Grimsby Town’s Jean-Paul Kalala Kamudimba scored the only goal in front of a full house at Blundell Park back in September.
On the eve of the FA Third round, Spurs boss Martin Jol said: "We had key players who were not there and we looked average."
"I still feel we struggled because we didn't have the (right) ingredients. In hindsight I should have played Aaron Lennon because when he came on he did well and got to the line a couple of times."
"It wasn't about motivation or mentality, just that we weren't good enough on the night.