Ange Postecoglou Interview: "We Want To Achieve Things That Have Never Been Achieved Before"

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglu speaks exclusively to FourFourTwo's Adam Clery about his move to North London, how he's revolutionised the club, and his philosophies for life in general.
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[@Orlandojusticenomaga]

Big Ange has got to be the most chilled out straight talking football manager in the world. …COYS

[@stevenb427]

You scored with this one m8. Big Ange interview. Superb!! PS Scotland misses you Postecoglou ⚽️

[@rodbrown8306]

Tottenham got it right with this guy, transparent but with undoubtable personable talents that turn people his way while he adjusts himself to the needs of the culture. Great interview.

[@neilbritten8004]

What a man! So glad we got him!! Just wished my dad who passed away 7 months ago was here he would of loved him!! Coys

[@NVR5802XFREEPALESTINE]

Sorry for your loss 😊 COYS

[@blackspur77]

He's watching over you and he's loving it!😁COYS

[@peejayq]

Deepest condolences for your loss 🙏🏽❤️

[@tmoon9297]

This man is fully committed. Conte had a foot outside the door from the beginning at Spurs.

[@jaynola247]

The only thing even more impressive than the impact Ange has had on almost every facet of the club, so quickly and in such a short space of time, is the man himself. Just seems to be an incredible human being.

[@ozzie3400]

Leaders like ange don’t come along to often.

[@glennmaillard5972]

We have our teams, but those who follow Ange also have Ange. He’s what in the old days we called a role model, and a bloody good one. ✅

[@AustralianRadioindie]

It's an Australian thing

[@daniels7044]

Proud that he represents my club.

[@bunkiebunk]

a legend in the making

[@Autonova]

“Why not just go for it?” - Ange Postecoglou

[@gcampbell7790]

6:25 You're not wrong mate. Celtic fan for nearly 40 years and here I am now watching everything Spurs related. This man is special, I though he would be our Jock Stein incarnated. But quickly realise how greedy and selfish that was. This man inspires 'Football!' And was born to Manage in England. Will miss you 🍀 But keep showing others what you can do 👍🍻

[@mikedennehy2454]

What a brilliant explanation he made at the beginning - we're giving them information during the week and there'll be an exam on Saturday, but like every exam you don't know what the questions are going to be.

[@user-gl1gp6ny3t]

Great interview. I’ve bought into Big Ange. Inject everything he says into my veins. COYS

[@antonynicholson9997]

The man is a breath of fresh air, not just as a football manager but as a person who uncomplicates his approach, talks straight gains respect for it and gets results. How so many others should take his lead!

[@dafunkyshit]

As a Melburnian, I feel very proud of this guy and I say this as a United fan.

[@ozzymick1431]

Yep, breath of "fresh" air although he's been doing it since he was 12 and coached his school soccer team because the teacher assigned to coach was the music teacher! True story 😅😂

[@glennmaillard5972]

@@ozzymick1431Looks like someone read his book and/or has watched a sufficient number of his press conferences and interviews! 😉

[@ozzymick1431]

@glennmaillard5972 If you're talking about me, you're not wrong mate. TBH, I'm not a full on soccer fan, more AFL and occasional Broncos. But I just love Ange! Great character in all senses of that word. Really got to know him in-depth thanks to Hamish Carton on 67HailHail, a Celtic fan forum and ardent supporter of Ange. And Yes, I've read Hamish's book "Never Stop". Not a bad effort.

[@glennmaillard5972]

@@ozzymick1431 Pretty sure you know a lot about Ange. I am AFL first too but an Ange fan for a long, long time. Always a Socceroo fan (and a Victory fan since the A league began), and my interest in Ange was first particularly aroused after that infamous interview. Was on his side from that day. ✅

[@roshanmeah]

I've got an image in my head of Ange rolling down his car window every time he sees someone jogging on the road and saying (in a thick Aussie accent): "You're wastin' your life, mate!"

[@buckladd]

🤣🤣🤣

[@indianastones6032]

I bet hes got that phrase as a bumper sticker on his car!!!

[@gammadodeka]

Haha brilliant

[@glennmaillard5972]

I coached both junior netball and basketball and my kids never did anything without the ball involved. They got to try stuff and keep playing sone kid of game, and never knew they were actually getting fitter as well. I hated running just for the sake of fitness. I don’t even like walking to stay fit. I’d rather potter for hours in my garden and only rarely consider why I sleep so well afterward just occasionally. But I know. Choosing what you love and love doing it.Thats fitness for life. Don’t be tricked by Ange, it’s not just about him hating running because it’s meaningless. Everything runs deeper with him. He’s a life coach. Except one worthy of respect. 😉

[@dunningkruger5823]

👌

[@orinorio1]

Ange came to Spurs after winning three titles. People who think he came to Spurs to finish outside the top four are just people who simply don't think for themselves.

[@projectext4147]

Technically he won 8 titles Asian cup, two Scottish titles, 1 j league title, four Aussie titles(new and old) and if u care about Oceania Championship he won that to qualify for world club championship so 9.

[@senorsuave]

Top 4? Maybe this year, but he's here to build a champion

[@glennmaillard5972]

Think for themselves? Um... ‘think’.

[@wisepalaz]

Well he went to the wrong club then, should've went to Real Madrid.

[@rudyarness8317]

Correction - he came to Spurs after winning three titles in just the last 12 months. I've been lucky enough to see him coach from the very start (well, Brisbane, I didn't see his South Melbourne days), he picks up silverware basically everywhere he goes. The man is a born winner.

[@rfs1899]

I love this man more and more every day, what a man, he has brought us all back together! We.Never.Stop. COYS!!

[@EddieBaumgartner]

Ange seems like the perfect coach for any sport and any athlete. I am so happy that he has landed at Spurs, and cannot wait to see how far we got. He has already passed my expectations as a fan, I thought we would be maybe 4-4 going into this week, so lets continue and see the joy he can bring!

[@Old.School.Ronin.01]

The Wallabies could do with him becoming the coach.

[@peejayq]

@@Old.School.Ronin.01Fark that’s soo true 😂

[@jimjustaguywholovesspurs]

I love the man he will end up a spurs legend

[@ozzymick1431]

I think Celtic supporters are already building a statue of him 😝

[@dunningkruger5823]

🤞

[@jimjustaguywholovesspurs]

@@ozzymick1431 lets hope he wins us loads of sliver wear and we give the man a statue

[@bobbyspurs4882]

"Why would I bother putting a limit on it " ..Thats my manager COYS

[@thedethrocker8858]

Outstanding Adam!!! you can tell he enjoyed the questions!!!!! spot on

[@glennmaillard5972]

He responds well to good questions; that’s intelligent ones, and sincere one’s from fans, even if they can be a little superficial at times. He understands what it is to be a fan and not always a rocket scientist. He responds well to the genuine. It’s the press looking for an angle or a story that irks him. ✅

[@thedethrocker8858]

Yep and Adam did his homework and asked some of the best questions I've heard so far.

[@CHYPCAR]

An absolutely brilliant 10 minute interview! Interviewer and interviewee on the same wavelength. Ange really is a unique football manager. Whatever happens with the team during his tenure, he has consigned that old negative ‘spursy’ mentality to the dustbin of history. The real challenge now will be to keep him at the club!

[@graemenicholls2836]

now I do like an interview with good questions. thank you!

[@stephenremnant8151]

Life goal getting a “mate” from Ange

[@daveweller9550]

Double edged sword there

[@braunster512]

​@daveweller9550 my thought, too... there's 'mate' and then there's 'mate'.

[@glennmaillard5972]

@@daveweller9550Not strictly speaking. It’s the edge or a hug. That’s how all Australians use ‘mate.’ 😉

[@dunningkruger5823]

Mate, you'd better watch it! Ha, just kidding mate.

[@grantwalker147]

He is quite simply an honest, truthful bloke with integrity ( very rare in today's narcissistic social media driven society), and I get a Bill Nicholson vibe every time I listen to him. Like Bill Nic I believe that the players have a healthy fear of him but GENUINELY respect him and won't want to let him down. As a player, it must be wonderful to take to the field under this bloke, knowing that if they're trying to implement his tactics but fail he won't give them the hair dryer but just encourage them to keep going and it will work out. Bloody love the bloke COYS

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Mate I can’t believe we went from Conte to Ange, it’s like traveling through two different dimensions lmao

[@blackspur77]

We're not on the bad timeline anymore, this one is a bit more.......sacred😉. COYS

[@leonwilks4114]

And that folks is the exact reason he/we will succeed as the players aren't doing the things he didn't enjoy doing and it shows in the performances to date.. COYS

[@dinovass9822]

In few words, He’s both a gentleman and a great manager , well done Ang , I and we are proud of you/Aust

[@yo_boi_biram8095]

I'm loving big ange instead 💙

[@Peter-409]

Great interview 👍

[@elizabethdavey6398]

Love this interview

[@joebhoyy]

A legend in London, a god in Glasgow 💚💚

[@damiarmyworld1314]

Y’all listening to a serial title winning Manager across 3 different continents.

[@johncurtain]

Really a scoop to get an interview with Ange. Well done

[@markspence5288]

I will be honest when his name was mentioned I didn’t want him. Now I love him.

[@LD-vh4cn]

Great to have a manager at spurs who believes in the players

[@Warp75]

Postecoglu has done the impossible…..he’s made Spurs likeable

[@MrShirial]

Lol spurs always been likeable unlike scouse, scum, arse, mafia or terrorists

[@glennmaillard5972]

Not sure he’s made Spurs likeable, but he has made Spurs my English team. 😉

[@LM_25]

Big Ange 🍀🍀🍀

[@jeffstevens4262]

Ange's project is still very much a 'work in progress' and it may take another couple of windows before we see the real result of it. We're not title contenders yet but if things carry on the way they've started, we soon will be.The squad just isn't strong enough yet, but again, it soon will be. Let's not forget, the usual contenders for the top 4 or even the title have had years to get their squads to where the are now. Ange has had only a couple of months. Spurs fans are excited for what Ange is doing because we all know the utter dross we played under Conte the last two seasons has been consigned to the dustbin of history, thank God. In Ange we trust. COYS!! 🙋‍♂

[@Lebone_Bona-fide]

"And through it all We'll play the way we want to With Big Ange Postecoglou Whether I'm right or wrong It's Big Ange ball You can keep your Pochettino Conte and Mourinho Even Pascal Gross. 'Cause everywhere we go... I'm loving Big Ange instead" 🎶🥺

[@DrewSpencer]

As a Tottenham fan I also reminisce about the days we were managed by Pascal Gross 😅

[@joephillips2687]

Santini and Christian Gross have got to be the worse and bizzarest manager appointments in our history along with Terry Niel

[@Chris.spurs2023]

​@@DrewSpencer please don't I have the image from christian gross first interview showing up with a travel card 😂

[@rafavandee3807]

DO NOT MESS THIS UP LEVY This guy can win here. Levy needs to leave big Ange to get on with it. DO NOT UPSET HIM.

[@JCRule69]

Good interview

[@billbob1250]

When Celtic fans explained what Tottenham had coming with Ange didn’t really believe them but WOW WAS THEY TRUE ❤❤❤

[@chriswalski]

Congratulations Adam on the new role four four two miss your wwe content at what culture.

[@dashmagic6211]

He’s a cool character. Typical laid back Aussie with a strong work ethic

[@SmashPhysical]

Perfect attitude. Love Big Ange.

[@mr.increediblle7964]

Even if Ange does not win anything at Spurs, he has gained international recognition and would easily move another major team.

[@JayFreezeee]

Could dummy..

[@Dmanz67]

He will win. It's holding on to him Spurs fans have to worry about.

[@glennmaillard5972]

@@Dmanz67I must admit, I always wonder what is next while enjoying what’s now with Ange. A crazy thought entered my head. England coach? Ange totally supports players representing their countries. Got the players... but the mentality??? Bellingham... Madison. .... Kane... There are plenty of others. Under Ange? You wouldn’t die wondering... or bored.

[@Dmanz67]

@@glennmaillard5972 Absolutely no chance. It's Man City, Real Madrid or PSG next.

[@caliphate6774]

@@Dmanz67 I dont really see ange wanting to go anywhere else tbh. Not until hes achieved success at spurs. Probably will stay for 6 or 7 years and then finish his career at Barcelona. Anges Tiki Taka is perfect for Barca so i can see them going all out for him one day.

[@marcussmith8397]

What an amazing manager COYS ❤

[@lovelovelovehappyhappyhappy]

Thank you

[@richardbyrnes8398]

I wonder if he could do the England job as well on a part time basis...

[@DanielGonzalez-df2tm]

IM LOVING BIG ANGE INSTEAD

[@stephensmith4240]

Great interview, asked the questions I wanted answers to. Two months into the season and top of the league with 4 awards (MOMX2, POMX2). Did I believe that was likely when he arrived. NO. ‘Why put a limit on it’? Brilliant quote. COYSX!

[@Timelord774]

Ange's views on running for fitness are just basic common sense which is pretty much his approach to everything. Why waste valuable hours haveing players mindlessly pound out miles on the pavement when that time could be better spent running drills with the ball? Fitness comes naturally from the amount of work done whilst also having the players engaged in perfecting the combinations necessary to play Angeball. More hours spent focused on the important stuff whilst other teams may be wasting valuable training time on "fitness" work without practical application to the job at hand.

[@user-cx5kq6lv2r]

I want this man's autobiography. I'm always amazed at his philosophy centeted on this care for human beings

[@linde_learn3892]

He’s fantastic!

[@colan263]

What a breath of fresh air. Now just hope baldy BACKS ange.

[@benmansbridge]

He talks straight a complex way. Intelligent and warm in a standoffish way. You would want to do what he says for many different reasons.

[@Dugiesrevenge]

He might not be the manager we deserve, but by God, is he the manager we needed COYS

[@tzetv]

Nice line of questioning

[@gregthomas1346]

When Ange : the movie is made , Russel crowe will play ange in similar Maximus fashion, leading his troops to victory,Coys

[@Brainfreeze551]

Audere est Facere…In Ange we trust.

[@NA-WHL]

Many Spurs KZbinrs would do well to actually listen very carefully to what Ange says in this and other interviews. They will have answers to many of their questions regarding player recruitment, the possibilities of the team and, above all, Ange’s ambitions. Levy has really pulled the rabbit out of the hat this time!

[@longbridge100]

Scott munn did not levy. Levy tried to get nagglesman and Sloth and failed. Munn suggested Ange

[@NA-WHL]

Hats off to Scott Munn! But, who recruited him?

[@ozzymick1431]

Pep probably recommended him. They all belong to the Manchester City group, even when Ange coached at Yokohama Mariners. Also Arsene Wenger who cut his teeth in Japan. For you Englishmen who may not look at any other "inferior" league, you might learn a few lessons about the reach of the Man City Group.

[@NA-WHL]

Ange’s football intelligence, wisdom and drive is applicable in any Country and in any League. This is what pundits/fans find difficult to comprehend. In particular, Spurs fans are even doubting what is right in front of them. They are so used to disappointment, they think that Ange will be the same as all their previous managers in recent history.

[@petergrant2810]

Ange is really very experienced manager been coaching teaching for 25 years or so check other clubs managers we have the real deal coys

[@rampager1990]

We're off to never never land

[@glennmaillard5972]

Hope you enjoy it. When you get back, we’ll still be here with Ange ever seeking to achieve something with our lives. 😎

[@ross4970]

Theres s song..i am australian by the seekers. It sums up Ange and every Aussie sports person or team up to the last few years when the world turned woke and soft.

[@ozzymick1431]

"I am, you are, we are Australian" by the Seekers. Great song. Some Aussies would like this song to replace our current National Anthem.

[@ajaini1709]

Top bloke

[@aaronsecrett1864]

Yes there is

[@FussyPickles]

oh gaffer my gaffer

[@michaelgiles7515]

I'd love to have a beer with Anges Dad 🙏

[@Steve-jq4st]

So would Ange but he has passed away and you can tell Ange misses him.

[@kelinciimut3966]

Yeah I know Ange.

[@JnrJnr_]

Come back to this comment when we win the first quadruple

[@andrewmartin2103]

Amge will be great if levy let him do his job. Ange seems honest with players needs to get rid of loads doing well doing that but guves olsyers chances to redeem themselves. I love he does not talk taegets i would love mitoma. Striker hard at the moment no vakue in the market. Best prospect Ferguson Brighton.

[@ThisOldManOfTheSea]

Sorry, can’t watch this it looks like it was filmed through the bottom of a beer glass. I’ve tried a whole series of image settings on my TV and none give a decent image - tried my iPad and that is also bad.

[@deaddoll1361]

Just listen then. It's the words that are meaningful, neither of them are there because they're good looking.

[@andrew9539]

Guys sort your colour grading out

[@Sam-mi9wi]

Is it just me who thinks Ange has gotten it backwards with the whole "managed one of the most famous clubs in the world to one of the biggest"? Celtic are probably the bigger club given their success, fanbase, and impact on the game as a whole but Spurs are definitely the more famous club, especially nowadays, given the reach of the Premier League.

[@milankengur7216]

irish people all over the world support Celtic. that making them more famous. Spurs in the EPL and have more financial muscle to bring in bigger players making them a bigger more powerful club. i hope that answers your question

[@Sam-mi9wi]

@@milankengur7216 I'd say there's more to it than just money when determining the size of a club. You need to consider the history, fanbase, reach of club, trophies, impact on the game. Celtic beat Spurs in all except reach of club and finance. They have more supporters clubs worldwide than Spurs do by quite a bit. But due to the money spent on marketing the PL, Spurs are more well known and popular in the modern era.

[@Sam-mi9wi]

@@Doctor7681 tbf, Celtic have a lot more supporters clubs worldwide. So I would agree that they are more famous but Celtic are the bigger club.

[@davidbowles4196]

COME ON YOU SPURS

[@katerixham711]

Levy needs to back Ange in Jan window .

[@MrNiceHk]

Ange is a problem from a Liverpool fan. It's going to be tough in the Prem for awhile

[@kevinross2515]

Man Utd will try and hire this man when they sack ETH.

[@wrighthartlane2315]

Personally I dont agree with him going new places without staff and on his own. I think you should have your own staff to build relationships. Most managers dont go club to club on their own which I do respect.

[@swansaholic]

I bet he's sick of reporters asking him such stupid questions 😂

[@nimascolari1508]

He's in for a shock when they bottle it.

[@Meruem5]

Postecoglou guys - change the title!

[@seancook6960]

Videographer needs to clean his lense lads!

[@alphacanine9641]

Credit to the EPL most importantly Spurs.

[@partypalsvn]

I remember clearly that under JM they were top after 10 games and you all know how that turned out. Please just report on what you see and not on your fantasies.

[@fullydavid]

Looks like this has been shot in C-Log and not graded before publishing - why it looks really grayscale and washed out

[@mikezappa]

It looks awful. I can't believe it was reviewed before uploading. For me it's almost unwatchable

[@i-am-batman8538]

@@mikezappa Seeing as it's an interview, whine all you want but all you need to do is listen - which is absolutely fine to do.

[@kevinsayce2248]

All you need to do is to LISTEN 🙄

[@davidhorne2672]

Well you didn’t much in the way of action 😊 it’s best to concentrate on what he says not what you see. I mean that’s how he got where he is words followed by actions that he backed up with results. Enjoy watching the actual football his team is playing and more importantly will be playing in a few months.

[@paulturner9542]

SPELL HIS NAME CORRECTLY!!! GLOU NOT GLU, FFS.

[@nicoles_handle]

greek god

[@peterpanse7472]

Really,what like? First football team on the moon….?

[@sarab89hj]

Why not.

[@HorseWithNoUsername]

You can at least try spelling his name right. P O S T E C O G L O U

[@wbbartlett]

I'd say winning the league is a limit beyond them, seeing as they have only ever done it twice, the last time when the dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. Maybe in 2061.

[@julesbrunton1728]

Limited to winning the league only? That's loser talk

[@jeffrey6171]

Ange knows his players aren’t good enough. He knows the wheels are gonna fall off any day now.

[@kunimitsune177]

You're at the wrong club then mate.

[@JayFreezeee]

Your missus is with the wrong guy.

[@patrickferran1678]

No Israel flag of shame at our match tomorrow lads they have brought enough shame to our club coys. ♥️👍

[@ktom5262]

"There's no limit"? LOL😂, bullshit, of course there's a limit, this Spurs team won't win the PL title and next season they won't win the CL. That's for sure. "There's no limit" my arse.

[@waynekasmar4401]

He did not say "there is no limit"

[@ktom5262]

@@waynekasmar4401 He didn't, but the title is "There's no limit to what Spurs can do" and I was referring to that.