Tottenham -Baas Ange Postecoglou has launched a destructive attack on his critics and describes them as “MR Hindiksight” while defending his record in the club.
Spurs are stranded in the lower half of the Premier League table after passing a difficult second season under Postecoglou.
The former Celtic boss had to compete in the early weeks of 2025 with an accumulation of injuries, and his position was questioned before the victory of the Europa League on AZ Alkmaar.
While the triumph that sealed the place of Spurs in the quarterfinals and kept their hope for silverware alive-the pressure, the Australian did not forget the criticism.
Prior to Sunday's trip to Fulham, Postecoglou told reporters: “You know who is the biggest arch enemy for a manager? In today's world, he is only in the last five, maybe 10 years … Mr Hindsight.
“Do you know who the Lord Hindsight is? He is the man who, when the result is there, the result has already been done, he has all the answers with the greatest certainty that was so clear, and he is never wrong.
“Mr. Hindhight will go outside every time and claim to be the oracle of all the oracles, because he just deals with what happened after the event, never before.
“You want to be critical or you really want strong opinions about things? Mention them before the event.”
Research by Postcoglou becomes more intense after he stated: “I always win things in my second year” after a derby defeat against Arsenal last September.
With regard to their underlying figures, Spurs have fewer shots (14.32 to 15.37) and expected goals (1.68 xg to 1.82) per league match this season than in 2023-24, but they have scored more goals per game marginally (1.96 to 1.95), also
Postecoglou defended his record when he added: “If you survive 26, 27 years, this means that you have not maintained too often, whatever you do.
“If you are a plumber, then wherever you are, if there are leaks, you will not get another job. If you are a doctor and people die, then it is unlikely that you are kicking.
“You could say:” Okay, but he's now from its depth. “But if you have taken a club that ended in eighth to fifth in your first full year …
“If you put all that together and then you hear:” He is from his depth, he doesn't know what he is doing, he has no idea, his methods don't work, his philosophy doesn't work “…
“You wouldn't do that in another industry. You may be critical of his performance, but you wouldn't do that. Google my name and get some heads.”
The energetic, attacking style of Postecoglou has also been described as naive by some experts, but he believes that there should always be more football than results.
“If it's just results, what is the point of having something else? The only thing we'll do is the one who won, you have placed a column there and everyone writes the same piece,” he said.
“You can write;” These managers are under pressure, these managers are the best '. Then turn it around the following week because the results always go the other way. “
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