On Sunday, Spurs claimed a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth after fighting back from two goals down to raise at least some confidence ahead of their date with Europa League destiny later this week.
An abject Spurs lost 1-0 to AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their last-16 clash last week to leave their hopes of progression hanging by a thread. While Ange Postecoglou’s side certainly have the quality to turn things around, little about them will fully convince supporters they are ready to do so.
Postecoglou has long suggested his team will improve once key players are back from injury. Many of them have returned, albeit problems do remain.
Last week, Postecoglou said: “He's got a knock on the foot, he's not really sure when to be honest but it's got a bit sore in the last couple of weeks but he's been able to train and play and just get through it OK.
“But it wasn’t getting better so we did some further investigations and no real clarity again, but we're waiting on a couple of things to find out the extend of it but unlikely to be back before international break.”
Davies has missed the last five games with an unspecified injury, though perhaps is not too far off a return in order to boost Tottenham’s defensive ranks.
A frustrating time of things on the injury front continued for Richarlison last month after a calf problem forced him off during the Carabao Cup semi-final defeat to Liverpool.