{"id":298837,"date":"2023-12-09T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298837"},"modified":"2023-12-09T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:25:05","slug":"ange-postecoglou-says-he-owes-eddie-howe-a-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-says-he-owes-eddie-howe-a-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou says he owes Eddie Howe a 'thank you'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ange Postecoglou admits he owes Newcastle boss Eddie Howe a thank you for his unintended role in his journey to Tottenham.<\/p>\n
Sunday will see Postecoglou and Howe go head-to-head for the first time, but back in the summer of 2021 they were the talk of Glasgow.<\/p>\n
Howe was widely expected to take the vacant Celtic role only to turn it down following prolonged negotiations, which resulted in Postecoglou getting the nod.<\/p>\n
The Australian never looked back and after he won five trophies during his two-year stay in Scotland, it convinced Spurs to give the 58-year-old his first opportunity to be a Premier League manager.<\/p>\n
‘Oh absolutely, sliding doors moment,’ Postecoglou acknowledged.<\/p>\n
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Ange Postecoglou has admitted that he owes Newcastle boss Eddie Howe a thank you<\/p>\n
‘There’s probably been no bigger decision in me being here today than Eddie knocking back the Celtic job.<\/p>\n
‘I haven’t thanked him, I probably should.’<\/p>\n
Postecoglou quickly took the Premier League by storm upon his arrival and guided Tottenham to the top flight summit in October, but the past six weeks has produced a five-match winless run and a growing list of absentees.<\/p>\n
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But the experienced coach is not in the mood to panic, he insisted: ‘The pressure is the pressure, you know.<\/p>\n
‘It’s always there, it’s how you kind of treat it and I’ve never let it sort of guide my path or my way forward.<\/p>\n
‘For me, I don’t have a three or five year plan up my sleeve that’s guaranteed for success. What I do have is a plan that I think will get us to where we need to be.<\/p>\n
‘How long that takes? I don’t know. It depends on how we keep disciplined in staying and sticking (to) the path.<\/p>\n
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Sunday’s match will see Postecoglou and Howe go head-to-head for the first time<\/p>\n
‘It’s how focused you are and how committed you are to go on the path you’ve started. I’m unwavering with that, I just will not budge. I just think that’s what I believe is the best way forward.’<\/p>\n
Injuries to Micky van de Ven and James Maddison have proved costly and while Spurs recently welcomed back Pape Sarr and Richarlison, they remain without eight first-teamers for Sunday’s match.<\/p>\n
Newcastle boast an equally large number of players on the treatment table, which has opened the door for 17-year-old Lewis Miley, who has impressed over the past month.<\/p>\n
Postecoglou has several of his own academy graduates involved in the squad right now and admitted he could turn to Tottenham Under-21 playmaker Jamie Donley, 18, if they continue to struggle for goals.<\/p>\n
‘It’s fair to say Newcastle are probably the only other club who have gone through anything like we have from an injury perspective. That’s going to affect every club, but I think they’ve battled through it reasonable well, very well in fact,’ Postecoglou added.<\/p>\n
‘Players have an opportunity every day to show what they can do and give me food for thought in terms of selection.<\/p>\n
‘If I’m not doing it, there’s a reason why I’m not doing it, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t change for next week or the week after.<\/p>\n
‘Certainly Jamie, I think he’s developing. It’s benefitted him training with us regularly now.<\/p>\n
‘He’s a permanent fixture in here and within that context I think our next few games, if he keeps developing the way he is, he’ll get an opportunity in a game as well.’<\/p>\n
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