In phrases of their outcomes, it was undoubtedly an annus horribilis. At the time of writing, they rank within the backside three of golf equipment to have been within the Premier League for the whole thing of 2023 on a points-per-game foundation; their coach, Mauricio Pochettino, is underneath stress, regardless of final evening’s Carabao Cup penalty shootout heroics which took them one step nearer to Wembley; and January guarantees additional turnover: dearer new signings and, maybe, extra academy gamers on the scrapheap.