Ange Postecoglou has revealed that one teenager is ready for a giant function at Tottenham this season within the wake of their 2-1 loss to Newcastle United.
Blended Premier League begin for Tottenham
In 2023/24, Ange Postecoglou’s aspect set Premier League data, with eight wins and two attracts of their opening 10 video games seeing them take dwelling 26 factors, essentially the most of any supervisor of their first 10 matches within the competitors’s historical past. This time round, expectations are larger and they’re but to actually impress in the identical method that they did this time 12 months in the past.
Defeat at St James’ Park meant that they’ve now received one, drawn one and misplaced one of their opening three video games of the season, leaving them tenth within the Premier League heading into the primary worldwide break.
Simply as towards Leicester Metropolis of their opening sport, their defeat to Newcastle was a sport through which Tottenham seemed on high however squandered a number of wonderful possibilities to maneuver out of sight, earlier than being punished clinically by their opponents to depart them ruing missed alternatives and dropping factors early within the season.
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Tottenham’s season to date |
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Possession |
68.9% |
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Pictures |
48 |
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Pictures on course |
20 |
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Objectives |
6 |
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Anticipated objectives |
5.65 |
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Factors |
4 |
Talking after the loss, Postecoglou admitted he’s blissful together with his aspect’s performances regardless of the early outcomes, although he bemoaned the shortage of medical edge to his frontline.
“I believed we have been dealing with the transitions. The purpose we conceded within the second half was sloppy and we misplaced focus. The sport ought to have been put to mattress so much longer earlier than that.
“What I do know is that if we proceed to play like that we’ll get our rewards. It isn’t a simple place to return. For essentially the most half, I believed we dealt with that actually properly. The best way we managed the sport was actually pleasing.”
And regardless of the end result, he could have discovered a possible breakout star for this season.
Postecoglou reveals larger function for younger defender
That comes as Ange admitted that January addition Radu Dragusin is ready for a a lot larger function on the membership this season. The Romanian defender arrived from Genoa within the winter window, turning down a transfer to Bayern Munich to maneuver to north London in the hunt for common sport time.
However the 22-year-old managed simply 9 appearances within the second half of the marketing campaign, beginning solely 4 Premier League video games. With an damage to Micky van de Ven, he was thrust in towards Newcastle United, and made a superb last-ditch deal with to disclaim Alexander Isak with the rating at 1-1.
He additionally received seven of his 9 duels to go together with a block and two clearances in an all-action efficiency which caught the attention. And Ange revealed after the sport that he expects to see him way more this season.
“I believed he was good Radu. It was an incredible alternative to show him. I imply, he is solely 22. He is nonetheless a younger man, particularly for a defender and I believed exposing him to this environment and the risk, the actual risk that Newcastle posed with Isak up entrance, he needed to be actually concentrated and I believed he was. I believe he will play a giant half in our season. Him coming by means of that, that entire expertise, will set him up properly.”
With Van de Ven having missed components of final season by means of damage, and Romero no stranger to a crimson card in his profession to this point, having a 3rd elite centre-back will come as a serious enhance to the Lilywhites as they appear to push for a spot in Europe as soon as extra this season.