He sent it back with interest. “I’ll correct myself,” he told Sky Sports after the match. “I don’t usually win things - I always win things in my second year. Nothing’s changed. I’ve said it now. I don’t say things unless I believe them.” As Spurs’ fortunes in the Premier League have gone from bad to worse to catastrophic, that line has been the primary stick of choice with which Postecoglou has been relentlessly beaten by his critics, the English media, the international media, and even some of Spurs’ own supporters. It’s been constantly raised in his press conferences, usually with a smug undertone, as if to say, “Well, how’s your bloody second-season trophy looking now, mate?” “People keep mocking me about it,” he replied three months ago. “We will see.” Well, here we are.