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Tottenham have the chance to put things right next Saturday when Watford make the trip to north London.

It has not been a good start to the season in both the Premier League and Champions League and Mauricio Pochettino's team need to get back on track sooner rather than later.

The vast majority of the team are far from their best at present and a number of them really need to step it up in order to see Spurs climb up the table.

But which players need to show improvements or have a point to prove once club football returns to our screens?

football.london takes a look.

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Tanguy Ndombele

Spurs' record signing has not enjoyed the best of starts to his Tottenham career.

Netting a crucial goal on his debut against Aston Villa that saw them start of the season with a win, Ndombele has been unable to showcase his best form for the Lilywhites since then.

Missing the Newcastle United and Arsenal games due to a thigh injury, the 22-year-old is not up to speed with life in the Premier League and he does appear to look absolutely way off it fitness-wise in games.

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He's still getting used to Pochettino's demands on the training pitch and it may be a while before we see him replicating his brilliant performances from his time at Lyon over the past two years.

His first-half performance against Bayern Munich does prove that Spurs really do have got a good player on their hands, but he needs to do so much more to show why he was signed for £70million.

Dele Alli

Alli's form has dipped massively over the past 12 months and he does now have a fight on his hands to get back in both the Spurs and England team.

Missing the opening few weeks of the season after sustaining yet another hamstring injury, the 23-year-old has only featured in four games for Tottenham so far and hasn't really done a lot in either of them.

He was named on the bench at Brighton last weekend but Pochettino decided to use other options available to him as the team looked for a way back into the game.

He has spent the past week at Hotspur Way due to his omission from the England squad and he will be hoping that he has caught his manager's eye before Saturday's game against Watford.

Looks a shadow of himself at present and really needs to up his game once league action gets going again.

Lucas Moura

Lucas' place on the substitute bench in recent weeks has really not gone down well with a large number of supporters.

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The Brazilian was outstanding for the team last season and he did score a number of important goals for the team, most notably his hat-trick against Ajax to send the Lilywhites to the Champions League final.

This campaign he has unfortunately had to settle for a place on the bench so far with Son Heung-min preferred alongside Harry Kane upfront.

The midfield diamond formation has really not helped the ex-Paris Saint-Germain ace and that has meant he has been watching on from the sidelines more often than not.

He was bright off the bench against Brighton last time out and he's another one that will be hoping to start against Watford.

He needs to prove that he does belong in the team and not on the bench when the chance arises.

Danny Rose

Roy Keane ripped into the left-back on Friday evening after his performance in England's 2-1 defeat against Czech Republic.

Plenty of fans have called for Leicester City's Ben Chilwell to start for the Three Lions and they may get their wish after Rose's showing.

"Rose gave a performance tonight, my goodness, someone has got to get a hold of that guy. He was shocking, abysmal," said Keane on ITV after the game.

"Some players don’t learn from their mistakes, that’s a big problem and at the highest level you will suffer for it."

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Rose's form at Spurs this season has been far from his best and he has probably been helped by the fact that Ben Davies has failed to take his chance when presented with it.

However, the 29-year-old really is going to have to improve sooner rather than later with Ryan Sessegnon nearing his return to fitness.

Given that the player's future in north London appears to be quite bleak anyway, there will be no place for him in the team down the line if his current form continues.

Christian Eriksen

The Dane has looked a passenger in recent weeks with Spurs really struggling in the Premier League and Champions League.

Excellent on the opening day as he inspired the comeback against Aston Villa after initially trailing 1-0, Eriksen has been way off it over the past month or so.

The 27-year-old does appear to be on his way at the end of the season given his contract runs out and a number of fans have called for Spurs to start planning for life without him.

That may indeed happen because Eriksen will find himself on the bench more often than not if his form doesn't improve and quickly.

Already having Erik Lamela and Alli to contend with for a starting spot, Giovani Lo Celso should be back soon from the hip injury he sustained on international duty back in September.

Serge Aurier

Now this one all depends if the Ivorian gets his chance in the team again after his recent performances.

Very good in the games against Crystal Palace and Leicester, Aurier was dismissed midway through the first half in the hard-fought win over Southampton and was then all over the place against Bayern Munich.

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He is now free to return against Watford as his suspension is now over and Pochettino has a decision to make.

The manager could once again go with Moussa Sissoko at right-back when the Hornets visit N17, while Juan Foyth, who is now back to full fitness, and Kyle Walker-Peters remain other options.

Aurier has always been extremely erratic during his time at Spurs and he needs to be a lot more consistent if he wants to become the manager's first-choice right-back.

Eric Dier

The versatile player has not had a good year with injury and illness limiting his time on the pitch in 2019.

Dier has only appeared in three games for the Lilywhites so far this term, with his only start coming in the 3-0 defeat at Brighton last weekend.

Fans had called for the return of the player to provide a defensive shield in front of the backline but he didn't pull up any trees during his 90 minutes on the pitch.

The problem for the 25-year-old is that he has plenty of players ahead of him in the queue to start in either defence or in midfield.

He needs to seize his chance when it comes and prove to his manager that he should be in the team as they bid to get Spurs marching up the league table.