ANGE POSTECOGLOU was near with his caput successful his hands aft being grilled astir Tottenham’s alarming form.
Spurs’ play went from atrocious to worse past Sunday erstwhile they were dumped retired of the FA Cup by Aston Villa.
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The Aussie was near with his caput successful his hands aft Spurs’ FA Cup decision to Aston VillaThe fourth-round exit came conscionable 3 days aft they were battered successful the 2nd limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie with Liverpool.
Postecoglou has shown signs that Spurs’ woeful signifier is getting to him connected respective occasions this play and did truthful again erstwhile it was enactment to him that his troops aren’t playing successful his image.
After putting his caput successful his hands, the Aussie said: “I don’t cognize however other to explicate it.
“I don’t cognize however other to explicate it if you can’t spot that this squad is conscionable trying to play its hardest successful the astir utmost of circumstances.
“Two and a fractional months of asking 18-year-olds and 17-year-olds and elder players, with nary rest, to play Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday.
“I’ll support going for two-and-a-half months and if you deliberation that is not astatine each a origin of however this squad is performing past there’s thing other I tin say.
“There’s thing other I tin explain.”
When asked if it’s omniscient to instrumentality with his existent benignant of play, the 59-year-old added: “No, due to the fact that they’re bushed mate.
GETTY“Do you deliberation they tin property similar [we would]. If we hadn’t played Thursday nighttime and I hadn’t rotated that squad we wouldn’t person been pressing aggressively today?
“Fair chance, unless you don’t deliberation they’re quality beings.
“Unless you’re superhuman and you deliberation no, aft playing Liverpool connected Thursday nighttime they should beryllium flying tonight. It doesn’t happen. They’re quality beings.
“Why bash you deliberation Liverpool and others rotate 11 players? Why? There’s a crushed and I privation I could bash the same.
“So you tin bring a freshness to the team. Of people they’re not playing anyplace adjacent the levels that we privation oregon expect, but that’s not due to the fact that they’re not trying.
“It’s due to the fact that they can’t. I deliberation this radical of players erstwhile we get the remainder of the radical in, volition beryllium an outstanding team.
“I person nary uncertainty astir that. Whether different radical can’t spot that, that’s of nary involvement to me.
“If you privation to measurement thing connected what they’re doing astatine the moment, different than the utmost concern they’re dealing with past I deliberation your investigation is skewed and it’s not objective. That’s my opinion.
Spurs volition beryllium backmost successful enactment connected Sunday afternoon, welcoming Manchester United to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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