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The director of Tottenham Hotspur, Ange Postcoglou, delivered a passionate defense of his players after the release of the FA Cup on Sunday at Aston Villa came only four days after the elimination of the Carabao Cup.
Spurs remain active in the Europa League, which is now used for the last chance for PostCoglou to do good in his career record to win a trophy in his second season in a club. But they are 14th in the Premier League table and have been on the right track for a worst finish since 2003/04 (also 14th).
Postcoglou will not have that a “very small group” of players do not do enough, stressing the impact that an injury crisis like the Spurs is dealing with any club.
“People can judge me. They can say that I have done bad job, I am not up to the task or whatever,” said postcoglou.
“If you want to measure anything on what they are doing right now, apart from the extreme situation they are dealing with, then I think your analysis is biased and it is not objective. If it is To get rid of me, that’s good.
The Postcoglou plea for equity included a Liverpool excavation, eliminated from the FA Cup by Plymouth Argyle after having rested almost all their usual entrances.
“Take [the injured players] Out of any team. How did Liverpool go today? And they just did this for a match. Do it for two and a half months. Any team, do this for two and a half months in several competitions, “continued the Spurs’ owner.
“I don’t care about me, people will judge me or other.” But you cannot judge this group of players on what happened. They gave everything. Two 18 -year -olds, a 17 -year -old, a 19 -year -old goalkeeper and a 21 -year -old goalkeeper starting against one of the best teams in the country at home.
“”[Aston Villa] Had a week off, they did not play Thursday evening against Liverpool. We did it. Same group of players, not a change. You cannot measure this group on this subject and their performance. It is too easy for people to be critical of them. I have a huge admiration and respect for them.
“What I say is that you cannot be critical of the players and the performances of the players during this period. If you do, then do it with everyone when they have nine or ten players – None of them has – and for each game.
“I am not only saying that we should do it today. We have been doing it since mid-November. You cannot judge the performances of these players or criticize them on what they have done. Everything they have done is to give everything they can and that’s all you can ask for.
“My responsibility in this club is this group of players and teams to make them play the way I want them to bring us success. Whether people think I can do it or not, is that the Others judge, but there must be a better appreciation of what a very small group of players has done for two and a half months.
“It cannot be that people think it’s an excuse. It’s just not close to objective analysis. It’s just times focused.
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