{"id":296089,"date":"2023-11-11T21:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296089"},"modified":"2023-11-11T21:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:25:05","slug":"postecoglou-vows-to-stick-with-his-mad-tactics-ahead-of-wolves-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/postecoglou-vows-to-stick-with-his-mad-tactics-ahead-of-wolves-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Postecoglou vows to stick with his &apos;mad&apos; tactics ahead of Wolves clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ange Postecoglou vows the &#8216;madness&#8217; will continue despite double injury blow leaving him without stars James Maddison and Micky Van de Ven until the new year as Tottenham look to bounce back against Wolves<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ange Postecoglou will stand by &#8216;mad&#8217; tactics for game against Wolves\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Tottenham picked up their first league defeat of the season against Chelsea<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the WORST Premier League hat-trick? &#8211; Find out on It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tottenham have been hit by a huge double blow with star men James Maddison and Micky van de Ven ruled out until January.<\/p>\n<p>The pair both limped off in the first half of Spurs\u2019 4-1 home defeat by Chelsea on Monday \u2014 England midfielder Maddison with a kick to his ankle and \u00a343million summer signing Van de Ven having pulled his hamstring.<\/p>\n<p>They add to a list of long-term absences that also includes Richarlison, after the Brazil forward underwent pelvis surgery. Maddison was named in the England squad on Thursday for the upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, but has withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Micky with the hamstring injury, we knew it was fairly significant, probably a couple of months for him, looking into the new year,\u2019 said Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Madders is a lot worse than\u00a0we thought. The next day wasn\u2019t great \u2014 again, probably into the new year for him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/77665041-0-image-a-1_1699645932564.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are set to be without both Micky Van de Ven and James Maddison until the new year after both suffered injuries in Monday&#8217;s defeat to Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/77665043-0-image-a-2_1699645936123.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou has admitted that Maddison&#8217;s ankle injury is &#8216;a lot worse&#8217; than Spurs had initially hoped<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/77665167-0-image-a-4_1699646122001.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richarlison is also on the injury list after he underwent an operation on a pelvis injury this week<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs can go back top of the Premier League with victory at Wolves on Saturday lunchtime but travel to Molineux without their three walking wounded plus the suspended Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ben Davies is back from injury at left back, but midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg may have to step in as a makeshift centre back with Romero and Van de Ven out.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou, however, insisted the club have dealt with worse this season even after this week from hell, having lost Harry Kane to Bayern Munich in August.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how Spurs would respond to their first big test of this season, he replied: \u2018The first test? After losing the greatest ever player in this competition the day before the start of the season? Nah, piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mate, there are tests all the time. In my whole career, I figured out there are only two states of being as a manager \u2014 under siege, or it\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s being a bit disrespectful to this group of players to say that everything has gone their way, because it hasn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou was named Premier League manager of the month for October on Friday, making it a hat-trick of awards this season in his first three months in England.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian, 58, employed an astonishingly high line when reduced to nine men by Romero and Udogie\u2019s red cards against Chelsea, which the Blues unpicked three times late on for Nicolas Jackson to score a hat-trick and condemn Spurs to their first league defeat of the season. But Postecoglou has no regrets about his tactics and promised more \u2018madness\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/77665051-0-image-a-3_1699645940990.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou has said his &#8216;mad&#8217; tactics have helped to take him &#8216;from Australia to the Premier League&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t try to lose games purposefully, trust me,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m very much on trying to win. I get it\u2019s unconventional, but you don\u2019t get from Australia to the Premier League by being conventional. Trust me, this isn\u2019t the first time people have questioned my madness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s got me to where I am and I continue to do it because I believe we can win that way, not because of any other reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There were times on Monday where it went to an extreme, only because the players felt like that was our best way to stay in the game and get the equaliser.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12735887\/Ange-Postecoglou-Wolves-James-Maddison-Micky-Van-Ven.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ange Postecoglou vows the &#8216;madness&#8217; 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