Ange Postecoglou Means Business - Tactical Analysis | How Postecoglou Is Transforming Tottenham 

With Son as the ST and Solomon at LW they will score even more goals. Son is one of the most efficient finisher in the world and now he's the main man receiving chances

Ange is a coach with clear plan and a revived squad

7:43 - Other football channels haven't pointed out the flaws of Angeball and I'm glad you did, however, as stated, like Ferenc Puskás, Ange would rather win or lose 4-3 than 1-0. It's the mentality and the players have obviously bought into that. The morale change is clear and Dejan Kulusevski outright just said it in an interview recently as well. Tottenham vs West Ham will be an amazing match to watch tactically due to this clear counter attack play by West Ham that Angeball is prone to and the clear all out attack of Angeball vs 5 man block and 'zone-man' marking of West Ham.

Aussies: We told you so. Again. Some Celtic fans had the same doubts when he went to Celtic too.

Ange’s B team, untested & barely played, outplayed Barca

the team is definately a 433 more than a 4231 with maddison operating mainly in the left half space with bissouma being the single pivot

Postecoglou content from both FMS & Purist Football, can't remember the last time the international break was this good. Just missing an upload from Robona TV and Football Iconic to round things off.

I dont think theres any formation that hasnt got weaknesses to exploit, so im expecting us to concede a few goals, especially against the bigger teams but this formation is better than sitting back and inviting them to attack while we soaked up the pressure and hit them on the break/counter!! It'll take a few seasons for us to get to our final form and the journey sure does look exciting!! Coys!

Celtic fan here. I did as much youtube research as anyone else when he was announced as our manager a few years back and am so grateful he uprooted his family and came to this part of the world. Japanese football is taught to University level, add a passion for Michaels/Cruyff style football but add youthful athleticism, you get the results that Ange does. I've watched every Spurs game since he went there, got nothing but love for the man and his ambitions of, as Ruud Gullit would put it, "SEXY FOOTBALL!"

Great video. You should make also a video about De Zerbi Brighton Tactics. Pep said once he is the most influential manager in the Premier League the last 10 years.

Also in reality, Ange's tactics are nothing new, as similar tactics were used during Ange's playing days at South Melbourne under Ferenc Puskás, which Angeball is influenced by. Ange, who played as a wingback, hated it because, like Angeball, it demanded so much from the wingbacks under this type of system. I'll LOVE an analysis of Angeball vs Puskás and the similarities and differences, as the influence is clear. 50 year old tactics, yet still so effective in the modern day. - Also while every football channel is looking at the tactics, what is overlooked is his amazing man management and people skills, both to his players, but also the media. He has a clear distaste for the media and their often repetitive dumb questions (see being asked about Harry Kane recently), but never gets overly angry or dramatic like Conte or Mourinho, and often has quick jokes to lighten the mood while also being firm and shutting down their dumb questions when needed. Like Mourinho, Ange can deliberately take the media heat to protect his players when needed as well.

I put an each way bet on spurs for the league. They have a lack of fixtures all the way till January and the FA cup. This, combined with Injuries returning to action plus squad rotation means that spurs really are a force to be reckoned with. They may not beat city to the title, but they are defo in with a strong shout for top 4.

I am a spurs fan. The operative word here is “transforming” as opposed to “transformed.” Crossing my fingers before the doctor makes an appearance.

I’m not a tactician or even try to pretend so…. But the more I read or watch about this guys system I’m gobsmacked. He’s making it look so darn easy, yet it’s not at all. He’s a chess master and has got Spurs players absolutely ripping it up. Yes it’s only 4 games in…but imagine what they could be like once they perfect this…scarey. I do not think I’ve ever witnessed such a transformation in a team before. Simply put, I’ve seen teams become ultra defensive to stop the rot…but I’ve never seen an ultra defensive team become overnight so attacking and brave! Style, managers and players. A club that’s been ridiculed more than most…I do believe could be having quite the last laugh.

We are sooo lucky to have Postecoglou!!!

Really love your videos man glad I discovered you in like 2019

Will be interesting to see where they end up. Definitely there are signs of life in that spurs team

Ange’s already got the players purrrring at about 50%-60% Angeball & it’s only going to get much more fluid, intense & physically draining on opposition teams chasing Spurs guernsey’s backs once the players have adapted Angeball in full motion. League Title contenders & at minimum top 2 finish. FA Cup is a very good chance whilst getting into Europe is 99.8% certainty.

Ange knows the importance of removing bad politics and promoting delightful atmosphere in the dressing room. Without this wisdom, he could never save the team. Now, broken hearted Romero will be healed by spreading his wings under the Aussie's leadership.

Really is the place for football made simple, thank you

Good stuff mate👍🏽

I think Son just like Ronaldo will end up from a winger to a central attacker as he get older, Mourinho used to call him Sonaldo for a reason lol

Bissouma is the key player in that spurs side more important than maddison... Ingury to him is more disastrous to that team.. No one can immediately replace him and play his role as well as he does

That's a very good video but if you can do another one for to explain Roberto De Zerbi's tactic with Brighton, it will be interesting. Thank you !

Once Spurs signed Maddison I knew that they mean business. It's so funny how TenHaag chose Mount over Maddison. Besides, Ange's fluid game style with inverted full backs and his revival of some players like Sarr and Bissouma has helped him a lot. While I think Spurs will concede goals due to their aggressive system, I like his boldness and his tactical flexibility.

The beauty of Ange is that he never changes his style. He lets the opposition worry about him. At Celtic we ran Real Madrid ragged for 60 mins, could have been 2 or 3 up but tired and with the superior players Real ended up picking us off. Don't expect Ange to change his style, doesn't matter if it's against Man City or Luton. It will not change

If Tottenham are lucky with injuries, and pick up another centre back in January then I think they can finish fourth. The absence of European football is an advantage a lot of pundits still seem to underestimate. They will occasionally get caught out by teams with dangerous wingers but they have the flexibility to overcome most teams and should be strong at home.

There was a question in r/coys about what are your expectations for this season & I answered "if we get the same amount of points from last season but with more interesting football to show, I won't mind." As a cautiously optimistic glass-half full Tottenham supporter, I'm very happy with the way things have gone. I like that you have pointed out many ways Tottenham can succeed from building from the back & just to add your point, Porro - a couple of times - was dispossed by Man Utd in the first half. But Postecoglou change it with widening the distance between - If I'm mistaken - the centerbacks & the inverted right fullback. So when Garnacho was covering a shorter distance to press in the first half, it's now longer. Sarr dropping back a couple of times to help also help. One thing that I'm curious but hopefully would not happen a lot is if one of Romero, Van de Ven or even Vicario absent. It already showed during the Fulham League Cup game & I believe we didn't have any shots on target in the first half. Postecoglou then switch to a 4-4-2 but on build-up, a 2-2-2-4 with Hojbjerg & Skipp dropping back closest to Sanchez & Van de Ven. Royal & Davies were closer to the front four of Perisic, Richarlison, Scarlett & Solomon then the two midfield players. We managed to push Fulham back with direct balls where we also managed to win the second balls - probably due to Royal & Davies contesting those balls then Hojbjerg & Skipp. It also makes sense that Hojbjerg & Skipp - probably two better ball-playing players then the two fullbacks - were closer the centerbacks so they can help with building up plays from the back better. Could this switch to 2-2-2-4 be an one off or something of a plan B from Postecoglou.

Ange Postecoglou is happy at Tottenham than the previous two managers who kept on complaining about petty issues like stadium, jerseys etc. He is a reliable, flexible and long lasting manager at Totenham.

Your videos are just incredibly amazing man! Please keep doing this. Could you do one about AC Milan? Great stuff man, really appreciated your work here!

You should make a video about Eddie Howe. What a manager

Will be interesting to see against a very good counter pressing and counter attacking side

He deserves more credit considering Spurs just lost Kane. It’s interesting that he uses inverted fullbacks since it creates a box of 4 players in the opponent’s half when they are high up the pitch. They have played incredibly well though but it will be interesting to see how long it will last.

Let's wait and see

It’s a clear 4-3-3 and this has been noted publically by Ange on many occasions. Whilst it is a fluid structural system, the statement “a clearly defined 4-2-3-1” is just wrong.

Love seeing the Aussie boy going great

Great video! I think Spurs will surprise all and be top 4 quality. Of course i haven't figured in the "spursy" component.

Spurs have a good chance at finishing in the top four. What this video showed is that Ange system is one that covers everything. Opposing teams so far simply cant keep up with the way the system changes. Son will play up top with Salmon on the wing. Also with Johnson signing he offers speed down the right. Having three front attackers with Speed and energy will be hard to deal with. As for the defence. Spurs will press high to win the ball back. Also notice if Spurs are being exposed in the wide areas too much the full backs will stay deeper when in attack. Sarr and Bissuma sometimes Maddison will go wide. The Ange system really does seem to cover everything.

The next few months will tell. Which is the fun of it. He has not failed anywhere to date.

Good one

Imagine when Bentancur is back and Solomon finds form 😮

I'm glad you pointed out the biggest flaw in this attacking plan, the gaping holes on the wings left by the advancing fullbacks. Ange ball was successful with Celtic in the Scottish league, but they were found out in the UCL. The big tests are around the corner, Arsenal away and Liverpool at home this month, and then City in Dec, teams who know how to exploit space. Even the matches against Brighton, Newcastle and Hammers will be tough ones. If we come out of those matches with commendable results I'd say we're in for a special season.

FMS, Great analysis. I am predicting Spurs to finish in top 5 this season, not champions😅. Ange is a top manager with a lot of international experience that has taken the best parts from Mr. van Gaal, Josep Guardiola, Juan Manuel Lillo, and Don Bielsa and applied them to his game model. Each appointment (Austrailia MNT, Yokohama F. Marino, and Celtic) he adapted his tactics to the skill level of the players at his disposal, but the game model and prinicples are the same. I see potential for Ange to exceed Pochettino’s accomplishments but there is the Chairman Daniel Levy factor which has been consistent the past 20+ years too😢.

As an Australian I can tell you that Ange may have the team sheet as say 4-4-2 or even 4-3-3 but his plan is always to try and play 2-5-3. What this means is that once the side goes into attack he likes the left and righ fullbacks to come into the midfield thus, freeing up the left and right midfielders to move forward into attack. It is fantastic to watch but it is also fraught with some danger because if the oppposition team transitions very quickly it kind of leaves the two centre backs exposed. But he has been very successful on this model.

Now that Son is playing upfront he will be as good or better then Kane.

If you take a close look at the A-League you will soon discover a very rich seam of young coaching talent.

Bro make a video on explaining that_what are all the difficulty will ange face against big six teams with his tactics and gameplay

I really hope that his system thrives now that more have taken notice

Apart from tactice, he s a nice guy to communicate w all players willingly. Also, if you cant perform well, u ll be sub so all players on the bench ll be used frequently eg lo celso, which create good atmosphere in the team that Conte havent experienced of (using 14-15players only

Ange is going to copy santa-claus and give spurs fans a big shiny trophy as a gift

Don't be surprised if Real Madrid or Bayern come calling for Ange. Like at Celtic, enjoy him while you can. Ange is very ambitious, if a bigger club than Spurs come calling he will go

Isnt the real question whether they will have the tactical flexibility & discipline to stay compact against the top teams?

The audio cuts are a bit off

It is four games into the season. Says it all really...

Although Spurs have been brilliant but they still haven't faced a tactical manager like pep, Klopp, arteta, emery, de zerbi who can expose this flaw & dent the confidence of the Spurs players. Imagine the likes of mitoma, Saka, Diaz, Salah, grealish, martinelli, diaby getting so much room on the wings & being 1v1 vs the CB.

I know that Anges teams get better as they better understand the system. So they're going to finish above 8. I would put money on top 5 this year, higher next year. But I am curious to see how the defence holds up when you have other teams who are great at the counter such as Liverpool with players like Alexander Arnold who can make a very accurate long pass to a deadly finisher like Salah or Man City. And has played Man City under Pep before and his Japanese club side managed to out stat them, even if they're finishing quality didn't get them the win.

Arsenal vs Spurs would be interesting this season.

Ante once said " I just copy Pep"

As an arsenal fan i can say that ange's explosive styleof football is so beautiful to see, but not quite sustainable. I reckon the best finish in his tenure may be 3rd because they give up too many big chances. Some games you'll win by a large margin, others, you can be destroyed as well. I think that his style is quite erratic and very reminiscent of jesse Marsch's or hansi flick's style of football. I expect spurs to struggle especially against teams like liverpool, west ham, brentford, arsenal. Even when they won against man utd, the 1st 45 was quite indicative of the downside of ange ball that I am speaking about. There average shots against them in the premier league has also been 15 as well. Really high risk football and indicative of the lack of control in almost all their games thus far

2:20 What is soulution-oriented?

Just me or were there some weird audio cuts throughout the vid?

I think Porro is the weakness in this side and tactics. He's great going forward but very average receiving the ball with his back to goal in midfield. It could be worth considering playing Betancur in his place. Outside of that, they need a dribbler outside and Soloman may be good enough for that but he's still unproven. If they manage to control the defensive transitions, which will be a huge task, they might challenge for top 6.

City will utilize the wider space in the defense with the signing of Doku, but they will mainly exploit Porro's vulnerability as an inverted fullback when pressing. Overall, this system appears to be very dangerous.

i dont understand why you would call it a 4-2-3-1. There is a single 6 And the wingers are as high as the strikers. makes no sense.

My guess: They'll be top 4 but not contend for the title because .....Spurrsy. AP has them going in the right direction and, as a neutral, they are fun to watch again. Last year was horrific. And they said that losing Kane would be a disaster. Not so much.

Spurs still need to choose to gamble on their side backs or not. Big teams do not have mercy 😅. Imagine Salah, Saka or Martinelli with lots of spaces. Like what we saw in the match against Barcelona.

I guess Newcastle vs Liverpool wasn’t a game to be featured here 👀

Tottenham Hotspur playing proper football at last 😂🔥

Good coach but lets wait until he plays the more tactically astute clubs. I want see how this system works against the better sides. After Sheffield they play Arsenal then Liverpool, theses are teams that have dangerous wide players, let's see how they cope with that.

Could you do serie A teams? Like Tottenham is getting more of a platform than Napoli, Juventus, Inter, and Ac Milan. I don’t think you’ve talked about Vincenzo Italiano in Fiorentina. Interesting tactics everywhere. Widen your capacity

5th with an FA Cup ❤️🙏🇦🇺❤️

Spurs will struggle against teams who are really good in the transitional phase with high speed and great skills up front, like RM, PSG, B Munich, and Liverpool.

Waiting Spurs vs Liverpool = Potential game for Rainy Goals...

5th youngest not 6th, according to your graph.

Son needs to play in a free role especially against low blocks. Burnley played with a high line hence he could run off defenders

COME ON YOU SPURS

spurs without kane is like rma without ronaldo but im sure Son will step up like kb9 did!

Spurs will finish in 4th Position

This is tactics. This is what Ancelotti don't know. At Madrid players play using their talent not tactics. Ancelotti doesn't have any tactics, so our play isn't entertaining enough and we we struggle to even break down the defense of weak opponents.

Udogie can’t go that high against Liverpool they’ll punish him with over the top balls , they need to be very accurate with their defence vs liv otherwise Klopps men will punish them

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@footballmadesimple whatever you do man never allow yourself to be bullied or persuaded by deranged Ange postecoglou fans who think that this guy is above criticism... and that's because they get swept up in his cult of personality. Your earlier video about his flawed tactics against Barcelona were spot on. Despite all the frothing from the Ange army. Nobody is above criticism.

Well… my guess at least is top 4

It’s not 4-2-3-1 mate.

This aged well 😂😂 look at Spurs now. They are a complete shambles.

Look who they have beaten mate, let them face a few teams that wont allow Spurs all of that possession

Good analysis, but guys, don't fall for the Totenham hype. This will not last.

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Australian Pep-ball in the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium 😂😂

Don’t get ur hopes up. It’s Spurs. They will disappoint u when it actually matters lol. They were doing well at the start under Mourinho and Conte as well. It’s too soon to say all this.

Bro like my comment

This didn’t age well

He is a genuinely amazing guy. Celtic/Spurs. Always My favourite English club. Have a great season 🎉😂.