"I HAVE NO CHOICE, I HAVE TO USE TIMO!" EMBARGOED PRESS CONFERENCE: Postecoglou: Southampton v Spurs

[@ChrisCowlin]

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[@jamesgreig5168]

What a fabulous in depth interview. You really start to understand how Ange ticks. And to be perfectly honest, he ticks as well as the very finest Swiss watches. No wonder players he coaches are in total awe of him .

[@clivet3252]

They're so in awe of him that they can't perform. If he were a watch the hands would be spinning all over the place.

[@jamesgreig5168]

​@@clivet3252good one buddy. Glad you like your comment.

[@mp-ku8tz]

@@jamesgreig5168 hahaha top trolling, either that or you're actually Ange lol

[@61sven]

For fans calling for his head you’ve got a short memory. We were relegated in 1977, were absolutely horrendous throughout most of the 90s with some players who were far far worse than anything we’ve got now and very nearly got relegated under Sugar, needing Klinnsman to come back and save us. Plus we played the some of the most soul destroying boring football I’ve ever seen under Mourinho and Conte. Keith Burkinshaw got us relegated but the club stuck with him, we came back up and won three cups. So stop moaning and support the team and the coach, help them through this difficult time.

[@raedjibrail]

Well said.

[@christymathew49]

Attaman !!!

[@PanagKots]

Premier League fans must be the most reactive I've come across in any sport anywhere in the world. The word "rebuild' has a meaning in basketball worldwide (even in the NBA) and even in Australian Rules football, the other league I follow closely with hysterically reactive fans; but the Premier League fanbase has the patience of an 11 year old. Across Clubs; this isn't a Spurs specific comment. Just ridiculous.

[@hotspur1974]

Fans do have short memories

[@mhtbfecsq1]

Well said mate. We have a very childish fanbase.. Put it in perspective for the delusional spurs fans who were calling for Pochettino's head while simultaneously they expect success because Pochettino got their hopes up lol. Something special is gonna be needed for us to get to where we wanna get to, and it will demand that someone a bit special/extreme/strong-minded like Ange be at the helm, and it ain't gonna come over night.

[@danielradd111]

Us Aussie's support eachother in the good times and even more in the tough times,the poms don't know what the fk loyalty is and always looking to blame and complain

[@jamesgreig5168]

No. Too generalised. Just a small minority are irritating whingers.

[@walidel-saleh6040]

There are plenty of whingers here, too. Like the pricks who went on strike at Woolies, recently. But I agree -- Ange should be backed, not just by Levy - but by the players and fans, for as long as it takes. The project, for him and for the Club, should not be considered over until we've won a cabinet full of silverware.

[@RoyBoy29]

Well said 👍

[@twosheds2030]

Honesty plus as always from the great man. Get through this crisis and this team will have incredible resilience

[@dashmagic6211]

Hé will get through it if given the chance

[@JohnnyinTheRoom]

Media personalities like Carragher, etc, have no idea about management

[@davidthompson9141]

And ange does? He's taken spurs backwards and is absolutely bereft of ideas on how to fix things. Much like Ange's philosophical hero Tim sherwood, Ange talks a good game but his philosophy is out of its depth. You need more than just predictable wingplay and more defensivelu than just 2 CBs trying to cover 5 or 6 defensive positions. If we bring a decent high pressing manager, add a CDM in january and bring back paratici, we could be competing for titles by next season. Ange would still be full of excuses after he had another 5 years as his football is trash.

[@JS-sh2tq]

Thanks but 'we need Timo! ' is not the same as 'I have to use Timo!'

[@Krzyshtoph]

good call

[@akumaschannel8507]

Thanks Chris

[@danielsaddyful]

Mr levy... listen to Ange... Back him in jan!

[@shayne-hf3lp]

He won’t

[@clivet3252]

Ange criticised a player who asked for him to be backed.

[@walidel-saleh6040]

@@shayne-hf3lp You clearly haven't been awake since the middle of 2003. We were the second-highest spenders in the League, that Summer (and 4th highest in the World. Not bad, when you consider the other three sides were Chelsea (who went crazy, in the market) and Middle-East owned PSG and Al-Hilal.) And then, in this most recent Summer, we were the fourth-highest spenders in the Premier League and 10th or 11th in the World. I am no apologist for Levy, or for ENIC - but, by and large, he has bought the players identified and sought by the football department, including Ange, who said, more than once, that he has the final say on recruitment and departures. In 2023, we failed to get Tapsoba - but we got Micky Van de Ven, instead. As it turned out, a better fit, given that he is left-footed and the footballing equivalent of Usain Bolt. Our injury crisis is the worst I can remember - but Levy can hardly be blamed for that, especially as it has happened during the time the window has been shut.

[@mp-ku8tz]

Funny how it's all about the "extraordinary circumstances" and yet form under Ange has been poor for a long while. 4 away wins in 2024 is not an injury issue

[@hcorn117]

yeah you're right, lets just sack him and get fucking max allegri in, oh, or maybe that bloke whose doing well woth napoli? grow up

[@davidmcgeoch9387]

No, but it is a youth issue. Many of our players have never played high intensity football in three competitions before. There are going to be inconsistent results. They need to get used to putting in that effort week in, week out.

[@eriklee9462]

@@davidmcgeoch9387 B.S. Youth issue? ..B'mouth, Brentford & Chelski hv younger squad. we are the same with Brighton. All 4 teams are higher on the table. All cost less than 25% of our squad value except Chelski

[@davidmcgeoch9387]

@ Brentford and Bournemouth are not playing in Europe, so they can focus solely on the Premier League. Brighton has had the same attacking style of play in place for a long time. Chelsea’s squad is worth £1.2 billion. It’s not BS. What I said is the main issue that we are having at the moment. We are getting used to playing high intensity football and playing in three competitions. If we stick with the project and improve our depth we will get better results. Changing coaches every season is killing us. If we keep doing it we are not going to win a trophy for decades.

[@jamesgreig5168]

Clearly you have memory recall and analysis issues. Just look back over Ange's 50 odd games and you'll realise he's not lost a single game when most of his best players were available.

[@jenn0012]

Oh Ange... I just don’t think Timo has the mental strength to handle criticism from a manager in front of the press. He was still building his confidence, and Ange should have addressed it with him privately

[@MickeRudolfsson]

You don’t know if he hasn’t

[@anthonygalea2187]

Pocettino played Harry Kane in a Champions League final coming from an injury & leaving Lucas Moura on the bench having just scored a hatrick in a previous game .What's that about?

[@cameronchristie4667]

That was a irrelevant blast from the past 😂

[@hotspur1974]

Recall Phillips and Keeley Play Bergvall , Gray and Spence more. Buy a left back and a forward.

[@walidel-saleh6040]

@@hotspur1974 I'm surprised that Dorrington doesn't make the Matchday squad, more often.

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

Throws a player under the bus because hes stressed, been found out and losing games.

[@user-yi7yo7tf1e]

Why does this manager keep criticizing the player? It's not right.

[@clivet3252]

I've been following football for nearly 35 years and I've heard managers talk some rubbish but I've never heard anything like this. He's playing a player he thinks is underperforming because he has no choice? Unbelievable!

[@eriklee9462]

He re-hired him too.. twice. At 170K currently

[@jamesgreig5168]

What's really unbelievable, is you watched this interview and that's what you came up with.!😮 The world could use the insulation filtering out ideas from permeating your brain for much better purposes.😅😅😂

[@PanagKots]

​@@jamesgreig5168Really wasted a lot of his time over that 35 years. 😢

[@twosheds2030]

This might be complex for you, but you have to get a team on the pitch

[@MrHowsabouthathen]

Wow!! That is your take from this? Your brain is wired completely different from me. I was inspired!

[@davidthompson9141]

Some might say the choice came when you signed him TWICE, knowing his level. You reap what you sow...

[@carlaburgin6386]

Wow, vote of confidence for Werner then? Not

[@clivet3252]

I've never heard anything like that.

[@patrickduffy1301]

Everyone injured because of you're nonsense system

[@davidmcgeoch9387]

What system would you set up? If we want to play attacking football there will be more injuries because we are running across the whole field not half of it. Pochettino had a bunch of injuries in his first couple of seasons too.

[@buddyylove]

What rubbish!

[@bazbarovic9201]

Think Ange's system is to work hard, as is the basic principles.

[@patrickduffy1301]

Not one journalist asks,, why have we so many injured ? Ali Gold you are a pathetic journalist, stick to film reviews

[@88kingk]

Ali literally asked this very question before the rangers game?!?

[@bazbarovic9201]

​​​​@@88kingkto that end, Ange replies to Ali by saying, (in the lines of) they are always looking into why they are getting so many injuries. It's sad that you get pathetic trolling comments like his, and maybe he should concentrate on film reviews instead.

[@marcsassenach]

he'll be speaking Italian next

[@dudleyb8774]

I think it might be preferrable.

[@clivet3252]

Spurs may as well have hired Steve Evans.

[@Casanovakingfrankenstein]

He doesn’t have a clue 🤦