Poyet: Spurs need time

Gustavo Poyet says he and Juande Ramos will "need time" to turn the fortunes of Tottenham after the Middlesbrough 1-1 draw at the weekend. The point was enough for Tottenham to climb out of the relegation zone.

"It's going to take a few weeks," said assistant boss Poyet.

"Without a doubt, we need time. I'm not asking for time but it was too difficult to look too deep into the situation because of the few days that we have had to work."

But Poyet, who left Leeds last week to return to his former side, admits assessing what needs to be done is not about to get any easier.

He said: "Now we have another game on Thursday, another one on Sunday and then the international week - when you want to train the most the players are away.

"Where I will finish trying to put everything how we would like, we will have to see.

"We have to use the games to keep improving - we have to make sure that we do the right things during the game."