Ange Postecoglou receives rave reviews despite Tottenham Hotspur’s friendly defeat to West Ham.

Despite the loss, Spurs fans were given an insight into the elite mentality that made Postecoglou a winning machine in Scotland during a question of the game as the interviewer tried to downplay the loss.

“Results always matter, my friend,” the stone-faced Postecoglou said.

“From our point of view, we want to be a team that plays good football and dominates the game, but obviously we want to win.”

Despite his disappointment with the result, the Aussie leader said there was “a lot of positives” he had seen from his team.

“The first thing for me is to see the players willing to try and do some of the things we’ve been working on,” he said.

“Their goal is to try to play the football we’ve been wanting to play, especially with our pressure.

“Obviously there are areas where we are still working and they look good with the goals we agreed on. This is on me, we did not prepare ourselves and create ourselves, but it is something to work on.

“They (the players) are obviously disappointed with the result, but with football they will get the motivation that if we continue the way we are doing, the rewards will come.”

It was clear that Postecoglou has a chance to get buy-in from his players based on the post-match comments.

“The new gaffer is very good. I am ready to work for him,” said Udogie.

“Yeah, he doesn’t talk much but you can see that he knows football, he doesn’t need to talk much, that’s good.

“I like his idea of ​​football. He wants to play football and football, he wants to have the ball. It’s not like I defend and I attack. I want to have the ball.”

“We worked on these things and we are starting to do what the gaffer wants,” added summer signing Manor Solomon.

“We’re trying to play a fun game and have a lot of practice and you see all the players participating in the offensive game.

“We dominated the whole game, and created a lot of chances, the future is very bright for us.”

Spurs have been known for their exciting performances in recent years, especially under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, and Postecoglou’s free-kicks have received rave reviews from the media and the general public.

“The wind was heard when, in the 37th minute, Tottenham’s new goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario played a dangerous pass to Yves Bissouma, under pressure from several West Ham players and facing his goal. Bissouma cleverly evaded the media and found a team-mate with his first pass, ” The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare wrote.

“Spurs then ran at the other end and the move ended with a good effort from the impressive Solomon, who was saved. It was a piece of play straight out of Postecoglou’s playbook and he showed his delight with some of Spurs’ opposition later in the game.

“It also seemed to free up the Tottenham players and convince them that this was the way to play. From there, they created four chances before half-time, one of which came after some very clever play.”

“Watching this Tottenham team was enough to justify Antonio Conte’s long-term retirement,” The Times’ James Gheerbrant wrote.

“All in all, this proved to be a very busy but inspiring show, full of well-rounded, hard-hitting passes and all-around versatility.”

Spurs will finish their pre-season with matches against Leicester City, Lion City Sailors, Shakhtar Donetsk and Barcelona before opening their Premier League campaign against Brentford.

A tough test lies ahead for Postecoglou and his team, but if this debut is anything to go by, Spurs fans are in for one hell of a ride.

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