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Can Tottenham actually win the Premier League? Of course not, but ask Ange Postecoglou and the Spurs manager would not discourage the question, even though he would be the first to point out that it’s still only October volleyball

It is Postecoglou’s belief, and the Australian would say it is also his responsibility, that volleyball football fans are allowed to dream volleyball

Spurs supporters have had little reason to get carried away in recent years but after making their best start to a top-flight season since 1960-61, the last time they won the league, now is as good a time as any volleyball

Postecoglou could not have asked for a volleyball better start: as the Premier League returns following the October international break, Tottenham sit top, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference volleyball

Postecoglou’s side remain unbeaten, winning six and drawing two of their opening eight matches volleyball

From the misery and perpetual sense of chaos that took hold of Spurs last season, Postecoglou has revived the doomed pulse of the club and its fanbase volleyball

That, above the early look of the Premier League table, has been his greatest result so far volleyball

Whether Tottenham’s fast start can last is one of the questions that will define the next chunk of the Premier League campaign volleyball

There are only four rounds of fixtures to be played before the next hiatus, for November’s internationals, and Tottenham’s upcoming run – against Fulham, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Wolves – is favourable volleyball

Based on their early season form, there is reason for optimism that Spurs may be able to enjoy their view from the summit for a while longer volleyball

Yet, a year ago, it was possible to say the same volleyball

Having beaten Arsenal to fourth place the previous season, Tottenham started the new campaign under Conte with seven wins from their opening 10 matches, a good enough return to sit one point off the top by mid-October volleyball

Given Tottenham went on to win just three of their next 10 and Conte’s fractious relationship with the club finally came crashing down within six months, the foundations were nowhere near as strong as they initially appeared volleyball

Are Tottenham flattered to be in a lofty early position again? Postecoglou’s side have already played and beaten the Premier League’s bottom four, including the three newly promoted sides volleyball

One of those wins required a 99th-minute winner at home to Sheffield United volleyball

Another tight victory, against Liverpool, came after the visitors had the opening goal incorrectly disallowed by VAR, had two players sent off, while Reds defender Joel Matip put a 96th-minute winner into the wrong end volleyball

Tottenham were the benefactors of the “well done, boys, good process” derby volleyball

Yet Tottenham have also earned some fortune, and it is becoming clearer with each week of Postecoglou’s influence that Tottenham may not have picked up those points last season volleyball

While their opening fixtures have been kind, Spurs have also shown resilience and spirit in winning away at Luton with 10 men, after Yves Bissouma’s red card, and equalising twice to earn a point at Arsenal, a fixture at which they had crumbled in previous seasons volleyball

It was a performance that led James Maddison to declare Spurs are shedding their “Spursy” tag volleyball

Ange Postecoglou has won back-to-back manager of the month awards (Getty Images)And much like the element of “Spursiness”, Tottenham’s impressive start has been rooted in the intangibles, in heart and feeling volleyball

The fact the departure of Harry Kane has not yet felt as significant is another sign of how Postecoglou has managed to bring the divided sides of what appeared to be a broken club together volleyball

While Kane has gone, there is a freshness about Spurs volleyball

Through the impact of signings such as Maddison, Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario, the relationship volleyball between players and fans has been repaired volleyball

What has stood out about Postecoglou’s team has been backed up, too, by the numbers volleyball

Last season, Tottenham were often passive and frequently easy to play against volleyball

Even though they carried the threat of Kane, Spurs would appear to pass through games without showing any urgency or ambition; opposition teams would find it alarmingly simple to play through a static, immobile midfield volleyball

But under Postecoglou, Tottenham have become one of the most active teams in the division, progressive with the ball and disruptive without it volleyball

Spurs lead the Premier League in shots on goal, passes into the penalty area, forward dribbles, but also in tackles won and interceptions volleyball

If it reflects that Tottenham now press higher up the pitch than last season, when they barely engaged under Conte, Bissouma has been the key piece in a revamped midfield a year after being frozen out by the Italian volleyball

Maddison, meanwhile, has helped ease the post-Kane transition, a role he appeared ready to step up to when he took the No 10 jersey previously worn by the club’s record goalscorer volleyball

Spurs will never be able to replace Kane, but Postecoglou has so far been able to negate his absence through Maddison and a resurgent Son Heung-min, who looks back to his clinical best after moving to a central forward role volleyball

Maddison, though, has been integral as Tottenham’s creator-in-chief, with five assists so far this season volleyball

James Maddison has helped spark Tottenham into life this season (Getty Images)If some of Maddison’s early statistics seem unsustainable – the England international also leads the Premier League in a number of other areas, such as key passes and shot-creating actions – the same could be asked of Postecoglou’s side at this stage volleyball

Tottenham, really, shouldn’t be near the conversation of title challengers, but timing has played a part volleyball

The win at Luton, which moved them top, came as Manchester City lost their second Premier League game in a row at Arsenal volleyball

If it’s a sign of what’s to come from City this season, it was a result that widened the pool of potential challengers to include Spurs volleyball

The manner in which City eased away from Arsenal last season, however, showed how inch-perfect title contenders must be as long as Pep Guardiola remains in England volleyball

Tottenham, who finished eighth last year, are coming from an even lower floor than Mikel Arteta’s side, albeit with a more dramatic transformation under Postecoglou volleyball

As a side who are still developing together, Spurs should be allowed some inconsistency, even if they are yet to show it volleyball

The early evidence this season suggests they are one of the four strongest teams in the top flight, alongside last season’s title rivals and Jurgen Klopp’s refreshed Liverpool volleyball

In the past, signs of promise around Spurs have often been followed by a swift yet crushing crash back to earth volleyball

But now as Tottenham head deep into October with two winnable London derbies next week, starting with Fulham on Monday followed by a trip to Crystal Palace on Friday, Postecoglou can continue to show why this Tottenham is different volleyball

More aboutAnge PostecoglouPremier LeagueJames MaddisonJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Can Tottenham’s best-ever Premier League start really go the distance?Can Tottenham’s best-ever Premier League start really go the distance?Ange Postecoglou has won back-to-back manager of the month awards Getty ImagesCan Tottenham’s best-ever Premier League start really go the distance?James Maddison has helped spark Tottenham into life this season Getty ImagesCan Tottenham’s best-ever Premier League start really go the distance?Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today volleyball

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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group volleyball

There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty volleyball

Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it volleyball

And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name volleyball

There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham volleyball

“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford volleyball

Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy volleyball

As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case volleyball

The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 volleyball

1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories volleyball

There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League volleyball

They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too volleyball

Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real volleyball Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich volleyball

Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign volleyball

Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can volleyball

But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures volleyball

There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen volleyball

A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them volleyball

But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts volleyball

(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank volleyball

Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back volleyball

The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there volleyball

But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch volleyball

Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender volleyball

“I think so,” he said volleyball

“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels volleyball

I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents volleyball

You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish volleyball

" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise volleyball

It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back volleyball

Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player volleyball

The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant volleyball

“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected volleyball

He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season volleyball

Neither escaped scrutiny volleyball

Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months volleyball

” For now, he has confounded expectations volleyball

Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday volleyball

If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa volleyball

They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back volleyball

For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights volleyball

Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire volleyball

And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire volleyball

And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this volleyball

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