Tottenham have points, however mentality is not one in all them. That is in accordance with their head coach Ange Postecoglou.
It has been a rollercoaster for Spurs followers because the begin of this season. Thumping assertion victories at Manchester United and in opposition to Champions League rivals Aston Villa have been punctured by depressing losses to lowly Crystal Palace and Ipswich – handing each golf equipment their first Premier League wins within the course of.
Spurs’ consistency this season lies of their inconsistency. It is by no means boring. They both win or they lose. 5 league wins have been paired with 5 league defeats since their opening-weekend draw at promoted Leicester Metropolis.
However while Postecoglou understands the query marks across the psychological state of his squad, he does not purchase into the narrative.
“I don’t worry about the mentality of the squad or the other areas that people tend to focus on,” he tells Sky Sports activities forward of Saturday’s journey to Manchester Metropolis. “What I’m looking at is how we grow from our experiences. And those experiences – as painful as they were and are – I still think we’ll get growth out of them”.
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Development is a recurring theme because the Australian sits down with Sky Sports activities Information forward of his fiftieth Premier League match in cost – a gathering with the champions Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad.
In November final yr, Tottenham sat on high of the Premier League desk after his first 10 video games in cost. But a harmful defeat to Chelsea, with crimson playing cards and accidents hitting his squad, was the place to begin for a see-saw marketing campaign. A dramatic decline in spring ended any hopes of Champions League qualification. Spurs now sit tenth heading right into a busy programme of fixtures.
However Postecoglou is bullish about what has been achieved over the course of his earlier 49 league video games.
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“From where we started, I think the first 50 games, if you think of it as a totality, I think we’ve made really, really good progress considering our starting point, which was finishing eighth in the league,” he mentioned. “That was our starting point. I didn’t come to a club that finished first.
“I believe now we have proven we have made progress and it is also proven we have nonetheless bought an extended approach to go.”
Maybe context is due to this fact required. Postecoglou took over a membership who had been reeling following Antonio Conte’s exit – with the Italian taking a swipe on the membership’s possession and total course over the earlier 20 years earlier than then departing.
Nevertheless, the ‘Spursy’ tag continues to be levelled at this group. It is a label they can not seem to shake. It’ll take one other 50 Premier League matches and perhaps extra for Postecoglou to make sure his facet are checked out by means of a special prism than a crew who, regardless of highs of a Champions League last and common top-four finishes, have did not win silverware since 2008.
His goal is to separate the previous and the long run. But criticism has been unavoidable because the 2-1 house defeat to promoted Ipswich simply earlier than the worldwide break. And the problem of inconsistency is a tough one to elucidate or to unravel.
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“Some of it is where we are at as a club at the moment,” he mentioned. “We’re still learning to deal with certain things. It’s just part of our growth. The results aside – because the results can disguise things – the reality is that our performances have been inconsistent which is the thing we need to address.
“We have been actually good this yr when now we have been good. And we have been actually poor after we have not. We want to verify we all the time get a constant degree.”
Regardless of harm issues on the again, Tottenham have the right stage to reply on the house of the champions this weekend. Spurs have already dumped Manchester Metropolis out of the Carabao Cup this season – the primary defeat in a run of 4 for Pep Guardiola’s facet.
Tottenham have loved success at The Etihad previously, however Guardiola’s contract extension, confirmed this week, appears an inevitable catalyst to information the Residents out of their difficult patch.
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Guardiola’s new deal will most probably see him full 11 years in sky blue. And while Postecoglou is not wanting that far forward, his mindset is to stay in north London to supervise a interval of “sustained success” sooner or later.
“It’s unlikely I’ll be here for a decade, but I think you have to think that way,” he mentioned. “I think it’s the only way you get on a road where you understand exactly how you’re going to get to that destination of sustained success, which is what we all want – particularly for a club like this which hasn’t had a great deal of it.
“You do not wish to a peak, you need a sustained interval. In order that takes time and that is what we try to construct.
“Certainly every decision I’ve made is on the back of what’s going to give us that platform to say that over a period of X years, we’re going to be in a position to challenge for everything”.
Watch Manchester Metropolis vs Tottenham dwell on Sky Sports activities Premier League from 5pm on Saturday, kick-off 5.30pm.
