‘Weird talking about my future’ – Postecoglou on ‘outstanding’ season

Not for the first time this season, Ange Postecoglou was somewhat perplexed.

He had just been asked to evaluate Tottenham’s season following their 4-1 defeat by Brighton, the club’s 22nd Premier League defeat this season.

Given that he had just won the club’s first trophy since 2008, the Australian was furious at the question. He seemed perplexed as to how the season could be seen as anything but a blistering success.

How should I evaluate it? “Outstanding” Postecoglou remarked.

We are in the Champions League and have won a trophy, which we haven’t done in 17 years.

Ask anyone at this football club to say “nobody would take that,” and I’m pretty sure there wouldn’t be anyone in the house who wouldn’t.

The Australian bemoaned the fact that his future was still up for debate after fulfilling his responsibilities of winning a trophy and qualifying for the Champions League.

He said, “I will be honest, I have been finding it really strange talking about our future when we have done something unheard of.”

I guess I was forced to respond to the questions because no one else at the club would have the opportunity to do so.

Spurs fell to 17th place in Premier League history with Sunday’s defeat at Brighton, which is their worst-ever result in the league.

Their previous worst point total of 44, which they reached in the 1997-98 season, is six points short of the 38 they managed to accumulate.

Spurs finished this season with a goal difference of -1, losing twice as many games as winning this season (22).

Postecoglou will argue that after it became clear that relegation was no longer a threat, his team’s injury problems caused the focus to shift to the Europa League.

However, it is difficult to deny how bad the domestic campaign at Tottenham has been.

In 2025, they have lost to Brentford, Ipswich, and Southampton, but they have only won three league games.

Spurs went seven games without winning in their final game against Southampton on April 6.

At the Spurs’ trophy parade on Friday, Postecoglou claimed that season three was better than season two because he had been informed that he was staying at the club.

However, he made the observation during his pre-game press conference before the Brighton visit that “sometimes they kill off the main character.”

Postecoglou claimed he had not spoken to chairman Levy about his future after Brighton’s defeat.

Postecoglou remarked, “You’re asking the wrong person.

Everyone in the media knows that I’m not the right person to ask those questions.

“I’ll take a break, and hopefully we’ll be back on the field the first day of the season to kick things off.”

Levy is now unsure about firing a manager who ended Spurs’ trophy drought.

Postecoglou received the kind of credit with supporters that seemed impossible before Wednesday’s Europa League victory over Manchester United.

Many fans would be upset if they were to sacrifice him right now, but some people believe it to be the ideal time to end his life.

Levy must take into account that conundrum, and as United discovered last year when they fired FA Cup-winning coach Erik ten Hag, quaring the circle is never simple.

Alan Shearer, a former England striker, stated to BBC Match of the Day, “You have to say it has been a fantastic season. They have won a trophy, as he claimed, and they have done so.