Should be no surprise that spurs are doing well, they had a very good squad of players being ruined by Conte. They also added some real quality in the summer.
The main issue is they bought on Vieira and bought in some really exciting, young, attacking talent. For them to then give Hodgson this squad of players with his style of play is criminal.
That’s more viable than playing Ritchie. Not sure Howe trusts Ritchie to be starting games for us, he was kept on for his character more than anything else.
It’s more his lack of fitness, he barely plays and would take a while to get up to where Howe would need him. Of course if it was just a straight loan then it would be a no brainer.