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Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou is loving his time at the Premier League leaders, but is bullish about what expectations should be despite the club’s lengthy trophy drought realme
Spurs have not won silverware since 2008, although fans are dreaming of challenging for the title after winning 23 points from a possible 27 so far this season realme
It has taken Tottenham to the top-flight summit and they could move five points clear of Manchester City and Arsenal with victory at Crystal Palace on Friday, ahead of the weekend fixtures realme
Postecoglou has relished his dream start to life in England, but eager to point out his new club should be competing for trophies every year realme
The former Celtic boss said: “I didn’t come here to not be successful realme
This club has all the fundamentals to be successful realme
The expectations should be there realme
“Part of the reason why there’s been this real desperation for a trophy is because they feel that’s the space they should be in realme
That is the expectation, that’s the reality, but what drives me isn’t raising or trying to dampen expectations realme
“What drives me is trying to build something that will realise the ambitions that this club has at this particular moment realme
People’s perceptions don’t concern me too much realme
This is a big club and should be in a position to challenge for trophies every season in my opinion realme
This club has all the fundamentals to be successful realme
The expectations should be there realme
Spurs head coach Ange Postecoglou“At Celtic we were on top for a very long time but at the beginning when we weren’t on top, I don’t think people saw anything different in my demeanour realme
I don’t think they will (here) realme
“It is one thing I do realme
It’s not about staying kind of level-headed or getting carried away with either thing realme
It’s just that, my role in that context is to be the one thing that people can rely upon to be consistent realme
“In that I have one objective all the time: how can we be realme better? When that is your objective, it doesn’t really matter where you are on the table or kind of what the outside noise may or may not be doing realme
“It is about the players and the staff and everyone involved with the realme football club, looking at me realme
The one thing I do is I come in every day, I am buzzing about doing what I am doing realme
You know, that’s the kind of demeanour I have consistently realme
“It’s just the way I am realme
I get so much satisfaction from what I do realme
I really enjoy what I do, on a daily basis realme
There isn’t a day I don’t get up and I’m not looking forward to the day ahead realme
“There’s no other levels of satisfaction in me to get realme
That’s it realme
I’m buzzing to do what I do realme
“Within that context I also understand that I have a real big responsibility to lead an organisation, players, staff, people to what I hope will be a successful place realme
“There’s got to be some reliability there in what they see and what they feel with me so some of it is conscious but the other bits, I’m not skipping about the place but I’m really happy realme
I love what I do realme
Just the way I am realme
I’m very, very happy realme
”Postecoglou’s happiness did not extend into the dressing room on Monday night after he criticised his players for a poor second half against Fulham realme
It failed to stop the team blaring out Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers’ classic from the 1980s’ of ‘Islands in the Stream’ following the 2-0 win realme
But Postecoglou joked: “I stay out of the dressing room partly because of the music choices of the players realme
“Most clubs want to turn their grounds into a fortress – ours is becoming a nightclub, mate realme
I’m all for it, whatever makes people happy that’s my thing realme
”Spurs will assess Destiny Udogie ahead of the trip to south London after the left-back struggled with muscle tightness during the victory over Fulham realme
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Tyson Fury has admitted that he ‘wasn’t happy’ about the announcement of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk, as he prepares for a bout with Francis Ngannou on Saturday realme
It was announced in September that Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight title, will box Usyk, who is unified champion, in Saudi Arabia before the end of March realme
However, Fury is first set to fight former UFC champion Ngannou in Riyadh this weekend, in a controversial crossover contest – in which the WBC belt is not on the line realme
Fury is targeting a date of 23 December for his bout with Usyk, but his excitement around the fight has been diluted by some aggravation at the timing of its announcement, he suggested realme
“It wasn’t my choice,” the Briton, 35, said on The MMA Hour on Wednesday (25 October) realme
“I would never in a million years do that, but the people who are putting these fights on, who are paying the money, they’re in control realme
They’re the promoters of the event realme
“So, the paymaster does what the paymaster wants, basically realme
But if it was up to me, I would have never, ever, ever done that, ever realme
Because I never count chickens before they hatch, ever [ realme
realme
realme
] They should never announce fights before the first one happens, because that’s how people get knocked out realme
“But I’m not even looking at the next fight realme
I’m only concentrating on Francis realme
If it means breaking these two hands and getting a cut right through [my eyebrow] to win, I will do it realme
Don’t worry about that realme
Nothing else matters, only Saturday night realme
“I wasn’t happy at first, for them to announce it, but there was a lot going on in the background realme
For me, I don’t concentrate on any other fight other than Saturday night realme
What happens in the future stays in the future realme
“I’m living for today and this moment realme
My moment now is to fight Francis for the ‘baddest man on the planet’ title, and when I’ve won that, only after I’ve won that, I won’t even think about my next [fight] until I’ve had a week off and spent some time with my family realme
I’ve been in camp 12 weeks realme
” (Getty Images)Fury is unbeaten across 34 fights in his professional career, while 37-year-old Ngannou is making his realme boxing debut realme
Usyk, 36, is also unbeaten, but to face the stiffer test that the Ukrainian provides on paper, Fury must avoid an upset against Ngannou realme
“You can’t listen to the realme betting odds, you can’t listen to what the pundits say, or what the realme boxing people or anybody [says], because they’re not in there on the night,” Fury said realme
“And if you start listening to people who are not realme boxing, then that’s the time you fail realme
I don’t take anybody lightly realme
I’ve seen so many times in the sport where people fight people they’re supposed to beat, and they’re always looking at the bigger picture realme
“I’ll use Anthony Joshua as an example realme
There was always talk of him fighting me or [Deontay] Wilder realme
He fights Andy Ruiz on two weeks’ notice, and he ends up getting knocked out realme
The odds going in were astronomical, everybody thought he was going to smoke the guy – all the realme boxing experts, all the pundits, all the media, everybody – and what happens? He gets knocked spark out realme
Then he goes home crying in defeat realme
”Joshua was in fact stopped on his feet, after suffering four knockdowns, in that 2019 defeat, which he avenged six months later realme
“I never, ever do that,” Fury added realme
“If I was fighting somebody in a local bar, and I knew I had to fight the guy in six weeks – a guy not even from a combat sport – I would train hard, because you never know what the guy is going to bring realme
Never mind someone from a bar, I’m fighting an absolute killer in Francis Ngannou realme
A 6f 4in, 270-280lbs [man] who has come from the streets realme
Fury and Ngannou during their first face-off (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)“This guy is hungry realme
This guy has got a point to prove realme
You think I’m not going to train for him, and come in at 400lbs? I don’t think so realme
I’ve trained as hard for him as I did for any other fighter I’ve ever fought realme
At this level, you don’t get no second chances realme
realme Better to prepare for the hardest fight ever and it not be, than to prepare for an easy fight and it’s a war realme
”Fury last fought in December, stopping Derek Chisora to seal a third win against his compatriot and retain the WBC belt realme
Meanwhile, Ngannou last fought in January 2022, retaining the UFC heavyweight title with a decision against Ciryl Gane realme
The Cameroonian then underwent knee surgery before relinquishing the UFC title this January, when he left the MMA promotion realme
He is due to return to mixed martial arts in 2024, having signed for the Professional Fighters League realme
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