1: We can't win the league this year, don't be abursd. You can argue that almost 3 years on from the CL final that we should have gotten ourselves in a position to be a genuine contender, yes. That's on Levy and ENIC. 100%. No argument from me, it's frustrating how far we've fallen off. But there was no sense whatsoever in expecting the January window to provide a title-challenging overhaul when we're so far behind.
2: It's all relative. 6/10 is a better window than all our Top 4 rivals. All of them. It's not good enough in a vacuum, but in context, it's been fine.
I am frustrated how far we've fallen. I'm frustrated we did poor business in the summer and wasted time hiring and persisting with Nuno. Who knows how much better things would have been if we just appointed Conte to begin with? We don't know. There's little point getting hung up on it now.
There were multiple objectives this January: get out the deadwood, bring in players Conte specifically can work with. Getting deals for Lo Celso, Ndomele and Dele would have been time consuming. Getting the two players we got in would have been time consuing. We were a whisker away from Diaz, but for once it failed because of external factors (that external factor being Liverpool). Traore went to Barca because he wanted to. This is all squeezed into a window which is difficult for everyone.
Going into the summer is when crunchtime is. Conte and Paratici working together with a proper preseason and full summer window for the first time. You could say the Paratici signs are worrying because last summer the players he got in have either not performed or aren't ready for the Premier League. But I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt for now because now he's working with a genuine top class coach in Conte. We should also be able to clear the decks further with Lo Celso and Ndombele finding permanent moves which makes more space for better replacements.
I'd love Joe Lewis\ENIC to decide to go mental and throw buckets of their own cash in, but that's not how they operate. I'd love Levy to go a bit more risky and splash the cash but that would be against his nature as he's built the club up to only spend what it brings in. I personally think a small amount of speculate to accumalate is in order given the amount of cash CL football will bring in, but again it's not how he operates. He's seen how Leeds did that and ended up outside the PL for years. Maybe he's too cautious, I can't change this though. Me complaining on a forum won't change diddly squat. Spurs haven't dropped down the league because of fans, if you really really blame ENIC and Levy then you're letting them off the hook by putting the blame on fans who put their cash in.
Maybe new ownership is the change we need, maybe we need someone in to drag us over that line, but again they're not going to sell cheap because some guys on TFC are kicking off. Someone needs to want to buy Spurs. And we're not Newcastle, someone can't come in withg a piddly £250m and buy us, we're on a different level to Newcastle, there are very few people or companies who could step in.
So yeah, I'm frustrated we keep getting so close while other teams around us get to celebrate trophies. I'm irritated pissy little clubs like Man City win so many trophies now when they were a joke when I was growing up. But there are things I accept I cannot change. This doesn't make me believe Levy is the greatest chairman in the world or an ENIC lover or any other purile insult you wish to throw at me. I'm just a season ticket holder with the power to change very little. I could refuse to renew next season, but no. I won't. I never thought I'd be in a position to be a ST holder at Spurs. I refuse to give that up.
Some things are shit. Some things are ok. I'm Spurs and I'm here for the ride.
