Ange Postecoglou responds to injury jibe from League One boss in brutal fashion

Tottenham instrumentality connected Leyton Orient successful the FA Cup clash this play with Ange Postecoglou responding to Richie Wellens - who joked astir the magnitude of injuries he's struggling with

Ange Postecoglou has claimed Leyton Orient brag Richie Wellens has “had his 5 minutes” successful the spotlight aft mocking the Spurs boss.

A bruising week for Tottenham saw the Australian’s broadside savaged by Sky Sports pundits pursuing their Carabao Cup semi-final decision astatine Liverpool.

But past play League One manager Wellens snapped astatine a newsman erstwhile asked if his team's wounded database was to blasted for the decision to Stockport. "I'm not Ange Postecoglou, support utilizing it arsenic an excuse,” helium said.

Wellens, who faces Manchester City successful the FA Cup connected Saturday, has since apologised. Asked if Spurs fans were getting bushed of his repeated references to the wounded situation, Postecoglou responded: "I don't cognize however it's a communicative erstwhile you are conscionable stating facts.

"If radical don't spot a concern wherever you are missing thing important determination is thing I tin accidental to that. If they accidental 'well, that shouldn't truly marque a difference' I don't cognize however to reply that. I get that people's senses get dulled oregon radical get bored - everyone wants a spot of drama. But that's not drama, that's conscionable stating facts.

"We person been missing immoderate truly cardinal players for a agelong clip and person had to woody with that. Whether radical spot that arsenic important oregon not... If radical deliberation I'm trying to make a communicative retired of thing I don't cognize what to accidental astir that. And arsenic for different managers, mate, he's had his 5 minutes truthful lets determination on.

Asked if Wellens had contacted him to apologise personally, Postecoglou added: "He's had his 5 minutes, that's bully capable for me.”

Amid the biting disapproval from the TV pundits, erstwhile Tottenham defender Michael Dawson claimed: “They didn't amusement immoderate character.”

But the Aussie manager said: “It is truly casual - radical tin beryllium backmost from the comfortableness of their surroundings and say: ‘They are not trying’. Or: ‘They deficiency combat oregon character’.

“But that is not what I see. As I support saying, possibly we would person been amended disconnected if we had not been successful the sem-final and we had a week disconnected and preparing for the FA Cup connected Sunday and radical would look astatine america differently. But the information is that we got to a semi-final. These players worked truly hard to get there. We didn’t person an casual roadworthy to get there. We had a disappointing nighttime for sure. But I don’t question the quality oregon determination of the players to proceed connected and effort and beryllium a success.”

Tottenham are down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League. Asked however agelong it would instrumentality to lucifer leaders Liverpool, Postecoglou said: I cognize that this is each benignant of reactive to past nighttime and I get it. Everyone saw determination was a large spread betwixt america and Liverpool, but Vicario, Romero, Destiny, van de Ven, Solanke, Wilson Odobert, I could spell connected and on.

"We had 10 missing past night, elder players, but you instrumentality 7 oregon 8 cardinal players retired of immoderate squad and you are playing the champion squad successful the world who are astatine their best, I don’t deliberation you marque judgements successful these moments.

“I get that it dulls the senses aft a portion erstwhile you accidental the aforesaid happening aft week aft week and it sounds similar it is what it is, but that’s the world of our situation. A batch of the players I mentioned and Maddison, I mean Brennan Johnson, I don’t marque judgements connected past nighttime isolated from the information we didn’t execute successful the mode we wanted to. Even if we did, we whitethorn not person won anyhow but the disappointing happening is we conscionable didn’t play the mode we wanted to, truthful we request to code that.”

Spurs question to Aston Villa connected Sunday for an FA Cup 4th circular tie.

“Our main entity present to play a small spot much similar ourselves,” said the Spurs boss. “It won’t beryllium casual due to the fact that Aston Villa are a bully broadside and playing astatine home. Again, it volition beryllium a situation with virtually the aforesaid radical of players backing up, but determination is an accidental for america determination and we privation to marque definite we tackle that accidental successful the close way.”

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