Few teams have enjoyed an exclusively positive Premier League season in 2015-16, with even the happiest of clubs - perhaps barring Leicester City - experiencing lows at some point during the campaign.
Slaven Bilic has enjoyed a successful year at West Ham and Ronald Koeman has continued to lead Southampton with a steady hand, but the likes of Arsene Wenger, Louis van Gaal and Manuel Pellegrini have all come under pressure.
As the season nears its conclusion, however, three clubs and their coaches emerge with an almost entirely positive reflection on their achievements over the past 10 months.
Most obviously is Leicester who, under Claudio Ranieri, have launched the most remarkable title tilt in Premier League history.
Ranieri's genius has not been in what he has done but what he hasn’t, with the trust he has placed in his players to take responsibility for their own performances liberating them.
The Italian's wonderful personality have won him admirers all over the world but, most importantly, it has also kept the mood around the King Power Stadium light when the pressure of their league position might otherwise have set in.
Leicester's closest challengers have been Tottenham, whose manager Mauricio Pochettino might have done more lasting work than any other coach in the division.
Pochettino inherited a group of rough diamonds and expensive misfits at White Hart Lane and has transformed them into the most dynamic team in the country.
No team has scored more or conceded fewer goals than Spurs and if they can keep Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele, Dele Alli and Harry Kane together this will not be their last shot at the title.
Finally, there is Bournemouth and Eddie Howe, whose astonishing rise up the English football pyramid continues.
When Howe took over on the south coast seven and a half years ago the Cherries had suffered a points deduction and were in the League Two relegation zone.
Now they sit in mid-table safety in the Premier League. The likes of Swansea City and Hull City have similarly rushed up the leagues in recent years but Howe has overseen every single promotion.
Who is your pick?
..... - Goal