Leeds United were a side that Ange Postecoglou has admired for a long time, as the former Spurs and Nottingham Forest manager featured on Stick To Football.
The Whites are not in any mood to change managers right now. Daniel Farke’s fine work since the turn of December has put Leeds in a great position to steer clear of relegation fears.
Contrast that with Nottingham Forest, who are on their fourth permanent manager of the season after sacking three since the start of the campaign.
Ex-Nottingham Forest manager Ange Postecoglou makes Leeds United reference when discussing background on Stick To Football
An ill-fated tenure in the middle of Forest’s managerial merry-go-round was former Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
The defiant Greek-born manager was dismissed from Spurs despite winning the Europa League last season. However, he was given a Premier League lifeline at the City Ground. Although, his time there lasted just eight games, winning none.
Having been previously linked with the Elland Road dugout during the 22/23 season, Postecoglou has now brought up his affinity with Leeds.
Appearing on the Stick To Football podcast, Postecoglou reflected on his upbringing. In which, he says he was heavily influenced by Leeds’ brilliance in the 70s among others. The 60-year-old says he was made to watch football by his father Jim.
“Whenever you start talking that way, people say ‘the proper way to play football’. There’s no right or wrong way,” Postecoglou said. “But I do love the joy of goals and attacking football, because that’s my father’s influence.
“In the 70s, he’d get me up and we’d watch Liverpool and he loved Leeds, because they had Eddie Gray and Peter Lorimer. He loved Johan Cruyff, the Dutch side in the ’74 World Cup, all those things had an influence on me.”
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There’s an idealistic view of Postecoglou and it’s how brilliant his Spurs side looking during that initial run of form. But, it quickly unravelled and his defensive coaching was so alarming.
Leeds could have had him in charge to replace Jesse Marsch and it’s purely hypothetical what he could have achieved here. He could have got us playing some incredible stuff, but he could have relegated us. We got relegated anyway in fairness, so Postecoglou could have been an improvement on Javi Gracia.
His impact at Forest is a major red flag, though. He was unable to turn the tide after Nuno Espirito Santo’s exit and didn’t get any chance to get settled before they ditched him.
I do wonder what the future holds, because I think there’s a good coach there.
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