Ange Postecoglou wasn’t able to bloody noses during his first few swings in the Champions League.
Funnily enough, we quite fancied smashing a few Porto faces 20 years ago as they cheated and dived their way through the last stages of the UEFA Cup Final. But, looking to the next tilt at Europe, Postecoglou might just alter his strategy slightly. And I definitely feel the key to winning a few rounds next season is properly defending their own patch.
It’s hard to believe it’s the 20th anniversary of Seville tomorrow. I can still remember the night clearly. The sea of green and white on the bus to the stadium, the whole occasion, the joy of feeling we could get it done when Henrik Larsson scored his two goals Then the sheer despair when it was slipping away and the anger that built inside as Porto conned and connived their way through the end of the game to get over the line. It infuriated us. Don’t get me wrong, all teams do it. We’d have done it as well if we were 3-2 up in extra-time. Just not to the same levels of high-standard housery.
