Former England captain Steph Houghton and ex-Wales skipper Ashley Williams discuss how quickly Roberto de Zerbi's impact could be seen at Tottenham on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
"Results show Spurs are in a mess," said Houghton.
"They should have brought De Zerbi in back in February and given him the time. He's going to be asking the players to do things they are not used to. They probably don't know if they're coming and going after going from [Ange] Postecoglou, to [Thomas] Frank, to [Igor] Tudor and now to something completely new again.
"They have seven games to stay up and they are the team not in form."
Williams added: "He's the type of manager who is very meticulous, very detailed.
"He builds for the future but he's got so little time. I'm not sure how these next seven games will go."