Rock-bottom Spurs

"You should always give 100 per cent when you play, and at the moment, we' re not doing it," said the centrehalf. "Will we go down if we keep playing like this? Without a shadow of a doubt. We need to go away places and nick wins, even though we're not playing well.

"This hasn't happened yet because we're not concentrating properly - every single one of us. We have to start doing it properly.

"I am not singling anyone out, because it is every one of us. It is unprofessional if you can't concentrate for 90 minutes. The most frightening thing is that we are losing every game. Sometimes you can dig in and get a result, but we didn't dig in last night, and we didn't have the fight in us to get a win or a draw."

Spurs are enduring their worst start to a domestic season as they sit bottom of the League without a win from eight games. The pain could get even worse for the fans as Spurs travel to bitter rivals Arsenal next Wednesday and follow it with a home clash against Liverpool three days later.

But League boss Scudamore thinks the club's nightmare is great news for his competition.

Speaking at The Global Sports Summit in Marylebone, he said: "The Premier League has some unbelievable stories like Hull City the world had not heard of them until this season. And then you have got Tottenham Hotspur, who the world had heard of, at the bottom of the league.

"You also have the stories about Newcastle and Manchester City and I have not even mentioned the four teams who are usually at the top. That is keeping the interest levels going and what we have to keep going on the pitch."

Meanwhile, Sir Alex Ferguson is urging Spurs to stick with Ramos.

The Manchester United manager said: "I think you find when a manager has been at a club for a period of time, they put a mark on the club. You can't do that if the time's taken away from you.

"If the directors show a knee-jerk reaction to results then you're never going to get the continuity and management style a club need."