"It's still early days so we will keep our feet on the ground and take it game by game," said the Finn.
"We are letting all the other people do the talking. We're not the ones shouting about what we can do.
"The difference from the previous seasons I have been here is that in the summer we made some good signings that have settled very well into the team.
"We also have a lot of competition for places, which is something we haven't had as much in past seasons.
"I think this season we are stronger mentally too. You only have to look at the way we have won some games to see that. The result is more important than how you play.
"At the beginning of the season there were some games in which we didn't perform brilliantly, but we got the result.
"If, come May, we are at the top of the league, then nobody will remember that we played bad football at the beginning of the season."