Run from it, hide from it, destiny arrives all the same - Tottenham somehow embarrassing themselves even more during a barren run. A Carabao Cup defeat away at Colchester will have done little to improve spirits at a testing time for the club.
Mauricio Pochettino has unquestionably done a wonderful job at Spurs, far better than probably any other manager could have if they were in his shoes, and has effectively altered the definition of 'Spursy' slightly - now Tottenham's pitfalls are deeper because they're so much better than when the term was first coined.
It's not all doom and gloom for Spurs, for they've bounced back from demoralising, soul-crushing, heart-sinking defeats before, even in the Pochettino era.