How Ange calmed $81m ‘volcano’ and filled glaring Spurs hole with ‘shrewd’ moves: UK View
Eight games into their first league campaign under Ange Postecoglou and having sold Harry Kane, there are precious few Tottenham fans who would have believed they would sit top of the table heading into October’s international break.
Not for the first time since Postecoglou took charge, Spurs were forced to go the hard way round getting three points at Luton.
Yves Bissouma’s dive that brought a second yellow card left his side down to 10 men for the entirety of the second-half.
Yet, they still found a winner through Micky Van de Ven and showed a steel to see out an aerial bombardment that would have undone many more talented Tottenham sides of the past.
Postecoglou has already installed a winning mentality that has seen him lift league titles in Australia, Japan and Scotland in his coaching career.
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Doing so at Spurs would dwarf any of those achievements, but with no European football to drain their energy, Tottenham are entitled to start dreaming about what could be possible.
Postecoglou though was sure not to get too far ahead of himself after the win over Luton Town.
“I don’t think you read too much,” the Australian said.
“They’re not silly, they know it’s only October and being top of the league now doesn’t really mean anything tangible apart from the fact that we’ve started the season well.
“It’s not like they’re sitting in there thinking we’ve achieved anything. We haven’t achieved anything. All we’ve done is lay some really good foundations.”
Foundations set up by some shrewd summer signings which have helped fill the void left by Kane while offering Tottenham fans with a reason to believe in what Postecoglou is building.
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