Ange Postecoglou hits out at ‘vile and detestable’ abuse he suffered at Tamworth and claims he had objects thrown at him
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has hit out at the “vile and detestable” abuse he received at Tamworth – claiming he had objects thrown at him.
Spurs were taken to extra-time by the National League side in Sunday’s FA Cup third-round clash – before running out 3-0 winners.
For the most part, Postecoglou enjoyed the interaction he had with the crowd at the 4,000-capacity Lamb Ground.
But he was unhappy with some of the flak he received, with social media footage capturing supporters shouting “w***er, w***er” at the Aussie from behind the dugouts.
Spurs chief Postecoglou said: “I said after the game, credit to Andy (Peaks) and his players and the people of Tamworth at the football club.
“I thought they did themselves proud on the day with the way they presented everything. 90 per cent of the crowd were very good and enjoyed the banter.
“There was 10 per cent who were pretty unacceptable.
“The stuff I heard was pretty vile and detestable, and getting things thrown at me, not a great experience, but we’re kind of expected to be the bigger person.
“I would have loved to have turned around and not be the bigger person in that moment, but you deal with it and go on.”
Postecoglou’s side will have an extra recovery session on Tuesday after the rigours of playing on Tamworth’s plastic pitch.
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While Timo Werner picked up a hamstring injury during the cup game, ruling him out of Wednesday’s North London derby at arch-rivals Arsenal.
Postecoglou, who has Richarlison back available after nearly ten weeks out with his own hamstring problem, said the club are waiting on the scan results on Werner to assess the damage.
The German forward, on loan from RB Leipzig, has been linked with a move to Antonio Conte’s Napoli this month.
Yet Postecoglou reiterated his desire not to let any senior players go right now due to the club’s injury crisis.
He added: “We can’t afford to let anyone go at the moment. Some of the young players, Alfie Dorrington went out on loan and we will probably do similar for young Will (Lankshear) because he hasn’t really played a lot.
“Aside from that, we are looking at incomings if anything happens.”