There's band of mediocre players sabotaging the football club

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

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These players know Tottenham is the best club they will ever play for. What they have been doing is sabotaging managers to get them sacked to prolong the inevitable rebuild.

Poch spoke of painful rebuild, few months later he was out of the job. Jose wanted a strong overhaul this summer, found himself sacked.

These players have been rejecting multiple offers from other clubs every window to stay at the club. They also leak stories to the press to paint the manager in negative light to force Levy's hand. They're tight knit, very loyal to one another and have a strong influence over the club hierachy. It going to be very difficult to remove them in one window.

Lloris spoke of them several times in post match conferences, Kane couple of times, even Højbjerg blamed them for lack of effort in one game.

Dele Alli and Harry Winks are the inofficial leaders of this group and are the most cancerous duo in the current squad
 
Don Giovanni said:
These players know Tottenham is the best club they will ever play for. What they have been doing is sabotaging managers to get them sacked to prolong the inevitable rebuild.

Poch spoke of painful rebuild, few months later he was out of the job. Jose wanted a strong overhaul this summer, found himself sacked.

These players have been rejecting multiple offers from other clubs every window to stay at the club. They also leak stories to the press to paint the manager in negative light to force Levy's hand. They're tight knit, very loyal to one another and have a strong influence over the club hierachy. It going to be very difficult to remove them in one window.

Lloris spoke of them several times in post match conferences, Kane couple of times, even Højbjerg blamed them for lack of effort in one game.

Dele Alli and Harry Winks are the inofficial leaders of this group and are the most cancerous duo in the current squad
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If only everyone worked as hard and put in such consistent, stellar performances like your favorites.

Is Dele any more average than Lo Celso??
 
Wasn't Trippier the first to allude to what went on behind the scenes. Seems to be a lot of cliques that needs trimming. I wouldn't be surprised if certain individuals are suffering from being left out of things
 
It's more like the football club is sabotaging itself by allowing a band of mediocre players who clearly don't give a toss, to still be part of the squad. Nothing stopping us removing these bad apples (it's painfully obvious who they are), we need to take a financial hit and get rid this transfer window. (If anybody will have them).
 
I think a lot of that is down to Levy. We have all played in youth teams, one I was in went toxic. We had around 20 players, I was playing full back and the guys on the bench seemed to want us to fuck up so they could go on the pitch.

Look at our squad, it’s fucking huge. We have Skipp and Sess returning as well. We could sell 5-10 players and still have enough around if the gaps are filled with hungry youth players. It’s the only good thing, sell a load to get cash and most importantly free wages so we can buy and restart.

It’s not our buying that has been the worst element, it’s our selling. Sissoko, Winks, Dier, Dele, Lamela shouldn’t be here, even Rose is still on our books till end of season. They should have been gone last season.

We are in a United situation a few years ago. Remember when they where buying quality but those players quickly turned to shit. We have that, Regulion, Bergwijn even PEH have declined since they joined. That is not ability, that is a toxic environment, poor coaching, poor leadership.

So that sits with Levy. Levy should never have hired the dinosaur Jose who has taken the club backwards and he should have cleared the deadwood instead of haggling for every penny. It’s fine to haggle the money for Kane but for others just no.
 
Tomo said:
Look at our squad, it’s fucking huge. We have Skipp and Sess returning as well. We could sell 5-10 players and still have enough around if the gaps are filled with hungry youth players. It’s the only good thing, sell a load to get cash and most importantly free wages so we can buy and restart.
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And last season we sent two players out on loan and spent a combined £45million on players for the same position.

Our inability to get rid of players is shocking. Is it due to the players having too much power?
 
Skooch said:
Our inability to get rid of players is shocking. Is it due to the players having too much power?
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I suspect it is due to Levy. Specifically, (a) bad contracts (for players like Sissoko and Dier, their contracts are for teams at our level, and teams where they would actually fit don't want to pay the contracts Levy has given them), and (b) Levy's notorious stinginess and unwillingness to take a loss on players, factoring in the transfer fees we initially paid.
 
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Skooch said:
And last season we sent two players out on loan and spent a combined £45million on players for the same position.

Our inability to get rid of players is shocking. Is it due to the players having too much power?
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No idea I think Levy loves the end of the window as he can play poker and get in his opinion the best price. But it’s a penny wise pound foolish game, if you don’t get the price the player stays on contributing little and decreasing in value while fucking up the squad dynamic which affects team performance and value.

This concept can’t easily be stuck on a spreadsheet hence Levy seems oblivious to it from his accountant mindset. Squad togetherness, mental strength, staleness that affect players and players values are not easy to numerate.

It requires a mindset that understands football and human nature. Hence why a DoF with a strong football background who can truly assess the squad is vital. They will know when to clear out, take a loss on a player for the greater long term good of the team. Levy has shown himself incapable of this very human element. The irony is this human element is what leads to a more valuable team financially. Levy comes across as seeing footballers like car parts, sell high buy low at every turn.
 
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