How much has the team improved in his tenure?
2017/18 - 75 points needed for top four (for comparison in the decreased requirements).
2018/19 - 65 goals scored - 54 conceded - 66 points (6th) - 71 points needed for top four
2019/20 - 66 goals scored - 26 conceded - 66 points (3rd) - 66 points needed for top four
2020/21 (Extrapolated) - 79 goals scored - 49 conceded - 72 points (2nd) - 72 points needed for second (63 for top four)
Are we too reliant on opposition teams to collapse for us to move up the table rather than do the work ourselves?
2018/19 - Tottenham (71), Chelsea (72), and Arsenal (70) finished with more points than us. Leicester (52)
2019/20 - Tottenham (59), Chelsea (66), and Arsenal (56) drop a lot of points between them. Leicester does improve (64), but one opponent does not make up for three clubs dropping so much.
2020/21 (Extrapolated) - Liverpool (63) - enormous drop by 35 points, Chelsea (62), Leicester (72), Tottenham (59), Arsenal (53) - Again, Leicester improvement, but Chelsea and Arsenal fall away further. Tottenham stays the same. Liverpool collapse, making second place available.
Overall, I can't help but feel like he has really benefited from the collapse of the opposition at prime moments rather than definitive improvement. I'm not entirely sure he has improved us anywhere near as much as the position suggests. In the end, you could argue he has been lucky with his timing. And potentially, it is making his time here look better than it really is.
The team that seems to be really gaining traction is Leicester if the season pans out like this. In the same time frame of two seasons, we would improve by 6 points compared to their 20.