Postecoglou reveals exciting thing he is noticing from Dejan Kulusevski at Spurs

Ange Postecoglou is confident that this Tottenham Hotspur side can perform much better than they have at the start of the season, while insisting that Dejan Kulusevski is growing into his midfield role.

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Even though we are only four games into the new campaign, there is already a sense of crisis among some Spurs fans after the North London Derby loss on Sunday.

Some are already writing off the season, with many suggesting that the squad is not good enough to compete with the best teams in the Premier League.

This is an opinion shared by some pundits, who suggest that the Lilywhites do not have the kind of players they need to compete for silverware (talkSPORT).

However, Postecoglou is adamant that there is a lot more to come from his side this season, pointing out that a number of his key men are yet to click into top gear at the moment.

Dejan Kulusevski is growing into his midfield role

The Australian insisted that Tottenham have the tools to overcome the shortcomings they have shown in the first few games of the season.

Postecolgou told Football.London: “I think there is so much more upside. We’re nowhere near capacity in terms of the players we have there at the moment. Dom Solanke is an obvious one, Richy hasn’t even played yet. It’s fair to say Sonny has had a stop-start to the season. He hasn’t hit the consistent levels.

“The other guys like Brennan and Wilson [Odobert], I think there’s a lot of growth in there. Timo [Werner] hasn’t had much of an opportunity,” said the Tottenham boss. I look at our attacking midfield players, I think there’s massive upside in [Dejan] Kulusevski. I’m seeing more and more growth in him in that attacking midfield role.

“I definitely think there is capacity to improve there in that area, for sure, 100 per cent. Dom and even Richy, just having a focal point up there, that’s the reason we signed him, is going to make a big difference to us in that area.

“I think we have at present enough there to overcome the deficiencies we have at the moment through more a lack of fluency and cohesion in that front third. We just haven’t been able to nail on a formation there that will give us some consistency.”

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There has undoubtedly been a major overreaction from fans and the media about Tottenham over the last few days. It is important to remember that we played Newcastle away and Arsenal at home in the last two league games, which are extremely challenging fixtures for anyone.

In fact, not many sides in the Premier League will play as well as we did in those two games this season and the result on both occasions could have been so different.

For all the talk of our defensive frailties, the only goal we conceded against a title-contending Arsenal side came from a set-piece.

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