Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs to top Premier League with victory at Luton
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00:00 And finally looking ahead to Luton at the weekend coming up
00:03 Spurs could for a couple of hours at least go top of the league with a win there
00:07 Of course if then Man City and Arsenal don't actually, well none of them win
00:11 You could stay top going into the international break which would be quite the achievement considering you know
00:16 Postakoff has been in the job for a matter of months
00:19 Does that show just how far the club even in this short space of time has come?
00:24 I know obviously in the last question I mentioned a bit of naivety and perhaps a bit of squad issues
00:28 But just how far the team and the club as a whole has developed since the end of last season
00:33 Yeah, it's been massive hasn't it? I mean it's been it's been just a revolution through the club
00:38 You know I've said before breath of fresh air from Postakoglu, the football we're playing at times is just absolutely breathtaking
00:44 It really is. Players who last year all they could do was pass backwards and this year
00:50 You know we're playing out from the back. We look confident. We've got lots of pace in the team
00:54 We look pretty balanced. You know we're creating lots of chances. Players are stepping up to the mark
00:59 And I think it's just testament and credit to Postakoglu and the coaching staff
01:03 You know I think we're probably ahead of where he thought we might be
01:07 And I still think there's going to be bumps in the road
01:09 But you know if we avoid that phrase of being spursy at the weekend having come through Arsenal and Liverpool unscathed
01:16 Then we go to Luton and you know beat them which greatest of respects
01:19 You know that they're obviously line 17th in the league
01:22 You know we ought to be going to Kenilworth Road and getting a result on Saturday
01:25 We get to go early so that puts us top of the league and obviously if results go our way
01:30 Then that could leave us you know on the top for at least a couple of weeks
01:34 It might be only a couple of weeks of the season
01:35 But yeah wouldn't that be a terrific achievement and you know just send out a bit of a message
01:39 I think to the you know the rest of the league that you know we're there and we're going to be there and thereabouts
01:44 And you know I think it's a top five finish potentially for Champions League this season
01:49 You look at Man United obviously getting beat at home, Chelsea not pulling up any trees
01:53 So I think there's an opportunity there
01:55 But as Postacogu said he's loath to sort of set targets
01:58 I think at this stage because you know there are in you know undoubtedly going to be bumps in the road
02:03 We're going to slip up you know I've said to you before there'll be a one-nil smash and grab at home somewhere against you know
02:08 Lower ranking opposition you know that will happen
02:11 I mean you know if we'd have struggled and we didn't get over the line against Liverpool
02:15 You know there may have been a few people saying well
02:17 You know you couldn't even beat Liverpool with nine men so fine margins of course
02:21 But you know we just keep rolling it keeps the feel-good factor going it builds the character the spirit
02:26 You know among the group as well these last-minute victories, and you know the atmosphere inside the ground
02:31 I don't think there's been a better atmosphere
02:32 You know since the ground opened you know it really is sort of fanfare stuff after the game and
02:37 Postacogu has just brought that real feel-good factor through the club so long may that continue
02:43 But you know Luton it'll be a tough game as I say they went to Everton at the weekend
02:47 They got a really good result there
02:49 They play midweek against Burnley as well
02:51 And their crowd will be up for it, so it's not too far off a derby to be honest Luton and Tottenham
02:56 They're not a million miles away, so there'll be a bit of needle in the game
03:00 We've got to be careful as well. I think with with the likes of Yves Bissouma
03:03 He's now on four yellow cards in seven games, so there's a suspension looming for him. We definitely don't want to lose him
03:09 And it's just a case of whether Postacogu sort of shuffles the pack a little bit as well
03:14 We're nursing Son a little bit at the moment with injury, Madison as well
03:17 Hopefully Ben and Johnson perhaps will be back at the weekend
03:20 So I think Postacogu may well shuffle the deck a little bit on Saturday just to freshen things up, but
03:26 Yeah, we ought to be going to Luton and getting the job done. Let's just hope I don't have egg on my face
03:32 Come Monday morning next week