What's wrong with being nice? - Postecoglou defends Son's captaincy - video Dailymotion

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou defends Son Heung-min after criticism over his captaincy style

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00:00If people think that Sonny hasn't done everything in his power to try and help us through this,

00:06so what if he's a nice guy? What's wrong with being a nice person?

00:10Why do you have to smack people around?

00:13I've seen plenty of captains who are the opposite and they're pretty poor captains.

00:18So Sonny is Sonny and I've got no complaints about his leadership,

00:21I've got no complaints about the way he's gone about things.

00:24He's handled it his way.

00:27The reason we've struggled is pretty clear, I think, if you want to look at it objectively.

00:32But if you're looking for, as I keep saying, if you're looking for someone to blame,

00:36then you're talking to the guy who's most culpable.

00:39Even for the likes of Roy and others, in today's dressing room, I think they'd find it challenging.

00:44They'd probably adjust because the good leaders do adjust,

00:47but they're not the same kind of dressing room,

00:49the same way I can't be the same manager I was 20 years ago.

00:53You can't be that person anymore.

00:55You can't just go in there and give people ultimatums, players ultimatums,

01:00about if you don't like it, you're out of here.

01:02That world doesn't exist anymore.

01:04It's a different world, so the way you lead now has to be different.