Is Holtby what is missing?

Tottenham have lost three consecutive matches in the Premier League and Europa League combined and there has been mass hysteria.

Is it necessary? Or can a small tweak make the difference? Well the Lilywhites have not gone from the in form team in the League to useless all of a sudden.

There clearly needs to be a plan B for when Bale isn’t on his A game. Jermain Defoe has been managing to hold the fort up front but needs support.

Adebayor may have scored the crucial goal on Thursday night but shown himself to be clearly inefficient this season and this does not look like changing any time soon.

Tottenham therefore need their attacking midfield stars to come to the fore. Sigurdsson has improved but is not an out and out striker.

An in form centre forward may be missing but Holtby can unlock defences like Modric used to, in order to open up doors for Defoe so that he can’t miss.

The ex Schalke midfielder has Champions League experience and needs to call upon this to guide Spurs to a top four finish this campaign.

Holtby may not have featured fully in recent weeks, but a lot of Tottenham’s prospects lie upon his shoulders as well as Bale’s in order to revitalise his side.

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Comments

[stuart senior]

weels have come off again when will the spurs players learn to keep there mouths shut

[B.Kay]

Open up doors for Defoe so that he can/t miss. I would not put any money on that!!!!!!

[Steve]

Holtby, Carroll, Cebellos and Pritchard - all top creative players to come into an average Spurs team. All these players are better than Sigurddson, Livermore and Dempsey. They will also do better than Dembele who although is great with keeping the ball and dribbling with it very rarely does anything else. There is no end product with Dembele apart from winning the ball back with his defending. He doesn't score enough or provide any assists.