So now we know. Mauricio Pochettino can’t be cloned. Or, to be more exact, his impact is not automatically replicated with a similar scenario.
Pepe Mel’s brief and undistinguished West Bromwich Albion career can be interpreted as a failed attempt to produce a Pochettino of the midlands, a Spanish-speaking evangelist for the pressing game who could revolutionise a mid-table team's style of play.
It will be a miracle if he can last the year- nothing against him its just the Tottenham higher ups have virtually no patience...