Looking at that chart underlines what a fucking insane business football is , how the fuck can a team That has won nothing for 15 fucking years have the 9th highest turnover on the planet !
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The fact is our revenue is just a little less than Chelsea, and significantly more than Woolwich.
Another fact is, despite this, both clubs invest significantly more in their football teams than us.
Fact number 3. Perhaps the most damning of all. They regularly win major trophies while we win fuck all.
And finally, probably the most ironic fact of all, every Woolwich and Chelsea fan I know wants Daniel Levy to stay..
I like dealing in facts.
We have a huge history and a huge, loyal fanbase, in the most lucrative, money spinning league on the planet.
Not a bad starting point
...and the cycle continues
Chelsea have been financed through loans from
Abramovic (to get round direct investment rules) and over half a billion in direct investment from Boehly. To pretend we’re in the same financial league in them is such tryhard nonsense you’d be embarrassed to say that to anyone in real life.
So we agree there are four teams in a different financial league to us.
Woolwich earn less than us and spend more than us on transfers in the past 5 years. On that you’re correct.
I don’t really care what half a dozen opposition fans think about levy. Is that meant to be convincing?
Yep.
Why on earth would any genuinely ambitious young manager come to us? We’re a banter club. Watford with money.
We’ve become the retirement gig for fading elite managers. Levy will always stump up for a ‘name’ as it’s the cheapest way he can pretend he has any ambition beyond CL qualification. That’s why we’ll end up with Luis Enrique, who enjoyed success with arguably the finest front three ever assembled in club football but will now have Tanguy waddling around and Emerson (bless his heart) trying no-look passes.
It’s cringey. We’re the footballing version of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Sorry buck stops with Levy
Dont bang on about Tottenhams DNA and then hire defensive coaches (Mourinho Nuno Conti).
The reason Mourinho and Conti won things at Chelsea was because they need excessive amounts spent to make there system's work.
Mr Levy never spends excessive amounts therefore the last 4 years were a waste of time and another attempt to fool the fans. Levy will do exactly the same to get season tickets sold this time around, trouble is fans eyes have now been opened.
And we'll still have the same 3-4 posters getting out the financial measuring stick & telling us relentlessly every single fucking week that we're punching above our weight (in the meantime another club with less or the same will win something) and another 5 graphs showing we've got better since the 80's will be posted every weekend.
And then after Enrique it'll be: You can't blame Levy, he doesn't get on the pitch. He hired a top manager and backed him, what more do you want? Fresh start now, let's unite the fanbase and give ENIC one more summer to get it right with the new stadium money.
*rinse & repeat a year later*
This would be valid over a short term; say five years.
After twenty five years, it’s simply not true. How can you excuse the chairman for not having a clear sporting vision when that’s his sole task?
He’s a property developer, and a very good one at that. During the build, the man was practically buffing the fucking pissoirs in every set of toilets, agonising over light fittings and the density of individual carpet microfibres in the executive suites.
Imagine if he had that much tenacity when it came to our football operations?
He finds fault in the slightest structural imperfection but hasn’t seemed to catch on that Eric Dier is a fucking joker.
But sure, next season will be different.
I think the recent boost in revenue comes from Asia because of Sonny. If he leaves and we don't have any other Asian players in the squad that revenue will do down significantly.
Question is where is ALL that money going?
Levy's pockets we assume....
Yeah agree, we will eventually end up with potter, probably if Nagelsman goes to Chelsea.
I think he is a clever man, and if so, he should not be choosing to come here at this circus of a club, led by the worst ring master there is.
Woolwich looking likely to add another league title to their list this year, we are looking to hang on for fourth if we can, we are super competitive driven on in no small part by our leadership
Daniel/Lewis could do one of two things A. Have patience and a coherent football vision policy or B. Subsidize the club cause they are billionaires and you can’t take it with you.
Woolich does A.
BlueScum (Roman A and Todd B.) and ManCity do B (actually City do A and B).
I would love an owner that does B. But Daniel/ENIC do neither which is why we’re a complete mess right now.
Woolich are showing that we clearly have the revenue to win silverware if Daniel knew what he was doing on the footballing side but he’s clueless and justly criticized for it.
Woolich have less revenue than us and are top of League now and have 4 FA Cups within the last decade. Because they have a coherent football vision and transfer/player development policy … and the patience to see it through. 3 mangers in what 20 years - Daniel has gone through 3 managers in the last three years - It’s a complete joke.
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I think the recent boost in revenue comes from Asia because of Sonny. If he leaves and we don't have any other Asian players in the squad that revenue will do down significantly.
Question is where is ALL that money going?
Levy's pockets we assume....
At least they won't try putting season tickets up.
If anything will make winning a "need to have for" Levy/ENIC it will be results and chaos hitting the bottom line.
If anything will make winning a "need to have for" Levy/ENIC it will be results and chaos hitting the bottom line.
One of the main reasons our revenue is as high as it is, is due to all of the non football activities that we are involved in, NFL, Boxing, Concerts, Golf course, property portfolio, & now F1 carting. ENIC & Levy don’t care where the money comes from & it makes no difference to them if the Football team win the odd trophy or not, they will increase revenue & ultimately, the value of Tottenham Hotspur via any means possible
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Why are u peddling these excuses? We’ve established out revenue is on par or greater than Goons/Chelsea yet they choose to outspend us.
Are you ok? Coz you were acting a right cunt tbh
I wonder what extra revenue winning the EFL cup once every 5 years brings v the NFL contract we have. Sure Danny has done his sums.
As fans we are in a glass half full / empty position currently. How you view our “predicament” is a personal thing.
Problem is every now and then it’s nice for everyone to have a full cup isn’t it……..
its not the EFL cup he has worked the sums out on its top 4
the value of top 4 is around £60M the value of top 6 is around £20M big fall off, so in any normal season there is only 1 or 2 spots available in top 4 its a big gamble to spend money on players to get 1 of those 2 slots, But "to dare is to do"
Conte and Jose are the best example of his incompetence. I think my 3 year old granddaughter would have understood these two were a terrible fit for Spurs . Fans might fall In behind a hire as we are desperate now for success , however how it ended was as predictable as night following day .
Size of club we are , number of managers we have had, yet under his control we have had 3 decent managers out of , ( I have lost count ) 15? The law of averages says we should probably have 3 or 4 albeit lesser trophies . But no we have just the one , pathetic performance by our ownership
That is a 20% success rate on managerial appointments , if we decide to throw Conte in as a good hire , not the predictable car crash it actually was , does not shift the percentage greatly .
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