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Ange Postecoglou Says Football Harder Than Being Prime Minister


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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou believes the job of a Premier League supervisor is tougher than being Prime Minister, claiming coaches face “an election each weekend and both get voted in or out”. The London membership have did not win any silverware since 2008 and sit tenth within the Premier League. Last weekend their 5-0 rout of rock-bottom Southampton noticed Saints boss Russell Martin sacked simply hours after Gary O’Neil was axed by fellow top-flight strugglers Wolves. When Postecoglou was requested Wednesday if his job was tougher than being Prime Minister.

He insisted: “Oh yeah, what number of occasions does he have an election? I’ve one each weekend, mate. We have an election each weekend and both get voted in or out.”

On Thursday, Postecoglou’s Tottenham face Manchester United for a spot within the English League Cup semi-finals. 

The Australian admits that defeat will once more put his place within the highlight.

“We have misplaced all kind of modes of respect in our society the place guys are in jobs and they’re placing up names of who’s going to exchange them whereas they’re nonetheless working,” mentioned Postecoglou.

“As a society, we’re so fast to simply throw folks within the trash and transfer on actually shortly with no thought or any care round it.”

He added: “I get individuals who say, ‘managers have all the time been sacked’. I simply suppose now it has gone past that now the place we neglect there’s a human being concerned.

“This job is the toughest job now in any stroll of life. You can say politics, however that is tougher than any job. The tenure and longevity of this function now signifies that you go in to it and only a few are going to return out of it with none scars.”

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