{"id":294511,"date":"2023-10-27T00:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294511"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:24:13","slug":"postecoglou-refuses-to-get-carried-away-by-tottenhams-unbeaten-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/postecoglou-refuses-to-get-carried-away-by-tottenhams-unbeaten-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&apos;s unbeaten start"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ange Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&#8217;s unbeaten start and won&#8217;t start thinking about the title until May &#8211; despite his team having the chance to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a win over Crystal Palace<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tottenham have been the suprised package of the Premier League season so far\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Postecoglou&#8217;s side are coming off a comfortable 2-0 home win against Fulham<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou will only be comfortable calling Tottenham title contenders if they are still flying high in the Premier League with just a couple of games of the season left.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeaten Spurs could go five points clear on Friday and the mood around the club is so upbeat and especially celebratory post-match he joked \u2018most clubs want to turn their grounds into a fortress \u2013 ours is becoming a nightclub\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than showing off his dancing feet Postecoglou is keeping them firmly on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018Look if we\u2019re in this position around 36, 37 [games] I might look at the subject [Spurs being in a title race].<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There is a real good reason no manager will talk about winning a title in October or November because we know there&#8217;s a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/77059217-12678199-image-a-27_1698363377102.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou insists that he is not thinking about the contending for the Premier League<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/76912821-12678199-Son_Heung_min_right_got_the_opener_with_an_excellent_piece_of_in-a-26_1698363155319.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Goals from James Maddison and Son Heung-min sent Spurs back to the top of the league<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/77059485-12678199-image-a-28_1698364074294.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou has no plans to emulate Palace boss Roy Hodgson and manage into his seventies<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not jokes or giggles or me coming in and throwing my significant weight around. I am the same, it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am hoping that when people see me they don\u2019t know where we are, what position we are.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018At Celtic we were on top for a very long time but at the beginning when we were on top, I don\u2019t think people saw anything different in my demeanour. I don\u2019t think they will (here).\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Postecoglou is happy to leave the dreaming and displays of joy to others.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018I\u2019m not skipping about the place but I\u2019m really happy. I love what I do. There\u2019s no other levels of satisfaction in me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The success is not what it does for me, it\u2019s what it does for others. Where I have had success it\u2019s usually come off the back of prolonged periods of no success and a lot of people have suffered from that then you see them enjoy that [the success] and that\u2019s where you get the buzz.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou\u2019s priority is to keep making Spurs better and all that they are doing now sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>To underline his point, he said when asked where his table toppers can improve: \u2018All of it. We still have to grow in every area.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As well as his impact as a manager, Postecoglou\u2019s self-deprecating attitude is part of the reason he has endeared himself at Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>And asked if he will be managing well into his seventies like his opposite number on Friday, Roy Hodgson, he said: \u2018That&#8217;s not the plan &#8211; 76&#8230; somewhere on a Greek island, lying back watching football from around the world, maybe doing some punditry and becoming an expert overnight. That&#8217;s the plan but you never know in life.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12678199\/Ange-Postecoglou-refuses-carried-away-Tottenhams-unbeaten-start-wont-start-thinking-title-despite-team-having-chance-five-points-clear-Premier-League-win-Crystal-Palace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ange Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&#8217;s unbeaten start and won&#8217;t start thinking about the title until May &#8211; despite his team having the chance to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a win over Crystal Palace Tottenham have been the suprised package of the Premier League [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&amp;apos;s unbeaten start - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/postecoglou-refuses-to-get-carried-away-by-tottenhams-unbeaten-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&amp;apos;s unbeaten start - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ange Postecoglou refuses to get carried away by Tottenham&#8217;s unbeaten start and won&#8217;t start thinking about the title until May &#8211; 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