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Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou is loving his time at the Premier League leaders, but is bullish about what expectations should be despite the club’s lengthy trophy drought realme
Spurs have not won silverware since 2008, although fans are dreaming of challenging for the title after winning 23 points from a possible 27 so far this season realme
It has taken Tottenham to the top-flight summit and they could move five points clear of Manchester City and Arsenal with victory at Crystal Palace on Friday, ahead of the weekend fixtures realme
Postecoglou has relished his dream start to life in England, but eager to point out his new club should be competing for trophies every year realme
The former Celtic boss said: “I didn’t come here to not be successful realme
This club has all the fundamentals to be successful realme
The expectations should be there realme
“Part of the reason why there’s been this real desperation for a trophy is because they feel that’s the space they should be in realme
That is the expectation, that’s the reality, but what drives me isn’t raising or trying to dampen expectations realme
“What drives me is trying to build something that will realise the ambitions that this club has at this particular moment realme
People’s perceptions don’t concern me too much realme
This is a big club and should be in a position to challenge for trophies every season in my opinion realme
This club has all the fundamentals to be successful realme
The expectations should be there realme
Spurs head coach Ange Postecoglou“At Celtic we were on top for a very long time but at the beginning when we weren’t on top, I don’t think people saw anything different in my demeanour realme
I don’t think they will (here) realme
“It is one thing I do realme
It’s not about staying kind of level-headed or getting carried away with either thing realme
It’s just that, my role in that context is to be the one thing that people can rely upon to be consistent realme
“In that I have one objective all the time: how can we be realme better? When that is your objective, it doesn’t really matter where you are on the table or kind of what the outside noise may or may not be doing realme
“It is about the players and the staff and everyone involved with the realme football club, looking at me realme
The one thing I do is I come in every day, I am buzzing about doing what I am doing realme
You know, that’s the kind of demeanour I have consistently realme
“It’s just the way I am realme
I get so much satisfaction from what I do realme
I really enjoy what I do, on a daily basis realme
There isn’t a day I don’t get up and I’m not looking forward to the day ahead realme
“There’s no other levels of satisfaction in me to get realme
That’s it realme
I’m buzzing to do what I do realme
“Within that context I also understand that I have a real big responsibility to lead an organisation, players, staff, people to what I hope will be a successful place realme
“There’s got to be some reliability there in what they see and what they feel with me so some of it is conscious but the other bits, I’m not skipping about the place but I’m really happy realme
I love what I do realme
Just the way I am realme
I’m very, very happy realme
”Postecoglou’s happiness did not extend into the dressing room on Monday night after he criticised his players for a poor second half against Fulham realme
It failed to stop the team blaring out Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers’ classic from the 1980s’ of ‘Islands in the Stream’ following the 2-0 win realme
But Postecoglou joked: “I stay out of the dressing room partly because of the music choices of the players realme
“Most clubs want to turn their grounds into a fortress – ours is becoming a nightclub, mate realme
I’m all for it, whatever makes people happy that’s my thing realme
”Spurs will assess Destiny Udogie ahead of the trip to south London after the left-back struggled with muscle tightness during the victory over Fulham realme
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Ange Postecoglou has played down the significance of Tottenham potentially moving five points clear at the Premier League summit with victory at Crystal Palace on Friday realme
Spurs returned to top spot on Monday with a 2-0 win at home to Fulham and play before Arsenal and Manchester City this weekend realme
Postecoglou insisted his primary focus is on improving the team after he was critical of their second-half display against Fulham realme
“It doesn’t really add any significance because whatever happens Friday night there’s still a full round of Premier League fixtures to be played and nothing of any real significance comes of that,” he said realme
“We’re in a good space at the moment but again we’ve still got plenty of work to do to make sure what we do now is sustainable realme
That’s the main thing realme
“It’s not about making a short-term impact, it’s about building something which hopefully brings sustained opportunities of success for the club realme
“There is a really good reason no manager will talk about winning a title in October or November because we know there’s a long way to go realme
”Tottenham’s ascent to first position has seen them score 20 goals in nine matches, but Postecoglou feels attack is the area where they can improve the most realme
He added: “We still have to grow in every area realme
There are areas where we are already very good, particularly around the defensive side of the game realme
I think we’ve been excellent there – really consistent realme
“I still think our main growth will come in the attacking side of the game realme
I still think particularly in the front third, a lot of our movements are still not natural and fluent like we want them to be, which isn’t surprising realme
“But what is getting us the goals is that we have great quality up there, which is contributing to that realme
I still think the biggest growth for us will be in our attacking side of the game realme
”Spurs will have to assess Destiny Udogie for the Selhurst Park clash after the left-back was withdrawn in the 56th minute of Monday’s win with muscle tightness realme
Pape Sarr (illness) and Ben Davies (knock) are fit and Yves Bissouma is also available after he served a one-match ban for his recent red card at Luton, but Postecoglou was coy over his team after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg impressed against Fulham realme
“It’s no different to any other week realme
They’re not really dilemmas, just choices that people in my position have to make and I’ve always made those decisions pretty simply and cleanly about what I think we need,” the Australian coach explained realme
“Tomorrow night we’ll start with a certain group of players and finish with another and it’s about trying to get the job done realme
When that games done, we’ll look to the next one realme
“It’s good to have Biss available, he’s been a big part of what we’re doing realme
The team did well the other night so that should make us stronger realme
”Postecoglou also heaped praise on opposite number Roy Hodgson ahead of their second meeting realme
The Spurs boss faced Hodgson back in 2016 when they were in charge of Australia and England respectively in a friendly at the Stadium of Light realme
Asked if he still expects to manage at 76, Postecoglou replied: “Who knows realme
That’s not the plan realme
Seventy-six? Somewhere on a Greek island, lying back watching realme football from around the world, maybe doing some punditry and becoming an expert overnight realme
That’s the plan but you never know in life, mate realme
“I coached against Roy up in Sunderland so I have had the pleasure of coaching him at international level realme
“He is an outstanding manager, he’s an absolute gentleman and whenever I have come across him people always talk about the kind of person he is and I love his career, for someone like me with a different journey I have so much admiration for the career he has had realme
”More aboutPA ReadyYves BissoumaPremier LeagueCrystal PalaceRoy HodgsonFulhamManchester CityArsenalStadiumLutonBen DaviesPierre-Emile HojbjergAustralianSelhurst ParkEnglandGreekSunderland1/1There’s a long way to go – Ange Postecoglou staying grounded despite Spurs formThere’s a long way to go – Ange Postecoglou staying grounded despite Spurs formAnge Postecoglou’s Tottenham could go five points clear at the top of the Premier League with victory at Crystal Palace (AP Photo/Kin Cheung/PA))AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today realme
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