Triantis EPL dreams alive as Black Cats reach Wembley
Former Central Coast Mariners midfielder Nectar Triantis could be in line to fly the flag as Australia's only player in the Premier League next season.
A number of major cards need to fall in place first though for that to be the case.
The 22-year-old, named Scottish Football's 2024/25 Young Player of the Year on Sunday after a hugely successful season-long loan with Hibernian, would have watched the English Championship playoff semi-final second leg with interest from across the border.
His parent club Sunderland booked their ticket into soccer's richest game against Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium with a late goal on Tuesday night.
Whether the Sydneysider is recalled to the northeast of England at season's end remains to be seen.
Socceroos Massimo Luongo and Cam Burgess were relegated with Ipswich Town and won't play in the EPL unless they move on.
Both Garang Kuol (Newcastle United) and Joe Gauci (Aston Villa) were loaned out this season and their futures are also far from clear.
Triantis's lifeline comes thanks to Sunderland defender Dan Ballard's header in the third minute of added time after extra time clinched a 1-1 draw with Frank Lampard's Coventry City on the night and a 3-2 aggregate win to send the Stadium of Light into raptures.
However, Black Cats boss Regis Le Bris knows their late heroics will count for little if they do not get past the Blades on May 24 to seal a return to the Premier League after an absence of eight years.
"It shows that this season was fantastic. I think it's really important to say that because you can lose, you can win in the end, but what we lived together this season was absolutely brilliant and we don't have to forget that," the Frenchman said.
"After that, it's really important to think about Wembley now because one more game, it will be another tough challenge and we are now really focused on that future."
Ballard's header, which ultimately settled a tie that was fought tooth and nail over two legs, came as Sunderland finally rallied after seeing their 2-1 first-leg lead cancelled out by Ephron Mason-Clark, with Coventry enjoying the better of much of what had gone before.
Le Bris knows they will have to steel themselves once again for the clash with Chris Wilder's Blades, with both sides having won their home game during the regular season.
"They are a really good team, well-organised with different threats, good experience. They were in the Premier League last season, so another tough challenge," Le Bris added.
"But I think to be promoted at the end, you have to break something and it will be tough, but we'll have our ambition, we'll have our desire to win and we'll give all the quality we have in this group, the character, the ambition and so on."
With PA.
Former Central Coast Mariners midfielder Nectar Triantis could be in line to fly the flag as Australia's only player in the Premier League next season.
A number of major cards need to fall in place first though for that to be the case.
The 22-year-old, named Scottish Football's 2024/25 Young Player of the Year on Sunday after a hugely successful season-long loan with Hibernian, would have watched the English Championship playoff semi-final second leg with interest from across the border.
His parent club Sunderland booked their ticket into soccer's richest game against Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium with a late goal on Tuesday night.
Whether the Sydneysider is recalled to the northeast of England at season's end remains to be seen.
Socceroos Massimo Luongo and Cam Burgess were relegated with Ipswich Town and won't play in the EPL unless they move on.
Both Garang Kuol (Newcastle United) and Joe Gauci (Aston Villa) were loaned out this season and their futures are also far from clear.
Triantis's lifeline comes thanks to Sunderland defender Dan Ballard's header in the third minute of added time after extra time clinched a 1-1 draw with Frank Lampard's Coventry City on the night and a 3-2 aggregate win to send the Stadium of Light into raptures.
However, Black Cats boss Regis Le Bris knows their late heroics will count for little if they do not get past the Blades on May 24 to seal a return to the Premier League after an absence of eight years.
"It shows that this season was fantastic. I think it's really important to say that because you can lose, you can win in the end, but what we lived together this season was absolutely brilliant and we don't have to forget that," the Frenchman said.
"After that, it's really important to think about Wembley now because one more game, it will be another tough challenge and we are now really focused on that future."
Ballard's header, which ultimately settled a tie that was fought tooth and nail over two legs, came as Sunderland finally rallied after seeing their 2-1 first-leg lead cancelled out by Ephron Mason-Clark, with Coventry enjoying the better of much of what had gone before.
Le Bris knows they will have to steel themselves once again for the clash with Chris Wilder's Blades, with both sides having won their home game during the regular season.
"They are a really good team, well-organised with different threats, good experience. They were in the Premier League last season, so another tough challenge," Le Bris added.
"But I think to be promoted at the end, you have to break something and it will be tough, but we'll have our ambition, we'll have our desire to win and we'll give all the quality we have in this group, the character, the ambition and so on."
With PA.
Former Central Coast Mariners midfielder Nectar Triantis could be in line to fly the flag as Australia's only player in the Premier League next season.
A number of major cards need to fall in place first though for that to be the case.
The 22-year-old, named Scottish Football's 2024/25 Young Player of the Year on Sunday after a hugely successful season-long loan with Hibernian, would have watched the English Championship playoff semi-final second leg with interest from across the border.
His parent club Sunderland booked their ticket into soccer's richest game against Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium with a late goal on Tuesday night.
Whether the Sydneysider is recalled to the northeast of England at season's end remains to be seen.
Socceroos Massimo Luongo and Cam Burgess were relegated with Ipswich Town and won't play in the EPL unless they move on.
Both Garang Kuol (Newcastle United) and Joe Gauci (Aston Villa) were loaned out this season and their futures are also far from clear.
Triantis's lifeline comes thanks to Sunderland defender Dan Ballard's header in the third minute of added time after extra time clinched a 1-1 draw with Frank Lampard's Coventry City on the night and a 3-2 aggregate win to send the Stadium of Light into raptures.
However, Black Cats boss Regis Le Bris knows their late heroics will count for little if they do not get past the Blades on May 24 to seal a return to the Premier League after an absence of eight years.
"It shows that this season was fantastic. I think it's really important to say that because you can lose, you can win in the end, but what we lived together this season was absolutely brilliant and we don't have to forget that," the Frenchman said.
"After that, it's really important to think about Wembley now because one more game, it will be another tough challenge and we are now really focused on that future."
Ballard's header, which ultimately settled a tie that was fought tooth and nail over two legs, came as Sunderland finally rallied after seeing their 2-1 first-leg lead cancelled out by Ephron Mason-Clark, with Coventry enjoying the better of much of what had gone before.
Le Bris knows they will have to steel themselves once again for the clash with Chris Wilder's Blades, with both sides having won their home game during the regular season.
"They are a really good team, well-organised with different threats, good experience. They were in the Premier League last season, so another tough challenge," Le Bris added.
"But I think to be promoted at the end, you have to break something and it will be tough, but we'll have our ambition, we'll have our desire to win and we'll give all the quality we have in this group, the character, the ambition and so on."
With PA.
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Twenty six points from his opening 10 Premier League games in the 2023-24 season was more than any other manager in his first season in the competition, eclipsing the likes of serial title winners like Mourinho and Pep Guardiola. It was Tottenham's best start to a top-flight season since their last title-winning campaign in 1960-61. Then the wheels fell off. His 11th game, at home to Chelsea, offered an early clue as to what would become his eventual downfall. The mood was ecstatic as Spurs scored early but then they suffered two big injuries and were reduced to nine men by the 55th minute when Destiny Udogie joined Cristian Romero in receiving a rash red card. Even two players down, and with the score at 1-1, Postecoglou insisted his team play a high defensive line and go for goals and, while it was compelling viewing, they eventually subsided to a chaotic 4-1 defeat. That loyalty to his attacking philosophy was admirable and earned him staunch support amongst the club's fans, but it also exposed a lack of tactical pragmatism. Tottenham limped to fifth in Postecoglou's first term, securing continental football in the Europa League, and there were high hopes that his second season would see him mould a team capable of mounting a title challenge. Instead, Tottenham endured their worst top-flight season since they were relegated in 1977, ending in 17th place with 22 defeats and 65 goals conceded. There were mitigating circumstances. A chronic injury list took out central defenders Romero and Micky van de Ven, strikers Dominic Solanke and Richarlison and keeper Guglielmo Vicario for long periods and with no danger of relegation he put all his eggs in the Europa League basket. He will also argue that the likes of Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray and Mikey Moore promise a bright future. 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Brentford boss Thomas Frank, Fulham manager Marco Silva, Crystal Palace chief Oliver Glasner and Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola are reportedly the leading candidates to replace Postecoglou. Where will Ange Postecoglou coach next? Attention will quickly turn to which club Postecoglou will coach next, and while there are no shortage of options, his next move is unclear. Postecoglou described himself as 'unemployable' during a hiatus from coaching in the late 2000s after he lost his job as coach of the Young Socceroos and a brutal TV interview with Craig Foster. But with the Europa League trophy as a feather in his cap, that won't be the case now and Postecoglou is bound to land on his feet one way or another with a new coaching job. It remains to be seen where that will be, but he will likely wish to remain in Europe and prove his critics wrong in the Premier League at another club. Timing could be an issue for Postecoglou, with Socceroos great Robbie Slater telling Code Sports it might be tough for the 59-year-old to secure a new job before the new season starts in August. 'He put himself in that top echelon by being at a big club and winning a big trophy,' Slater said. 'The way he plays football, I don't think a lower club in the Premier League will look at him and go we can take that risk. 'And 22 Premier League games lost, I can't see one of the big ones again, at least not just yet. 'He might get that opportunity in Europe, maybe Spain or France. I don't know. 'He's gonna get a job. I can't see him not. He will be in demand. 'I think he's done well enough at Celtic to show League success and by lifting this trophy he will stay in one of the top five leagues which is in Italy, France, Germany, Spain or England. 'He won't have a job to start next season but as we know in football it won't take long.' Football expert Daniel Garb told the ABC: 'I think he holds his reputation from when he came to Spurs from Celtic, and to be honest, considering he's been relieved of his duties, that's not necessarily a bad situation to be in.' The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare wrote on X: 'An element of this I've found really interesting throughout is what's Ange's next job? He's such a hard manager to place in the footballing ecosystem 'Can sort of imagine a historic club like Ajax where he talks in his first presser about watching Cruyff as a kid with his old man.' Champions League runners-up Inter Milan are looking for a manager after Simone Inzaghi moved to Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. But top European clubs would be eager to assess Postecoglou further before appointing him as coach, he could coach a club in Turkey or Greece to further enhance his coaching CV. Another option is becoming coach of a national team ahead of next year's FIFA World Cup, where 48 teams will compete in an expanded competition. Tony Popovic is leading the Socceroos to a sixth consecutive World Cup, while ex-Socceroos boss Graham Arnold is now the coach of Iraq. Postecoglou coached third division Greek side Panachaiki in 2008 before his A-League success with the Brisbane Roar helped land him the Socceroos coaching job. 'Wrong decision': Aussie greats react Robbie Slater said Tottenham had 'made a big mistake' by sacking Postecoglou. Writing for Code Sports, Slater said: 'Levy has left himself in a really, really difficult position now. He's already not liked by the Spurs fans and now he's taking a massive gamble here. 'Ange had promised 'season three is always better than season two.' Good luck with that Spurs.' Craig Foster wrote on X: 'Wrong decision. 'I agree that outside of the Champions league, a trophy doesn't necessarily guarantee tenure. The progression of the play, team and likelihood of reaching the aim of competing for the title next season and beyond, which guarantees Champions League competitiveness, is paramount. 'Which is why Ange should have stayed even had Spurs lost the Europa Final. Given the massive injury list, any team would have struggled. 'When at, or near full strength, the team was proven to be competitive, had invested in young players for the next few years, and with additional funds next season, could strengthen.' Postecoglou's statement after Tottenham sacking 'When I reflect on my time as Manager of Tottenham Hotspur my overriding emotion is one of pride,' Postecoglou said in a classy statement. 'The opportunity to lead one of England's historic football clubs and bring back the glory it deserves will live with me for a lifetime. Sharing that experience with all those who truly love this club and seeing the impact it had on them is something I will never forget. 'That night in Bilbao was the culmination of two years of hard work, dedication and unwavering belief in a dream. There were many challenges to overcome and plenty of noise that comes with trying to accomplish what many said was not possible. 'We have also laid foundations that mean this club should not have to wait 17 more years for their next success. I have enormous faith in this group of players and know there is much more potential and growth in them.' Ange Postecoglou's coaching record South Melbourne (1996–2000) Postecoglou began his managerial career at South Melbourne, leading the club to multiple National Soccer League titles. Australia U-20 (2000–2004) He managed the Australian U-20 team, gaining experience in international youth football. Australia U-23 (2007–2009) Postecoglou took charge of the U-23 team, preparing them for Olympic qualifiers and tournaments. Brisbane Roar (2009–2012) At Brisbane Roar, he achieved significant success, including winning the A-League Championship and Premiership. Melbourne Victory (2012-2013) Signed a three-year deal with Melbourne Victory but only had a season in charge before being appointed coach of the Socceroos. Australia National Team (2013–2017) As head coach, Postecoglou led the Socceroos to victory in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and managed the team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Celtic (2019–2023) In Scotland, Postecoglou won five major trophies, including back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles and League Cups. Tottenham Hotspur (2023–2025) Postecoglou became the first Australian to manage a Premier League club. He led Spurs to a UEFA Europa League title in 2025, ending a 17-year trophy drought. Originally published as Where will Ange Postecoglou coach next after Tottenham sacking?
