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SeeSpotRun said:
Maybe he's not the guy to be at the helm at the end of the journey. But most of what he is doing is moving us in the right direction.
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Defensively a massive improvement, all the while with injuries to VDV and Romero in particular.
61 conceded last campaign @ 1.60 per game. So far we're conceding 1.19 per game this season.

I'd give him more time, see if another summer can fix midfield and creativity issues so we convert more games into wins.
 
Richard Arlison said:
How long the festive fixtures take place over?

Actually I’m assuming they start this weekend
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The games they are talking about are from the 21st of December to the 1st of January.

And Brentford play Woolwich on the 1st. The only game that day.
As they play that day their previous games are not on Boxing Day so they both play on the Friday 27th instead.

What they omit on that tweet (for the clicks) is that the next league game - game 4 so to speak - is on Saturday the 4th January.
So spurs will get a full 5 days with no matches between Monday 30th and Friday the 3rd. So 120 hours “rest”, while Woolwich and Brentford only get 2 days “rest”.
Also we have 3 home matches out of those 4 fixtures.

Swings and roundabouts my good man.


No idea why only 1 game is on the telly on NYD. Just don’t show any matches at all. Bloody tv companies.
 
WillWilliams said:
This is the crux. Bournemouth spent £19m on Solanke. English CF with premier league experience. Supposedly the players you pay a premium for.

And Liverpool paid £3m for him.

We paid £65m. And Liverpool got £10m of that!

:levyeyes::levywtf:
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We bought him because he scored a decent amount of goals last season and wasn't on/asking for £250k a week.
Apparently he's "only" on £90k a week at Spurs on 5 years. (I think)
£65m fee + £5.4m salary = £70.4m
Compared to say Haaland with £375,000 a week and a £50m fee = £50m + £22.5m £72.5m

Optics make it look as though we spend more than City, but they spent more than us and a larger chunk of their spend goes on the wages.
This example would have been much better 2 months ago when he and City scored goals and won games :roflmao:
 
Matt1882 said:
ENIC have been cheating the fans for years with promises that the stadium and training ground would be the catalysts for our progress.
And yet here we are, fully functional, and still buying players on the lowest wages as possible, and barely enough of them to make up a half decent 11, let alone a squad.

We have been lied to for a quarter of a century. Now they have what they want, they're going to fuck us, the fans, over.
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Change owners and nothing will change. We'll still be the club finishing 4th-7th and exiting cup competitions after 2-3 ties.
A new owner will not propel us past the likes of City and Chelsea who have financially doped the league, nor will it take us past Liverpool and United (if they ever were to be run as they should be again).
 
Art Vandelay said:
Defensively a massive improvement, all the while with injuries to VDV and Romero in particular.
61 conceded last campaign @ 1.60 per game. So far we're conceding 1.19 per game this season.

I'd give him more time, see if another summer can fix midfield and creativity issues so we convert more games into wins.
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We've conceded 4 less goals than the same stage last season.
Game for game it's better apart from Chelsea where we have played the same fixture.
I don't see our defending as better to the eye though. It's still utter choas. It just feels like it hits the back if the net less.
Also feels like Forster may (don't say it too loudly) save more shots than Vicario would like for like.
 
Art Vandelay said:
Change owners and nothing will change. We'll still be the club finishing 4th-7th and exiting cup competitions after 2-3 ties.
A new owner will not propel us past the likes of City and Chelsea who have financially doped the league, nor will it take us past Liverpool and United (if they ever were to be run as they should be again).
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Says who?

We have a massive income and the ability to spend, unlike Newcastle. Had a super rich state like their owners bought us, we could have gone nuts.

What is absolutely certain is absolutely nothing will ever change under this mob. They're more than happy for us not to be successful, just to be in the league and make up the numbers in the top half.
 
Matt1882 said:
Says who?

We have a massive income and the ability to spend, unlike Newcastle. Had a super rich state like their owners bought us, we could have gone nuts.

What is absolutely certain is absolutely nothing will ever change under this mob. They're more than happy for us not to be successful, just to be in the league and make up the numbers in the top half.
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Me. It is my opinion, and one I feel time will look back on as being accurate.

And I am not for one second coming from a 'grass greener... be careful what you wish for' speech angle. ENIC should have been ousted the moment they tweeted we'd joined Super League.

But IMO this is who we are, and who we will remain.
New owners with a new approach might win us a cup here or there, and that makes them instantly better than ENIC.

But we will not for the foreseeable future get anywhere near being consistent title challengers, regardless of ownership.
Klopp won just 1 because we have a club that cheats, and if they get off in March or get a soft penalty they'll be able to continue destroying the premier league for years to come.
 
Art Vandelay said:
Me. It is my opinion, and one I feel time will look back on as being accurate.

And I am not for one second coming from a 'grass greener... be careful what you wish for' speech angle. ENIC should have been ousted the moment they tweeted we'd joined Super League.

But IMO this is who we are, and who we will remain.
New owners with a new approach might win us a cup here or there, and that makes them instantly better than ENIC.

But we will not for the foreseeable future get anywhere near being consistent title challengers, regardless of ownership.
Klopp won just 1 because we have a club that cheats, and if they get off in March or get a soft penalty they'll be able to continue destroying the premier league for years to come.
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The grass may not be greener on the other side.

But it has an equal, if not higher chance of being greener.

25 years of mediocrity, No other owners have lasted this long and some have done more.
 
WillWilliams said:
The games they are talking about are from the 21st of December to the 1st of January.

And Brentford play Woolwich on the 1st. The only game that day.
As they play that day their previous games are not on Boxing Day so they both play on the Friday 27th instead.

What they omit on that tweet (for the clicks) is that the next league game - game 4 so to speak - is on Saturday the 4th January.
So spurs will get a full 5 days with no matches between Monday 30th and Friday the 3rd. So 120 hours “rest”, while Woolwich and Brentford only get 2 days “rest”.
Also we have 3 home matches out of those 4 fixtures.

Swings and roundabouts my good man.


No idea why only 1 game is on the telly on NYD. Just don’t show any matches at all. Bloody tv companies.
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Fair enough.

Was wrong about that.
 
WillWilliams said:
The games they are talking about are from the 21st of December to the 1st of January.

And Brentford play Woolwich on the 1st. The only game that day.
As they play that day their previous games are not on Boxing Day so they both play on the Friday 27th instead.

What they omit on that tweet (for the clicks) is that the next league game - game 4 so to speak - is on Saturday the 4th January.
So spurs will get a full 5 days with no matches between Monday 30th and Friday the 3rd. So 120 hours “rest”, while Woolwich and Brentford only get 2 days “rest”.
Also we have 3 home matches out of those 4 fixtures.

Swings and roundabouts my good man.


No idea why only 1 game is on the telly on NYD. Just don’t show any matches at all. Bloody tv companies.
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It’s the only game being played on New Year’s Day.
 
Art Vandelay said:
Change owners and nothing will change. We'll still be the club finishing 4th-7th and exiting cup competitions after 2-3 ties.
A new owner will not propel us past the likes of City and Chelsea who have financially doped the league, nor will it take us past Liverpool and United (if they ever were to be run as they should be again).
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Of course it will change. Could it get worse ? Yeah it could , but it could get a hell of a lot better aswell. And if you are right and nothing changes, then we’ve lost nothing have we .

I think most fans just want owners that are going to make the team the priority. Go that extra yard to get the manager the player that he actually wants rather than giving him a third or 4th choice. An owner that will inject some enthusiasm and energy into the club. It doesn’t have to even be about money. Just someone that actually gives off the vibe that they care , can blow away a dark cloud over a club. And boy is th cloud dark over this club
 
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