Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says he will be furious with his players when they return to the club after FIFA Days in October.
Tottenham will face West Ham in the early game of the 8th round of the Premier League. They need a result after losing to Brighton in the previous round. Postecoglou's side led 2-0 at the Amex but somehow lost 2-3.
The Australian tactician delivered a passionate post-match speech, bluntly criticising his players for showing complacency, which cost them three points. Postecoglou called it the "worst defeat" of his Tottenham reign and the second-half performance "unacceptable".
Postecoglou has yet to get over the unthinkable defeat to Brighton, and with his players returning to their national teams, the 59-year-old has had his mind turned upside down.
"You never know if an international break is good or bad. Maybe for the players it's good, but I don't like sitting there and taking it for granted. There can be a tendency to over-analyse things. That's not a good thing.
"The first half was unbelievable, but I didn't like the second half and the way we played. It's not the loss, it's the way I was uncomfortable. I sat there for 10 days, I was ready to explode when the players came back to the club and that would be my solution," Postecoglou said.
Defeat at Brighton left Spurs ninth in the Premier League with 14 points from seven games. They face West Ham, who are brimming with confidence after a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town.
Postecoglou is under pressure, with Spurs having won just three Premier League games so far this season, and the Australian says he will not change his approach.
"What people want me to do is what other people do. I'm not going to do that. The reason I'm here now is because I didn't do what other people did.
I wouldn't do anything differently because I always try to make decisions that I believe are true to what we're trying to create. What I know is that people forget where they started. It becomes really blurry. I don't forget where I started. That's how I measure progress," Postecoglou added.
