Postecoglou on Spurs 3-0 win at Man Utd
29/09/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, UK
29/09/2024
Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00What do you make of your team's attitude and performance from the first minute on?
00:22Yeah, no. The lads are outstanding. I thought we showed real belief and conviction in our football today.
00:34Really aggressive in everything. Aggressive without the ball, aggressive with the ball.
00:39Really positive in our intent and a fantastic all-around performance.
00:47Do you come away from that game with a brilliant performance?
00:54No, I guess sometimes it's just the nature of football.
01:01We did have some fantastic chances that we probably should have put away.
01:06The pleasing thing for me was that I just got a sense that the players weren't dwelling on it.
01:12We kind of just focused, okay, let's go again and create another one.
01:15I think that's when it can become slightly frustrating if we're kind of dwelling on or second-guessing ourselves.
01:24I think we had a little bit of that in the first two or three games of the season where we missed a lot of chances.
01:29It just felt like we were getting more and more desperate with every missed chance.
01:33Whereas there was a real calmness about the lads today that, okay, we missed one, let's go again and create another one.
01:39Did you feel that you could turn the corner there, actually?
01:41Because you've been saying for a while you see huge room for improvement from Brady in the game now.
01:46Yeah, definitely. I mean, it helps that, you know, obviously Dom's overcome his crisis of confidence for 180 minutes
01:54and now he's back to some sort of fitness and he's leading the line really well.
02:01But just in general, I think the team, like I said, it just felt in the first sort of...
02:08Because, as I keep saying, I thought we played really well at Leicester.
02:11We played well at Newcastle, really well at Newcastle.
02:15We played well against Arsenal.
02:16But we just, you know, we missed chances and it felt like there was a desperation about us trying to get another one.
02:21Whereas, you know, probably last sort of three games this week we just had a real calmness about us.
02:27And I think it's helped that, you know, we've got a focal point in Dom up there.
02:31He's just a real presence, you know, and he attracts attention.
02:35He kind of takes attention from other players and, you know, just works really well in our unit.
02:41Since the first ten games of last season your away record's not been brilliant.
02:46This is the first away win at a big six.
02:49Do you feel like that's a significant step forward?
02:53No, not really.
02:55I mean, I know people, you know, are still not convinced.
03:00But, like I said, I just keep relying on what I see and what I believe in in terms of the kind of football we want to play.
03:09And, you know, when we're kind of not affected too much by disruption and injuries as we were last year,
03:21I still think home or away we're a good football team.
03:24And do you see people sort of convinced, but you don't think that's a statement when to be,
03:28the way you play the scoreline during the All-Championship?
03:32I've got no idea, mate.
03:34I'm befuddled by the whole process.
03:36So, I guess people don't see what I see, which is fair enough.
03:40I mean, everyone's got their own sort of view on things.
03:42But, like I said, I don't think there's been a game this year in the Premier League.
03:45I mean, if you really watched us, and I suspect a lot of people don't watch,
03:52where we've been outplayed or we've, you know, looked all at sea,
03:56it's just that we haven't sort of killed off games like we should have.
04:00Obviously, like I said, you know, we've got Dom in the team now.
04:03He's finding some fitness and form.
04:05And, you know, Brennan, but even guys like Madders now and Deke are really giving us some real edge in that front third.
04:16But, you know, for us nothing changes.
04:19We've just got to keep doing what we're doing.
04:20We've still got a lot of improvement to do in many areas.
04:23But the good things about the group is they want to keep improving.
04:27What's it like to have a defender like Mickie Vanderbilt,
04:29who one minute could be out the back, defender who's superb,
04:31and then the next minute could be up the midfield?
04:33Yeah, he's an outstanding player.
04:40Again, you know, I think we've brought some decent footballers to the club.
04:43Congratulations, lads.
04:45Just wanted to ask you about Maddison and Gillespie.
04:47Why does that combination seem to complement each other so well?
04:51Because I think they're both really good, intelligent footballers.
04:56The way we play suits their kind of characteristics because, you know,
05:03Madders does so much damage with the ball and Deke does so much damage with his running
05:08that it's a good balance for us in that attacking third.
05:13They also show good discipline today because we knew that the one threat,
05:17the main threat that Man United have is transition.
05:21They're pretty lethal with the front guys they've got.
05:24So we really wanted to make sure we kind of locked them in today.
05:28And that was the full backs and particularly Madders and Deke
05:31to be really disciplined in their football.
05:34Yeah, look, they're both going really well and working really hard and improving.
05:41How's the shape of your son?
05:42He was out with an injury today.
05:44Do you think he'll be fit for midweek or break?
05:46We'll see.
05:47You know, obviously it was a quick turnaround today so we'll assess it
05:50when we go back, get back down to London.
05:53But, you know, we'll see how he is.
05:56How was the test today?
05:58Yeah, it was OK.
05:59I mean, OK, he felt something in his quad but he obviously finished the half
06:02but we just thought at half time, no point.
06:04But, you know, again, we've kind of got to be careful
06:09about how much we push our players.
06:11Obviously Destiny had to come on pretty early on Thursday night,
06:14it wasn't the plan.
06:15And also Mickie played probably more than we wanted him to.
06:19So with those kind of things we've just got to be really careful.
06:22And Jed did really well when he came on.
06:24So, you know, I thought it was just wise to take him off
06:27but we'll see how he goes.
06:29OK, thank you.