Ryan Mason has the perfect opportunity to change his Tottenham setup this weekend when Crystal Palace visit north London. Impressing in attack in his two games in charge since becoming acting head coach in wake of Cristian Stellini's exit, it has been a different story altogether at the back.
Having shipped six goals at Newcastle United in the Italian's final game in charge, it appeared that Spurs would be on course to concede a similar amount last weekend at Liverpool after finding themselves 3-0 down after only 15 minutes. Only conceding one more at Anfield after finding a way back into the contest, the manner of the goals they are letting in is extremely disappointing from a Tottenham perspective and it is giving them a mountain to climb in games as a result.
As things stand after 34 Premier League games, Tottenham have conceded a whopping 57 goals. That figure is the most by some way out of the teams in the top half of the Premier League table, with five in the bottom half having conceded fewer than the Lilywhites.
