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One of the biggest talking points this season is Tottenham's chances of dropping down to the Championship after a dire campaign so far. Spurs beat already relegated Wolves over the weekend, but those 3 points were cancelled out as West Ham also triumphed over Everton.
Do Tottenham deserve relegation?
It was the first Premier League win since the end of December for the North London side, who remain in the relegation zone with just 4 games to go. As relegation looms over the club like a dark cloud, Barry believes that they deserve nothing less than the tragic position they currently find themselves in.
"Yeah, I think any team that are down there, results will speak for themselves. I mean, it's the dressing room. It's been a very up and down season for them. Watching them play, they're frustrating.
"The players are too good to go down, but if you're not playing as a team, then you don't deserve to win games. And that's where I see Spurs at the moment, that the players have definitely got more ability than some teams that are fighting ahead of them, but, yeah, I think they deserve it. He's got a real, real tough job now to try and find the points from somewhere, starting this weekend, the walls, it could be the ideal place to go."
Will the Premier League miss Tottenham?
Barry also believes that Tottenham will have no trouble bouncing back towards the English top flight, which he suspects will miss their presence in what will be a strange season without them.
"No, I think, listen, a team like Tottenham, if they were to get relegated, the odds are massively stacked in their favour to come straight back up. It will be a shame if the Spurs are one of the teams that have always been in the Premier League, but we want the big clubs competing in the Premier League. So it'll be a shame if they were to go down, but no, I don't think it will kill them.
"They're a huge football club. They will be able to keep some of their top players who are going to be more than capable of bringing them back from the championship. So, yeah, I can see why some of the Championship clubs will be looking forward to them going down with that new stadium."
Spurs stars could abandon ship
Reports have expressed fears that several players will jump the sinking ship if Tottenham drop down, leaving the club in dire straits and without a world-class squad that can forge a push back to the top. Barry, who experienced relegation once during his career with West Brom and stayed with the club, says it will be intriguing to see who sticks around.
"I think different players at different points in their careers will have different ambitions. There'll be so many players of stuff in their contracts that allow them to leave. And, you know, there's so much to talk about, you know, wage deductions, things like that. But, yeah, I think, I think the fans will always, they will always be looking at the players who want to play for their football club.
"So it will be interesting to see the players who want to go and want to help them get back to the Premier League. As a fan, you'll be casting a close eye, really, on the players that really do want to play for Tottenham Hotspur, if they go down."
A wake-up call for Tottenham?
Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi stepped in for Thomas Frank at the end of March and various reports state he will stick by the side even if they ultimately play Championship football next season. Barry believes the Italian is the man for the job as the club seeks to use such a devastating event as a learning experience.
"Yeah, I think there'll be huge lessons for Tottenham this year, the whole change of managers, certain periods of the season, have they made mistakes? Probably, and until the last game, we're not going to know if it was the right call.
"So yeah, there'll definitely be huge lessons for the Tottenham hierarchy, really, of the recruitment and, you know, the managers, and the timing of bringing the managers in and out of the decisions they've made. So, yeah, there'll be lessons there to be learned."
"Yeah, his (De Zerbi) reputation, you know, it speaks for itself. Really, he's gone, gone into Brighton and done well, gone abroad and done well. So I think his style of football is what Tottenham need and their fans like; unfortunately, this situation is probably not what he's used to. Getting a team to jail for sort of seven, eight games is difficult at any period, especially when you're fighting for relegation.
"So I think if he said that, I'm sure it's in his contract, he's going to stick to his words. So yeah, he'll be thinking, if they do go down, I'm here, I'm going to get them straight back up. But yeah, he'll certainly be hoping that they get enough points to stay up. And I'm sure he'll be backing himself to do that as well. The players are definitely capable of doing it if he gets things right."