Ange Postecoglou meets AFL players during a training session at Melbourne’s AAMI Park ahead of Tottenham’s friendly against Newcastle at the MCG.Ange Postecoglou meets AFL players during a training session at Melbourne’s AAMI Park ahead of Tottenham’s friendly against Newcastle at the MCG.
He said last week his side’s 2-0 loss to City in front of a muted Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd was thehe has had as a football manager, and that although he disagreed with fans’ preference to see Arsenal disadvantaged, he should have handled the situation better. “If you want a head on a stick, it’s my ugly mug, mate.”
But to those in the room at the MCG, his demeanour mattered little. At least he and his mug were there, uttering its famous catch cry. How was he, his host enquired: “Yeah, good,” he said, before adding “…mate”. Over a 20-minute question-and-answer session, Postecoglou largely stuck to script. On his doubters? “There’s no greater weapon to have in your armoury than people under-estimating you.” The scrutiny of the Premier League? “A lot of people thought I’d struggle with that side of it. But, you know, that’s for me, that’s what I’ve craved my whole career.” Yet he did provide a more personal insight to the room. “It’s probably not going to go down too well but there is no work-life balance.
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