Ange Postecoglou believes there’s a adverse agenda surrounding Tottenham, suggesting even Europa League glory won’t be adequate for the membership’s critics.
Spurs, who’re 14th within the Premier League desk and eight factors off the highest 10, are gearing up for a season-defining quarter-final showdown with former winners Eintracht Frankfurt.
Postecoglou has come below intense criticism this season, with studies suggesting his future could hinge on Europa League success.
Doing so would salvage one thing from Tottenham’s marketing campaign as it will symbolize their first silverware for the reason that 2007-08 EFL Cup, whereas additionally securing continental soccer subsequent time period.
Postecoglou’s aspect warmed up for Thursday’s first leg with a 3-1 victory over Southampton final weekend, although he was questioned about Brennan Johnson being denied a hat-trick.
The Wales worldwide had scored twice on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the place the hosts had been awarded a penalty in stoppage time, however Mathys Tel finally stepped up and scored as an alternative.
And Postecoglou says the scenario epitomises the present consensus round Tottenham, of which he feels positives are always become negatives.
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“I simply assume we’re in that place now the place even the great things we do goes to be become a glass half-empty rhetoric,” he advised reporters throughout his pre-match press convention.
“We scored, we gained. It’s unimaginable, actually turning gold into c*** when it’s Tottenham. If we’re 2-1 up, and we get a penalty late on, I need our greatest penalty taker to take it.
“The one slight towards this membership is that it hasn’t been a winner. The winners’ mentality within the final minute is to attain. We scored and by some means, on this alternate universe, every little thing Tottenham does is adverse.
“I simply assume you may’t win the argument of convincing folks. Even when we win [the Europa League], I’m gone anyway. That’s simply the overall sentiment of the folks.”
Tottenham are showing within the final eight of a European competitors for the primary time since reaching the Champions League closing six years in the past.
Whereas Spurs’ followers haven’t had a lot to cheer about of late, Postecoglou has urged them to get behind the workforce, believing it is going to be essential to their probabilities of success.
“It’s vastly vital,” the top coach added. “With each European sport, the ambiance makes a huge impact.
“It’s a giant a part of European soccer. Lots of groups which have success in Europe are on the again of a extremely robust residence ambiance. We hope it’s the identical for us [on Thursday].”
