Its funny....at the time I remember everyone was furious that we were trying to sign Grealish.....it "lacked ambition" etc
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Its funny....at the time I remember everyone was furious that we were trying to sign Grealish.....it "lacked ambition" etc
Everyone being who? He was clearly a top target that wanted to come and they fucked it up again. Young, homegrown, bound to increase in value.
The type of creativity that we are crying out for and GLC somehow doesn't seem to have despite spending far more on his transfer as a player who wasn't even accustomed to the league and supposedly being the replacement for one of our most important creative players.
What's Grealish worth now? Too dear for us anyway...an Aston Villa player too expensive for Tottenham. How the fuck did that happen?
As a proportion, we spend less of our turnover on the playing squad than all 19 other Premier League clubs.
And as a proportion, we spend more of our turnover on our CEO'S salary and bonus than all 19 other Premier League clubs.
Surely you can't be comfortable with this?
I'm not sure that's the case anymore
The figures showing that are pre Lo Celso, Ndombele, etc
They didn't give it their best shot. They do have what it takes. They just don't want to spend it. I almost never disagree with you Scott but in this case, I have to. Sorry.
Levy has missed out on key transfers at key moments because he refused to pay the fees.
Mane, Suarez, Fernandes, honestly the list goes on and on, I suggest you read this article as it highlights what the problem is.
The Sliding Doors of Pochettino's reign - World of Hotspur
A detailed look at the sliding doors of Mauricio Pochettino's reign at Tottenham Hotspur, and a look into what might have been.
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I was being kind to them. You're right. They were unwilling to do what it takes (spend), as much as they were unable to, & just not good enough in general even when they do spend. I guess we partly agree on that one.
Levy cultist's I think I have spelt that right.
Champions League 4 seasons on the bounce + CL final appearance would imply that they already have taken us to the "next level".
Levy has missed out on key transfers at key moments because he refused to pay the fees.
Mane, Suarez, Fernandes, honestly the list goes on and on, I suggest you read this article as it highlights what the problem is.
The Sliding Doors of Pochettino's reign - World of Hotspur
A detailed look at the sliding doors of Mauricio Pochettino's reign at Tottenham Hotspur, and a look into what might have been.
Redknapp turned down Suarez, he and Sherwood thought he was too similar to Van Der Vaart
"Despite all that has happened in his career since, one of the biggest regrets of my life in management is not taking Luis Suarez to Tottenham when we had the chance," Redknapp said about Suarez.
"Ruud Gullit told me. 'You've got to take him, Harry. He's fantastic.' Yet all of our scouts' reports said that at Ajax he played wide off a striker, whereas we were looking for a proper front man.
"Just when I was on the verge of taking the plunge, the price went up. In the end he was sold for £22.8million to Liverpool. We wouldn't have paid that," the former Tottenham manager concluded.
Wrong, he didn't turn him down.
"Despite all that has happened in his career since, one of the biggest regrets of my life in management is not taking Luis Suarez to Tottenham when we had the chance.
"'You've got to take him, Harry,' Ruud Gullit told me. 'He's fantastic’.” Just when I was on the verge of taking the plunge, the price went up.
"In the end he was sold for £22.8million to Liverpool. We wouldn't have paid that."
He didn't sign him because ENIC and Levy wouldn't have paid the price to get him.
Literally just posted the exact same thing LOL.
If we go along with that then they are taking us down a few levels. In fact we are down a few levels since top 4 & CL final.
The stories just get better
Saddest thing I’ve ever read
The next level from mid table is top six.
yet we didn’t even show the ambition to get him.
Wow another 40 years of huge ticket prices, tight fistedness and mediocrity, I can't wait where do I sign up, can I cancel the trophy polisher as I can put him on very long term leave.