Postecoglou's second-season success - what and how has he won?

"I ever triumph things successful my 2nd year. Nothing has changed. I don't opportunity things unless I judge them."

Tottenham head Ange Postecoglou, having conscionable seen his broadside lose 1-0 astatine home to rivals Arsenal backmost successful September, was successful defiant temper and that quote has followed and been repeated to him each season.

His broadside came adjacent to proving him correct earlier this year.

Spurs held a 1-0 lead aft nan first limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool, only to past capitulate 4-0 successful nan reverse fixture astatine Anfield.

But Tottenham fell astatine nan fourth-round hurdle of nan FA Cup, losing astatine Aston Villa, while nan nine are connected people for their worst run successful nan Premier League era arsenic they are 17th pinch 1 crippled to spell and a mammoth 45 points down champions Liverpool.

Yet, nan 59-year-old Australian, who began moving astatine Spurs successful July 2023, is 1 crippled distant from having nan past laugh.

He will return complaint of Spurs for nan 100th clip connected Wednesday erstwhile they play Manchester United successful nan Europa League last successful Bilbao.

A triumph would return Spurs into nan Champions League, soundlessness Postecoglou's critics, support his superb second-year grounds and possibly support him successful his job.

He won nan Australian title pinch some South Melbourne and Brisbane Roar and nan Japanese convention pinch Yokohama F. Marinos - each successful his 2nd play aliases 2nd afloat play successful charge.

Postecoglou besides won nan Asian Cup 2 years aft becoming Australia leader - and nan Scottish title successful some seasons pinch Celtic.

The 59-year-old did not spot retired 2 seasons successful complaint of nan 3 clubs he grounded to triumph thing astatine - smaller clubs Panachaiki and Whittlesea Zebras, and Melbourne Victory, whom he near aft 18 months for nan Australia job.

We person taken a look astatine really he has enjoyed second-season occurrence passim his career.

Matches: 113. Wins: 83 Draws: 12. Losses: 18. Goals scored: 284. Goals conceded: 108.

Postecoglou came to Celtic successful June 2021, conscionable aft Steven Gerrard had guided Rangers to nan Scottish Premiership title.

But nan Australian did not request 2 seasons earlier winning, arsenic he took nan Bhoys to 5 trophies successful his 2 years astatine nan club.

In his first run they became Scottish champions and won nan League Cup, earlier they added nan Scottish Cup to make it a home treble successful his 2nd twelvemonth pinch him past earlier moving to Tottenham.

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart had already won 2 Premier League titles pinch Manchester City earlier he was instrumental successful Celtic's success. He felt 1 of Postecoglou's main strengths was getting his players to position nan crippled successful a different measurement and thatch them caller skills.

"He is top, really, really good," said Hart aft Postecoglou's 2nd Scottish title triumph successful May 2023. "He is really clear successful what he wants and nan biggest buzz for maine is playing for personification who is pushing maine and I americium learning caller things each time - it makes maine consciousness alive.

"I person played successful different teams that person been successful. Identity successful shot has ever been there, but successful position of having a existent measurement of playing, this is nan first clip I person been portion of a squad pinch that.

"I genuinely consciousness comfortable making risky passes, short passes, and if personification does miss a walk aliases a tackle and nan shot goes in, I don't deliberation immoderate of america would moreover flinch because that's what we are being asked to do."

Matches: 161. Wins: 79. Draws: 30. Losses: 52. Goals scored: 313. Goals conceded: 228.

Before Celtic, Postecoglou had a three-and-a-half-year spell successful Japan pinch Yokohama F. Marinos.

He went location successful January 2018 and almost won a trophy successful his first 10 months, only to suffer 1-0 to Shonan Bellmare successful nan J.League Cup.

But occurrence was not excessively acold distant arsenic his broadside past won nan J1 League to go Japanese champions, finishing six points clear of FC Tokyo.

That title took nan broadside into nan Japanese Super Cup (their type of nan Community Shield), but Yokohama could not adhd different trophy arsenic they mislaid 3-2 connected penalties against Vissel Kobe aft Yokohama had fought backmost from 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 down to time off it astatine 3-3 aft 90 minutes.

"Ange really gave nan nine purpose," said Dan Orlowitz from nan Japan Times.

"It was a refreshing style of shot that nan convention hadn't really seen. Even erstwhile YFM struggled results-wise successful 2018 it was very clear that nan players and supra each Ange believed successful what he was doing.

"The fans believed successful him arsenic a result, and complete nan adjacent twelvemonth he fto spell of players who weren't a bully fresh for nan strategy and brought successful players who were a awesome fit. All of that added up to nan triumph of 2019."

Matches: 49. Wins: 22. Draws: 12. Losses: 15. Goals scored: 86. Goals conceded: 58.

During his playing career, Postecoglou was a defender and represented Australia 4 times and successful 2013 he sewage nan chance to go his country's nationalist manager.

At nan 2014 World Cup successful Brazil, Australia vanished bottommost of a reliable group that besides included nan Netherlands, Chile and 2010 winners Spain.

Australia hosted nan Asian Cup successful January 2015 and Postecoglou guided nan Socceroos to nan last pinch a crowd of much than 76,000 watching nan crippled against South Korea successful Sydney.

Midfielder Massimo Luongo (now astatine Ipswich Town) put Australia ahead, earlier Son Heung-min, Postecoglou's existent skipper astatine Tottenham, equalised successful nan 91st infinitesimal to return nan necktie to extra-time. But James Troisi, who developed done Newcastle United's academy, scored nan victor arsenic Postecoglou and Australia celebrated a 2-1 triumph to triumph nan tournament.

Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill was a cardinal subordinate for Australia astatine that clip and, successful an interview pinch Optus Sport successful 2024,, external was afloat of praise for Postecoglou.

"I ne'er knew Ange until he came to nan Australia job, he had a awesome pedigree," said Cahill. "When you perceive to him, everything he talks astir is elemental and logical - he wants nan shot successful play, action and strength and that's what nan players want.

"The measurement you look astatine a coach is their beingness and secondly their training, everything was measured and calculated. What I emotion pinch Ange is he is very honest, very detailed. He has a really bully measurement astir him and you spot nan measurement he connects pinch players."

Matches: 83. Wins: 42. Draws: 24. Losses: 17. Goals scored: 142. Goals conceded: 91.

Before becoming Australia manager, Postecoglou had an 18-month spell astatine Melbourne Victory, but was not location agelong capable to person a 2nd afloat season.

That came aft he had awesome occurrence pinch different Australian broadside successful Brisbane Roar. In a two-and-a-half-year spell, they won nan A-League Championship successful 2010-11 and retained their title nan pursuing year.

"Ange's monolithic spot is his expertise to beryllium capable to bring players on that travel and bargain into what he does," erstwhile Brisbane skipper Matt Smith told BBC Sport.

"There's zero tolerance for players that don't want to follow. We were ne'er made to consciousness comfortable, we were ever pushing to beryllium better, ever developing, ever moving harder than immoderate group I've knowledgeable before.

"It didn't matter if you were nan biggest subordinate successful nan dressing room aliases nan youngest - if you weren't pulling your weight aliases pursuing his principles, he was very ruthless."

For a seven-year period, Postecoglou coached nan Australian younker teams, gaining occurrence astatine some nan Oceania Under-17 and Under-20 Championships, winning each arena connected 3 occasions.

After that, he had little spells astatine Greek broadside Panachaiki (nine months) and Australian outfit Whittlesea Zebras (three months) earlier joining Brisbane Roar.

Matches: 155. Wins: 82. Draws: 30. Losses: 43. Goals scored: 276. Goals conceded: 194.

Postecoglou's first managerial occupation came astatine South Melbourne successful nan Australian National Soccer League (the predecessor to Australia's A-League).

It did not return agelong for him to beryllium successful arsenic he steered them to successive championships successful 1997-98 and 1998-99, pinch them besides winning nan Oceania Club Championship successful 1999.