Tottenham players make it abundantly clear what they think of Ange Postecoglou after winning Europa League
TOTTENHAM'S Europa League winners were quick off the mark with a huge but quirky sign of support for manager Ange Postecoglou.
Bedecked in medals after
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Spurs stars showed they knew of Ange Postecoglou's prediction
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Pedro Porro leads Tottenham's joy in Bilbao
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Postecoglou has boasted he always wins silverware in his second season.
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They lifted a banner with a picture of the ex-Celtic chief and his fateful words: "I don't usually win things, I ALWAYS win things in my second year."
It came after some Tottenham aces had to go without gongs - because Uefa ran out of them.
Europa League joy won't save Postecoglou from criticism over a woeful Prem season.
But he's the first Spurs boss to pick up silverware in 17 years.
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And fans enjoyed the clever tribute from the Tottenham players.
One posted: "Ange's crystal ball was clearer than anyone else's—call it prophecy or just pure genius."
Another joked: "Wow they got that picture printed quickly."
Postecoglou himself insisted Spurs can "build" on the experience - after hailing long-serving skipper
He said: "We've had some unbelievable footballers, Harry [Kane] is an example, that has not had a moment like this here.
"I wanted a day like this for Sonny and for one reason or not it has not happened before.
"Outside the dressing room [at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium], there are pictures of winning teams and I said to Sonny 'we have to get you up there'.
"I think there's an opportunity here, that's my belief, and we can build on this.
"These players in there want it again. Until you feel it and win something you can't describe it to people so now they have got that, they will want to get this feeling again."
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