This is just a myth poor players hide behind. If you look at the squad and players who seemed genuinely burned out with Pochettino: one is now playing in Qatar, one is title winner in Madrid. One is now playing his favoured position very poorly. Its not about stopping playing for a manager imho that happens as often as hens teeth the clearest example i can recall is Chelsea under Jose.
We are just looking at the attrition of a squad from top two to four to six to where we are now top eight. We will never know if Espirito-Santo has the capacity to maximise a top eight quality side to a top six or a four because the only system he can play he has clearly been forbade to.
The degradation of two barren windows, the burning g out of a top coach to be replaced by two negative bad coaches. Sale and ageing of EPL talented fullbacks for championship replacements. The chronic injury and demotivating of a generational Centerforward. The over exposure of kids before they are ready to fill gaps. The HUGE loss of John Mcdermott. The Over promotion of Ryan Mason. The lack of a footballing identity that culmination of which is Mourinho and Santo. The lack of a clear remitt for Paratici and the continued existence of Hichen. The change in transfer strategies. The penny wise pound foolish approach to negotiation. The discarding of external football wise men.
Yes folks the list of what's wrong/has gone wrong is long. And all these cluster fucks brought to you by one man and one man alone......