The onus at Tottenham has always been on glory, doing things in a certain way even if that way doesn’t always bring success. It therefore unsurprising that a few dissenters are already struggling to adjust to a new meaner and all together less inspiring Spurs under AVB.

Nine goals from ten Premier League games and it would appear remarkable that Spurs are sitting pretty in one of the coveted Champions League places. The meanest defensive record across all competitions is perhaps one answer, however with an abundance of attacking riches at their disposal I think Spurs can do better still.

It has been a curious start, Spurs have invested heavily in attack minded players; Chadli, Lamela and Soldado to name but a few, yet still an inability to create anything meaningful. Clearly with the players at his disposal AVB must be a little concerned, a tactical re-think may be in order if he is to galvanise this attacking unit.

AVB has employed thus far, various combinations of attacking players but one theme has remained constant. Spurs have decided to experiment with so called ‘inverted wingers’, named so because the wide man plays off his predominantly weaker side with a tendency to cut in. This is new for Spurs, even with Lennon and Bale out wide, Lennon still occupied the right in the main with Bale left to infamously float where he wanted.

This isn’t a revolutionary brainwave from AVB though, the idea of an ‘inverted winger’ has long been fashionable on the continent. Arjen Robben is perhaps the most famous exponent of this tactic, playing wide right for Bayern he so often cuts in to expose opponents to his absolute wand of a left foot. Even the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were known to play in off their apparently weaker side; so no the experiment at Tottenham wasn’t destined for disaster.

This tactic can and does work for many clubs, but for Spurs at the moment it is simply stifling their ability to create.

It was one of the most evident problems for Spurs on Sunday, the likes of Lennon and Townsend cutting in and running at almost a 90-degree angle to the goal. Spurs in the main failed to unleash any meaningful strikes off either wing, with both players often harried by the likes of Barry and McCarthy into deeper positions.

But this isn’t just a question of a tactic not working, what it is doing is making Spurs even worse. On Sunday it was the turn of Holtby in the number 10 role, and in my opinion the German has a great game, however he was continually crowded and squeezed not by the opposition but by Spurs’ wingers coming in off their flanks.

It is easy for a team to defend narrow, Everton at most had to cover half the pitch because little or nothing came from wide. The little that did come from wide was actually promising, Vertonghen breaking free from Coleman and actually showing some menace, so why not Lennon and Townsend?

In recent times Spurs have always looked best attacking with pace out wide, beating the full back and delivering defence splitting crosses. The new Spurs are predictable and easily found out, the system just isn’t working.

Another frustration of late is the continual laying of blame at the door of Roberto Soldado, unimpressive on Sunday but not the problem more the solution.

Soldado is a world class striker, this isn’t really the debate because years playing top flight football in Spain are suggestive that this more a fact. The pattern with Soldado is that he primarily scores in the box, all his La Liga goals last season were from within the penalty area. So when on Sunday he is continually forced to come deep to receive the ball you know something is wrong. At best he is getting maybe one half-chance per game in the area, ridiculous for a player that the club invested so heavily in.

He may not be the best at holding up the high ball, but he is aerial ability when in front of goal is unquestionable. Spurs need to start delivering the ball from out-wide because when you have one of the worlds greatest poachers at your disposal, playing the majority of the time on the edge of the oppositions are just isn’t smart.

I’m all for experimentation and change, but at Spurs it is time to revert to the blueprint out wide that worked so well in the past. Start feeding the £26m frontman and who knows what the potential could be for Spurs.

Time to scrap the inverted wingers?