'I don't get affected by the abuse' – Ange Postecoglou after latest Tottenham defeat
Postecoglou also says in his Friday news conference that he 'made a mistake celebrating the disallowed goal' because 'VAR defeated him'
After the defeat to Chelsea, he also denied that he had an altercation with supporters, saying he cupped his ear to them as he wanted them to 'get really excited'
What happened and why did Postecoglou cup his ears to the Spurs fans?
Spurs lose in the league for the 16th time this season and heading for their worst finish in 20 years
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Tottenham v Southampton (Sun, 14:00 BST)
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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou provides team news before facing Southampton: "Micky [van de Ven] is alright. He cramped up [against Chelsea]. Obviously, he hadn't played 90 minutes for a while, the positive thing is that he felt really good apart from the cramping up. It was a tough game defensively, we had to work hard.
"Everyone else… nothing significant coming out of the game."
On whether he would rotate the squad for Thursday's Europa League quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt: "To a certain extent, we are a bit beyond that now. The group is in a good place physically where we don’t have to rotate.
"We need to gain some momentum. We will make a couple of changes but not too many."
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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on VAR's impact on football: "No doubt. It is not the game. Maybe I was influenced by England and the old First Division. I loved the frenetic pace. I could have watched other divisions but it was always England, end-to-end stuff, speed and tempo, I loved that.
"I’ve tried to design a game plan that has tempo and energy because I feel if you want people in there, you want them off their seat. There was 12 minutes of extra time yesterday that’s not why VAR was brought in.
"I am the lone voice. I don’t hear anyone else saying. That’s why I am sat here and saying maybe I am disconnected. When I retire, I will probably watch less football and find another hobby."
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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, on whether he is affected by the abuse from the fans: "No, I am fine. I don’t get affected by that. I will continue fighting my whole career.
"People want me to say something that will change the mood of the fans but I have never done that. My job is the performance of the team. I get that they are frustrated and angry. But at the same time, I understand the criticism towards me, but if anyone looked at the players and said they aren’t trying – then I am sorry they are not watching the right game."
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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was asked about his ear-cup gesture at the Spurs supporters after Pape Matar Sarr's disallowed goal against Chelsea: "I made a mistake last night in that I celebrated a goal. Since VAR came in here, there were four or five incidents in Scotland and I thought I am not really going to celebrate goals.
"I just felt we needed something, cracking goal from Pape [Matar Sarr], I heard the fans weren’t happy and I felt the need to celebrate and it could be a real momentum shift to finish strong. My mistake was celebrating a goal, VAR defeated me, I won’t be doing that again."
Right then, we've finally got some Ange Postecoglou to bring you.
In the least unsurprising news of the day, it kicked off with him being asked about that ear-cup gesture.
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Re Ange, as a Celtic fan, real shame to see at what’s happening at Spurs. The whole ‘vibe’ completely different to the unity and harmony in his 2 years at Celtic. I’m sure Ange feeling a disconnect to unrealistic expectations of Spurs fans compared to the adoration in Glasgow! His football would be well suited to a Bundesliga type team, he won’t last the summer at Spurs.
Patrick
Tottenham Hotspur and manager Ange Postecoglou have dominated the day so far but there is plenty more to come as we approach lunchtime.
It's going to be a good one so make sure you stick with us!
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I kind of feel sorry for Ange. Who do Spurs fans want instead? Didn't like serial winners Jose or Conte, never liked Nuno as they thought they were above him. Hopefully, Iraola stays away from that job and keeps his reputation in tact.
Matthew, Boston
Despite all the negativity, Ange Postecoglou does still have a chance to win silverware this season in the Europa League.
It would make his famous second season statement come true.
Among the chaos, here's a list of his achievements to date…
Celtic
Yokohama F. Marinos
Australia
Brisbane Roar
South Melbourne
In the A League and National Soccer League (it's predecessor) the winner of the regular season wins the 'premiership' and the winner of the grand final wins the 'championship'.
Shamelessly thumbs upped myself on the last post, thanks Joe.
Bah humbug to everyone that thumbs downed.
Anyway, Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou is expected in front of the media very shortly for his pre-match news conference before Sunday's game against Southampton.
This one could get very interesting.
We'll bring you all the updates as they come in.
Anyway, I think I'm going to take my break now. Ben Ramsdale will take over proceedings.
Give him some thumbs up from me, yeah?
Erm, that's a new one. Top marks for originality though, Josh.
But really we should be promoting BBC shows; so, personally, I'd suggest a Strictly-style scoring or Traitors round table approach.
And if we did stick to BGT, imagine the fallout when a clearly offside goal gets given because it was Golden Buzzared due to vibes.
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Why not make VAR like Britain's Got Talent. Give each video ref a button, let them watch for 30 seconds then each referee votes for whether they believe the decision should be overturned. If its not unanimous then it's not a clear and obvious error.
Josh
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I hear you on the two live chats challenge but don't forget we are pretending to work whilst keeping up with the live chat!! And while we turn a blind eye to minor details like if Tarkowski had been sent off then he wouldn't have intercepted the pass to the offside Diaz and the goal wouldn't have stood – VAR'karma.
Tim (lfc fan in denial)
You guys are brutal.
After Spurs' 1-0 defeat at Chelsea it's now mathematically impossible for them to finish higher than Arsenal.
It's the third season in a row this has happened and Gunners fans have dubbed it 'St Totteringham's Day'.
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Not wishing to upset the general mirth and merriment of the Spurs supporters, but is today not St Totteringham’s Day?
DOBS in Jersey
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@Mike – Bedford – 8:33 – It wouldn't be 'Spursy' if Tottenham ended up winning the europa league, it would be 'Spursy' if they fluke it to the final then lose
Tom, Essex
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