Not only that, but everyone was having a party when Tripps departed, and look what we ended up with.
I'm not defending Serge but everyone just always assumes that we can't do worse than what we've got.
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A lot of chat saying we shouldn't as fans, be wanting glamour signings or star names.
Well sorry, but as a fan, especially a fan of a big club, I get excited by the thought of big names joining my team.. It gets me hard.
Isn't that part of what being a football fan is all about? Excitement?
Why should we just be happy watching our rivals cherry pick all the best players?
Why should we be expected to be grateful being in the market for cheap mediocrity while we post higher annual profits than everyone else?
One thing Spurs have been famous for down the years is signing big names players.
We may not have always been prolific trophy winners. But at least we used to make a bloody effort in the transfer market and gave our fans excitement.
Not only that, but everyone was having a party when Tripps departed, and look what we ended up with.
I'm not defending Serge but everyone just always assumes that we can't do worse than what we've got.
Get used to it. Could be a very long time before we get top 4 again or win a cup like Woolwich manage to do every few seasons. Unless enic/levy change their ways or we get sold.
Not only that, but everyone was having a party when Tripps departed, and look what we ended up with.
I'm not defending Serge but everyone just always assumes that we can't do worse than what we've got.
We are never getting sold. ENIC have a goldmine in this club, they're not letting go of that anytime.
So was Wyanama, so was Alderwield, so was Eriksen but it is not the sole factor is it? Otherwise we would only buy players with 1 year on their contract. Hojeberg has been one of the leagues between DM, ( as I said he is more of Carrick style inceptor) is in his prime and doesn’t cost much. He is better than what we have in that postion. It’s is a no brainer on paper but he comes from Southampton and doesn’t cost much which is really the issue here.
I suspect if I looked back in the transfer thread in 2015 you would have been saying the same about the likes of Ali, Tripper, Alderwield and Son. We missed out in that big money Berhahio signing and yet went from 5th to 3rd and where challenging for the league for most of the season.
Our big money top 4 signings - Soldado, Paulinho, Lamela, Ndombele, Sanchez and Lo Celso have been poor to terrible.
But according to some that is the solution to our problems when in fact the model that has got us into the top 4 is the complete opposite.
it's our shit scouting which let us down. what do they get paid for sitting on their backside doing f all. when Leicester and wolves recruit better you know there's something wrong. and tight ass levy holding back our potential as a giant. it's like getting the hot chick (stadium) but you realize your dick is too small to do anything( players matching the stadium)I never wanted Tripps sold, fucking ridiculous to sell him. Yes he is not the best defensively but he wasn't as bad as most made out and of course he offered a lot in attacking areas with his deliveries from out wide
So you agree that our ambition should only be 6th?
The fuck up is that our club became the first club ever to go two windows without signing anyone in the midst of having our strongest teams in the PL era. If you think having some sort of BS infrastructure justifies that then you are a much more forgiving fan than I.
If all Levy wants us to be is 6th then he should come out and say it and stop with the World Class stadium/facilities and world class club BS.
Woolwich won with a worse team and without investing this year??make or break for levy imo. another trophy won by a shit Woolwich side. time to invest son or we will never win anything.
Two right backs needed, Levy in charge, it's not happening. Prepare yourselves for a season of Sissoko playing right back.
Not only that, but everyone was having a party when Tripps departed, and look what we ended up with.
I'm not defending Serge but everyone just always assumes that we can't do worse than what we've got.
He seemed to suggest he left because of Poch’s Svengali response to his question about his future: fair play.I never wanted Tripps sold, fucking ridiculous to sell him. Yes he is not the best defensively but he wasn't as bad as most made out and of course he offered a lot in attacking areas with his deliveries from out wide
Nope kwp will be back once we botch the hoibierg transfer
Jesus wept - ambition is solely determined by market spend.
We built a team based on youth and value, that’s our model, that’s Liverpool model. But In your world that’s no ambitious - they had massive success via that. We should have with the players we had but no success can only be achieved by market spend.
Yes not signing anyone over two windows is a catastrophe. Look at that the damage it did to Liverpool who did that ( unless you count Adrian and some Dutch kid as ambitious CL level singings).
We regressed last season because our high profile big mone, ambitious signings stunk the place out. So what is the solution more big money, ambitious, high profile signings.
And if we don’t make those that’s the club accepting it doesn’t have any ambition. This despite signings like Hoejberg have played a massive part in us becoming g a CL club.
Fucking transfer junkies.
And the world class ticket prices.If all Levy wants us to be is 6th then he should come out and say it and stop with the World Class stadium/facilities and world class club BS.