JUSSI Jaaskelainen is just about the only person in the Premier League who has been able to ignore Spurs’ dreadful start to the season.

While the media circus speculates on when, and not if, Juande Ramos will be ousted at White Hart Lane, Wanderers’ long-serving goalkeeper has been going about his own business in typical style.

The Finn doesn’t have time for watching much football – except games featuring his own children, and although there will be few players more prepared for tomorrow’s trip to the capital, he freely admits to giving little thought to their current problems.

“Spurs have not made a good start to the season but I don’t think too much about them,” Jaaskelainen said.

“I haven’t taken much notice, I just make sure I am prepared for the game. That is what we should all be thinking about.

“It doesn’t concern me what happens outside Bolton Wanderers Football Club, whether it is at Spurs or Manchester United or wherever. We have to look at ourselves, train hard and then go from there.”

For all Tottenham’s woes, it has not escaped Jaaskelainen’s attention that his own side could do with another away win to lift themselves away from the bottom reaches of the table.

Wanderers’ victory against West Ham in their last trip down south three weeks ago answered Gary Megson’s call for better form on their travels. And the 33-year-old keeper is keen for a repeat performance.

“If we can keep that level up then we can go there and get a result,” he said.

“We struggled a lot away from home last season and it was those results which would have put us higher in the league.

“Our away performances, even before West Ham, were not that bad. We were unlucky at Newcastle and Manchester United; Fulham was the only one we were really disappointed with.”

Only Carlton Cole has beaten Jaaskelainen in the last two games, that after a generally pleasing defensive performance on their way to a 3-1 win at Upton Park.

And another clean sheet in Wanderers’ last outing against Blackburn would suggest they have plugged the gaps which had emerged in Gary Cahill’s absence a few weeks ago.

All that remains now is to solve the goalscoring issues, but Jaaskelainen hopes that, too, will follow in time.

“We probably need to be a little bit more ruthless and take our chances when they come along,” he said. “But I think the performances have been good, so it will come.

“Our workrate is very good and the way we play, scoring goals with corners and set-pieces, means we can get points.

“It is something the manager talked about with us very early in the season. He wanted an improvement.”