Harry Winks opens up on whether the Spurs team are still responding to Mauricio Pochettino

Harry Winks has stated that the Spurs team are still responding to what Mauricio Pochettino is saying following their recent troubles.

There was so much hope and optimism ahead of the new season but that has quickly gone away after a disastrous set of results.

Knocked out of the Carabao Cup on penalties by League Two side Colchester United and hammered 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the team hit rock bottom at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday with a dismal showing in a 3-0 defeat.

Watford are next up in the league for the Lilywhites but they now have time to reflect on their recent showings with the second international break of the season set to commence on Monday.

Pochettino is now the second favourite to be the next Premier League manager to leave but Winks, a player he brought through to the first team, has claimed that they are still responding to the Argentine and will be doing all they can to get out of their current situation.

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"Of course we are," he said. "He's our manager and he's been fantastic the last six seasons he's been at the club and he's taken this club to new levels and brand new heights and that's thanks to him.

"We're going through a rough patch and it happens in football, every club goes through them.

Harry Winks apologises to Tottenham fans at Brighton (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

"It's important that we stand up as men and we get through these dark times and hopefully we can get back to playing and winning as much as we can possibly can."

There is currently no hiding place for the team given their recent run of results and Winks has opened up on what the team need to do to get back to their best.

"In the last six years we've come such a long way and we've become a title-challenging side," he added.

"Today we've not shown that and this season we've probably not shown that, we've shown it in parts in certain games where we've played really well.

"The whole majority of the season we've not show what we're about and it's important that we look back on it, reflect and own up as men and say it wasn't good enough, no excuses and the only way we can put it right is in training and in the next match."