Forging ahead

By Stefano Faccendini   Last updated: 1st October 2008

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Spurs: Winless in six

Last season Spurs were often accused of not being able to defend a lead.

At the end of the 2007/08 campaign Tottenham had dropped the most points in the Premier League after having scored the first goal, a troubling total of 28.

Worse

Things got worse though.

If last term Juande Ramos' men were struggling to defend a lead, in the current situation the main thing is avoiding conceding first, never mind scoring.

2006/07
TeamFirst Goal ScoredPoints Dropped
Tottenham 2328
Fulham1525
Middlesbrough1720
Derby 919
Birmingham 1518
West Ham 1717

In five games out of six Spurs have been trailing while in the remaining fixture they could not break the deadlock in their home fixture against Wigan, a side they had never previously failed to score against in the league.

2007/08 
TeamFirst Goal ConcededPts Won
Tottenham 51
Everton41
Hull City47
Newcastle 40
Portsmouth43
Stoke City40

The only point won once behind was away at Chelsea, a result which is without doubt the highlight of the season so far.