Rumbled.Spurs are NOT a big club with regards to achievements and reputation. They are a small club, that got lucky that Bale & Kane were world class players.
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Rumbled.Spurs are NOT a big club with regards to achievements and reputation. They are a small club, that got lucky that Bale & Kane were world class players.
I disagree strongly with the last paragraph here. I do believe he wants the best for the club. Is he capable of delivering that? Unlikely. Does he think he’s right and everyone else is wrong? Likely.Very clearly time to let a bigger boy have a go but he won’t do that.
In fact the only way I could see him step aside is if we win the EL. Then his ego could say that he did all this to build the club and also managed to win things.
Even then, I only think he’d sell and move on if he was confident he was selling to someone the fans would hate.
I agree he’d sell for the best offer for his terms.I disagree strongly with the last paragraph here. I do believe he wants the best for the club. Is he capable of delivering that? Unlikely. Does he think he’s right and everyone else is wrong? Likely.
He and they will sell when they get an amazing offer. Doubt he’ll care too much about what the fans think. Certainly don’t think he’s just going to sell to someone the fans will hate. He’ll have numerous motivations above that.
FA cups, League Cups, Major European trophies, and going back a little further, a couple of league titles.
Last time I checked, Brighton didn't reach a league cup Semi and weren't in the QF's of Europa. Our net spend over the last 5 years on transfers is HALF A BILLION. Brighton is 70m. We've spend almost double what Liverpool have.
Problem we have is that we cannot attract world class players. There are 10 clubs+ that they would prefer to play for; and without Champions League; we are not shopping in the same market as the top clubs - and therefore the fans need to temper their expectations. Spurs are NOT a big club with regards to achievements and reputation. They are a small club, that got lucky that Bale & Kane were world class players.
Smart transfer business means finding more Dele, Eriksen type deals; and investing in the academy to provide a steady flow of quality. Not spending money on players with big reputations or has-beens (.e.g. Felix, Coutinho, Sancho), and certainly not spending huge money on mid level journey men like Richarlison and Solanke.
Probably bangs in a good 70 hours a week for 25 years. Gets well rewarded for it mind you.I agree he’d sell for the best offer for his terms.
Not sure I’ve ever seen any evidence he wants what’s best for the club
I've never known a supposed Spurs fan belittle his own club and our rich, pre - ENIC history like him“They are a small club”
There’s no chance you are a Spurs fan. Sorry, there just isn’t.
Probably bangs in a good 70 hours a week for 25 years. Gets well rewarded for it mind you.
Don’t know how you can look at the infrastructure of the club, the money that’s been spent and think he doesn’t want what’s best. He’s not delivered it, but I’d be stunned if it wasn’t for the want of trying.
“They are a small club”
There’s no chance you are a Spurs fan. Sorry, there just isn’t.
It's just so fucking obvious.He's done all that to increase the value if his asset and get a bigger return on his investment.
The club is the football team and he's never been as dedicated to the football club succeeding.
"They are a small club that got lucky with Bale and Kane"right, ignoring the use of "they", I cant imagine a spurs supporter saying we are a small club.
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He really should be ashamed of himself. Yes he ticks all the boxes for a chairman of a successful investment company, but he's tethered to a historic football team.
Come on you're more clever than this.Probably bangs in a good 70 hours a week for 25 years. Gets well rewarded for it mind you.
Don’t know how you can look at the infrastructure of the club, the money that’s been spent and think he doesn’t want what’s best. He’s not delivered it, but I’d be stunned if it wasn’t for the want of trying.
Fight's on.Well it seems our experiment with having a nepo baby intern for 25 years has not been a very good idea.
We seem to get shafted every which way . I could live with a deeply unpleasant bastard owning and running the club if success was delivered. But oh no we have to add penny pinching and incompetent to our cocktail of self inflicted disaster .
I would not take Donald Trump or Putin as a new owner right now , other than that I am good with almost anyone.
Spurs are NOT a big club with regards to achievements and reputation. They are a small club, that got lucky that Bale & Kane were world class players.
Last time I checked, Brighton didn't reach a league cup Semi and weren't in the QF's of Europa. Our net spend over the last 5 years on transfers is HALF A BILLION. Brighton is 70m. We've spend almost double what Liverpool have.
Problem we have is that we cannot attract world class players. There are 10 clubs+ that they would prefer to play for; and without Champions League; we are not shopping in the same market as the top clubs - and therefore the fans need to temper their expectations. Spurs are NOT a big club with regards to achievements and reputation. They are a small club, that got lucky that Bale & Kane were world class players.
Smart transfer business means finding more Dele, Eriksen type deals; and investing in the academy to provide a steady flow of quality. Not spending money on players with big reputations or has-beens (.e.g. Felix, Coutinho, Sancho), and certainly not spending huge money on mid level journey men like Richarlison and Solanke.
It seems some people just can't handle the fact they've been so wrong about someone for so long. Blind denial sets in.Come on you're more clever than this.
He wants what will inflate the club's asset value the most, for no investment from ENIC themselves. It's as plain as the nose on our faces. This is "best" for the owners but NOT the fans
I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that EVERY club in that list (apart from us) have won their respective Leagues/and or Major European honours in the last 20-25 years! (or since we've had ENIC)
Club Total gate receipts 23-24 Real Madrid £153m PSG £139m Woolwich £127m Bayern Munich £109m Man Utd £107m L'il ol Tottenham £102m Barcelona £96m Liverpool £90m Man City £74m Chelsea £71m AC Milan £71m Atletico Madrid £61m Marseille £56m Inter Milan £55m
and the above was without any extra european games and very early cup exits.