"Two and a half years on since Mauricio Pochettino was brought to Tottenham, the Argentine returns to St Mary’s on Wednesday with his Spurs side. Tottenham are just three places ahead of Saints, but they are nine points clear and are preparing for this season’s assault on the Champions League places. The story of the two teams since Pochettino left has been the story of one side who can keep the people it wants at the club and one side who cannot."