Most Spurs fans have been holding back from thinking about the title. With good reason too. Here's what one fan believes are his ten reasons:

1. Hugo Lloris – He is ‘World Class’. No two ways about it. He’s up there with the best. I wouldn’t swap him for De Gea, Courtois, Cech or Hart. I probably wouldn’t even swap him for Bayern’s big beast (Neuer at Spurs = my Mrs insisting I take her with me to the Lane each week).

2. Four quality full-backs – In the last 25 years it has been rare for Spurs to have even 1 decent full-back, never mind four. Both our left-backs are actually left footed! Young, quick, interchangeable and each with their own attributes. Pochettino rotates them at will depending on the nature of our opponent.

3. The meanest defence in the league – at Spurs? Really? Someone must have spiked my drink. Just 19 goals conceded in 24 games. Spurs desperately needed to sort out their defence last summer and they did just that bringing in excellent defensive reinforcements. Vertonghen is injured but Kevin Wimmer is the perfect replacement. Fazio has left because there is a young man named Cameron Carter-Vickers coming through the ranks.

4. CDM Eric Dier – A stroke of managerial genius by Poch (no hyperbole here). The last time we qualified for the Champions League we had the steel of Scott Parker and then Sandro protecting our back 4. Having missed out on Schneiderlin and James McCarthy over the summer I feared our defence was going to horribly exposed once again. But Dier has become an essential presence at the base of our midfield.

5. Midfield Monsters – Dembele, Dier and Dele Alli. These three will give any team nightmares. They give Poch complete control in the middle of the park. The Tom Carroll experiment didn’t work whilst Dembele was injured though. Poch likes him but he is lightweight. I’d rather see Bentaleb come in as first rotation.

6. Mourinho Men – Our creators in the final third of the park would be at home in any Mourinho team (apart from maybe this season’s shambles). Eriksen and Lamela certainly weren’t renowned for their defensive duties when they joined us but they now carry out Pochettino’s instructions to perfection. Harrying, tackling and tracking back, before breaking at speed to lay on chance after chance for Alli and Kane. We famously missed out on Willian but we don’t miss him.

7. Dele Alli – What more is there to say? A whirlwind of energy, technique and aggression. It is this aggression that sets him apart from the rest. Snarling and sneering as he plays with complete confidence and freedom. Don’t ever change Dele.

8. The one-season wonder? – I don’t think so. Like most, I was a bit worried when Harry Kane had his dry spell at the beginning of the season. He was playing well but he was trying a bit too hard. Now he looks relaxed and back in the groove. Converting chances and creating opportunities for himself… I think he could score more this year than last. 15 PL goals in 24 games so far. Just stay fit Harry!

9. Goals from all over the pitch – Kane’s goal scoring exploits are ably supported by his team mates. Alli – 7, Eriksen – 4, Lamela – 3, Dembele – 3, Dier -3, Son -2, Chadli – 2, Alderweireld – 2. Premier League goals in abundance coupled with a watertight defence means a Top 4 finish should be the minimum expectation.

10. Pochettino – All you hear for Pochettino in public is endless platitudes and football clichés. This appears to be due to the fact that he is still learning the language and he has a good grasp of the basics. But it is clear he rules the club with an iron fist. Discipline, hard-work, loyalty and the right attitude. All demanded by Pochettino without exception. Adebayor – out, Capoue – out, Townsend – out. Any dissent to Poch’s way and you will be shown the door.

11. Everyone else has been really shit.

Not gonna happen. Heck I still see Leicester finishing above them.