Things do not get any easier for Tottenham Hotspur following their humbling defeat to Arsenal in the North London Derby on Sunday.
Spurs are back in Champions League action this Wednesday and face probably the toughest test of all - a trip to the Parc des Princes to face reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain.
The two teams have actually already met this season - in the curtain-raiser for the 2025/26 campaign, the UEFA Super Cup.
And Spurs almost came out on top, impressing against PSG before the Champions League winners scored two late goals to draw the match 2-2 and then win the game on penalties against the Europa League champions.
Now, however, PSG are well and truly in their stride, with three wins from their four Champions League games so far, the defeat coming last time out against Bayern Munich who top the league phase table at the halfway stage.
Tottenham are unbeaten in the league phase so far, with two wins and two draws, but this will be by far their toughest test yet. And given what happened at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Thomas Frank has some work to do to win back some of the supporters in N17.
There are plenty of murmurings of discontent, not just at the performance against the Gunners, but at the season overall so far.
Frank set Spurs up in a very defensive formation at the Emirates Stadium, with three centre-backs in Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Kevin Danso flanked by wing-backs Djed Spence and Destiny Udogie. With Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur ahead of them, it was almost a back seven in front of Guglielmo Vicario, with Mohammed Kudus, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison the forward trio.
Frank has improved Tottenham defensively, but the attack has left a lot to be desired. The likelihood is, that against the Champions League holders, another defensive performance is on the cards on Wednesday night.
But how could he change it up and overhaul the starting XI to be more attack-minded?
Back four
After the debacle across north London, reverting to a back four is the easiest thing to do to start to win back the supporters.
Danso is likely to be the player to miss out, but Frank can also make one other change here, by bringing Pedro Porro back into the starting lineup at the expense of Spence. If Porro can get forward his delivery into the box can be extremely dangerous and a real threat to PSG.
Van de Ven and Romero should remain as the central duo, with Udogie still at left-back.
Midfield dynamism
Frank's midfield selection choices have come in for plenty of criticism from Spurs fans on a number of occasions this season already.
Palhinha and Bentancur have often been chosen to partner one another in the middle of the park as a double pivot, which does restrict Spurs' attacking abilities somewhat.
To really rip up his style guide and offer up a more dynamic midfield, Frank has teenagers Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall waiting in the wings. Gray could slot into the No.6 role, with Bergvall taking on the No.8 position, although they are both versatile enough to play either position.
there was a real lack of fight and ambition from the Spurs players on Sunday, both Bergvall and Gray would show those two things in spades.
Joining them in the midfield three should be Xavi Simons, who had to wait until half-time to come on against Arsenal and looked positive from the off, which would mean a completely different midfield from that seen on Sunday.
Up top
Then we get to the forward three. Odobert and Kudus had little chance to shine on Sunday, but there are not massive changes that can be made here.
Mathys Tel is not registered for this stage of the Champions League, while Brennan Johnson's red card against Copenhagen rules him out of this tie.
Coming up against his old club, Randal Kolo Muani is surely going to start through the middle and it could be a good idea to move Richarlison out to the left, where he operates a bit more effectively rather than as the focal point of the attack.
Kudus keeps his place on the right, with no one else to come in.
The changes
That would mean five changes from the team that started at the Emirates Stadium, with Spence, Danso, Palhinha, Bentancur and Odobert all dropping out of the lineup.
It would certainly be a more attacking lineup, which may or may not be the best idea against PSG, but would at least show the supporters there is an ambition from Frank to attack, having already focused on the defensive side of things.