Mauricio Pochettino’s task is to ensure tipsy Tottenham avoid a hangover | Barney Ronay

It is a sobering thought that Spurs’ excellent season has elevated them to a world were you can look great, win friends, play well and still not cross the line firstKingsley Amis once wrote the act of getting drunk was much better than actually being drunk. Those first few glasses, the process of moving from sober to drunk is 90% of the fun. Being drunk, on the other hand, is a slog, a losing game, each extra sip a case of chasing with ever-decreasing returns that initial spitz of happines