Carefree Tottenham must throw off shackles to contend with new expectations

[mawspurs]

A consequence of losing Harry Kane and hiring Ange Postecoglou - a relatively unknown quantity in this country in June - was a palpable lack of expectation around Tottenham going into the season.

Source: Evening Standard

 

[Neon_Knight_]

My assumption is that the club (board, manager, coaches & palyers) had much higher expectations than the average fan or pundit.

The lack of external pressure certainly won't have been doing us any harm though. Some of Postecoglou's interview responses have been slightly reminscent of Ranieri in 2015-16, in the way that he has avoided setting any specific targets. Later in the season, Ranieri focused on praising Leicester's achievements (i.e. securing Europa League qualification, then securing Champion's League qualification) and highlighting how well the team had done to accomplish those things with games to spare, rather than talking about thier title prospects.