Yahoo News 'Rude' Ange Postecoglou left puzzled by reporters' confusion as Tottenham boss asks 'Do you want me to lie?'
Puzzled ex Celtic boss Ange Postecolgou admitted he can’t get his head around why people are making such a big deal over him stating a fact that he has always won silverware in his second season - after one pundit branded him “a bit rude” in his press conferences.
The Tottenham Hotspur gaffer takes his side to last season’s FA Cup semi finalists Coventry City in the EFL Cup third round on Wednesday night and speaking at his pre-match press conference for that tie he found himself answering questions on his statement about “always” winning something in his second season.
When quizzed on that, the exasperated Aussie said: “It’s amazing isn’t it, I just stated a fact. Am I supposed to just lie and say it never happened? It’s confusing to me that people are making a big deal out of it. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to answer something that is true. If I don’t win anything in the second year this year and come out next year and say I always win something in my second year then I’ll say ‘Well, actually that’s not true’. But I’ve just said something that’s true and it seems to have upset a lot of people.
“Do you really think it’s me being boastful? How am I supposed to answer something that’s true. Say well ‘actually it wasn’t that important, they were easy competitions that’s didn’t mean anything’. If you achieve something aren’t you supposed to say ‘yes I have and I hope to do it again’. I’m not really sure why people misconstrue it about me trying to be boastful. It’s always happened and my plan is for it to happen again this year and if it doesn’t happen then I can’t answer that question in the same way again. I can say ‘mostly, not always’.”
Postecoglou’s comments come after former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit Stephen Warnock hit out at the Aussie. He said: “He’s just very spiky at the moment, isn’t he? I feel like, when he first came into the league, there was an element of… we all enjoyed his press conferences, we all enjoyed his nature of things.
"There’s an element at the moment where, I’d like to say he’s a bit rude in the way that he acts. I don’t think it’s a great look, I’m not a massive fan of it if I’m honest.
“They’d best win against Coventry or he’ll be under pressure, because then he’s only really got one competition to win, hasn’t he? The FA Cup, and that becomes very difficult. It’s going to be tough for Tottenham to win anything, but it’s not without the realms of possibility. We know they’re a good team, we know that they’ve got players that are very capable of winning big games, so it is there for them, it is a possibility.
“But what he has now done is, he’s put immense pressure on his team to go out and win a trophy. Every time that they step into a cup competition now, all focus, all eyes are going to be on his team and it’s whether his team can deal with that pressure.”
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