Nick Godwin, BBC Radio London
Ange Postecoglou’s task at the start of this season looked impossible.
How do you move on from the departure of Harry Kane, put a new spine into the team, lift the mood after a desperate end to the last campaign and collect enough points to keep the wolves from the door?
A few weeks later, his list of achievements is impressive. Son Heung-min firing up front, James Maddison’s exuberance both on and off the pitch, previously unheralded young players like Pape Sarr making headlines. It’s all going pretty well and, more importantly, much better that many Spurs fans would have predicted not that long ago.
However, as the Tottenham squad regather after this international break, they face a new set of challenges, shaped by the vibrant early displays of August.