The Evolution of Mauricio Pochettino
One of Europe’s most promising managers is hitting new heights as a tactician. And he’s bringing Tottenham with him. After the 2015-16 season, the narrative surrounding Tottenham Hotspur was that the club had taken major strides under Mauricio Pochettino, but they had also been lucky. Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United were all weaker that year and Arsenal was continuing their long-term decline. Probably, the club would slightly improve in 2016-17 but because of major improvements at other clubs they would still finish lower in the table.
That’s what we predicted would happen here at Cartilage Free Captain: Many of us thought the 2016-17 edition of Tottenham would both be marginally better than 15-16 and proba...