Tottenham ARE in a relegation fight and history shows Daniel Levy should be worried
Tottenham ARE in a relegation fight and history shows Daniel Levy should be worried
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Before Tottenham's defeats to Everton and Leicester, the idea that Ange Postecoglou's side were in danger of being sucked into a relegation battle was still fanciful, more of a provocative talking point for pundits and rival fans than a serious consideration.
![[Ange Postecoglou reacts on the touchline during Tottenham vs Leicester]](https://static.standard.co.uk/2025/01/26/16/45/Angepostecoglou2601.jpeg?trim=162,0,163,0&quality=75&auto=webp&width=960)
Now, though, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Spurs really are contenders for the drop after they followed up a 3-2 defeat at Goodison Park with a 2-1 home loss to the Foxes. Everton had won just one of their previous 12 league games, while Leicester came into Sunday's meeting on a back of seven straight defeats, with one win in their last 14 top-flight fixtures; no wonder the concept of ‘Dr. Tottenham’ has suddenly gone mainstream.
Postecoglou's side still have an eight-point cushion to the bottom three but they are in freefall and it has reached the point where you wonder where their next league win is coming from. Next up is Sunday's trip to Brentford, who are one of the league's form teams at the Gtech and were comfortably top of the table for home points before a run of consecutive games in west London against the current top four.
In the meantime, Spurs will conclude the Europa League initial phase at home to IF Elfsborg on Thursday, needing a result to finish in the top eight and avoid an unwanted two-legged play-off next month. With little prospect of significant rotation between the matches, Postecoglou's exhausted squad are all but guaranteed to be less fresh than the Bees next weekend.
The concern for Spurs is that such a depleted and strained group of players cannot count on a result against anyone in a Premier League where the middle class is thriving and the comfortable majority of clubs are well-coached, hard-to-beat and full of danger.
