It's a breath of fresh air to see teams like Bournemouth and Sunderland exceeding expectations at the top of the Premier League - and I would include Tottenham in that list of over-achievers too.
There has been the odd disappointing performance under Thomas Frank, especially at home, but I don't think anyone thought it would be easy for him to quickly transition this squad into a team in his image - and not many Spurs fans would have expected them to be sitting in third place now.
I know there has still been some criticism from their supporters, especially with calls for more creativity in open play, and I can understand that, but sometimes you have to walk before you can run.
The glaring problems they had last season were conceding too many goals and being too easy to play against, and I'm sure when Frank arrived at Tottenham he thought, 'let's fix that first'.
He's done that, because if you look at their progress from the beginning of the season up until now, then one thing we can all say is that you can see the 'Thomas Frank effect'.
