A dire run of form continued for Spurs on Saturday afternoon, as Ange Postecoglou's side fell to a 2-1 home defeat to high-flying Newcastle in North London.
Injury-ridden, Spurs were without most of their first-choice defence on White Hart Lane, with a makeshift centre-back pairing of Archie Gray and Radu Dragusin in front of debutant goalkeeper Brandon Austin.
Though Dominic Solanke gave them an early lead, Spurs' inexperience quickly showed, with some haphazard defensive play allowing Newcastle to take control of the game.
Goals from Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak gave the visitors the spoils, and it could well have been more were it not for the efforts of Austin in goals for the hosts.
Defeat to Newcastle means that Spurs have now won just once in the league since the start of December, leaving them languishing in the bottom half of the table.
Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit dissected the issues at Spurs this week, and made a drastic claim that Ange Postecoglou had "no clue" how to cope with the situation developing at the club.
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Emmanuel Petit rips into Ange Postecoglou as Spurs lose to Newcastle
One of the themes of Spurs' decline in form has been the insistence of manager Ange Postecoglou on continuing to play his desired style of play.
Though their free-flowing attacking play has brought them a remarkable 42 goals in the league (only Liverpool have scored more), Spurs have been completely open defensively - epitomised by their recent 4-3 and 6-3 home defeats to Chelsea and Liverpool respectively.
Speaking to Ladbrokes this week, former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit said that he felt every passing game showed that Postecoglou was clueless on how to arrest Spurs' slide.
For Ange Postecoglou, every time I watch him in press conferences, I just think he's getting tired. No clue, no solution, no energy, to cope with the situation. He's trying to find the best way to solve all of his problems, and maybe he's upset with the behaviour of some of his players, not only on the pitch, but off it.
There are so many things which aren't going well at the club; supporters want Daniel Levy out, there are problems in the dressing room, on the pitch... to be honest, I have no idea what the solution is. The first step is getting everyone back from injury, as soon as possible. From there, you improve results and build on confidence.
Petit argued that the attitude of the players has been lacking as well but, ultimately, said that the buck should stop with Postecoglou.
"Is it because of the manager? Probably. I don't know," said Petit, "Do you sack him? I'm not sure, because you need some kind of stability. Postecoglou is asked about his vision all the time, and every time, he says the same thing. He looks tired of it, you know? It's like nobody is listening to his answers. Communication is not right.
"I'm not saying he deserves to be sacked, because when you look at all of the players he's got out injured, it's hard to put all of the blame on the manager. But something has to change. The mentality of this club has to change. The vision has to change."
A damning assessment of Ange Postecoglou, though the Spurs manager has shown little that would suggest things will change any time soon at the club.
Petit went on to admit, nonetheless, that Spurs' players have let themselves down this season.
We're halfway through the season and Spurs have lost more games than they've won. That's crazy. When you look at their list of injured players, it's quite difficult to cope with that, especially in this division.
I'm just wondering why so many top players just don't seem to be there anymore. You know, starting with Heung-min Son. Where is he? I feel like he's not there anymore. I don't know what's happening with him, but he's not the only one.
The spine of the team, the leaders of the team, are not there. When you're going through difficult times, like they are, you need your leaders to show the way, you need that kind of mentality in the dressing room, and at the moment, they're not showing it.
It's a tough state of affairs at Spurs, and it shows no sign of improving any time soon.
Emmanuel Petit was speaking at the launch of Ladbrokes' "Gaffer of all Accas"
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