Tottenham boss Postecoglou: Connection with home support is crucial for me

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17 Sep 2023 • 9:22 AM MYT
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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou is delighted with the connection he is establishing with the support.

Postecoglou was speaking after their late, later 2-1 win against Sheffield United.

He said, "Yeah, it's crucial. I think you're right, the fans played their part today. It was a real frustrating game, in terms of there was a lot of stoppages and dead time. Sometimes we didn't deal with it well, talking to referee in unnecessary moments instead of getting on with the game.

"It would have been easy for our supporters to get frustrated but I do think our supporters are seeing in this team, even when things weren't going to script today and we were 1-0 down, they can see the team trying to play the kind of football they want to see and I think that helps. They can resonate with that. That's what they want to see in their team.

"They want to see aggression when we have the ball and aggression when we don't have the ball. I think they've bought into that because they can see that's what the players are trying to do. In this early phase it's crucial because that hopefully fast tracks our development as a football club because there's no doubt that the players got energy from the supporters today. No doubt about it."

He also stated: "Wherever I've been, because ultimately for your supporters, as much you enjoy the away wins because you've got to earn every one of them, it's when they come to their home ground that you want to really reward them.

"From that perspective, if you can create that atmosphere, I've been very fortunate that at the last three clubs I've had we've had even in Japan 30,000 to 40,000, and at Celtic they're always sold out, and it creates an atmosphere and you can see today it helps the team.

"I think that helps you as a club if you're really strong at home so yeah it's something I'm proud of."