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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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If you can keep your head when all about you​

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,​

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,​

But make allowance for their doubting too;​

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,​

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,​

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,​

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:​

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If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;​

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster​

And treat those two impostors just the same;​

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken​

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,​

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,​

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:​

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And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,​

And lose, and start again at your beginnings​

And never breathe a word about your loss;​

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew​

To serve your turn long after they are gone,​

And so hold on when there is nothing in you​

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’​

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If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,​

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,​

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,​

If all men count with you, but none too much;​

If you can fill the unforgiving minute​

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,​

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,​

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!​

 
ChatGPT - please write me some fake ITK that sounds believable but is completely generalised about whether or not the spurs board will be sacking ange - consider that there is very little news out in the open about it and he is not yet sacked


ITK Update:

Hearing mixed whispers from within Spurs about Ange’s situation. While there’s no official word yet, the board is said to be carefully assessing the club’s direction under his leadership. Some higher-ups are reportedly pleased with the broader style of play and the long-term vision he’s brought, but there’s concern about recent performances and whether the team can realistically achieve its objectives this season.

One source suggests the board remains divided—some see this as a transitional phase, while others worry the current form could lead to more unrest among the fans and players if things don’t improve. A sacking isn’t imminent as of now, but the next few fixtures could be pivotal in shaping their decision.
I thought you had to pay to use ChatGPT?
 

I mean, you can’t trust X for anything, seeing a poll on there earlier saying 57% want Ange to stay. The gooners are always on a wind up on social media; it’s unreliable data no matter what way it is spun.

What I would argue as a matter of personal opinion, is that the media want Ange to stay because having a club like Spurs in a relegation fight is drama and that’s what they love more than anything.

But I would be willing to bet the majority of Spurs supporters want him (and Levy) out of the club now.
 
Is it a possibility that Levy, Cullen and co now are just happy with a PL mid table finish and investing just enough to get that?

They’re seeing their riches come in from the NFL, concerts, boxing and tourists visiting on a matchday.. they’re happy to line their pockets with the income and as long as the club has Premier League status, that’s all that matters. Removing THFC from the badge points to that even more.
 
Is it a possibility that Levy, Cullen and co now are just happy with a PL mid table finish and investing just enough to get that?

They’re seeing their riches come in from the NFL, concerts, boxing and tourists visiting on a matchday.. they’re happy to line their pockets with the income and as long as the club has Premier League status, that’s all that matters. Removing THFC from the badge points to that even more.

Where Spurs finish in the table have no bearing on if the NFL, concerts and other big shows use the stadium.
 
If we got relegated our value would plummet. No chance they'd sell up then.
Our value would plummet, but our income would also plummet. That's the trade off. Limit the income and it balances it out.

I don't know what the answer to ENIC and Levy is but I do not want us to get relegated.

I don't want to go down. Obviously. But right now, it looks actually possible. And if it happens, I'm damn well going to hope something good can come of it.

Is it a possibility that Levy, Cullen and co now are just happy with a PL mid table finish and investing just enough to get that?

They’re seeing their riches come in from the NFL, concerts, boxing and tourists visiting on a matchday.. they’re happy to line their pockets with the income and as long as the club has Premier League status, that’s all that matters. Removing THFC from the badge points to that even more.

Absolutely this. They lied. They have, whilst upping fees, dropped wages massively, whilst adding more and more and more non football income. The stadium was never about making THFC more successful on the pitch. It was all about building a money printing business.
 
Is it a possibility that Levy, Cullen and co now are just happy with a PL mid table finish and investing just enough to get that?

They’re seeing their riches come in from the NFL, concerts, boxing and tourists visiting on a matchday.. they’re happy to line their pockets with the income and as long as the club has Premier League status, that’s all that matters. Removing THFC from the badge points to that even more.
ENIC have been experts in lowering the expectation level of the supporters.

The truth about their tenure will be reflected in the statistics that only they know.

How many season ticket holders have given them up since 2001 and either downgraded to membership or stopped coming?

The average Spurs supporter in 2025 seems content to have a few days out at the megadome each season without much expectation of actually winning something.

The club is no longer the club it was in the 70's & 80's.

It's ENIC FC
 
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