But whenever Romero has been in the centre for us it’s been a horror show. See wolves at home for exhibit A.
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But whenever Romero has been in the centre for us it’s been a horror show. See wolves at home for exhibit A.
Good post.
I have criticised levy for a lack of strategic vision on the football side. It’s a fair criticism and I haven’t defended him on that.
My criticism is rooted in the oversimplification by many fans - the sense that salvation is found through spending. That’s to miss the point. It’s a clear long-term vision that we need and another big criticism I would have of levy since performances have dropped (2018) has been that he is too short term in his thinking… too impatient for success… at the expense of a longer term vision for how we might achieve success. Mourinho and Conte are not it.
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Who played either side of him?
Ever since
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had the stupid idea of letting people change account names I don’t know who anyone is anymore!! :contefacepalm2:
This is something about which I've had some disagreement with the hardliners. The diff between you and me is that I am sympathetic to their complaints and if things had to be 1 way or another I'd prefer what they want than defending Levy.
Spending is a marker for ambition...it may not guarantee success but it sure as fuck is more directly proportional to winning than not spending is. You seem to be arguing a matter of degrees with folks on the proverbial other side but going in two-footed. They have a very good point...and the argument that is utilized against it, "spending doesn't guarantee succes", voiced by DL is a disingenuous counter.
My issue is the incompetence in doing it the way he is doing it. If DL was actually competent, and after 20 years of doing something anyone of decent intelligence (and especially someone that likes to think themselves the smartest in the room) should be competent, we wouldn't have had the fuckups that we've had. They were foreseeable...jsut like the xfers of specialist players for Conte might complicate tactical fits with more modern coaches.
I would have to have a better idea of what you think he thinks that means. But i can assure you, none of his moves since that time you mentioned (2018) looked like 'success in the making' for on-field matters at the time they were made. Most just looked like half-baked appeasement matters.
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I'm also starting to think the fake French fellow may be Spursdem/Schmoods/Andy Sinton etc.... He's been letting his mask slip lately.
I'm keeping a close eye on things
Yeah, that's been frustrating to some degree but Totti's 'name change' wasn't volitional...he was binned I believe. Presumably, he's running clandestine ops to sniff out Arc's new guise. At least that's what I'm telling myself as to the reasonEver since
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has let him run riot round these parts spamming every thread possible.
Great job, John. Well done. The forum commends youWell done I'm also starting to think the fake French fellow may be Spursdem/Schmoods/Andy Sinton etc.... He's been letting his mask slip lately.
I'm keeping a close eye on things
I wasn't around when he was here, but his post count is ridiculous.
Did he just stop posting one day? That's a bit odd for someone that active, I always thought being inactive on a forum when you post that much would be a slow gradual process.
Mourinho and Conte don’t stick around long. They are hired, spend massively, and win over a couple of seasons. Levy was wrong to think that is where we were.
Spending does matter hugely. That is why having money is such a big deal. But you have to match your resources to your strategy. That’s the crux of it. Man City, United, Chelsea and Newcastle can drop 50m on a player, have them flop… and then go out and spend another 50m player or three. We can’t do that and that’s the reality. We buy a 50m flop or two and we have lo celso and Ndombele cluttering up the team for years and a period of falling performance. If those two signings had provided value commensurate with their sticker price then we’d have done better the last few years. But ultimately we shouldn’t be pursuing that strategy because that’s not our competitive advantage.
I think the complicating evidence is that until Mourinho performances had been excellent under levy. Results had improved consistently and we had the second best period of league results in our history and more European football than ever. So to me, the claim that Levy has been incompetent does not fit with the quality of results. I don’t like the haphazard style but it’s worked until the past few years.