‘Remarkable’: Postecoglou earns rival’s praise

Ange Postecoglou doesn’t want any recommendation about teaching an English Premier League membership.

That’s the opinion of West Ham supervisor David Moyes, who obtained the higher of Postecoglou within the former Socceroos coach’s first match in command of Spurs.

Moyes’ males beat their London rivals 3-2 in Perth on Tuesday evening, however whereas Spurs misplaced, they dominated the competition enjoying an attacking model of soccer synonymous with Postecoglou-coached groups.

“I don’t need to give Ange any advice – that’s for sure,” stated Moyes, who has additionally had spells in command of Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland and Spanish membership Real Sociedad.

“His team played well enough that they could have easily scored more goals, and we were a bit fortunate that we didn’t concede more.”

Moyes stated Postecoglou did a “remarkable” job at Celtic, the place the ex-Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory coach guided the Hoops to 5 trophies in two seasons earlier than his low season transfer to Tottenham.

“How his teams played was a very good style … and I think you saw bits of that (in Perth), which probably we expected a little bit, maybe slightly different,” he stated.

“Ange will be different. Ange will invert his fullbacks, he’ll look to play through the lines and get his defenders on the ball.

“I thought Tottenham were a good football team last year (under former manager Antonio Conte). I just think there’ll be a different manager who’ll try to get them to play slightly different.”

While Moyes and Postecoglou embraced after the match, the Hammers’ boss joked the pair have been set to develop into “bigger enemies” such was the rivalry between the 2 golf equipment.

“But overall, he’s a really good guy Ange, and hopefully we’ll bump into each other a lot more often in London than we will out here in ‘Oz’,” he stated.

Postecoglou, whereas disenchanted to lose, stated the outcome was “not the most important thing right now”.

“Winning (in Perth) and not playing the kind of football we want … I’d be disappointed with that” he instructed SpursPlay.

“We’ve work to do, we know that, no surprises there, but (I’m) really encouraged with the way the boys have been working hard in training and, secondly, their endeavours to try and win the game.

“The main thing for me is that every player out there was trying to do what we’ve been working on. That’s the key for me. That gives me the encouragement to keep going and feeding more into them, and hopefully they take that on-board.”

Postecoglou and Spurs will proceed their Asia-Pacific pre-season tour with a sport towards Leicester City – whose squad contains Socceroos defender Harry Souttar – in Bangkok on Sunday.

Source: www.news.com.au