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Management How far would you go for success
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Abramovich? Really? Russian mafia whos taken up citizenship of evil ethnic cleansers israel? As bad as the saudis (or worse)
Stop letting all of the games riches centralize in an ever smaller number of clubs. You don't have to turn the game into a meaningless, antiseptic NFL to accomplish that.
What you DO need is power in the hands of people for whom a better game is in their interests. That power was flashed in the ESL debacle, time to push on.
I dunno man, I quite like 21st century football. I think a spirit of preservation is in order.
There have never been 2 decades across Europe when fewer clubs have claimed the spoils of football. Its bossed by some of the most corrupt organizations in the world. Everything is about commercialization, all staged for broadcasting revenue.
Its odd to me that you can manage to claim to like that.
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Levy tried to make us elite, earn us 300M a year and rub shoulders with City and Juve.
Our fanbase demanded he retract the plans and quit.
Suddenly we wanted morals.
Now we wish our owners had so much money that 15 PL teams will be stuck in a purgatory of playing for “security” and the odd EL conference run while we mix it with the others who can stockpile the players who should be playing every week somewhere else in a genuinely competitive league.
We’ve lost touch. We want a prime Kane on the pitch and one on the bench.
Honestly, under Jol, the excitement about going somewhere was massive, and we’re talk European Tours to Zagreb etc in the UEFA.
The Lane had THE best atmosphere in the PL.
Redknapp had us mixing it, but we still felt like outsiders, a bit of shock, Hutton and Crouch in the CL, and Arry destroying Woolwich, Chelsea, City, Liverpool at Anfield, Inter and Milan.
But alas…..how dare we get humped by Real away with ten men.
Crouch out, Arry Out, OUT OUT OUT!!!!
We’re elite now. Massive club, next level, and hope and fun had turned to entitlement and anger over night.
Apart from Pochs first few seasons and the knock out stages of the CL final year, 6 of the last 9 years have been absolutely fucking shit.
I’d rather go back to 2006 than continue on this path.
Our fanbase demanded he retract the plans and quit.
Suddenly we wanted morals.
Now we wish our owners had so much money that 15 PL teams will be stuck in a purgatory of playing for “security” and the odd EL conference run while we mix it with the others who can stockpile the players who should be playing every week somewhere else in a genuinely competitive league.
We’ve lost touch. We want a prime Kane on the pitch and one on the bench.
Honestly, under Jol, the excitement about going somewhere was massive, and we’re talk European Tours to Zagreb etc in the UEFA.
The Lane had THE best atmosphere in the PL.
Redknapp had us mixing it, but we still felt like outsiders, a bit of shock, Hutton and Crouch in the CL, and Arry destroying Woolwich, Chelsea, City, Liverpool at Anfield, Inter and Milan.
But alas…..how dare we get humped by Real away with ten men.
Crouch out, Arry Out, OUT OUT OUT!!!!
We’re elite now. Massive club, next level, and hope and fun had turned to entitlement and anger over night.
Apart from Pochs first few seasons and the knock out stages of the CL final year, 6 of the last 9 years have been absolutely fucking shit.
I’d rather go back to 2006 than continue on this path.
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It was right, I think, that the ESL didn't go ahead. But where has the outrage been for this takeover? I'm a bit gutted as a Spurs fan, because we're being knocked down the league another slot... But the indignation that there was for the ESL has been completely non-existent for this takeover... well, not quite, but nearly....
It’s actually a lot worse than the ESL which I was against. You have a. Club owned by owners that are among the worst regimes on the planet. How can the premier league or FA say homophobia and sexism are bad now, they have zero leg to stand on.
Can any of them write?
It's a bit messy, because you can also say that Abramovich is a gangster and Abu Dhabi have similar problems to Saudi... So we've already accepted similarly questionable owners. However, the question of scale is relevant here. Saudi is far worse than both of these in terms of human rights abuses and moral problems. The money involved also seems to be off the scale. If we're just to consider money, shouldn't there be some rules? I mean we have rules against monopolies don't we? And in this case Newcastle will be able to buy Manchester City several times over if they wish. How is that fair?
Didn’t they disband 25 years ago after Brian Harvey claimed he did 10 e’s in one night?
I voted Abu Dhabi, because I know if those types bought Spurs, I'd still enjoy watching the team and love it when we beat Woolwich, Chelsea etc.
It'd also be interesting to know how many people are disgusted by the Saudi takeover of Newcastle (understandably so) but then in an election, voted for politicians that are pro-Saudi in terms of trade, selling them weapons etc.
Selling them weapons is somewhat different from letting them rule your local council.
Votes for Abramovic. Yes, he's shady and whatever, but he's better than these Qatar and Saudi leaders. He actually cares about success of his football club, not like he's doing it just for political stuff.
Although, I would support Spurs even if Arabians take over. I would rather not, but it's my club and huge part of my life.
Although, I would support Spurs even if Arabians take over. I would rather not, but it's my club and huge part of my life.
We also don't just sell them weapons, we have human beings who go and adivse them on their military operations that involve killing lots and lots of civilians. So how much does it really mean to people when they'd go out and vote for a Conservative government "but oh please don't buy a football club here."
We all choose hypocrisies to live with, it's just funny that things to do with football make people go "this is too far!"
I thought the question meant how far wouldn’t I go personally ; I had a discussion with my son about this and he said he’d go so far as having his right arm hacked off if we could dominate like Utd did back then. I thought that was going too far and said I would offer up a testical to the football gods for a couple or three league titles and two CLs before I die. I’d rather that than be taken over by some scum torturing bastards.
