Ange Postecoglou called on his injury-affected Tottenham team to not be judged on their performances and said that criticism on his side was “agenda-driven” after he was beaten by Aston Villa from the FA Cup.
The hope of Spurs to lift a domestic trophy this season was finished in the room of four days and now their only chance of silverware remains in the Europa League that was lost in the semi -final of the Carabao Cup on Thursday at Liverpool.
Tottenham was passionately defended the efforts of his team without 11 first team players for their defeat in Villa Park and Postecoglou, referring to the much -changed side of Liverpool who was defeated on Sunday in the soil club of the championship.
“Get them from every team,” he said. “How did Liverpool go today? And they just did that for one competition. Do that two and a half months. Each team, do that in multiple competitions for two and a half months.
“I don't care, people will judge me or whatever. But you can't judge this group of players on what happened. They gave everything. Two 18-year-olds, a 17-year-old, a 19-year-old and A 21-year-old keeper who starts at home against one of the best teams in the country.
“She [Villa] Had a week off, they didn't play against Liverpool on Thursday evening. We did that. The same group of players, no change. You cannot measure this group of players and their performance. It is too easy for people to be critical. I have enormous admiration and respect for them. “
Asked if he would be given the time to show what this team could do, Postecoglou said: “I am not talking about me. People can judge me, they can say that I have done it badly, I am not on it or Whatever, that's fine.
“What I say is that you can't be critical about players and the performance of players during this time. If you do, do that with everyone else if they have nine or 10 or 11 players – none of them have them – and For every game.
“I don't just say that we had to do it today. We have been doing this since mid -November. You cannot judge the performance of these players or criticize what they have done. Everything they have ready is giving everything they can and that Is all you can ask.
“My responsibility at this club is this group of players and team to let them play the way I want them to bring, will bring us success. Whether people think I can or is not, is for others to judge, But there must be a better appreciation for what a very small group of players has done over the past two and a half months.
“It may not be that people think that is an excuse. That is just nowhere near the objective analysis. Those are just agenda-driven things. If it is lost, that's fine, good for you, go there A million for times.
'They are people, they are tired'
When asked why the attacks on his part, the All-Action playing style was not shown in versions, Postecoglou said: “Because they are tired, size that team, do you think it would have pressed a little more aggressively today?
“Unless you don't think it's people. Unless you are super human and think she should fly today after playing Liverpool on Thursday evening. It doesn't happen. They are people.
“Why do you think Liverpool and other teams rotate 11 players? There is a reason. I wish I could do the same to bring the team fresh. Of course they don't play anywhere near the levels we want or expect, but that Is not because they don't try it, that's not because they can't.
“I keep saying that this group of players, as soon as we have received the rest of the group, will be an excellent team. I have no doubt about it. Whether other people say that or not of no interest is for me. If you want to measure something About what they are currently doing, except for the fact of the extreme situation they are dealing with, then I think your analysis is crooked, it is not objective. “
Postecoglou added: “I don't know how to explain it differently. If you can't see that this team is doing its utmost to play among the most extreme two and a half months of asking 18-year-olds and 17 years -WoDs and Senior players without playing on Thursday-Sunday, Thursday-Sunday, Sunday-Sunday for two and a half months.
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