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Summary:
“The Premier League now is going through a cycle where it is very hard to gain momentum and fluency in a game, because of stoppages,” he says. “Some natural, some artificial, whether it’s technology or set pieces.”
“We enjoy all different cuisines; when we go out to a restaurant, we don’t just eat Japanese every night, because you’d get sick of it. That’s what each manager can bring. You can bring your own football, or vision.”
“The Premier League has been coming over the past couple of years, gradually, to a space where it is very, very structured and hard to gain momentum. The sort of rock’n’roll or heavy metal football of Jürgen [Klopp] today is almost impossible to do because of how many stoppages there are in the game. But somebody clever enough will come along and say, ‘I’ll show you how to break through.’”
“I love football that’s fast-paced, that creates chances and scores goals and is played a certain way,” he says. “If I fail to deliver that, then that’s on me, not on the other teams to allow me to do that. [So] yeah, I think there’s ways to break through that.“
“There are ways you can minimise the disruption in games when you have control of the game, ways you can maintain momentum while the opposition are trying to suck it out. It’s not a fully formed plan yet, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it works out.”
That plan sounds familiar: Postecoglou’s Tottenham were unique for a few reasons, not least their near-dogmatic commitment to attacking in their first season, when he guided them to fifth in the Premier League. As injuries mounted and domestic form plummeted in the second campaign, that flair fell away, yet Spurs retained an extraordinary commitment to keeping the ball in play.