The exodus of players leaving the club in the last few weeks has had fans biting their nails to such an extent they have no fingers left with which to grasp their season tickets.
No matter - with all the stories of midfielders moving to Sunderland, strikers to Manchester United and Liverpool, and goalkeepers to Blackburn, there will be no one left to go and watch either.
Amid all this doom and gloom, however, there must be room to crowbar in some perspective; a chink of light to suggest all is not as bad as it seems at White Hart Lane.
So let's see if we can unearth just that.
Juande Ramos, it is more than fair to expect, would have wanted to stamp his own authority on Tottenham Hotspur this summer. He would have been planning a clear-out of the ''dead wood'' and he could not do this when he arrived last October.
Granted, he had a window of opportunity to mould his squad in January and, thanks to his dealings, he won Spurs their first piece of silverware for nine years, when Ledley King lifted the Carling Cup at Wembley. That triumph gave fans the feeling he knew what he was doing.
But he would have wanted to gut the squad in the summer and bring in who he wanted and keep those players he rated.
He hardly used Teemu Tainio or Younes Kaboul last season, so it should hardly be a surprise that these two will not be trotting out in the famous lilywhite next season.
The writing was on the wall for Pascal Chimbonda long before the season ended. His show of petulance at Wembley hardly endeared him to Ramos and probably did not help to bring harmony to the dressing room. Another unsurprising exit.
Steed Malbranque, seemingly destined for the door marked 'exit', is a player who would give everything for the cause. But his ability has its limits and he too falls under the 'Ramos clear-out' section.
OK, that is four players for the exit and, as we have evaluated, no need to panic yet.
Now, moving on to goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Anyone who says they are surprised to see him go needs to take two aspirin and lie down. Then have a rethink.
He was dropped by Ramos last season and replaced by Radek Cerny, now of QPR. Robinson was always on borrowed time as far as the new manager was concerned.
Anthony Gardner. There is not really an argument to be made. Would we have been stronger with him on board? No. How many shirts do you see with Gardner on the back?
And what of Dimitar Berbatov? Gus Poyet was quoted at the tail end of last season saying that he was aware of interest in the Bulgarian and, although he wanted the striker to stay, they would not be making plans until his future was decided.
My guess is that Ramos was pretty close to accepting that Berbatov would leave. He sulks. He drifts in and out of games. He does not want to be at Spurs.
If he did stay, fine. But my opinion is that Ramos expected him to leave this summer.
So a quick recap. Tainio, Kaboul, Chimbonda, Malbranque, Robinson, Gardner and Berbatov. Seven players whom Ramos expected to be without. All going to plan so far? Good.
Robbie Keane. Ah, the one that got away. Please tell me if any of you saw this coming. His exit is a big blow to Tottenham fans - and for Ramos' plans.
However, with eight players gone or on their way, we have only one who Ramos did not expect to be without this season.
His plans, therefore, have been thrown out of kilter by only one player - one player.
If one player does not make a team, then where is the doom and gloom?
Look a bit further into this situation and it seems to me that Tottenham are just fine. Apart from Robbie Keane's departure, everything is going to plan. With an extra £20m in the kitty, however, Ramos has enough contacts and managerial skill to replace him.
No one at the club is panicking, and nor should they; Ramos has to replace just one player he did not expect to have to replace. He knows what he is doing.
We are one player down. We are certainly not out.