But it’s the same ever summer mate, not just because of this virus. This virus is Levy’s wet dream because it’s now his massive excuse to not spend money and he can justify it.
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But it’s the same ever summer mate, not just because of this virus. This virus is Levy’s wet dream because it’s now his massive excuse to not spend money and he can justify it.
Its worth noting that they have been desperate to build a new stadium over the past 5 years or more - they just have not been able to. Assuming football continues as normal (fans and FFP) we should be in a better place than them.
It's also worth noting Chelsea owe Roman £1.1bn, it wasn't not spending on the stadium that has "earned" the success but a shit load of money pumped in by an owner desperate to wash his money / image.
The difference between Liverpool and Tottenham is they invested in the best when they needed to.
They needed a new keeper, they signed Alisson, probably in the top 3 best in the world currently.
They needed a centre half, they signed Van Dijk, who is the best centre half in the world currently.
They needed a proper defensive midfielder, they signed Fabinho who is a top defensive mid.
That pushed them on. Other than a loss at Man City (Kompany should have seen red, and Stones saved them by millimetres) then they would have won the league and UCL double last season.
We stood still. We finished 3rd, and had the opportunity to go and make a statement. Buy the quality needed for the final step, but we stood still. Poch protected Levy in the media. Granted we had a stadium to pay for, but we didnt make an effort to even try. We half assed our approach for Grealish, and ended up embarrassed.
ENIC and Levy are to blame for as many bad decisions as they are for good decisions at Tottenham. We wouldnt be where we are today without them, but at the same time we may have more silerware if they risked things once in a while.
They needed a new keeper, they signed Alisson, probably in the top 3 best in the world currently.
They needed a centre half, they signed Van Dijk, who is the best centre half in the world currently.
They needed a proper defensive midfielder, they signed Fabinho who is a top defensive mid.
That pushed them on. Other than a loss at Man City (Kompany should have seen red, and Stones saved them by millimetres) then they would have won the league and UCL double last season.
We stood still. We finished 3rd, and had the opportunity to go and make a statement. Buy the quality needed for the final step, but we stood still. Poch protected Levy in the media. Granted we had a stadium to pay for, but we didnt make an effort to even try. We half assed our approach for Grealish, and ended up embarrassed.
ENIC and Levy are to blame for as many bad decisions as they are for good decisions at Tottenham. We wouldnt be where we are today without them, but at the same time we may have more silerware if they risked things once in a while.
That has always been the main criticism of Levy, when we are in a position to push on we don’t then we stall and go back a bit.
Squad went stale and we didn’t fix it till it was way to late however on that occasion unlike previous ones under say Redknapp the new stadium was always going to suck not just money but man hours away from fixing the squad.
So there was an excuse I just wish ENIC had been more honest and stopped pretending it wouldn’t affect things, I mean fans even on this forum thought that Poch was just being tight with money and not wanting players.
We're not broke. We are just fucking stupid.
You seen much of Wesley Fofana? Been looking closely at him this week. Incredible defender, but lacks confidence on the ball.
Are we really broke tho? We still recorded record revenue last year. The loan as I understand is security combined with the money we already have in the bank.
We're going to have to be creative but I didn't read it as us risking going bankrupt.
We're going to have to be creative but I didn't read it as us risking going bankrupt.
You think it was Poch that “wasted money” on Nkoudou? Seriously?
I've glorified nothing.
My support of this club isn't based on entitlement.... I enjoy it. You clearly dont and show no signs of having ever done so.
Newsflash: Most clubs don't win stuff.
Watched a game where he was lined up with Saliba. 2 great athletes but they were showing their lack of routine.
I've been watching a fair bit of Youth League over the last couple of weeks. The one defender who stood out was Josko Gvardiol. Looks a real prospect
Thats 50 odd matches over 3 years and pressubly HK played every other match.
Look, ultimately my intent isn't to dismiss the benefit of a back up ST; i just don't see what Abraham would have to gain by coming here (even if were only being hypothetical).
Again, not seeking to glorify anything here....
Just debunking certain elements of the former complaint.
Of course; trophies > no trophies.
I used to enjoy watching Spurs. Now I get fed up of promising so much, yet achieving so little season after season. Newsflash, not every club has the resources, ticket prices, history etc as Spurs. The clubs that do win trophies. Spurs win fuck all.
Why not?
There is no downside to getting a useful player for free.
You're being pointlessly dismissive.
To be fair, with the loan, which club is going to turn down a loan at such a low interest rate during this time? It's a smart move by Levy to guarantee we are stable.
I don't believe we have 0 funds, but I think we will be restricted compared to other clubs. We have players to sell who we can use the funds from to reinvest.
Lamela, Rose, Foyth, Aurier and KWP are all players we can sell. Might not make a lot, but I reckon at least £50m can be made of them. The 2 main concerns for me are right back and defensive mid, and even with defensive mid I'd like to see Skipp given a proper run in that position.
Yet we are still out-gunned in terms of resources by a number of teams in our league.... More teams in fact than any other league subjects a team to that's expected to compete for honours.
This is the real damage done by Chelsea & City (and maybe soon Newcastle).... Yet you choose to laud their spending.
We don't have "reach for the sky" type owners which frustrates a lot of fan's, but having said that we probably won't do a Leeds because our chairman is very cautious perhaps overly.
I have given up expecting to win anything, nowadays I just go along for the ride as it t where, I don't get upset by more ambitious clubs because they are entitled to spend as there is no law to say they can't.
Chelsea buying one of the world's most coverted players and we're sniffing around the free market and half of our fanbase don't care. That's why we'll never win stuff. Wake up!
Which game was that? I think Fofana's a better defender than Saliba, but Saliba's got fabulous ball-playing ability. Really like him.
Waaahhhh...... Chelsea.
Even the richest, most successful teams take players on a free if it suits then. Stop crying.