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Tottenham's position in the league marks a worrying downturn. Last season at this point, they were comfortably sitting in 5th place, highlighting a staggering drop in performance. To put that into perspective, their point tally so far this season is lower than it was in the opening ten games last year. The correlation between form and historical performance paints a bleak picture for Spurs, echoing the disastrous seasons of the past, particularly 2008-09 under Juande Ramos, who also led the team into the depths of the bottom half.