Premier League: but where will Tottenham stop?

“Are you copying Pep?” All laughing at his question to Ange Postecoglou on Sky Sports yesterday, Gary Neville also indulged in Tottenham’s magnificent start to the season. It must be said that the club has impressed all of England since the start of the season. After their success on Friday evening on the pitch at Crystal Palace (2-1), Spurs consolidate their leadership position. They now have 26 points (out of 30 possible) after 10 days, 5 more than Manchester City and Arsenal, who have one game less. There hype of the start of the season is largely exceeded.

This brand is simply historic. Never in the history of the Premier League has a manager reached this total for his first 10 matches. Hiddink stopped at 25 with Chelsea, Sarri at 24 with the same Blues, just like Ancelotti. This shows the scope of this performance. But where Spurs stood out yesterday was that they did not shine as has often been the case since the start of the season. A rather reassuring fact because even when they stammer in their football, they win.

Postecoglou is unanimous

From then on, England began to ask itself a legitimate question. Can Tottenham aim for the title, who on top of that does not have a tough schedule for a European Cup? “Let the fans dream. That’s what being a football fan is all aboutsmiles Postecoglou who very quickly got everyone involved. It’s fair to say that everyone has suffered quite a bit here, so I’m certainly not going to put the brakes on that.”, continues the Australian technician, full of empathy. We should quickly know where to place Tottenham’s ambitions.

In its next 5 matches, the club has a meeting with Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City and West Ham, i.e. 4 teams in the top 10. “Dreams last as long as possible until someone wakes you up. We will seesays the coach. What is important is that we give joy and hope to our supporters. That’s what football clubs are there for.” The right to dream is allowed despite Cassandras like Gary Neville. “I don’t think Tottenham are strong enough to win the championship.”

A nod to history

Only the future will decide but finding the Lylywhites at this level with a new coach, after having experienced the melodrama of the departure of the darling child Harry Kane, is already a great victory in itself. Led by their new captain, the always very consistent Heung-min Son (8 goals and 1 assist this season), and the rookie James Maddison (3 goals and 3 offerings), they have still not experienced defeat this season. Better yet, the last time the Londoners found themselves in this place with this lead in mind was in 1961. The date of their last championship title…