Xavi Simons’ misfortunes at Tottenham Hotspur continued on Wednesday away at Newcastle, but actually, some supporters are feeling rather positive about his display.

The North London club crashed out of the Carabao Cup at the hands of Newcastle United, who cruised to a 2-0 win at St James’ Park.

Spurs not scoring means that Simons now has just one goal involvement in his first 11 matches, which is always going to see him draw criticism.

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Simons’ displays have been questioned, but whilst the forward is not hitting the heights in the way of goals and assists, there have been some interesting glimpses of his talent.

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Tottenham Hotspur fans are feeling buoyed after watching Xavi Simons’ performance against Newcastle United, playing in a new role as a double ten.

Thomas Frank set his Spurs team up with two number tens playing centrally against the Tyneside club, with Lucas Bergvall the other and Djed Spence getting forward.

The Dutch international struggled to produce any actual output in the way of goals and assists, but you could also see that the players he was feeding were quite poor...