The reckoning starts here for Ange Postecoglou - next six games are 決定的な for the Aussie as he 試みる／企てるs to steer Tottenham に向かって 支持する／優勝者s League 資格 in his maiden （選挙などの）運動をする at the club

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No team in English professional football have played より小数の games than Tottenham this season and with only a dozen 首相 League 遠出s in nearly four months, the going has been 特に tedious since the turn of the year.

Now it all ends with a 急ぐ of six games in three weeks, starting with Sunday's derby against 兵器庫, and something of a reckoning to 決定する how Ange Postecoglou’s first year goes 負かす／撃墜する in history.

No トロフィーs. Nothing new there. More flair, big tick from the faithful. But can they qualify for the 支持する／優勝者s League? Will they fizzle into the Europa League? Or worse? And just how much satisfaction can they derive if they manage to 破壊行為 兵器庫’s 肩書を与える 企て，努力，提案?

That certainly isn’t Postecoglou’s style. ‘I want to 勝利，勝つ and I understand the importance of winning against your 伝統的な 競争相手,’ said the 刺激（する）s boss. ‘I’ve come 負かす／撃墜する from Glasgow, I’ve a fair idea about what derbies mean to 支持者s but I never believe your 動機づけ should 回転する around the demise of somebody else.

‘Your 動機づけ should be about yourself. I want to 勝利，勝つ because I want us to 達成する something. I want us to 進歩. I want us to be in a position fighting for the 肩書を与える. That’s what 運動s me not the demise.

Tottenham have played the fewest games of any team in the 最高の，を越す four leagues of English football this season

How Ange Postecoglou's maiden （選挙などの）運動をする at the club will be 裁判官d will be 決定するd in the next three weeks

‘If that’s your 肉親，親類d of 手段, always peering over the 支援する 盗品故買者 to see what your 隣人’s building, you could both have the worst houses in the street.’

Tottenham are fifth with the same points (60) and only five goals より小数の (65) than in the whole of last season when they （機の）カム eighth. ‘I’d be disappointed,’ said Postecoglou when asked if he would have been happy with that 結果 at the start of the season.

‘At the start of the year, I wouldn’t have settled for fifth. I would’ve tried to 勝利，勝つ it all.

‘Where we are is fair reflection of our season. We’ve been pretty good, but inconsistent. We’ve had some challenges, and I don’t think anyone would say we’re in a 誤った position. We’ve earned where we are both from a good and not-so-good 視野.’

They made a sizzling start, winning with a cavalier swagger. And that was important. Postecoglou 注入するd fun into a club where it had been in short 供給（する） under his 即座の 前任者s.

Fun versus トロフィーs is a moving 規模 though. There will come a time when 刺激（する）s, with their glittering albeit distant past, will 需要・要求する silverware.

For now, there is an 空気／公表する of contentment. The 大多数 believe the 最新の boss has them 支援する on the 権利 跡をつける, and much of that is 負かす／撃墜する to the first 10 league games, when they 選ぶd up 26 points にもかかわらず selling Harry Kane, the club’s 記録，記録的な／記録する scorer, on the eve of the 開始 game at Brentford.

The former Celtic boss 認める his 味方する have been 疫病／悩ますd by inconsistency this season

‘You’re starting a season and the most 重要な person maybe ever at this club has just left,’ said Postecoglou. ‘I made a real conscious 成果／努力 to be like the old duck looking really graceful above the water. And if there’s any panicking, make sure it’s under the water where nobody can see, 特に the players. The players never batted an eyelid. And you could because you can see what Harry has done at Bayern, it’s been unbelievable.

‘That’s a 重要な player who has left and he hasn’t been について言及するd as much as he would’ve if we weren’t successful. And if we weren’t 得点する／非難する／２０ing goals his 指名する would’ve come up a lot more.

‘That’s a credit to the playing group and all these things we’ve been through will help us in the medium and long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 because it 肉親，親類d of 除去するs any excuses we have for next year. We’re not going to lose another Harry Kane. With a bit of luck, we’ll have いっそう少なく 傷害s.’

Postecoglou has 約束d to review his training 政権 at the end of the season to see if anything can be changed to help.

Defender 運命 Udogie is the 最新の 死傷者, 損失ing a thigh in training. Udogie has had 外科 and should be fit for next season but will 行方不明になる Euro 2024 with Italy.

傷害s to new 調印s Mickey 先頭 de Ven and James Maddison brought the 罰金 start to an abrupt end in N ovember, they spluttered with Son Heung-min, Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr absent on international 義務 and have never 回復するd the same rhythm.

傷害s to several 重要な players curtailed what was an excellent start to the （選挙などの）運動をする for 刺激（する）s

‘It feels like a real 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd season,’ said Postecoglou. ‘That’s where I feel it’s hardest for me to 査定する／（税金などを）課す because there’s no real chunk of work. It’s like I’m taking 見本s from everywhere. But we have six games to 会社／堅い up a sense of where we’re at.’

After 兵器庫, comes another London derby at Chelsea on Thursday, then a trip to Liverpool. A date with Manchester City lurks between games against Burnley and Sheffield 部隊d.

‘Six big ones,’ said Postecoglou. ‘If you’re at a big club and your ambition is to challenge for honours, you have to be 用意が出来ている to embrace the big games. That’s the reality. You can’t ignore it.’