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7th time's a charm right?
Daniel is weally, weally upset with how the season has unwavelled.
And a lot of people are going to be in a gweat deal of twouble.
The problem with Levy is he takes an autistic approach to the footballing side. Sometimes he gets lucky and hires a Redknapp or Pochettino whom have the character and common sense to perform well and somewhat left to their own device in spite of Levy trying to sabotage the manager at every turn.
Other times we see where Levy has full reign over the club and hires meek puppets like Ange/AVB and we fail miserably on a colossal scale.
At a club like Spurs who don’t want to be overly ambitious in the transfer market or with wages, in order to qualify for the Champions League whilst maintaining a strict wage/transfer budget, we have to draw on more shrewd means of becoming successful.
For instance, under Redknapp, there was more emphasis on common sense football. Working with what he had. But making smart transfer decisions with the likes of veterans like VDV. Bringing in a veteran like Scott Parker. Who today would be baulked at but at the time was a shrewd bit of business that had a massive impact on the squad. Even an aged Gallas had a massive role in the CL. Adebayor on loan. And it all gelled together because every single player was brought in carefully and had their own huge role within the starting 11. And then Levy decided we needed a manager with more tactical acumen.
And so AVB flopped because he didnt have the ability to work within these limitations
and so our next punt Pochettino turned out to be exactly right. An emphasis on younger players which fit his high energy style. But not too dogmatic that we’d need players we simply couldnt get or have to fit an inflexible style of play the club couldnt provide (see Conte/Mourinho) a simple style of football. Aggressive off the ball. Using the wings/fullbacks. Creativity in midfield. But again, the glass was half fall in that there wasnt that extra push to break the clubs strict budget in order to push on and win titles. And so long story short we changed the “project” again and moved to the next philosophy.
Ironically, moneybag managers in Conte and Mourinho. And sure, we spent some money. But this was money saved from the Poch era and was far short of what was needed to revolutionise the squad which was running on fumes from the Poch days. So sure, we spent some money with no real approach and it didnt really go anywhere. Which makes you wonder why Levy didnt just spend money under Poch when he asked for “some furniture to fill the nice house Levy had just built” and so the attempt to revitalise the squad wasnt nearly up to par with what Mourinho and Conte are used to. And the players were B level that couldnt play the systems they desire.
And so the squad has finally fallen down the pecking order with less quality and direction with a mixed bag of misfits and we hire a wild card manager we knew little about other than he “talked” about being an attacking manager. The rest is history. Even more dogmatic than Conte or Mourinho but without any of the experience or pedigree.
And here we are from bad to worse with even less direction or club philosophy other than empty shallow words of “exciting football” whatever that means. Constantly flip flopping from project to no project. From No money to overpaying on B level players. From “project” managers to money bag managers. Theres no real consistency other than Poch and ironically that was when Levy was most restraint holding Poch back despite all of his success here, and yet spends money for Ange and Conte.
For me, for Spurs to be successful you need a patient strict father figure manager, who has the balls to have Levy figured out, and to some degree keep Levy at arms length, and also have a common sense approach to the football on the pitch. This shallow intricate tactico hipster football just doesnt work at a club like Spurs where we refuse to buy the exact players to fit their style of football. The best style of football to suit a club with limited funds is a young energetic team who can play aggressive off the ball, closing down opposition, and using pace and wing play. Its a football hack imo.
But also we need to implement redknapp era too. Youngsters only take you so far. So established first teamers. But also some veteran players that have no resale value (levy hates that) every player must be bought with intention and with a huge role within the squad. Not just throwing a dart at a dartboard hoping that buying expensive younger players will come good in the future with big resale values but then not actually advancing as a club because you refuse to also buy established big name players with little resale value and thus never bening good enough to win stuff.
Other times we see where Levy has full reign over the club and hires meek puppets like Ange/AVB and we fail miserably on a colossal scale.
At a club like Spurs who don’t want to be overly ambitious in the transfer market or with wages, in order to qualify for the Champions League whilst maintaining a strict wage/transfer budget, we have to draw on more shrewd means of becoming successful.
For instance, under Redknapp, there was more emphasis on common sense football. Working with what he had. But making smart transfer decisions with the likes of veterans like VDV. Bringing in a veteran like Scott Parker. Who today would be baulked at but at the time was a shrewd bit of business that had a massive impact on the squad. Even an aged Gallas had a massive role in the CL. Adebayor on loan. And it all gelled together because every single player was brought in carefully and had their own huge role within the starting 11. And then Levy decided we needed a manager with more tactical acumen.
And so AVB flopped because he didnt have the ability to work within these limitations
and so our next punt Pochettino turned out to be exactly right. An emphasis on younger players which fit his high energy style. But not too dogmatic that we’d need players we simply couldnt get or have to fit an inflexible style of play the club couldnt provide (see Conte/Mourinho) a simple style of football. Aggressive off the ball. Using the wings/fullbacks. Creativity in midfield. But again, the glass was half fall in that there wasnt that extra push to break the clubs strict budget in order to push on and win titles. And so long story short we changed the “project” again and moved to the next philosophy.
Ironically, moneybag managers in Conte and Mourinho. And sure, we spent some money. But this was money saved from the Poch era and was far short of what was needed to revolutionise the squad which was running on fumes from the Poch days. So sure, we spent some money with no real approach and it didnt really go anywhere. Which makes you wonder why Levy didnt just spend money under Poch when he asked for “some furniture to fill the nice house Levy had just built” and so the attempt to revitalise the squad wasnt nearly up to par with what Mourinho and Conte are used to. And the players were B level that couldnt play the systems they desire.
And so the squad has finally fallen down the pecking order with less quality and direction with a mixed bag of misfits and we hire a wild card manager we knew little about other than he “talked” about being an attacking manager. The rest is history. Even more dogmatic than Conte or Mourinho but without any of the experience or pedigree.
And here we are from bad to worse with even less direction or club philosophy other than empty shallow words of “exciting football” whatever that means. Constantly flip flopping from project to no project. From No money to overpaying on B level players. From “project” managers to money bag managers. Theres no real consistency other than Poch and ironically that was when Levy was most restraint holding Poch back despite all of his success here, and yet spends money for Ange and Conte.
For me, for Spurs to be successful you need a patient strict father figure manager, who has the balls to have Levy figured out, and to some degree keep Levy at arms length, and also have a common sense approach to the football on the pitch. This shallow intricate tactico hipster football just doesnt work at a club like Spurs where we refuse to buy the exact players to fit their style of football. The best style of football to suit a club with limited funds is a young energetic team who can play aggressive off the ball, closing down opposition, and using pace and wing play. Its a football hack imo.
But also we need to implement redknapp era too. Youngsters only take you so far. So established first teamers. But also some veteran players that have no resale value (levy hates that) every player must be bought with intention and with a huge role within the squad. Not just throwing a dart at a dartboard hoping that buying expensive younger players will come good in the future with big resale values but then not actually advancing as a club because you refuse to also buy established big name players with little resale value and thus never bening good enough to win stuff.
"club's underperformance"
Makes it sound like we are finishing 7th
Levy old son it is an effing disaster you have turned us into a joke club
Makes it sound like we are finishing 7th
Levy old son it is an effing disaster you have turned us into a joke club
he speaks horribly doesn't he. And that awful twitch/face thing! Are we allowed to say this? Anyway, he's a singularly unprepossessing fella
My favourite moment in tv comedy.cwying over you...
It’s just perfect.
'They know exactly what they're doing!' - Dejan Kulusevski slams Tottenham's transfer activity with claim other clubs are more 'prepared' | Goal.com UK
Dejan Kulusevski shared his thoughts on Tottenham's transfer activity after the team's latest defeat to Nottingham Forest.
www.goal.com
Again bullshit Journo's spinning what was actually said to fit a Headline.'They know exactly what they're doing!' - Dejan Kulusevski slams Tottenham's transfer activity with claim other clubs are more 'prepared' | Goal.com UK
Dejan Kulusevski shared his thoughts on Tottenham's transfer activity after the team's latest defeat to Nottingham Forest.www.goal.com
In no way does Kulu 'Slam the Club' if you read what he actually said all he is doing is echoing what Ange has said about the Injuries, the first half season approach & the workload has affected the team. That's it...who is 'we' is he referring to the players, the team as a whole or the club? in any case it doesn't matter these guys are media trained & nothing he's said is out of line of what Ange has said himself.
I wish these 'journalists' would fukk off...
For clarity he says
""[The top clubs have] been doing it many years. They know exactly what they're doing. They're bringing in a lot of players that are ready to play both competitions. And they are prepared for it. This year we cannot say that we're prepared for it because we had so many injuries and we did a lot of things wrong from the beginning of the season and we're paying for it right now."
He's literally complaining about other top teams bringing in talent who are "ready"
Again echoing Ange's past words as I said - you're missing the point of how the journalists are twisting his words but sure get from it what you want I guess...
If he is complaining about not bringing in players who are ready, why does it matter if he is echoing Ange?
According to Ange he "wanted" the players we bought
Daniel Levy has hidden £375m stash as two big changes coming at Tottenham this summer
Daniel Levy and Tottenham actually have far more cash in the bank that it looks upon first inspection. Their finances tell the whole story.
Daniel Levy has hidden £375m stash as two big changes coming at Tottenham this summer
Daniel Levy and Tottenham actually have far more cash in the bank that it looks upon first inspection. Their finances tell the whole story.tbrfootball.com
" Spurs remain the most profitable club in Premier league history "
Meanwhile. Daniel Levy. Lubing up the fanbase ahead of another potential cop out transfer window...."We cannot spend what we do not have"
This club is fuckin rotten to the core
I see Everton have got a billionaire investor on board. Meanwhile Tottenham is a hive of activity
Levy has been chairman for 22 full seasons before and including the current season. All 21 league seasons before this one were undeniably better than this one.“The reasons “
For the thousandth time, Levy is to blame (largely but not solely) for us not winning more trophies over the past 2 decades.
But there's 1 big fat stupid reason why this season has been a disaster (and the last 3/4 of last season).
