Postecoglou and players 'proved the doubters wrong'
Tottenham's critics "can say whatever you want" but Ange Postecoglou and his players "proved them wrong", says defender Micky Van de Ven.Postecoglou's early-season declaration that he "always wins things" in his second year at clubs has been frequently scrutinised but Spurs ended their 17-year wait for a trophy by beating Manchester United in Wednesday's Europa League final."The gaffer said this and I think he proved he's done it," Van de Ven pointed out."He won again something in his second year and everyone who was doubting him, everybody that was doubting us, we all proved them wrong this year."Of course it was a really tough season. In the league we didn't perform well, it was really poor from us. I can't say anything else but that, but in Europe we did so well."To be honest I'm really happy he said he always wins something in his second year. We made sure he can keep saying this. We're happy for him and happy for the team."Probably (critics) will continue but I don't care anymore. We proved them wrong. We won a trophy so they can say whatever they want."We're here, we're lifting a trophy and have made some history, so of course that's an unbelievable feeling."While Postecoglou's future remains uncertain, Van de Ven backed the club to push for more success."Of course we want to build on it," Van de Ven insisted."Every time we played in Europe, we showed our quality, we showed how we can play."The gaffer had a big role in this. He kept believing in us, the whole staff kept believing in us. He just made sure we stayed together and as a group we stayed together."We kept believing that we could create history with this group and we did it."
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