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What a successful season looks like for Tottenham

By Gary Pearson

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: Jose Mourinho, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur at Bramall Lane on January 17, 2021 in Sheffield, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Mike Egerton - Pool/Getty Images)
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: Jose Mourinho, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur at Bramall Lane on January 17, 2021 in Sheffield, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Mike Egerton - Pool/Getty Images) /
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Halfway through the 2020/21 Premier League campaign and Tottenham are still competing on four different fronts, so what would a successful season for Tottenham look like?

This season slightly resembles the 2015-16 campaign, when Leicester defied all odds to win the Premier League title. Leicester is quietly in position to repeat that remarkable feat, with the Foxes just two points behind league leaders Manchester United.

In 2015-16 Leicester won the title with just 81 points, the fewest point total of any Premier League winner since United won the 2010-11 title with 80. If United continues their current trajectory, they would win the current Premier League campaign with the same point total as their 2010-11 title winning season.

All of these stats are good news for Tottenham, who, with a game in hand, are seven points adrift of United at the top of the table. If we’re being realistic, it’s a tall order for Spurs to leapfrog four sides to be crowned Premier League champions come the end of the campaign.

However, the way in which this season is transpiring offers Spurs hope. Oddly, this season represents Tottenham’s best chance to win the Premier League since 2016-17, when we finished runners up to London foes Chelsea.

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Every top team is, compared to previous seasons, floundering, unable to find a consistent top level. Liverpool, United, Spurs and City have all endured rough patches. So, if Spurs are able to go on a lengthy winning run, anything is possible.

Securing a top four spot, however, is one compulsory element in an accomplished season. To be determined a truly successful campaign, a berth into next season’s Champions League would have to be combined with winning the Carabao Cup along with one more trophy, either the Europa League or FA Cup.

Merely winning the Carabao will not, on its own, constitute a successful campaign. While it would end a 13-year run without a trophy, the current Spurs side is too good to be satisfied with winning only the league cup. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling short the quality of Tottenham’s current squad.

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