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Tottenham Hotspurs boss Ange Postecoglou relented on todays draw against a 10 man Fulham saying that Whatever we do well is used as a milestone to bring us down at every other opportunity  01/12/2024  Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK

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00:00Yeah, tough game, tight game. Not a lot of openings for either side.

00:07Just a few opportunities to score.

00:14We started the game well, probably should have been one up and put some pressure on,

00:20but they had their spell.

00:24Frey's made a couple of good saves.

00:27We got our noses in front and just couldn't push on.

00:31Not for the lack of trying, the players gave everything they could,

00:34but we just couldn't push on after scoring the goal we did.

00:39It was a decent strike by them for their goal.

00:44We tried to get some momentum late in the game when they went down at ten,

00:48but there wasn't a lot of football being played at that time.

00:51There was a lot of stoppages and we just couldn't get over the top of them.

00:55You've got a number of players out already.

00:57How much do you think Dominic Salenko's late withdrawal affects your plans and preparation?

01:01It doesn't help, because he's that on top of Richie being out as well

01:09and Wilson being out and Mikey Moore being out.

01:12It leaves us pretty thin up top and we're trying to manage that process.

01:19I think from my perspective, the most important thing is the players,

01:23the ones that are out there anyway, give an absolute everything.

01:25That's all you can ask for.

01:26They're just working their socks off, digging in as deep as they can

01:31to try and keep us progressing.

01:33That's all you can ask for.

01:35There's a lot of games coming up now, Thursday, Sunday, the Cup as well.

01:40Is there an expectation that there are going to be games like this?

01:42City was amazing last week, but there are going to be games like this as well,

01:45given the amount of absences?

01:48Yes, you're playing tough opposition.

01:51The games aren't always going to go smoothly for you.

01:58I know people are going to keep using City as a reference point,

02:01but against City I was able to put on Timo Werner and Brendan Johnson.

02:06We had Vicario and Goal.

02:08I get that people are looking for easy targets,

02:18but if people don't understand what we're dealing with at the moment

02:21and how the players are coping with it,

02:23I think it's fairly self-evident.

02:26We're going to have to have days like today where things aren't running smoothly,

02:31but all you can ask for the players is to give everything they can.

02:35I think they did that and more today.

02:44I hope so.

02:45He trained yesterday, but obviously he came in today,

02:50but he didn't look well at all, so we sent him home.

02:54It's obviously an illness, it's not an injury,

02:56so we just need to see how he settles down in the next couple of days.

03:00Hopefully it's nothing too significant.

03:03Tom?

03:04You talked a lot about conviction throughout the time here.

03:07Sonny's been someone who's scored so many goals for this club,

03:10but lost a few games and perhaps a little bit this season.

03:13He's been struggling a little bit.

03:15How do you help him get the confidence?

03:18You could say that about a number of our players.

03:21I think the key to it is just to stay focused, and Sonny will.

03:25It's not like he dwells on these things.

03:29That's what the best goal scorers do.

03:32They don't dwell on it for too long.

03:34I haven't sensed in him that he's worried about it,

03:39because he's proven himself year after year at this level.

03:43I've seen different players go through those spells at different times,

03:47and the key to it is just to maintain focus

03:50and not dwell too much on what's happened before.

03:54I'm sure the goals will flow again for Sonny soon.

03:58Ali?

04:01Yeah, I don't know. He got a knock, so it's a bit of a deadlock.

04:05Hopefully again nothing too significant.

04:09George?

04:10You left Romero back in the first leg,

04:13and I guess that just means you play some games you just need to breathe.

04:18Yeah.

04:20We're going to have to sort of protect our players,

04:24because, as I said, we're thin on numbers,

04:26and like I said, Deke's playing every minute.

04:29I've rarely subbed him off,

04:31so we've just got to be careful with him and with a few others.

04:37But at the moment we don't have too many options,

04:41so we've just got to try and manage them the best we can.

04:44Obviously that affects performance,

04:46but I think he got through the game well,

04:50and I guess for Thursday he should be in good shape.

04:54Romero?

04:56Potentially, mate. He still hasn't trained with the team,

04:58so he's getting closer, but he still hasn't trained with the team.

05:01So him and Mickie are still kind of working with the sports science staff,

05:06so hopefully not too far away.

05:09Mike?

05:11I know he played the other night,

05:12but that was Fraser's first league game for 18 months.

05:15It looked like he'd never been away.

05:18Yeah, he was good.

05:19We needed him obviously in some big moments today.

05:23Look, I think when you lose your goalkeeper

05:28and somebody as significant as Vic for us,

05:30I think the key to that is to have somebody experienced

05:32who's not going to be overruled by filling those shoes.

05:36Fraser certainly is that.

05:38He's done it for a number of years.

05:41We kind of see him every day.

05:43What you saw out there, we kind of see every day at training,

05:46and he still has a really strong work ethic.

05:51So like I said, we had a couple of big moments today

05:53which were important for us.

05:56Again, he'll be important moving forward.

05:59May I ask, when you say people are looking for easy targets

06:03and not understanding what you're dealing with,

06:05are you disappointed with the reaction of the final whistle

06:07or something that's been said?

06:09No, what do you mean, final whistle?

06:12Just sort of jeers.

06:14Oh, I didn't hear that.

06:16If that's the case, no, I'm not talking about the supporters.

06:20I'm just saying I've had already probably three questions

06:23on the Man City game, and why can't we repeat that?

06:27Like I said, I think if you can't see that even in seven days

06:30we've copped a couple of significant blows since then,

06:34then I think it's too easy to say,

06:37well, let's just play like we did against Man City every game.

06:43It somehow, again, seems with this club

06:46that whatever it is that we do well

06:50is then used as a millstone to bring us down

06:53in every other opportunity.

07:00I guess from my perspective, as I keep saying,

07:02it's really important that we don't react to any of that

07:07and just sort of stay focused on...

07:10Because I just sometimes feel like,

07:13especially the players we've got at the moment,

07:15they're really working really hard for this football club

07:19to try and progress us to where we want to be.

07:25We're in good shape. We're still in good shape.

07:28We're in a decent position in the league.

07:30Like I said, we're still in the Carabao Cup,

07:32we're in a decent position in Europe.

07:34So it's about us maintaining our focus on continuing to develop.

07:46Do you feel like the Crosses aren't playing?

07:49Yeah, no, they do. Fulham ask you a lot of questions.

07:52They've got some pretty aggressive full-backs and wide players

07:56and I think they're number one in the league for crosses in the box.

07:59We knew we had to deal with that today.

08:01Again, Benny and Radu have been outstanding through this spell.

08:07There aren't too many teams in the league who have both their centre-backs out.

08:10I've seen so much violin playing over one centre-back out.

08:14But we're just supposed to get on with it.

08:16The beauty of it is these boys are.

08:19I love that. I love the character they're showing.

08:21I love the fact that they're not seeking excuses

08:24or wanting me to make allowances for it.

08:26But at some point I need to also acknowledge the massive effort

08:30that all these guys are putting in.

08:32Like I said, Radu and Ben were outstanding again today.

Whatever we do well is used as a milestone to bring us down at every other opportunity - Ange

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