Postecoglou does not want to expose young players to negative criticism

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Tottenham Hotspurs manager Ange Postecoglou does not want to expose young players to negative criticism  07/02/2025  Tottenham Hotspurs Training Ground, London, UK

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00:00If you were planning on some easy amateur style into international, it's probably not possible now.

00:07What do you think you would have learned from yesterday's experience? How ready do you think he is to play?

00:30Do you have any other games in the weekends?

01:01Are you going to try and rotate a little bit? I know you haven't got many opportunities.

01:05Some of the younger players who did so well last weekend in the Europa League, maybe they could come in.

01:10You mentioned they weren't in, you weren't able to throw them in.

01:30We saw what happened last night and our players are now getting criticised.

01:38Most of them will be able to handle it, they're old enough, but I wouldn't want to expose a young player to something like that.

01:44We just want to make determinations in a snap instant and destroy careers.

02:00I'm not going to expose young players who I don't think are ready for that at the moment.

02:05We don't have the opportunity to rotate.

02:07I said we'd probably lose Richie, but it'll be a similar kind of team that rolls out on Sunday.

02:13We've been doing this for quite a while now, for the last three months.

02:17We've handled that pretty well at times and that's what we'll try and do for Sunday.

02:25Some of the players you mentioned have been affected by the bad result the other day.

02:31How difficult is it for them to turn it around in such a short space of time and get ready for another big challenge?

02:38No choice. It's not like you can say, let's play it next week.

02:42It's here, it's on our doorstep.

02:48The main thing now is to allow players to recover physically and mentally.

02:54We got back in the small hours of last night, so they need to rest and recover.

03:00Give them some chance to digest last night and give them some feedback on it and then move on pretty quickly.

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