Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is set to make some major changes to his starting eleven, when his side face Chelsea on New Year's Day. His club's recent form has been quite impressive, as they are unbeaten in their last 5 games in all competitions.
This suggests improvement on paper, but in games they haven't been as stellar, only scraping two lucky wins against Burnley and Leicester. Spurs currently sit seventh in the Barclays Premier League, which is definitely low for their standards, winning only nine games throughout their campaign so far.
There could be various reasons for him to make drastic changes to the squad, one of them being that Spurs have now played 3 games in 7 days. This was evident, in the game against Manchester United where the the players could physically do no more.
In truth, there are players that will definitely keep their place in the starting eleven, regardless of the performances of others around them. One of those is France goalkeeper and Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris, who has been in fantastic form recently; along with top scorer Harry Kane and Danish play-maker Christian Eriksen, who have all been Spurs' brightest sparks this year.
Another possible motive that Pochettino could be set to make wholesale changes, is that he may think his side have severely under performed over the last few games. The former Southampton boss could think that a major revamp could breathe new life into a tired squad and spark a performance against bitter rivals Chelsea.
The last reason could be that Tottenham's aim at the start of the season would be to, at least, reach the top four and midway through the season Spurs are nowhere near that target .The Argentine may have felt that he needed to give his squad half a season to gel and settle in.
However, it looks like it is not happening and there could be changes to his approach. Perhaps this will happen in the form of making some changes to his starting eleven in order to kick-start their season and ensure they make the coveted Champions League places.
