It would be foolish to suggest that anyone in the Tottenham Hotspur squad is undroppable at the moment, given their current plight in the Premier League, but interim head coach Igor Tudor might just have found two players who come close to it.
Spurs remain winless in 2026 following defeat to Fulham on Sunday afternoon. It is now ten games in the current calendar year and Tottenham have drawn four and lost six of those matches.
Crucially for the Lilywhites, all the teams around them at the bottom of the table lost over the weekend, meaning they remain four points clear of the relegation zone with ten games to play.
Is Igor Tudor Capable Of Turning Tottenham's Fortunes Around?
The question is, however, where is the next win going to come from?
Tottenham play host to Crystal Palace on Thursday night in the last game of the midweek action, so all of the other relegation-threatened teams have the chance to pile the pressure on Tudor's team.
The Spurs players look bereft of confidence and bereft of any ideas, with Tudor's arrival doing little to change the feeling around the club. It also does not look like the Croatian has made any impact whatsoever in his short time in charge.
The big problem Tottenham have is that the players will not be used to nor have been expecting a relegation battle and getting them up for the fight - different to any other - is going to be difficult.
Mathys Tel Deserves More Game Time
But Sunday's defeat to Fulham did highlight there are a few players up for that particular fight.
Mathys Tel has been a frustrated character for much of the season, struggling to nail down a regular place in the starting XI under Thomas Frank and not being involved from the start in Tudor's first two matches either.
The Frenchman does, however, have a knack of delivering when called upon. He often seems to show more urgency and more desire to get forward than teammates and gets at his man on the wing - something which has and will always get supporters off their seats and in full voice. It was his dart forward that set the team in motion for the goal they scored on Sunday.
Then you need only look at the man who scored it.
Richarlison Has Shown He Has The Stomach For The Fight
Richarlison is always up for a fight - physical or metaphorical. He may not be the prolific goalscorer the team wanted or needed, but he always works hard and never backs down from a battle - just look at him trying to wrestle the ball off Calvin Bassey in the aftermath of scoring to try and get the game going again.
Tottenham need committed battlers who will give their all for the shirt and get the team on the front foot. Richarlison and Tel showed in 32 minutes they should be the ones Tudor calls upon in the final few weeks of the season. Randal Kolo Muani and the unfortunate Conor Gallagher, who appears to have been asked to play a very unfamiliar advanced wider role under Tudor, should be the ones to drop out.