Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan believes that the time has come for Tottenham to "change it up" as they look to turn around a poor run of form in recent weeks.
The Lilywhites have had a disappointing start to the season, with Mauricio Pochettino's men currently sitting in seventh place in the Premier League with 12 points, having drawn 1-1 with bottom side Watford on Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
But while Spurs are currently only five points off the top four, they are 13 points behind league leaders Liverpool, who they face at Anfield on Sunday.
And Jordan says that, in his opinion, Spurs need to make changes in personnel in the coming weeks and months if they are to get back to the levels they have reached in previous seasons.
“I think Tottenham have got to change it up," the former Crystal Palace chairman said, speaking on Talksport.
“We all applauded, not this summer, but the summer before where Tottenham didn’t buy any players, but wanted to maximise the talent they have got there, and were successful, and disproved the theory that every time a transfer window comes around, you have got to bring a load of players in, rather than coach the ones you have got.
“But we are now reaching a point with Tottenham where they need to change it up. They need to change some of the characters in the dressing room. The manager’s voice might be falling upon deaf ears in some people’s mindsets and there is probably a need for some players to be shipped out.
“The [Christian] Eriksen saga is ongoing with other clubs coming into the mix, because he is becoming cheaper.
“I just think Spurs are going through a difficult patch. The performance against Bayern, who with respect are a bigger football club than Tottenham, and more experienced than Tottenham, and everything they hit went in in that game.
“But what I was surprised with [against Watford] was Harry Winks and Dele Alli looking at each other while a Watford player stole in, on the front foot.
“Football is played in the mind, Teddy Sheringham always said that the first yard is in the mind.
“Those players’ minds don’t seem to be hunkered down and focused on being on the front foot.
“How much of that is down to different agendas on the players’ minds, as Pochettino keeps mentioning, or ultimately on [Mauricio] Pochettino not doing what he needs to do?”
