Ange Postecoglou welcomes scrutiny but calls some pundit comments ‘offensive’
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ange Postecoglou has no issue with Jamie Carragher’s analysis of his Tottenham team but does feel certain discourse around himself from unnamed pundits has been offensive. Two mistakes by Fraser Forster put Tottenham on the brink of throwing away a three-goal lead and, while they held on for a precious win, the critique of Sky Sports pundit Carragher post-match centred on how Postecoglou’s side never change their approach but should do – a view echoed by Jamie Redknapp. “Whether it is Jamie or anyone else scrutinising or criticising our approach, that’s healthy because to me how you react to that is much more important than that itself because if you’re going to jump every time, it tells me you don’t really have a lot of belief in this building about what we’re doing if we’re always going to worry about what he is saying, or we need someone to say a good thing, or someone already said a bad thing. Ange Postecoglou Invited to expand on what had been said to create headlines, Postecoglou replied: “There is some stuff out there and I find – and at the appropriate time I’ll call it out – just offensive towards me.