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#3 Tricky fixtures
Let’s assume that Mauricio Pochettino will address the previous two issues or at least he still has time to do something about it. But he can’t do anything about the this.
As mentioned earlier, Spurs will have the most tired legs in their squad and their opening fixtures don’t do any kindness to them.
In their first five fixtures spanning over a month, they play Newcastle, Fulham, Manchester United, Watford and Liverpool. That’s two games against Premier League’s ‘top 6’ and a game against a promoted side.
In the previous two seasons, they had relatively kind opening fixtures. That led them to reasonable starts. In the 2016-17 season they won three of their first five fixtures and drawn two, and last season they won two and drawn two of their first five fixtures losing just one.
Pochettino was the reason that Premier League’s ‘top 5’ became ‘top 6’. He has managed to tick all the boxes with Spurs. All he’s missing is a trophy now. If he manages to drive Spurs through this few tough opening weeks, then the North London club could take a long shot towards the glory.
