Ange Postecoglou, the manager of the Spurs, has reportedly enlisted the assistance of Broncos coach Kevin Walters in his efforts to recover from the agonizing grand final loss to the Panthers.
After giving up the largest lead in grand final history, Walters’ team’s Brisbane team painfully missed out on a record-breaking premiership in 2023.
During his working holiday in the UK last week, Walters made the decision to consult with his longtime friend Postecoglou, a player whose daring style of play has won him over many critics.
“It was nice to link up with him again and just have a good conversation about not just football but just life in general,” Walters told 9News Queensland. “He’s been very successful in his early days at Tottenham.”
Walters believes that following their devastating 2023 grand final loss, the Broncos don’t need to make any significant changes.
“All we want is to improve as a team and as a coach, myself included.”
“If I can improve, the club will improve and our players will continue to improve, and that is what we must do.”
In a thrilling match against Manchester City over the weekend, Postecoglou’s Spurs managed to steal a late draw at the Etihad.
Spurs finished the exciting match with a point despite trailing 2-1 at halftime thanks to a late header from Dejan Kulusevski.
Postecoglou said to Sky Sports, “It was a fun game.” To be fair, we were fortunate to be in it at halftime; City could have completely destroyed us.
All it said to them was to “go out there and just believe in ourselves,” and in the second part, I think they did just that. This was especially evident if things didn’t work out. “Whatever happens, I’ll take responsibility for,”
With the one league point, Spurs ended their run of three straight losses and moved within one point of the Premier League’s top four.
Next up for Spurs is a London derby against West Ham, then a home game against Eddie Howe’s flying Newcastle team the following weekend.
We played much better in the second half, exerting much more control and team spirit, and we were rewarded, which is fantastic for the boys.
“There’s probably only three words I could actually say,” Postecoglou replied when asked what he had said to his team during the intermission.
It’s not easy. I’m constantly aware that while things appear easy from the sidelines, playing against a fantastic football team makes things challenging.
