Postecoglou responds to Dier’s claims that he does not focus on tactics in training | OneFootball

Ange Postecoglou has dismissed Eric Dier’s claims that he does not focus on tactical work during Tottenham’s training sessions.

Bayern Munich defender Dier claimed last week on The Overlap with Gary Neville that Postecoglou has never focused on tactical work in training.

The 30-year-old reunited with former teammate Harry Kane back in January when he left Spurs to join Bayern on loan until the end of the season. The Bundesliga club then made the move permanent in March after he completed the required number of appearances that was mentioned in his contract.

Despite Bayer Leverkusen ending Bayern’s 11-year dominance in the Bundesliga, winning their first ever league title on the weekend, Dier is enjoying his new life in Munich and will be hoping to overcome Arsenal on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final, with the tie deadlocked at 2-2.

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Dier seemingly became surplus to requirements at Spurs and speaking to Gary Neville last week, the Englishman made some bold claims about Postecoglou’s coaching.

He said: “Interestingly, he really doesn’t do any tactical work (in training).

“What he does is, every single training drill from Monday to Friday is drawn up to represent the way that he wants to play.

“[Antonio] Conte, I could do it blind, but that was a lot of tactical work Monday to Friday, a lot of 10 versus zero, walkthroughs. You were so well drilled, it would be engrained in you.”

When the player’s comments were put to Postecoglou, the Spurs boss said: “It’s probably something you’d have to ask Eric, I don’t know what you mean by tactical work. Everything we do is geared on how we are going to play our football, so for me by extension is tactical work.

“Whether that’s on us, or whether it’s on the opposition. In fact I would probably say we don’t do anything apart from tactical work.

“That’s all we do every day. If we’re working on our fitness, we’re still trying to play our football.

“But I haven’t seen the interview so I’m not sure what he’s referencing. If you’re talking about do we do training where we’re standing around and working on how we’re going to stop an opposition, how we’re going to break down, no we don’t do that.

“But I don’t think that’s the only kind of tactical work that exists. I think anyone who trains with us will tell you that all we do is train the way we play. Maybe that’s not tactical work, I don’t know!”