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Ange Postecoglou has laughed off talk he is in the honeymoon period at Tottenham but promised they will continue to improve.<\/p>\n
Spurs\u2019 flying start to the new campaign earned their new head coach the Premier League manager of the month award for August on Friday.<\/p>\n
The last Tottenham manager to receive the accolade was Nuno Espirito Santo at the start of the 2021-22 season but he was sacked months later in October.<\/p>\n
When it was put to Postecoglou that he was still enjoying the honeymoon phase of life in north London, he was happy to point out some of the challenges he has faced in N17.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know what your honeymoon was like, but mine didn\u2019t have me losing the greatest player (Harry Kane) in the history of this football club on the eve of a transfer window, me trying to scramble to get players into the club, fighting for everything I do mate. That\u2019s not what my honeymoon was about,\u201d Postecoglou reflected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t sit here and think this has come to me or been served on a platter. I\u2019ve worked hard, mate, I\u2019ve worked really hard. It\u2019s been a really tough period, nothing like my honeymoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Celtic I lost three of our first six. At Yokohama, we were battling relegation, but I can tell you the same sort of building stuff I did at the those clubs, I\u2019m doing here.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only difference is the results have been better, encouraging, for sure, but I love this period because there is pretty much a day-to-day uncertainty about where we\u2019re at. That will be here for the next six months to a year.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what your honeymoon was like, but mine didn\u2019t have me losing the greatest player (Harry Kane) in the history of this football club on the eve of a transfer window, me trying to scramble to get players into the club, fighting for everything I do mate. That\u2019s not what my honeymoon was about<\/p>\n
\u201cEverywhere I\u2019ve been, the second year is where I\u2019ve felt like the team has really taken hold, but I also understand at this football club I can\u2019t go three, four, five months without results because I won\u2019t last. That\u2019s the reality of it.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf you measure on outcomes, yes, this looks like this has been smoother than the others.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I can assure you this has been just as challenging, if not more challenging because of the stakes here in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postecoglou admitted it would take two more transfer windows for him to feel his playing group has the squad depth it needs, with Spurs only required to challenge in the Premier League until January.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI definitely think we need at least two more windows to get to a space where I think \u2018okay, we (are happy) as a squad.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t forget this year we\u2019re out of the Carabao Cup now and we\u2019ve got no European football, so the fixtures are a little bit kinder to us between now and Christmas, but that\u2019s not our aim.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to have games, we want to be in Europe, we want to be in cup competitions. So we\u2019re going to need a stronger squad and I don\u2019t think we\u2019re anywhere near that point where we\u2019ve got a robust enough squad at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n