It doesn't have to be, it's a personal preference.Why is it one or the other?
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It doesn't have to be, it's a personal preference.Why is it one or the other?
Of course, I just think it's one thing to want it, but someone has briefed this to the press, and I don't think that right after a 4-0 defeat to a depleted Newcastle, and after a run of unconvincing performances, is the time to be suggesting this group of players belongs at the highest level.
Prove yourself too good for your current level before talking about the level above, whatever your internal wants and wishes.
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Noises like this coming out of the club?
Are they taking the piss?
Trying to manage expectations when you charge the highest season ticket prices in the country and have the highest paid Chairman in the country…
When they release stuff like this through trusted media you just know they are terrified of fans actually expecting them to be really ambitious….
I don't have a problem with them aiming for it, I'd have more of a problem if they weren't, it's the phrasing of "test themselves at the highest level" I object to, maybe I'm being fussy but that wording gives of vibes of thinking that's where they belong, and at this stage they haven't really done anything to prove that on the pitch.I don't see a problem with the club aiming for CL football providing they release the funds so we can compete in it.
As an aside I find the insistence that we're currently not good enough to play in the competition a bit funny when we have a whole summer to improve and would have by then completed a season under this manager.
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Noises like this coming out of the club?
Are they taking the piss?
Trying to manage expectations when you charge the highest season ticket prices in the country and have the highest paid Chairman in the country…
When they release stuff like this through trusted media you just know they are terrified of fans actually expecting them to be really ambitious….
Sounds like Ange and the coaching staff want to play in EL.
The board want (and need) CL football and the cash it brings.
Like Ange said he’s not about the finances. He’s not stupid. Newcastle and United struggled in CL.
We will have a better season rotating our second string in the EL than trying to rotate our second string in the league and first team in the CL.
Ange has made it pretty clear CL doesn’t matter one solitary fuck to him.
I think you’re guessing there Bernard.
I honestly don't think he's too bothered mate. Yes, of course he likes the money that goes with it. But that brings higher expectations among the fanbase demanding more investment in the team, which as we know is nauseating for him.No chance that’s Levy. He 100% wants champions league qualification every season. We know that.
I honestly don't think he's too bothered mate. Yes, of course he likes the money that goes with it. But that brings higher expectations among the fanbase demanding more investment in the team, which as we know is nauseating for him.
Hovering around the European places to keep the fans interested, with an occasional dalliance in the Champions League with the mirage of pretending to be ambitious.....that's his ideal scenario while he continues to grow our non-football Property and Entertainment portfolio of our back.
He should but wont because people will instantly be demading he gives the manager the proper calibre of players to achieve that and that will be expensive. Its a lot easier to just do enough, keep us steady in 4th to 7th, just about keeps interest up and the stadium full, get into Europe and round and round we go.Levy needs to be saying that if a club the size of Tottenham Hotspur don't get to a domestic or European cup final next season then it's been a bad season. Pressure on the coach, pressure on the players
CL qualification means nothing except better financial figures to show off in April
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Noises like this coming out of the club?
Are they taking the piss?
Trying to manage expectations when you charge the highest season ticket prices in the country and have the highest paid Chairman in the country…
When they release stuff like this through trusted media you just know they are terrified of fans actually expecting them to be really ambitious….
Sounds like Ange and the coaching staff want to play in EL.
The board want (and need) CL football and the cash it brings.
Like Ange said he’s not about the finances. He’s not stupid. Newcastle and United struggled in CL.
We will have a better season rotating our second string in the EL than trying to rotate our second string in the league and first team in the CL.
Ange has made it pretty clear CL doesn’t matter one solitary fuck to him.
I partly agree. He's obviously instructed all of his managers to prioritise top 4 over domestic trophy success. Nobody could doubt that. But at the same time, he's not prepared to invest what most clubs would to sustain top 4.Interesting, I thought you’d agree with me in particular. He wants us as a CL club to grow the value of it. He doesn’t want anything more than that though does he, because going for the title is expensive and that isn’t his modus operandi. Doing enough to get the riches of champions league qualification is enough for him and ENIC.
He should but wont because people will instantly be demading he gives the manager the proper calibre of players to achieve that and that will be expensive. Its a lot easier to just do enough, keep us steady in 4th to 7th, just about keeps interest up and the stadium full, get into Europe and round and round we go.
I partly agree. He's obviously instructed all of his managers to prioritise top 4 over domestic trophy success. Nobody could doubt that. But at the same time, he's not prepared to invest what most clubs would to sustain top 4.
I think he's actually delighted that the way we've dropped like a stone recently has lowered the fans expectations to such a degree that most see simply qualifying for Europe's lesser competitions as progress and, therefore, success.
An unthinkable scenario just a few years back
Rather than heat up the pressure, last season's shit-fest and subsequent appointment of an unproven journeyman has actually brought him more time and, quite bizarrely, somehow got many fans back on his side.
As he stated at the infamous fans forum "We're playing good football again, that's all the fans want. We have our Tottenham back "
To whoops and cheers from those in attendance
You’d prefer we weren’t sweeping aside domestic competition AND testing ourselves in the CL?It doesn't have to be, it's a personal preference.
He should but wont because people will instantly be demading he gives the manager the proper calibre of players to achieve that and that will be expensive. Its a lot easier to just do enough, keep us steady in 4th to 7th, just about keeps interest up and the stadium full, get into Europe and round and round we go.
That was equally nauseating as it was depressingTo whoops and cheers from those in attendance