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Management Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

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Fee and wages are a huge part of what makes a player sellable or unsellable. Not being able to sell a (senior) player means he occupies a (limited) squad place or we have to take a bath on subsidizing loans or permanent moves. Younger, cheaper players are easier to move and the losses smaller. Jack Clarke vs Tanguy N’Dombele. The idea that you can just get rid of shit that clutters your squad is ‘football manager’ stuff.

Most opinion suggests otherwise.
He was our player of the season last year.

All clubs make bad buys.
City or United can write off an expensive bad buy far easier than we can. Having an extra £200m a year helps with that. They can write off an Anthony. Not helped by ownership that wants to recoup every penny on every bad deal.

Obviously, I’d rather us make fewer mistakes and our recruiting since 2019 has been mostly poor in that we’ve overpaid for average players.
Again though, if you're trying to defend the performance of the scouting department, then referring to a chunk of the players they've scouted as "the shit that clutters your squad" doesn't seem like a particularly strong starting point...

Your final line makes it seem as though you basically agree that they've been poor, so I'm not so sure why your so staunchly trying to defend them.

The only thing I can say in their favour is that it's not necessarily their fault if a player doesn't succeed here, the scouting could have been perfectly sound but they have no influence over how a player progresses once signed. And maybe they were pushing hard for players like Scott and Wharton but weren't listened to by the decision makers, we'll never really know.
 
Your final line makes it seem as though you basically agree that they've been poor, so I'm not so sure why your so staunchly trying to defend them.
I’m not trying to defend them at all.
My point is that their failures aren’t in trying to sign younger prospects (which is probably their remit anyway) but in their more expensive signings (which is worse because they’re much harder to move).

I agree that once a player comes in, it’s entirely down to the management and coaching staff to ensure they progress and are used properly.

I think that we are more or less in agreement.
 
Reckon he’s in trouble with Frank.

Levy could hire and fire with impunity. Vinai can’t because he’s replaceable.

Frank was his first big call and it’s been a disaster. If he asks the board for money to sack Frank and hire a new coach, his position under the Lewis family will be almost untenable. He’s holding onto Frank for dear life.
 
Reckon he’s in trouble with Frank.

Levy could hire and fire with impunity. Vinai can’t because he’s replaceable.

Frank was his first big call and it’s been a disaster. If he asks the board for money to sack Frank and hire a new coach, his position under the Lewis family will be almost untenable. He’s holding onto Frank for dear life.
Yep... two cunts cuddling in a corner until the inevitable happens and someone takes the decision out of his hands.
 
Reckon he’s in trouble with Frank.

Levy could hire and fire with impunity. Vinai can’t because he’s replaceable.

Frank was his first big call and it’s been a disaster. If he asks the board for money to sack Frank and hire a new coach, his position under the Lewis family will be almost untenable. He’s holding onto Frank for dear life.
I thought Frank was a Levy appointment?
 
Regardless I still think Vinai can pass it off as Levy

It's his one get out of jail free card, he can blame Levy this time and have a reset - but only this once and so he'd need to get it right
Levy had 25 years of chances and resets under ENIC. Why will they suddenly be so quick to pull the trigger on CEOs now? They haven't had a sudden change of heart about on-field matters. They've done nothing to indicate they care
 
Levy had 25 years of chances and resets under ENIC. Why will they suddenly be so quick to pull the trigger on CEOs now? They haven't had a sudden change of heart about on-field matters. They've done nothing to indicate they care


I mean it's his chance to make a move without it obviously being on him

He can blame Levy, give himself a chance to get it right and get the fans inside

They were against Levy years ago, this is Vinai's last chance at a clean slate
 
I mean it's his chance to make a move without it obviously being on him

He can blame Levy, give himself a chance to get it right and get the fans inside

They were against Levy years ago, this is Vinai's last chance at a clean slate
Yeah but like I say, why does he need to shift the blame to Levy? Top 6, Top 10, top half, bottom half, sacked manager, wrong manager, I dont think ENIC give a shit.
 
If you could leave your football club like you could leave a job or a partner, Spurs would have few fans left. Sadly, they don't do anything to keep us, because we are fans for life, but in all seriousness, this club is rotten/toxic and needs a hell of a workover to bring back any enjoyment.
 
If you could leave your football club like you could leave a job or a partner, Spurs would have few fans left. Sadly, they don't do anything to keep us, because we are fans for life, but in all seriousness, this club is rotten/toxic and needs a hell of a workover to bring back any enjoyment.
Quite a few not turning up these days. 57k last night. Take away the 9k Villafans and that’s 48k of ours turn up when it’s £30 . Without 42k ticket holders, who probably feel,obliged to turn up if they can’t sell their ticket, as they have already paid. If it was like the 80s we would be getting 20k like we did in those days.
2 wins are definitely required in next 2. West Ham and Burnley. If not we will be just above West Ham by end of Feb. Nightmare fixtures in Feb.
 
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