{"id":295141,"date":"2023-10-28T04:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295141"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:24","slug":"gary-neville-insists-tottenham-wont-challenge-for-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-insists-tottenham-wont-challenge-for-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville insists Tottenham WON&apos;T challenge for the title"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Neville insists Tottenham fans should enjoy their &#8216;fantastic start to the season&#8217; but warns them that their form will &#8216;settle down&#8217; and they WON&#8217;T challenge for the title<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tottenham extended gap at the top to five points after win over Crystal Palace<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gary Neville though feels Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side will slip out of title contention<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He suggested they boost the squad though if they are in the race come January\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Neville insists Tottenham should enjoy their fantastic start to the season, but believes they won&#8217;t be in title contention come the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side opened up their gap at the top of the table to five points following their 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham have taken 26 points out of a possible 30 this season, and talk has started over whether they could mount a shock title challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Neville, who was a pundit for Sky Sports at Selhurst Park on Friday night, believes things will &#8216;settle down&#8217; and doesn&#8217;t feel that Spurs will have the legs to be crowned champions come the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;They (Tottenham fans) should definitely enjoy it because it&#8217;s been a fantastic start to the season that none of us expected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101085-12681953-image-a-91_1698448876506.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are five points clear at the top of the Premier League after their 2-1 win on Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101087-12681953-Gary_Neville_right_says_Tottenham_fans_should_be_happy_with_the_-a-108_1698449115361.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville (right) says Tottenham fans should be happy with the start to their season but has warned them that things &#8216;will settle down&#8217; and they won&#8217;t challenge for the title<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We all thought that with Harry Kane leaving it was unconceivable that they would be in this position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Those Tottenham fans have had a lot of pain over the last few years in terms of how the team have played, the results. Now, this is a lot more exciting for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They should keep their feet on the ground but enjoy tonight and recognise that there&#8217;s a long way to go.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about their title hopes, he said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think they are [potential league winners or title challengers]. I honestly don&#8217;t think they are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think this is something that will settle down in the next few months but if some teams aren&#8217;t quite there and Tottenham are out of Europe, not in the Carabao Cup. They&#8217;ve got free weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If they&#8217;re in contention in January then why wouldn&#8217;t they try and just boost the squad slightly and have a go at it because if (Man) City aren&#8217;t quite there or there&#8217;s some sort of slip up from Arsenal &#8211; those teams are obviously both in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then why wouldn&#8217;t you just have a go? I don&#8217;t think so, I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re a good enough squad to win the league but what they&#8217;re doing at this point in time is surpassing all expectations and they&#8217;re really enjoyable. Ange Postecoglou is doing a great job for them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham had to be patient in their clash with Crystal Palace on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101135-12681953-image-a-94_1698448974974.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Son Heung-min (right) doubled Tottenham&#8217;s lead against Crystal Palace as they won 2-1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101095-12681953-image-a-93_1698448953127.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville has praised Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s (pictured) impact at Spurs and said that they should look to boost their squad in January if they are still in contention to win the title by that point<\/p>\n<p>After a goalless first-half, it was Joel Ward&#8217;s 53rd minute own goal which put Spurs ahead, before Son Heung-min doubled their advantage 13 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace got one back through Jordan Ayew in the second-half but it was too late to mount a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Neville praised Spurs for how they managed the game, as he said: &#8216;I thought that they were really patient. The best teams when they go one or two goals up they&#8217;re really patient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They didn&#8217;t bow to the pressure of the crowd, Palace found it hard to close them down and I have to say that from a Spurs perspective, other than the last few minutes, they really controlled that second half and deserved to win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12681953\/Gary-Neville-insists-Tottenham-fans-enjoy-fantastic-start-season-warns-form-settle-WONT-challenge-title.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville insists Tottenham fans should enjoy their &#8216;fantastic start to the season&#8217; but warns them that their form will &#8216;settle down&#8217; and they WON&#8217;T challenge for the title Tottenham extended gap at the top to five points after win over Crystal Palace Gary Neville though feels Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side will slip out of title&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gary Neville insists Tottenham WON&amp;apos;T challenge for the title - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-insists-tottenham-wont-challenge-for-the-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gary Neville insists Tottenham WON&amp;apos;T challenge for the title - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gary Neville insists Tottenham fans should enjoy their &#8216;fantastic start to the season&#8217; 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