Many Spurs fans will feel as if they’ve aged a decade in the last three weeks.
Antonio Conte’s side lost to Southampton in dramatic fashion on February 9th before a disappointing defeat to Wolves four days later.
They then sprung an almighty surprise by beating Man City 3-2 thanks to a Harry Kane (£6.9m) masterclass.
The joy of that memorable victory was immediately offset by a 1-0 loss to Burnley at Turf Moor with the tame nature of the display drawing ire from supporters.
Last weekend, Spurs thrashed Leeds with the front three of Kane, Son Heung-min (£5.2m) and Dejan Kulusevski (£2.3m) cashing in against the Premier League’s worst defence.
But the hot-and-cold form continued on Tuesday night when the north London club were eliminated from the FA Cup by Middlesbrough.
This pronounced inconsistency can be maddening for fans but how worried should Dream Team managers be about the situation?
The first thing to note is that Kane is amassing so many points in the games when Spurs look good that his backers won’t be overly concerned about his blanks.
The England captain didn’t take any points from the defeats to Saints, Burnley and Boro but he has plundered 51 points at the expense of Brighton, City and Leeds in the last four Game Weeks.
This one-on-one-off pattern has produced an average of 7.67 points-per-game over Kane’s last nine outings, which is supremely good.
Son hasn’t cashed in to the same extent during Spurs’ victories but 23 points from his last six outings is still respectable.
However, the blanks have prevented his points-per-game average from rising above 3.83 in that time.
Lucas Moura (£3.3m) is the only other Spurs player with 100+ points to his name this season but he’s only mustered four points since the start of Game Week 21.
Plus, the Brazilian has seemingly lost his place in the starting line-up to Kulusevski so his days as a viable Dream Team option may be over for 2021/22.
Spurs’ hot-and-cold form has badly affected their defensive assets – Hugo Lloris (£2.8m) has gathered just six points from his last ten appearances.
It goes without saying that unpredictable teams don’t string enough clean sheets together to encourage Dream Team bosses.
In conclusion, there’s certainly no reason for Kane owners to switch strategies and those backing Son can probably hold firm for now as well.
But Spurs are simply too unpredictable for any of their defensive assets to be viable – consistency is key at the back.
0.3%-owned Kulusevski has the potential to be a cheap differential but most gaffers will want to see more even performances from Conte’s men before overextending.