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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Spurs leave it very late in Postecoglou’s ‘second-season trophy’ tilt

Ange Postecoglou and Spurs
Ange Postecoglou and Spurs after dodging one. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

While he was quick to praise the “real spirit and character” his team showed as they squeaked past Coventry City by the skin of their collective pearly-whites in Fizzy Cup on Wednesday, it’s difficult to imagine that Ange Postecoglou was particularly pleased with what he saw from his Tottenham side. And while what’s said in the dressing room tends to stay in the dressing room, it’s not difficult to imagine him having gone berko as he chucked a traditional Australian wobbly at the assorted boofheads, bludgers and drongos who had so nearly left him looking like a flamin’ galah. Just last Sunday, following his side’s defeat at the hands of Arsenal, Big Ange became a little impatient with an interviewer who seemed to be questioning his team’s ability to emulate previous clubs he has managed by winning trophies during his second season in charge.

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