stuck to his guns with the same philosophy despite losing a host of players to injury and suspension &#8211; with Spurs opting to go toe-to-toe with Man City at the Etihad last time out and picking up a 3-3 draw.\u00a0Jenas says his style should not be questioned and that the Australian won&#8217;t be listening to the outside noise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport after announcing his move to become the new host of Formula E coverage on TNT Sports, he said: &#8216;I just don&#8217;t think [critics] know the football to be honest with you. There&#8217;s a lot of opinions in the game right now and he won&#8217;t listen to any of us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/10\/78683973-12836495-Jermaine_Jenas_has_backed_Ange_Postecoglou_s_high_pressing_style-m-71_1701946724306.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/10\/78686753-12836495-The_ex_Spurs_star_hailed_the_Australian_s_courage_to_stick_to_hi-m-73_1701946734520.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Jermaine Jenas has backed Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s high-pressing style at Tottenham despite calls for a more cautious approach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78684011-12836495-image-a-46_1701942292004.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spurs secured a 3-3 draw at Man City despite being tipped to struggle if they played their usual style<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No one tells Pep to dial it in. No one looks at Man City and goes, &#8220;bit too expansive there, what are you putting\u00a0John Stones in centre-midfield for and one v one at the back?&#8221; No one does that. Everyone has their own ways of winning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has his own mindset to how the game should be played. You don&#8217;t get to where he is without knowing his stuff and having the ability to shift when you need to shift. He&#8217;s a top manager and the people who doubt him will rue it in the end.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Spurs play West Ham at home on Thursday night in what promises to be an exciting London derby and Postecoglou is set to welcome back Cristian Romero to the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham ended their run of defeats against Man City last time out despite fans and pundits predicting a heavy loss if Postecoglou chose to stay expansive against the champions &#8211; and Jenas said he has shown courage in a bid to overhaul the club&#8217;s mindset long term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I love\u00a0Ange Postecoglou, I love the complete culture shift and mindset he&#8217;s brought to the club,&#8217; he added. &#8216;Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I&#8217;m watching the Chelsea game thinking, &#8220;what&#8217;s going on here, why don&#8217;t we drop off and defend the box?&#8221;. But he&#8217;s looking so far ahead of everyone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78683919-12836495-image-a-43_1701941946448.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jenas said Postecoglou should not have to compromise on his philosophy, insisting: &#8216;No one tells Pep to dial it back&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The people that think like that are looking at it and think, &#8220;just win the game&#8221;. His mindset is about changing the culture and mindset of the football club for years to come. It&#8217;s almost like a lesson within itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He probably sits there and knows he could drop off and win a game in a different way, but that&#8217;s not what he&#8217;s about &#8211; and it&#8217;s not what he sees the future of the club about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/09\/78683749-12836495-image-a-49_1701942651638.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Jenas was in the Spurs team the last time the club won a trophy in 2008<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s trying to suffer early to reap the rewards later down the line. We saw a tiny bit of that against Man City when everyone&#8217;s expecting them to get trounced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You need to have the courage to go to those places and play that way. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s building. The quicker he gets it into them, the quicker they will adapt.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another quality Postecoglou brings is his knack of winning and his impressive rate of lifting silverware &#8211; having won the treble at Celtic last season.<\/p>\n<p>Jenas doesn&#8217;t think the Australian will have to make any changes to his style of play to end Tottenham&#8217;s 15-year drought to win a trophy and is confident Postecoglou will add a cup to the club&#8217;s collection during his tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old &#8211; who is now a pundit &#8211; was in the Tottenham team the last time they won a trophy in a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the 2008 Carling Cup final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78687889-12836495-image-a-85_1701948711983.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He credited the Australian with transforming the mindset of the players after struggling under Antonio Conte last season<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he&#8217;ll win a trophy playing the way he plays,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Spurs fans have been suffocated for years in terms of the style of football and everyone in that stadium is loving what they&#8217;re seeing and loving the togetherness of this team. Will he win a trophy? Yes. When that will be, I don&#8217;t know but he will definitely win one playing that style of football.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jenas credited Postecoglou for dramatically transforming a toxic atmosphere that was overtaking the dressing room after a turbulent campaign under Antonio Conte last season &#8211; and believes the players are flourishing under simple instructions and with the pressure taken off their shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;ve come a mile in such a short space of time,&#8217; Jenas added. &#8216;He seems to have instilled a lot of trust in the players and it&#8217;s been reciprocated. The understanding of what he wants them to do is there. From a player&#8217;s point of view, sometimes one message is a good message. You tell me the one thing I need to do and I&#8217;ll go do it &#8211; that&#8217;s a nice place to be for a player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These players know their jobs and they just have to go out and execute it. If it doesn&#8217;t work, the manager seems to be big enough and broad enough shoulders to take the responsibility on him.&#8217;<\/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-12836495\/Jermaine-Jenas-backs-Ange-Postecoglous-high-pressing-football-Tottenham-says-shown-courage-despite-calls-cautious-approach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Jermaine Jenas backs Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s high-pressing football at Tottenham and says he has shown &#8216;courage&#8217; 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