Brennan Johnson? 'Other people in control, I'm not IN THE LOOP!' | Postecoglou | Burnley v Tottenham - video Dailymotion

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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou remained tight-lipped on transfers despite talks continuing with Nottingham Forest over the signing of Brennan Johnson.  Spurs travel to Burnley on Saturday and will be without Giovani Lo Celso with a quad injury, but are braced for a busy end to transfer deadline day with activity expected in both incomings and outgoings.  Please subscribe, like the video and share wherever you can!  Help support the channel from only £0.99p a month!! Get special loyalty badges next to your name in the comments and live chat! You'll also get team badge emojis from your favourite team to use in live chat and premieres!! Click 'Join' below the video for more info or visit = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVg6vRhuyjsWgHkDNOig6A/join  **DO NOT copy and re-upload any part of this video anywhere otherwise copyright strikes will be made! You do not have my permission to use this footage**  To make sure you don't miss any of my videos on this and my other channels please:  Subscribe here!: http://bit.ly/BeanymanSportsSub  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BeanymanSports TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@BeanymanSports Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BeanymanSports Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeanymanSports  For business enquiries, sponsorships, and ads, please contact beanymansportsmarketing@gmail.com  #tottenham #spurs #postecoglou Ange Postecoglou Tottenham Hotspur press conference today

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00:00 Is the team losing head of the game?

00:11 From the other night I think the only one that's missing is Gio. He's got a bit of a

00:18 quad strain as well, we took him off at half time. It's nothing too serious but obviously

00:22 we've got the international break coming up so we're hoping not too long after that everyone

00:28 else got through and is available.

00:31 So I have to dive straight into transfer, I know you've got the flyer.

00:36 That first one was just the fuller buster wasn't it? It was just like, you're just softening

00:39 me up.

00:40 I was going to say something else, I thought Vicky was going to end like that. Brendan

00:45 Johnson's clubs are still talking, I know you always said that you can't never replace

00:49 Harry Kane, that's someone who's not a like for like but exciting, can you shed a little

00:53 bit on that?

00:54 Not really, I mean it's again I'm kind of in a position where obviously other people

01:00 are in control of those matters, incomings, outgoings and again I'm not really bought

01:06 into the loop until things are concluded. So for me to talk about potential players

01:12 when that's in or out, when it may or may not happen, I just don't think it's my place

01:19 to talk about it. We're obviously, the countdown clock says nine or ten hours, we'll find everything

01:26 out in the next short period and we'll go from there.

01:30 I'll be outside at midnight. If you do get one or two in though today, looking at the

01:36 players who have started so well, Destinique, Guillermo, will you be happy at all?

01:44 The ones we've brought in so far, I think the evidence shows that they've all been really

01:49 good contributors for us and that's what you look for. So I said, whether it's Vicario

01:55 or Matters or Micky Van Der Veen, Mano Solomon and even Destinique coming back, coming in

02:02 sort of for his first year, I'm really pleased and that's what you're looking for because

02:07 obviously it's not just about bringing players in but bringing players in and they are contributing

02:12 straight away, it's probably a good indicator that the business we've done so far has been

02:17 good but again, until you get to the end of the window and you know exactly where it all

02:22 falls and we're into the season, we won't know the exact outcome of everything.

02:28 There's clearly a number of players who need to move out as well, maybe loan or permanent.

02:32 You know the squad you've got now. Some are turning down moves and aren't moving. If they

02:39 do stay, Anj, and it looks like some might, what's your plan integrating them back into

02:43 the squad because it is a big squad isn't it? What's your plans on some of those? You

02:48 don't see a future.

02:50 No one's not been integrated into the squad. There's no one that hasn't been training with

02:53 the team. So I'm not sort of isolating anyone at the moment. As you said, players have got

02:59 their own reasons for making these decisions but ultimately come the deadline today, we're

03:05 going to have to name a 25-man list and we've got more than that at the moment. So some

03:09 people are going to miss out. I guess again it's sort of up to them to decide what the

03:16 next step is.

03:17 But from my perspective at the moment, like I said, we haven't excluded anyone from training.

03:22 The numbers are manageable right now. Whilst they're manageable, I don't see the need for

03:28 us to do anything different to what we have been doing.

03:31 How pleased are you with the changes this summer?

03:44 It's been encouraging and promising I guess is the word I'm trying to define it as. We've

03:56 done a lot of changes this year. We've changed coaching staff, we've changed the way we train,

04:01 we've changed the way we play, we've changed personnel, some significant personnel. Within

04:07 that context you know that whenever there's such major change that it takes a while for

04:14 things to really feel comfortable for everybody, the whole club. Because even me, I'm still

04:19 new so the way we all work. So within that context I've been really encouraged by what

04:26 I've seen. The players are really trying to play the way we want to. They're showing real

04:31 character and we're using the word resilience to adjust and not let the fact that so many

04:40 changes have happened to affect our performance. Our performance has been fairly consistent.

04:47 Because it's very easy for the players to say, "Well, there's so many changes," to have excuses

04:50 as to why we wouldn't start well. We've had four official games so far and three of them

04:57 have been away from home. So it's not exactly been an easy start for this group of players.

05:01 So I like the fact that they've shown that character. But I also know we've got a long

05:07 way to go. We're only very much at the beginning and we've still got plenty of challenges ahead.

05:11 Despite the defeat at Fulham, high important was Rich Argerson's goal for his confidence

05:16 levels and his role in this team looking forward?

05:20 I guess because everyone talks about it and I'm not in Richie's head and I'm not in the

05:25 players' heads to really know how they feel. But I guess it stops people talking about

05:30 the fact that he didn't score. But I was happy with his contribution. I already said, I thought

05:36 probably the other night was probably he wasn't at the same level that he has in the other

05:42 three games. But he gets a goal so people sort of focus on the goal. But I'm still looking

05:46 at contribution to the team and I still think there are areas that Richie needs to improve

05:52 for us to keep improving as a team. But he's not the only one. All of them are in that

05:56 boat. But anything that gives a player confidence, belief is great. Particularly for strikers

06:02 I get that because like I said that's what people focus on. But I wasn't unhappy with

06:07 Richie before he scored the goal.

06:09 What's the biggest threat you expect from Burnley?

06:14 A couple. I mean I really love the way that Vincent Cappini went about tackling the championship.

06:21 It's a really tough league. Everyone knows that. And I thought the way his team played

06:27 and really had a clear identity I thought was outstanding. And looking at their first

06:32 two games that's how they're going to tackle the Premier League. So you know that there's

06:35 belief within that squad in the manager and in their methods. They're a hardworking team.

06:42 They're a very fit side. You look at all the running measurements during the week and they're

06:48 up there. So at home really good pressing team. So we're going to get challenged for

06:53 sure. I mean playing away in Premier League is always tough anyway. But it'll be a good

06:57 challenge for us and we're going to need to be at our sort of current best, the best we

07:03 can be right now to overcome that. Because they're going to work hard. They're going

07:09 to press us and we're going to have to be really brave and believe in our football to

07:12 get through it.

07:13 Thank you.

07:14 Hi, how are you?

07:15 Good mate.

07:16 It's the third away game in a row. Sorry, third away game in four. I was speaking to

07:23 West Ham manager David Moyes who kind of questioned why you had to play three away games. Do you

07:28 feel it's a bit unfair that you've only had one home game so far and it's the start of

07:32 the season so tough?

07:33 It is what it is. I mean there's no point sort of. I assume these things are done because

07:45 of some, I don't know, fancy algorithm or something. I assume it's a random thing or

07:52 some process behind it. We got dealt with what we got dealt with at some point. I'm

07:56 sure that flips and we'll obviously get the equal amount of home games. Obviously the

08:00 Cup game being away sort of exacerbates that because like I said we've had three games

08:06 away from home in a week, four out of our first five. And our first home game was a

08:12 really good game. You want to sort of grow on that. But for a team that's in transition

08:17 there's no greater way to find or reveal character than making it tough. So in many respects

08:25 if we get through this spell well it's good. I think it helps us build some real strength

08:32 within the sort of unity of the team.

08:34 You've been linked with several players. You've always spoken about Brennan Johnson, Colley

08:38 Gallagher is another, Roy Kelly is another. You sat here about a month ago when you first

08:43 met us and said that you love a rebuild. Is this the kind of idea you had when you were

08:48 sat here a month ago how Spurs would look now in terms of a rebuild?

08:53 Well yeah I mean it's part of the process yeah. But rebuilds don't happen sort of. The

08:59 rebuild is something that happens over a period of time and you have to overcome certain hurdles

09:05 and certain landmarks along the way. One is change of personnel so that's obviously something.

09:13 Then change of methodology, change. There's so many things that are in that. So the rebuild

09:17 that I love is one that takes time and like I said we're still at the beginnings of it.

09:21 So where we're at at the moment is where we're at. And every sort of team I've been at has

09:26 been different. There have been different challenges. How much the team changes in one

09:30 window, how much of a change it's been from the previous regime. There's all these kind

09:36 of other factors that go into it. But we're still, I'm at pains to sort of keep saying

09:43 it but we're still at very much the infancy of what I want to try and create in terms

09:49 of the team and the club we want to be. So notwithstanding that we understand that we

09:56 still need to perform and get results so that in my experience that's what the only thing

10:03 that accelerates that process is if you can get some real belief. Because with every performance,

10:08 with every result, whatever resistance or barriers there are slowly get chipped away.

10:13 This club has had some big name managers, real historic managers down the years. But

10:19 you have achieved something already that none of them have achieved. No one has ever had

10:23 a pop song sung about them. Firstly Robbie Williams do you know him? And what did you

10:30 think when you heard Robbie Williams change the lyrics of one of his most famous songs?

10:35 That's one of the most sort of backhanded sort of underwhelming compliments I've ever

10:41 had. You've had some unbelievably fantastic managers, big names, successful. And then

10:47 there's you Ang. And then if I ever heard of Robbie Williams, where have I been living

10:53 mate? I mean seriously, look I love Robbie Williams, I think he's brilliant, he's a great

11:01 entertainer. He made a song brilliant, I think it came off the back of one of our supporters.

11:09 It's great, the alternative is they make up songs about you that are less than complimentary.

11:14 So I'll take it for what it is. But yeah, thanks for that mate. I'll just float out

11:21 of here feeling good about myself.

11:22 I'll rephrase the question next time.

11:24 Thank you, that's fine mate.

11:25 Previous managers at the club have occasionally spoken about having club signings that have

11:38 come in, players that maybe the club really wanted and I don't know if it's compromise

11:42 or what they've gone for. With your system of being such specific kind of players that

11:47 you need, can that happen with you? Or are they very much the players that come in that

11:51 you want?

11:52 Yeah, I don't know. I mean I don't know sort of club signings, what that means. I mean

11:57 I think I would never sort of approve a signing that I didn't think was going to fit into

12:05 sort of the way we want to play. I guess if it's at a younger level, at an academy level,

12:11 of course I think then it is the clubs. But I think when you've got a senior manager and

12:17 you appoint him and you give him the responsibility of sort of charting a course ahead, you've

12:21 got to give him the players that will suit the way he wants to play. I think the evidence

12:30 so far, like I said, with the players we've brought in is that they've all made an impact

12:34 which shows that the brief is there, that we're looking for players who will play the

12:39 football, will fit into the system I want to play. So I think, like I said, I can't

12:47 refer to the past but the only signings, like I said, that I wouldn't have a massive say

12:51 over would be the signings at a club, at academy level or younger level where rightly so the

12:59 club, if it identifies somebody who they think has real potential for the future, then they

13:03 should go about doing that.

13:04 What's the kind of balance, if you don't mind me asking, between the ones, a player

13:08 that you will say, 'I really want him' and ones that maybe the scouting department

13:12 come to you and say, 'I really want him'?

13:14 Yeah, there's the ones I really want and the ones the scouting department put to me

13:17 that I really want. There's no differentiation, mate. There's nothing, there's like, the

13:22 scouting department should work hand in hand. And look, again, this is one of the things

13:28 where we are very, very much in the infancy of, like, that's one of the parts of, that

13:35 we really haven't really, you know, this window's fair say. It's been an unusual

13:40 one because of, you know, where the club is at the moment in terms of personnel in that

13:45 area. So, you know, moving forward though, there would be some more clearer processes

13:51 within that. But again, like I said, the evidence we have so far is the players were brought

13:55 in and you can see that, you know, they've been aligned with kind of my vision for the

14:00 club.

14:01 A lot of players linked, especially today, seem to be homegrown. How kind of, I don't

14:05 want to say restricted, but how much you've got to have that in one mind, the amount of

14:08 foreign players and homegrown players?

14:09 Yeah, it is. It's a balance. I think it's important because it's not just about sort

14:13 of this window, it's where you're going to find yourself in the next couple of windows.

14:18 There's got to be a strategy behind it. You know, you've got some under-21 players

14:21 at the moment who, you know, next couple of years will not be able to be fit under that

14:26 criteria. So I'm really keen on sort of building a team here. So we don't want to see too much,

14:32 you know, as much movement as we have, say this window in the next two or three. So to

14:36 do that, you're trying to hopefully build a squad that, you know, won't require too

14:41 many major adjustments. And part of that is, you know, knowing that we need a sort of homegrown

14:46 quota so we can fill that in, whether that's with players coming through our own academy

14:51 or, you know, within the league, then I think it's important.

14:55 To ask Willem, obviously for the first time here, I can't think I saw a really great start.

15:02 What was your message brought to the players after?

15:06 Look, I think I said after the game, you know, the players were disappointed. You're always

15:12 disappointed when you don't achieve, you know, the outcome. And in a cup game, that's obviously

15:18 means you're out of competition. But like I said, I really liked, again, their resilience.

15:26 We're playing away from home against a Premier League team, obviously made a lot of changes,

15:29 which made it difficult for the group. A lot of guys hadn't played significant minutes,

15:35 which is always challenging. And I like the way they hung in there for the whole game.

15:39 And we've still got to build on that. So, but ultimately, you know, they were disappointed,

15:45 which you want, but also understanding that, again, like I said, we're at the beginnings

15:50 of a process and it won't be the only hiccup. There'll be plenty of hiccups, you know, there'll

15:55 be plenty of challenges along the way. It's how we kind of react to that and how we respond

16:03 to that that's going to be the key.

16:05 How much are you looking forward to in this period, like once the transfer window is over

16:10 and you know...

16:11 Oh, I can't wait.

16:12 Yeah.

16:13 Don't lie, you love it, mate.

16:14 You know that you've got and there isn't that uncertainty.

16:20 To a certain extent, but I still like, you know, I think anyone who kind of knows me

16:24 and the way I build teams, I still like players sort of being on edge. I would hate for anyone

16:28 to think, okay, we've got through the window, I'm comfortable now, because I certainly won't

16:31 let anyone feel that way. We've still got a lot to achieve. We've still got a lot to

16:34 work on. We've still got a lot to push each other on. The players, you know, whatever

16:38 group we settle with, there'll be competition within them. As we know, you know, between

16:44 now and sort of new year, we're obviously out of the cup now. So, you know, we've got

16:50 just a league to concentrate on and every game is going to be important. So performance

16:54 in every game is going to be important. I want competition for places. So there'll never

16:59 be a feeling of comfort within the group, not from myself or anyone else. But in terms

17:05 of maybe the uncertainty around people's futures, maybe that settles them. But I hate, you know,

17:10 like I said, I won't allow anyone to think, okay, well, I'm sitting there for a couple

17:14 of months so I can just sit back and relax. It's not the way I kind of work, you know.

17:19 There'll always be a sense of edge around everything we do.

17:22 Is that a bit of a different challenge for you, obviously, coming from Salah's team?

17:25 You've always been competing on multiple fronts. This time, so January, there is just the one.

17:30 Is that something you've got to adapt to as a coach as well?

17:32 No, it's not the first time in my career, mate. And, you know, ultimately, it doesn't

17:36 really matter. What my process, the thought process for all these things is the same.

17:41 I want to build a team that gives it a platform to be successful in whatever we do. So through

17:48 that process, like I said, there's going to be some ups, downs. We're going to get, you

17:52 know, we're going to have some not good days, hopefully more good days than bad days. And

17:56 how we respond to the bad days are going to be just as important as how we do when things

18:00 are going well. And, no, it's not unusual, man. I've been, you know, wherever I've worked,

18:06 yeah, Celtic was probably the unusual one because they're always in every tournament

18:11 and deep in every tournament. So you end up playing 60 games a year, irrespective of sort

18:16 of how you go. So that was probably more unique than this situation.

18:21 Will Hugo Lloris be in the team for a left-footed season?

18:40 Yeah, no, like I said, I've only been here a couple of months and Hugo's been excellent

18:45 throughout the whole process. There's no doubt he's had an outstanding career and contribution

18:51 to this football club. He's been the captain for quite a long time and, yeah, he's been

18:58 very professional, obviously working with Birchie and the other goalkeepers. You know,

19:03 he's sort of been helping the others, you know, obviously Vic being the new keeper as

19:08 well. So, yeah, I have nothing negative to say about him. And I wouldn't, and even to

19:17 be honest, I'm in no position to do that anyway because I've only literally just walked in

19:22 the door and he's been here a long time. And I think when that happens, I think you allow

19:26 people to kind of, you know, be themselves and be who they are and not sort of judge

19:35 that in any way. But there's been nothing, like I said, other than sort of him being

19:41 very, very professional about everything.

19:43 How do you view, I guess, sort of long-term this kind of career path for him going through

19:55 it? Do you feel like this could be a loan that helps him?

19:59 Yeah, definitely. That's why we sent him out, you know. I mean, I thought, you know, Dane

20:03 was really good with us during pre-season. The reason I held on to him, there was a lot

20:06 of interest in him right from the beginning, you know, when I got here. But the reason

20:10 I kept him with us for so long was, you know, I was really encouraged with the way he was

20:13 training and the way he was developing. But there was always going to come a point where

20:18 with young players, you need to decide, you know, and I've always felt after a certain

20:23 time that the best kind of development for young players is to play. And you have to

20:28 make a decision, is he going to play enough for us now to help him continue to develop

20:33 and become a first team player for this football club? Or would it be better off, you know,

20:39 going somewhere where, and let's face it, I mean, Ipswich are a good side, they play

20:43 good football, they've started the season well, he's going to have to fight for his

20:45 position there as well. It's not like anything's going to be given. And we know the Championship's

20:49 a tough league. So if he can go there, play a significant number of games, you know, perform

20:55 well, then I think for us that's exactly what we want from these kind of, you know,

21:01 long periods and then come pre-season next year, hopefully he's, you know, he's advanced

21:07 where he then becomes, you know, somebody who is competing for a first team squad.

21:18 Thanks for playing.

21:26 Thanks.

21:36 Thanks.

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