No. Your view is that « if spurs do the right thing (ie spend) then we will win things. » But this is wrong for two reasons.So what are you saying?
That being owned by Irving Scholar, Alan Sugar and ENIC is a coincidence that our typical trophy haul is fallen off a cliff?
I don't really see your point at all. If anything, it sounds like you're quite happy we never win anything. Either that or you don't understand that clubs who invest in the team win stuff and clubs who fart around building new stands to make money don't.
Scholar and Sugar kept doing that. ENIC built an entire stadium.
The only one who actually went out and really signed big players was Scolar and of the 3, his Spurs won the most. Proof is in the pudding.
1) If it were that easy - just spend! - then every club would be winning the PL every year. It’s really hard to do that effectively on a limited budget. In fact Man Utd are showing its hard to do if you have hundreds of millions to spend.
2) There are factors OUTSIDE of our control too. Like what other teams are doing. Like sports washing.
Let’s look at the biggest spenders each season, how much they spent, where they finished and if they won anything.
2022 - Woolwich - 167m - 5th
2021 - Chelsea - 242m - 3rd
2020 - Manchester United - 235m - 3rd
2019 - Chelsea - 209m - 3rd
2018 - Manchester City - 317.5m - 1st, League Cup
2017 - Manchester City - 215m - 3rd
2016 - Manchester City - 208.5m - 4th, League cup
2015 - Manchester United - 195m - 4th
2014 - Chelsea - 130m - 3rd
2013 - Chelsea - 110m - 3rd, Europa League
So in the last 10 seasons the biggest spenders have finished 3-5 in the league every year but one.
They have won a total of 3 trophies. Man City twice won the league cup and Chelse won the Europa league.
Spending is far from a guarantee of success.
Who is spending the most?
Man Utd (most successful team in the past 42 years) and the two sports washers. Year after year.
If spending is the key to success, HOW THE MERRY FUCK WERE WE MEANT TO COMPETE WITH CITY, CHELSEA AND UNITED?