Ange Postecoglou faces HUGE make-or-break week for Tottenham… and a chance to shut the boo boys up once and for all
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IT’S domestic cup week and therefore it’s a big one for Big Ange Postecoglou. Because if any team is capable of beating Liverpool in a semi-final and losing to Tamworth in the space of four days, then it’s Postecoglou’s gloriously unpredictable Tottenham.
![[Ange Postecoglou's Spurs could turn a corner this week... or they could resume normal business]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/120-images-no-video-emulation-961461560_365445.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Aussie was in a magnificently grumpy mood after Saturday’s league defeat by Newcastle but he has a pleasingly positive attitude towards knockout competitions. Indeed, he has pretty much staked his job on them by insisting “I ALWAYS win a trophy in my second season” at a club.
This ought to be Chas & Dave Cup-final music to the ears of Spurs fans, after 17 years without a trophy. Indeed, the Carabao Cup might just provide us with a dream final, should Tottenham and Newcastle win their two-legged semis, because no two clubs in the English game crave silverware to quite such an extent.
![[Enzo Maresca needs some senior heads in his squad pronto]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/selhurst-park-chelsea-manager-enzo-961542859.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Geordies haven’t had a pot to pour champagne into since 1969 and they head to Arsenal tonight in rude health after a major festive resurgence. But it’s not just about Spurs and Newcastle quenching their thirst — because the domestic cups are in desperate need of any different winners.
![[Liam Delap has forced his way into England contention]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ipswich-towns-liam-delap-premier-961919339.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
A cup final is properly special when it means the world to the winning club — and not just a consolation prize nor one leg of a Double, Treble or Quadruple. But remarkably, 21 of the last 22 major English domestic knockout competitions have been carved up between the ‘big five’ of Manchester City (eight), Manchester United and Arsenal (four apiece), Liverpool (three) and Chelsea, who have won two finals and lost seven in the last eight seasons.
![[Refs are already forgetting about rules they enforced ruthlessly earlier this season]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-arsenals-declan-rice-reacts-929038585.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
