Ange Postecoglou admits he's 'ready to explode' at his Tottenham players this week

Tottenham's players tin expect a fiery squad speech from Ange Postecoglou erstwhile they instrumentality from planetary work this week, with choler from their past decision inactive lingering

Ange Postecoglou says helium volition “explode” astatine his Tottenham players erstwhile they get backmost astatine the nine pursuing planetary duty.

Spurs look West Ham successful Saturday’s aboriginal kick-off needing a effect pursuing a staggering illness against Brighton earlier the break. Postecoglou’s broadside had a 2-0 pb astatine the Amex Stadium connected October 6, only to suffer 3-2 successful a melodramatic turnaround.

The Australian manager launched into a passionate post-match rant successful which helium slammed his complacent players for throwing distant 3 points. He branded it the 'worst defeat' of his reign astatine Tottenham, insisting the second-half show was 'unacceptable'.

However, Postecoglou isn’t done with venting yet, having been near to his ain devices to stew connected things portion galore of his players person been distant with their nationalist teams. "You ne'er cognize if it (the planetary break) is bully oregon bad. Maybe for the players it was good, but I don't similar sitting connected a loss," Postecoglou told Mark Schwarzer for Optus Sport.

"There tin beryllium a inclination to over-analyse things. It wasn't a bully one. The archetypal fractional was unbelievable, but I didn't similar the 2nd fractional and what we looked like. It wasn't the loss, it was the mode I wasn't comfy with. I've been sitting connected it for 10 days, I'm acceptable to detonate erstwhile they get backmost successful the gathering and that volition beryllium my therapy."

The decision near Spurs ninth successful the Premier League connected 14 points from 7 matches. They volition look a West Ham broadside afloat of assurance pursuing their 4-1 thrashing of Ipswich earlier the break, which was their archetypal triumph astatine the London Stadium.

Postecoglou is nether pressure, with Spurs having won conscionable 3 matches successful the league truthful acold this season, but helium says helium won’t alteration his approach. "What everyone wants maine to bash is what everyone other does. I'm not going to bash that," helium said.

"The crushed I'm present present is due to the fact that I didn't bash what everyone other does. I wouldn't bash thing otherwise due to the fact that I've ever tried to marque decisions that I judge are going to enactment existent to what we're trying to create. What I bash cognize is that radical hide the starting point. It becomes truly blurred. I don't hide the starting point. That's however I measurement progress."

Postecoglou antecedently worked for Celtic, Australia and Yokohama Marinos and was asked whether Spurs was the astir hard occupation he’s had. "This nine has its ain unsocial challenges for sure. Are they much hard than others? I don't know,” helium said. "When I was astatine Celtic I was expected to win. If you suffer 1 crippled it's a large occupation and not galore tin header with that.

"It's conscionable a antithetic situation for sure. I get wherefore radical would accidental it's the level and the scrutiny is the crushed wherefore you're not having occurrence – I don't judge that. I judge we volition person occurrence and there's thing present that makes maine deliberation that is insurmountable."

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