I think it is great that you are answering the question and would love to hear from more folks with responses like this. I think trying to understand the issues each side has is much more effective than the insults that usually get thrown out from the Levy In side.
I think you are probably right here.
I classified it as 1a. City, United Chelsea the teams with money at levels of nobody else and 1b. Liverpool, Woolwich, Tottenham. Not as much money but certainly enough money to compete with those clubs, if not every year but certainly in the mix for top 4/Cups.
For me I don't expect the club to inject tons of their own cash into the club. I do think at times, now for example, a loan to the club for say 150m that is paid back over time, would have massive impact and could even get that money back in CL money over the years.
My issue is less with the spending overall and more with how it is spent.
I have similar expectations.
I get a little frustrated when I hear the "other clubs wish they had our success" I know you pull it back here and don't quite get there but that is a usual argument I hear which led me to this question because I think for some being better than Villa, Everton or Spurs of the 90's is good enough.
These views all seem very reasonable and right on side with where I am so I don't get how you can be happy with ENIC and not see that they haven't provided us with anything that you want, show zero indication that they will provide that and in fact actively work against you getting those expectations you have.
Happier for sure, but far from happy with them.
If we won the CL and then didn't strengthen the team that would be insane. If we won Cups and still had the massive holes in the squad that we do now I wouldn't love it.
The Cups would make it easier to take but still wouldn't change the lack of quality in the squad.
It is also why if we back Conte in the summer but then don't after that or back Conte for 2 years but then go back to our normal ways after he leaves it won't be good enough.
Yes, I'm on board with most of that. Just a couple of points:
I think trying to understand the issues each side has is much more effective than the insults that usually get thrown out from the Levy In side.
With respect, this is part of what we need to get away from. 'The Levy In side' are regularly accused of being bots, being on Levy's payroll, being ENIC fans not Spurs fans, etc -
both sides throw out insults to each other, and we'd be better off without that from
either side.
These views all seem very reasonable and right on side with where I am so I don't get how you can be happy with ENIC and not see that they haven't provided us with anything that you want, show zero indication that they will provide that and in fact actively work against you getting those expectations you have.
Aha, well that's an entirely different conversation. Expectations is one thing, how we go about getting there is another. I'll give a very brief answer though - of course neither ENIC nor Levy are perfect, no one is - and key mistakes do include failing to back Poch when necessary, and missing out on targets for the sake of a couple of million, amongst others. But overall I believe we are in a much better place than we were 20 years ago, for me best demonstrated by our average league position of the last 10 years compared to any previous decade. Given that I'd be happy with 4th place, are near enough on track to challenge for that, and have achieved that or better many times in the last 10 years, I can't really say they've let me down overall in that period.
Where do we go now though? Well, if we get one or two good players in this window, we could get 4th, and I'd be happy with that. Strengthen further in the summer, get 4th or better again next year, and I'd be happy with that. So for me at the moment, despite a couple of years of poor decisions most recently, overall they've done ok, and made a fantastic appointment recently, but the jury is out until we see what this and the next window will bring (and beyond). Bringing me onto your last point...
It is also why if we back Conte in the summer but then don't after that or back Conte for 2 years but then go back to our normal ways after he leaves it won't be good enough.
I agree - but Conte only arrived a few months ago, so we've not even seen one full transfer window yet, never mind a summer one. It's not easy though - given what I've said earlier about Lewis not adding funds, we can't spend City / Chelsea style, but even so I would hope that if we appointed Conte, we must have had some plan to back him somehow, and I want to see how that pans out, not just this window, and as you say, not even just this summer, but also in the coming years.
For me, ENIC / Levy have generally been positive for us for most of the last 20 years, but not so much the last 2/3 - so for me, their track record is sufficient to give them a bit more leeway before getting too upset with them.
Again, that's just how I look at it - any two human beings can look at the same scenario and see it completely differently, and that shouldn't have to mean we are enemies - I firmly believe above all else that 99.9% of people on this forum are Spurs fans through and through.