DON'T pop the champagne. Okay, have a sip, but that's it. No over-indulging.

And please, forget the cartwheels.

As for the open-top bus tour through the streets of London, that can wait.

In other words, buckle down.

One trophy doesn't make it a summer of celebration. And according to Tottenham's no-nonsense manager Juande Ramos, there's plenty of work to be done before his players can rest or, for that matter, paint the town red.

Tottenham bagged their first silverware for nine years last Sunday, defeating Chelsea 2-1 in the Carling Cup final.

But if the long-suffering players thought, for a moment, that they could let their hair down and make merry, they obviously didn't know Ramos.

The manager has put his foot down hard and he now wants them to concentrate on the Premiership and the Uefa Cup.

If there is to be a victory parade, he wants his men to be showing off two trophies instead of just the Carling Cup.

A tall order, perhaps?

Not so, according to Ramos, who wants to build on Sunday's success and assemble a lean, mean football machine capable of taking on the big boys on both sides of the pond.

This week sees them travel to St Andrews to face Birmingham in the Premiership where victory will push them closer to a top-10 spot. They are now 11th.

They then entertain Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in a Uefa Cup last-16 match next Thursday.

As a consolation, Ramos has allowed them to show off the trophy just before that kick-off. But that's about it, for now.

Indeed, he is still not satisfied with his players' diet. He thinks they could be in better shape and he is going to continue with the revolutionary methods he started when he took over in October.

Back then, he was shocked to see the players scoffing down junk food like there was no tomorrow.

Hamburgers. Mayonnaise. Carbonated drinks. Oily fries. Yucks. It was enough to make him puke.

So he signed up Spanish nutritional guru Dr Antonio Escribano - dubbed Dr Baby Food.

Escribano revolutionised Spurs' diet. And that, coupled with an intense fitness regime supervised by Tottenham trainer Marcos Alvarez, resulted in players, such as Paul Robinson and Jermaine Jenas, looking leaner and fitter than ever before.

Escribano also provided a dossier for hotels, where Spurs players will be staying when on the road. And he went as far as to ensure that every dietary requirement was met to the letter.

Indeed, at that time he calculated that the Spurs squad was, in total, 100kg overweight, and 50 of those have already disappeared, with more to come.

Jenas was still pounding his Wembley beat with vigour at the end of 120 minutes last Sunday, and Spurs never looked like they would be outlasted by Chelsea.

It showed that Ramos was doing something right. And the Spaniard isn't about to get soft.

So, instead of resting on their laurels, the players will again be put through the grind and, hopefully, not only will their bodies be transformed, but their season, too.

By parading a team like the one that turned up at Wembley on Sunday, Ramos had already won the battle.

Now, as he gets the players to put their shoulders to the wheel, he hopes to win the war.

That's his mission at White Hart Lane. And it has only just begun.

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