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Is Hugo trying to excuse the players - With an engraving like that, Levy couldn’t have been surprised if we had been 1–0 down after a couple of minutes: so it was written
and blame Levy instead?
Arguably their best position tbfI always thought having a keeper as a goalie as a bizarre choice

If you watched the Amazon doc you would have seen that Lloris is a far better captain than Kane. Impressive speaker in the dressing room . Poch had previously said that the owners thought they had won by just getting to the final. Kane may have thought the same but we all knew Poch would pick him instead of Lucas. Easy option but we knew Kane always takes 2 or 3 games to get going after injury.
Ramsey had the guts to leave Greaves out of the World cup team. Might help if Kane turned up for a semi or final , with us or England.
This was a pretty good read, coming from a man who played under multiple managers at the club.![]()
Hugo Lloris: how the gift of a luxury watch made me realise Spurs would accept second best
In exclusive extracts from his autobiography, the goalkeeper tells of his dismay at a well-meaning gesture by Daniel Levy before 2019 Champions League finalwww.theguardian.com
It’s suggestive …. In that it suggests by handing out that message there was a contemplation of losing. So no surprise when it happenedIs Hugo trying to excuse the players - With an engraving like that, Levy couldn’t have been surprised if we had been 1–0 down after a couple of minutes: so it was written
and blame Levy instead
So Levy played some Jedi mind trick on the players?It’s suggestive …. In that it suggests by handing out that message there was a contemplation of losing. So no surprise when it happened
Well I think most of us are agreed it was terrible message to send … the degree to which it affected them is debatable
did he ever put up a bad performance in a final for us?I mean come on even I can't defend the watch thing, just screams loser mentality and a handing out prizes for reaching a final. I guess it wouldn't be a problem if we won from time to time but if your chairman is doing that then what kind of message does that send out?
I will say this though, this coming from Lloris is a bit misplaced because he was here many years and in partly responsible for us not winning, like let's not pretend like he wasn't shit in his last year and was prone to some absolute clangers, he can talk about having a losing mentality all he wants but he was part of this leadership group which led us to our worst finish since 2008 so how about that...
Yeah that's exactly what he is saying
Go and do your homework, the adults are talking.
Sorry this is bollocks.Hugo is addressing exactly what Conte was famously ranting about. The man in charge has a small club, loser mentality. A chairman who is truly driven to win would never hand out those fucking watches before the final has actually been played. He’s basically admitting that just being in a final is enough to satisfy him. The actual outcome of the match isn’t important.
That’s why we’ve lost 8 FA Cup semis in a row. The top man isn’t focused on winning so of course that filters down through the whole club. Losing is normalised.
Your staunch defence of every thing Levy does is seriously impressiveGhostwriter - Hugo, for the career you had, World Cups, hundreds of appearances, played with some of the greats, this book is a bit boring.
Hugo - what can I do to make it better?
Ghostwriter - we could have a chapter called “glug glug, vroom vroom, nee naw, oh no”?
Hugo - non.
Ghostwriter - you’ll sell another couple of dozen to the doom squad at TFC if you coat off Levy somehow.
Hugo - deal! Right, he gave us all this watch……
Aye, I’ve done nothing but defend Levy today, you fucking horses arse…..Your staunch defence of every thing Levy does is seriously impressive
He does have a tendency to do things that are tone deaf. I’m not sure how to put this, but is he capable of not doing stuff like this?
Cheers!
Point remains that whilst it was a daft thing for Levy to do, even opening up the possibility it would effect the players, I’d have hoped for more mental strength from a World Cup winning player than to be effected by an engraving on a fucking watch.
Aye, for the sake of a few million, letting a film crew in was a stupid fucking idea.
One of Levy’s worst and quite often overlooked by the Levy Out crowd.
I stand correctedAye, I’ve done nothing but defend Levy today, you fucking horses arse…..
I’m not saying you’re the world’s biggest idiot, but if he dies, you’re in the conversation.