Vital Van de Ven, Bissouma struggle - Tottenham players and Ange Postecoglou ratings so far

Tottenham Hotspur have just 10 matches left of the Premier League season and with an international break it seems like the perfect time to pause and rate the players and Ange Postecoglou for what they have done so far.

Spurs have battled through an injury and suspension list, not to mention international absences, that was often in double figures during this season and Postecoglou's team are currently fifth, three points behind Aston Villa in fourth with a game in hand. Tottenham entered the international break after a mixed seven days, with a resounding victory in a high pressure game at Aston Villa followed up by a dismal display at Fulham.

Now, it's time to pause in this break, look back over the entire season and rate all of the players who have got first team minutes so far during the campaign. As always, our ratings are based on the expectation for each player — ours and theirs — rather than to be used as a tool to compare them against each other. For those who have played less than 90 minutes, we've simply reviewed them rather than rated them. We have also rated Postecoglou's first eight months in charge at the end of it all.

Let's start with the men with gloves between the sticks.

A remarkable first season so far at the club when you take everything into account. He's played every minute of every single Premier League match this season, and as the successor to Hugo Lloris after 11 years of the same goalkeeper at Spurs, Vicario has made a wonderful start all in all. He's been assured with both his hands and feet, making spectacular saves which have seen him nominated in six of the seven months so far for the Premier League Save of the Month award. There was a little period in the new year when teams began targeting