Bloody hells bells.
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Bloody hells bells.
Thats a bit of a false equivalence imo.
International rivalry is nowhere near as intense as club.
Not suggesting it’s equivalent. Just asking the question.
And if you are on here during international tournaments, you’ll find the rivalries are just as intense.
Sort of contradicts this article of hidden money at the club.
Daniel Levy has hidden £375m stash as two big changes coming at Tottenham this summer
Daniel Levy and Tottenham actually have far more cash in the bank that it looks upon first inspection. Their finances tell the whole story.
Sort of contradicts this article of hidden money at the club.
Daniel Levy has hidden £375m stash as two big changes coming at Tottenham this summer
Daniel Levy and Tottenham actually have far more cash in the bank that it looks upon first inspection. Their finances tell the whole story.tbrfootball.com
Something like 7 of the 13 companies connected to Spurs don’t have to release financial findings. 3 including the hotel don’t have to have external financial reviews , we’ll never find out exactly what’ money is being pushed around .
Levy can be smart with loopholes regarding finance but he doesn’t seem interested in doing that for the football club like many other clubs do, kind of shows you were his ambition lies.
Oh great!
Could beeach league place is worth £2.8m in merit payments. What would be the reasonable worst case they bet on this year ? 7th and Conference league ? They are staring at 17th and nothing. Better part of £30m gone this year and a whopping hole in next seasons accounts too.
Basically, we are doing a Leeds. Why, just why was nothing done to stop Ange’s folly ? Incredible stuff.
I don’t know what the hell is going on at Tottenham. But it’s not what we all think. These people are not dumb. Something behind the scenes has impacted the ability to make decisions. Pray it’s a take over. Fear it’s the Joe Lewis Trust shutting it down.
I suspect it’s more Levy dithering based on flak from Jose timing
The company accounts are consolidated for the whole group that contains these companies though. If at the time of them the cash in the bank was £90m then that’s what it was. They aren’t going to falsify club accounts and hand them into the HMRC, no matter what we think of them they aren’t going to fiddle those.
Sure HMRC would be interested in this hypothetical £375 mil. that Levy has stashed away , why doesn't the writer of the TBR article go to them with their evidence that it hasn't been declared anywhere in the accounts.
each league place is worth £2.8m in merit payments. What would be the reasonable worst case they bet on this year ? 7th and Conference league ? They are staring at 17th and nothing. Better part of £30m gone this year and a whopping hole in next seasons accounts too.
Basically, we are doing a Leeds. Why, just why was nothing done to stop Ange’s folly ? Incredible stuff.
I don’t know what the hell is going on at Tottenham. But it’s not what we all think. These people are not dumb. Something behind the scenes has impacted the ability to make decisions. Pray it’s a take over. Fear it’s the Joe Lewis Trust shutting it down.
Our versions of doing a “ Leeds” is much like our football , slow and laborious with no end product
The glass.
I think the bottom line here is that Levy / Spurs could compete financially with other clubs, but there isn't the ambition to be a successful football club only a successful business.
The fact that many teams above us in the league can do better with lesser resources and cheaper players, shows that the club, from owner, down through scouts, transfer decision-makers, the manager, the coaches, and many of the players, is the worst it's been for years. The people at the top remain wholly responsible for that - it's their ship to steer.
It's tough to think that I was 18 when we were last in an FA Cup Final, and now that I'm 52, Levy has had many years to make it better, to build something and to put a smile on our faces, and yet here we are, in a weak premier league season of many inconsistent teams, with Palace getting to the final, and us, as usual, floundering.
Deciding that the stadium was more important than the team, is something we may never recover from.
The fact that many teams above us in the league can do better with lesser resources and cheaper players, shows that the club, from owner, down through scouts, transfer decision-makers, the manager, the coaches, and many of the players, is the worst it's been for years. The people at the top remain wholly responsible for that - it's their ship to steer.
It's tough to think that I was 18 when we were last in an FA Cup Final, and now that I'm 52, Levy has had many years to make it better, to build something and to put a smile on our faces, and yet here we are, in a weak premier league season of many inconsistent teams, with Palace getting to the final, and us, as usual, floundering.
Deciding that the stadium was more important than the team, is something we may never recover from.
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'doing a Leeds' without spending the money.
How Spursy would that be
This is just me guessing with no real sources. But I assume that Levy's plan after the stadium was built was to become more of a hands off chairman in regards to the football, as much as it goes against his micromanaging nature. But the hiring of Paratici and later Munn, Lange and now Vinai makes me think that he may just want to have to say yes or no to things like a yearly budget at this point and focus on his real estate empire.
It was kinda working under Fabio. But clearly hasn't under Munn. Lange seems to be a fine scout but bad negotiator for this level. Which makes the hiring of Vinai sensible on paper since this is someone that at the very least understands the Premier League.
Just catching up with the financial reports from The Athletic. Pretty ironic how being frugal has caught up with us and ended up costing us money. Almost as if building a competitive team that can compete in Europe every season is a good business decision, and filling the squad with low wages midtable tier players is a bad one.
It’s the usual story from Levy. Trying to save pennies ends up costing the club pounds. Instead of spending 700’m on the last five years on low wage punts, we could have spent 300m on three top players who matched Kane and Son’s wages and had a proper go under Conte.
I don't think that Levy can match other clubs' spending. He's not rich at all by owner standards. Lewis could compete but the ownership structure mitigates against it.
What’s the ownership structure that means Lewis can’t compete ?