Just like how when we were going through our down period people forgot the previous years when he built the club up to what it is now, funny how football works isn't it...
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Just like how when we were going through our down period people forgot the previous years when he built the club up to what it is now, funny how football works isn't it...
well, quite. But people want new owners because ultimately ENIC have failed to deliver enough silverware and they are fed up with that. That isn’t a ridiculous notion at all.
Yeah that's firmly in the minority though.
The ENIC out/Anti Levy bandwagon has gone quite, not talk of protests, no unrest from our fans at matches, no spanning on social media, it's all gone a bit quiet lately and as far as I can see we still haven't won a trophy.
I think you'll find 99% of our fans are unhappy we havent won a pot since 2008. Can't see how you could be a Spurs fan and not be unhappy that we havent had a trophy being lifted to celebrate. My memories of Wembley that day are scant and it feels like a lifetime ago.
How do you square being against these people owning us but still giving a shit about the game they own now anyway?
For me it's a meh. The wider game died long ago, but I still enjoy watching spurs on the pitch. If I thought too much about the outside stuff, I'd have stopped following football long ago.
For me it's a meh. The wider game died long ago, but I still enjoy watching spurs on the pitch. If I thought too much about the outside stuff, I'd have stopped following football long ago.
This is not what I've said, at all.
Feels like a different club tbh... Ironically, feel like a much bigger one since.
So it's about how others perceive the club?
because they already hate us.
I doubt the barcodes care how other clubs perceive them.
Tbh I just don't think it's as clear cut as most fans believe which is: Middle Eastern owner = bad.
Maybe you can say state ownership is bad because you are owned by a country in effect. That's an argument with clearer lines in the sand IMO.
As I already said above; you don't have to proverbially "join" then to beat "them".
Being owned by some random arab bloke is not the same thing as being owned by a state..... I've not noticed anyone base their position on geography alone.
Because we are winning games right now. Winning usually makes people not protest or get mad.
Tad ridiculous. It's a football club, 22 millionaires running about that dont care whether you live or die, owned by a billionaire who cares even less. Logic definitely doesn't come into it.
There's nothing left to save, we can either just enjoy what happens on the pitch or don't, but outside of that, the game is dead and it died long ago. So I'm indifferent to which rich arsehole owns us.
I CBF getting to the granular level of fandom of researching the shadow activities of every PL club owner. I’m just going to assume if it was a big enough problem it’d be obvious.
That's the point, losing does the opposite
People assume Arab ownership means state ownership.
It may always be round the houses that it's state money but I don't know the real details or nuances of how Sheik Jsssim actually came by the money he's looking to invest.
I'm not suggesting that much, but the topic of sports-washing in football isn't a new thing and you don't have to research "every" club to get the gist.......... Certain clubs are glaringly obvious starting points ; not to mention the last world cup.
I can understand questioning some of the individual opinions stated above; but questioning the facts of the matter when you can just as easily google them doesn't suggest a genuine interest as much as it does a casually dismissive approach to the topic....
If you're not interested, then fine; just don't get involved.
It is obvious... No disrespect; but you sound either naive or in denial.
Who are these people? I don't see signs of that here......
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How many in here have actually done any research to find out where the Jassim money is coming from?
Probably a safe assumption but it's still assumption for most.