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Levy In or Levy Out

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_mehstg said:
I agree to some extent but explain how Woolwich are competing with similar terrible transfer decisions... Pepe 72m left for nothing, Aubameyang 60m left for nothing, Lacazette 50m left for nothing, Jesus 50m absolute dog shit will probably leave for nothing. Yet they can spunk 105m on Rice and pay him 250k a week. Their revenue is around the same as ours but the difference is, they focus everything on football, we focus everything on property and entertainment financed by football.
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Woollich tend to recognise early that a player isn’t going to work & get rid , bar the odd exception . We hold on to them because it’s about profit & of course this results in a bigger loss . It’s not a very good way to run a business
 
harry7 said:
The club is paying the price for some awful transfer decisions.

Ndombelly (62m left for free)
Lo Celso (48m left for 5m)
Sessegnon (27m left for free)
Sachez (42m. Sold for 9m)
Reggie (30m, will leave for free in summer)

Add to that Dier, Holjberg, Lloris, Moura, Dele being allowed to leave for zero fee.

Whomever oversaw transfer activity in this period set the club back years, and have hamstrung our ability to compete in the transfer market.

Clearly, the club has made a significant investment to dig themselves out of this hole - Johnson, Porro, Kulu, Grey, Richarlison, Solanke, Madisson, Odobert all costing significant money.

It is of course very clear that expectations of summer spending will need to be tempered; and we would need to probably break even on net spend. Clearly money can be raised from Romero, Richarlion, Gil, Bissouma and Bentencaur to bring in enforcements.

Even if we qualify for the Champions League, I wouldn't expect we would have any ability for a positive net spend.
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What on earth are you going on about?
 
Furball man said:
I think you’re being too kind to levy . The club has not only been surpassed by oil money and private equity, clubs who you’d consider much smaller are surpassing us.
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I meant in terms of those entities that would be able to purchase us. But yeah he’s been left behind by owners with equal or greater intellect and of course sporting endeavour and desire, which lets be fair, isn’t exactly difficult!
 
I originally thought about sticking with calling him Keyser Soze ,but he is more of a pantomime villain than master criminal.

Brentford are behind us. Oh no they’re not
Palace are behind us. Oh no they’re not
Aston Villa are behind us. Oh no they’re not
Newcastle are behind us. Oh no they’re not
Brighton are behind us. Oh no they’re not
Bournemouth are behind us. Etc etc etc
 
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_mehstg said:
I agree to some extent but explain how Woolwich are competing with similar terrible transfer decisions... Pepe 72m left for nothing, Aubameyang 60m left for nothing, Lacazette 50m left for nothing, Jesus 50m absolute dog shit will probably leave for nothing. Yet they can spunk 105m on Rice and pay him 250k a week. Their revenue is around the same as ours but the difference is, they focus everything on football, we focus everything on property and entertainment financed by football.
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Well, Woolwich took time to build after Arteta took over. 19 losses and a lower win % than Ange in his 2nd season and 2 8th place finishes. Took him until his 4th season to crack back into the top 4.

One trophy (FA cup) in the season he took over from Emery and nothing since, bar one EFL semi and 2 top 4 finishes in 2 seasons.

By that measure Spurs fans would have all called for him to be fired after season 2.
 
harry7 said:
Well, Woolwich took time to build after Arteta took over. 19 losses and a lower win % than Ange in his 2nd season and 2 8th place finishes. Took him until his 4th season to crack back into the top 4.

One trophy (FA cup) in the season he took over from Emery and nothing since, bar one EFL semi and 2 top 4 finishes in 2 seasons.

By that measure Spurs fans would have all called for him to be fired after season 2.
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You just said he won the FA cup in his first season , yeah ? If Ange had done that probably less would be demanding he got the boot plus their league finishes are a darn sight better than ours as are the performances.

It’s a bit of a weird comparison
 
harry7 said:
Well, Woolwich took time to build after Arteta took over. 19 losses and a lower win % than Ange in his 2nd season and 2 8th place finishes. Took him until his 4th season to crack back into the top 4.

One trophy (FA cup) in the season he took over from Emery and nothing since, bar one EFL semi and 2 top 4 finishes in 2 seasons.

By that measure Spurs fans would have all called for him to be fired after season 2.
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The nomads did in large call for him to be fired but based on results... however, the hierarchy were convinced they had a plan and okay they have won eff all other than their covid FA cup but lets be honest... does our hierarchy have a similar plan or are they too busy focusing on what material to use for the front desk of the new hotel or what can they offer Taylor Swift to do 4 nights at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on her next tour... someone else said this but Tottenham Hotspur is an entertainment business and the football team is the placenta...
 
harry7 said:
Well, Woolwich took time to build after Arteta took over. 19 losses and a lower win % than Ange in his 2nd season and 2 8th place finishes. Took him until his 4th season to crack back into the top 4.

One trophy (FA cup) in the season he took over from Emery and nothing since, bar one EFL semi and 2 top 4 finishes in 2 seasons.

By that measure Spurs fans would have all called for him to be fired after season 2.
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Jesus fucking Christ harry
 
harry7 said:
Well, Woolwich took time to build after Arteta took over. 19 losses and a lower win % than Ange in his 2nd season and 2 8th place finishes. Took him until his 4th season to crack back into the top 4.

One trophy (FA cup) in the season he took over from Emery and nothing since, bar one EFL semi and 2 top 4 finishes in 2 seasons.

By that measure Spurs fans would have all called for him to be fired after season 2.
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Give it a fucking rest 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
levy is right. he should absolutely not spend money which would compromise the stability of the club....he doesnt know how to spend good money in football. hes a businessman, operating in a field where he doesnt know where the good value is. hence why we are in this mess. id rather he did play it safe until he fucks off because if he was to push the boat out hed need to get lucky for it to work.

this is a chairman that got lucky with bale and modric being at the club and wasted the golden chance to push on. sold them both to madrid and the rest is history!
 
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