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No it doesn’t, when we go up from the 6th highest revenue to be top 3 or 4 then then chairman has done a good job. As he hasn’t done that and has actually been pretty meh on the commercial side as evidenced by the failure to get naming rights closed I’d say he isn’t actually doing his job that well and certainly not well enough to be the highest paid chairman.We're the 6th wealthiest club in the league yet we are finishing 3rd, 2nd & 3rd all whilst building a new training facility & stadium though. Surely balancing both yet still overachieving on the pitch makes Levy pound for pound the best chairman of a normal functioning football club (I don't count endless pots of money as we don't have any) in the league hence making him worth his cut of being paid as the best right?
The money spent on signings, the quality of signings collectively, our consistent over performing against teams financially and brand wise far more superior than us I think makes Levy worthy of a job well done more than someone who should get hammered for not doing more. I'd have definitely liked more signings but the decision was made not to for whatever reason. I do think when you weigh up our turnover, money spent, transfer fees in, stadium build and league position etc he ranks as the top chairman of an organically run football club on these shores. Just my opinion on him without the hypothetical scenarios of what happens next
The fact that we are among the lowest net spenders and have the 6th highest wage bill but have finished 3-2-3 while playing an entire season of away games is indicative of the fact we have the best coach in the league who is massively over achieving relative to the resources made available to him. Now of course Levy appointed him but it is hard to give him credit for that rather than put that down to luck when his immediately prior appoint and a man he had given ever increasing power on the football side over several years was one Tim Sherwood, hardly says he knows his onions on the football side.