Tottenham manager is questioning why nobody else is taking a stand against increasing role of technology in game
n Ange Postecoglou’s words, uttered a few weeks back, he is not the messiah, just a “naughty little boy”. It was actually not his own work, rather a riff on the famous line from Monty Python’s Life of Brian but the point was well made.
“I could be on a lone crusade here but I’m happy to do that,” Postecoglou said. “I’m happy to be the lone voice of saying: ‘Just leave the game alone for a bit.’” Postecoglou zeroed in on the advantage rule. Only if a foul is deemed reckless will a referee retrospectively issue a yellow card. But he felt some Newcastle players made repeated fouls and got away without bookings because Spurs were given the advantage. It was one of the reasons for Postecoglou’s “fair and even” comments. Another, surely, was the decision to overlook a Joelinton handball, which sparked the move for Newcastle’s equaliser.
“There’s a lot of confusion at the moment. That’s my belief – that the game is changing on the basis of technology and I’m saying: ‘Why isn’t anyone speaking up about it?’ Especially in this country where you guys think you’re custodians of the game. You’ve got a song that says: ‘It’s coming home.’ This is your game. And yet it takes an Aussie from the other side of the world to be the one that’s most conservative about changes.
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