BEN FOSTER has claimed Tottenham’s speedy rise underneath Ange Postecoglou is right down to the gamers’ top-tier personalities.
The previous Manchester United goalkeeper was filled with reward for Postecoglou’s aspect forward of their Monday night time sport in opposition to Chelsea.
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster (pictured) has been essential of the Pink Devils’ gamersCredit score: Getty
United at the moment sit a lowly eighth within the Premier LeagueCredit score: Reuters
In his first season in control of Spurs, the Australian has led Tottenham to second after ten video games.
By comparability, Erik ten Hag’s aspect have struggled to copy something resembling their improved kind final yr, in what’s his second season on the helm in Outdated Trafford.
After eleven video games, the Pink Devils lie a lowly eighth within the Premier League.
If this wasn’t unhealthy sufficient, they suffered brutal 3-0 losses to each Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle (the latter knocking them out of the Carabao Cup) within the area of 4 days previous to their slim 1-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.
Evaluating the blended fortunes of Postecoglou and ten Hag, Foster famous one essential disparity between the 2 groups.
“It’s not a unique stage of participant, it’s a unique stage of individual,” he mentioned on The United Stand.
“That’s the massive distinction in all of this and that’s the issue in all of that is Tottenham appear, to me, to have good high quality those who need to work onerous and need to dig in.
“And onerous work will at all times overcome talent.”
Foster later added: “Man United, they’ve obtained some proficient gamers for positive, however in the event you’re not prepared to place the work in alongside it, you’re gonna get beat, it’s so simple as that.”
Close to sufficient all of United’s taking part in workers have come underneath heavy criticism of late, with ten Hag having determined to carry one-to-one classes with every of his gamers in an try to get the dressing room again on monitor.
Regardless of this, sadly for United followers, Foster doesn’t see an finish to his former aspect’s poor run of kind any time quickly.
“I feel it’s gonna be a troublesome season for everyone concerned with Man United to be trustworthy with you,” he admitted.
“I feel there’s an excessive amount of up within the air. Theres an excessive amount of lingering, an excessive amount of of a nasty odor and a nasty style, that, it’s not gonna be a incredible season for them that if they will get high six, I’d say that’s an excellent season for Man United.”
Fortunately for ten Hag, it seems he has the backing of membership legend, Sir Alex Ferguson, regardless of their sub-par outcomes of late.
A supply informed The Solar: “Erik has Sir Alex’s unwavering help. He’s been massively supportive of Erik since he arrived on the membership.
“He’s impressed on the job he’s doing and, specifically, the best way he has taken on massive selections.
“Sir Alex, like everybody else, needs outcomes have been higher this season.
“However he thinks these pointing on the supervisor and calling for a change are flawed.”
Seemingly additional solidifying the Dutchman’s fast future with the membership is the truth that Sir Jim Ratcliffe appears to have his again.
British billionaire Ratcliffe seems en path to taking cost of the crew’s soccer operations as soon as his funding within the crew is confirmed.
And he reportedly stays assured in ten Hag’s capacity to show the membership round.