Postecoglou reveals one thing that doesn’t sit right with him at Tottenham

Ange Postecoglou fully believes that he is the right man to turn around Tottenham’s fortunes and help the side overcome their inconsistency.

Tottenham are in a frustrating run of form

While Tottenham fans will tell you that following the Lilywhites can be frustrating at the best of times, that has been exacerbated under Ange Postecoglou.

We have seen Spurs comfortably overcome the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Aston Villa this season, but yet lose against the likes of Ipswich, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth.

Many Tottenham fans are seemingly losing faith that the side will even be consistent under Postecoglou, but the Australian refuses to accept that.

Ange Postecoglou remains defiant

Ange Postecoglou has insisted that he is as determined as ever to change the cycle and remarked that it is his job to concentrate on the tangible things he can fix so that the results turn around.

When asked about the side’s inconsistency, the Spurs boss told Football.London: “It doesn’t sit well with me, nor should it. I’m not going to accept it.

“My role within that and my responsibility is to change that because if we’re going to get to where I want us to get to, we need to break that cycle of not showing belief and resilience in key moments. It doesn’t sit well with me mate but nor should it and that’s why we do what we do.

“[The fans’ reaction] will be dependent on what people see, what people feel. The only way I can affect that is by what we produce on game days. I’ve got to concentrate on the controllables, and the controllables are the team, how we prepare, how we play and hopefully through that vehicle we get everyone on board.”

Postecoglou refutes claims of a Tottenham mentality problem

It was suggested to Postecoglou that this is a mentality issue that has plagued the club long before he arrived at the hot seat.

However, the Australian rejected that narrative, insisting that the defeats were more down to the team failing to execute the game plan with conviction at certain moments.

When asked if the inconsistency stems from a mentality issue, Postecoglou responded: “It’s a funny one because if you talk about mentality, you’d think mentality would be ‘well, against the big teams, you come up short.’ I didn’t go into this job where I felt there was something institutionalised here that would stop this club having success. I just don’t think that way.

“I think everything while I am here is in my control. So I’m not going to palm off responsibility to whatever we’re going through to things that have existed in the past. From the moment since I’ve come in I have the ability and the opportunity to change things so that’s what I am endeavouring to do.

“The key is to understand that Bournemouth is not a lesser team. They have beaten City and Arsenal at home so we knew it was a tough game last night, particularly in the spell we are in at the moment where we have a lot of football with a thin squad.

“We prepared ourselves for a tough game, that was going to be tougher than any other game we were going to face last night, and the disappointing thing is, like I said, that in a game where we started well, we once again allowed the opposition to play the game on their terms by us lacking discipline and conviction in a key moment and we can’t keep doing that.”

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