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Think we need the l at the end of ange personallyIf your looking for somebody to take responsibiity for our recruitment, put an L in front of ange.
Think we need the l at the end of ange personallyIf your looking for somebody to take responsibiity for our recruitment, put an L in front of ange.
That's what I said at the start of my post.he has already wasted the best England striker
I think people who are hoping a single trophy is going to set us off are in for a rude awakening. It will be no different to the last few times we won a trophy. We will just have something to celebrate for a bit but will still not have the winning mentality from it. It's possible with our academy winning things they might at least develop that but it's highly unlikely many will break through. Until we change our stance and sign proven winners (and not in their 30s) not a lot will change.
Because we sold Berbatov and Keane without quality replacementsIf anything, we took our foot off the gas after we last won a trophy. We went on a dreadful run that arguably carried over into the following season, leading to Ramos being sacked. It worked out in the end with Redknapp, but bringing him in was yet another desperate gamble. We also re-signed Keane, Defoe, and Chimbonda to help us get out of trouble.
Because we sold Berbatov and Keane without quality replacements
The super high quality Frazier Campbell came in the other direction, one of a huge number of pointless nothing type signings we have made over the years.Because we sold Berbatov and Keane without quality replacements
The FA = Levy... for both it seems elite performance and sporting victory is a stated aim that in reality falls somewhere far below toeing the company line and maintaining an easy status quo. Both teams are unlikely to win anything without change at the top.I think we're the England of club football. Most of the other major footballing nations, such as France, Germany, Italy and Spain have their ups and downs but still win a few trophies along the way. Whereas England likes to think of itself as mixing it with those big boys but hasn't won a tournament for nearly sixty years. Much smaller nations than England, like Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark and Greece have won tournaments in that time. So it is with Tottenham.
Since we last won the league, Ipswich, Everton, Liverpool, Man U, Man C, Leeds, Arsenal, Derby, Forest, Villa, Blackburn, Chelsea and Leicester have won it.
Since we last won an FA Cup, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U, Everton, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Wigan, Man C and Leicester have won it.
Even since we last won a League cup, Man U, Birmingham, Liverpool, Swansea, Man C and Chelsea have won it.
Everything needs to align from board down. You need a strong philosophy and direction that everyone is working towards, a sporting culture established, a level and bar of excellence that people buy into. If that’s failing at stage one at the top then the rest is built on quicksand before you even start. I think this leads to us flying through managers, systems, projects in a hamster wheel and hence situations repeating over and over.There are so many factors to take on board - I do firmly feel that unless everything is aligned then we will always end up back here again and again. The thought of another coach change doesn't excite me on bit. Even if it was Pep, I'd still feel the same. The thought of another change is actually sickening because it really is obvious that the discontent would start again within a 12 month period, tops.
I think this leads to us flying through managers, systems, projects in a hamster wheel and hence situations repeating over and over.
I can't think of a single time that we've sold a marquee player and replaced them with similar quality.
Bale, Modric, Berbatov, Carrick, Keane, Kane etc the list goes on.
The only thing that's gotten better is Levy's paycheck and bonuses.
We're a business, not a football club to him.
It is never going to happen though. Those player moved on because they outgrown the team and had the ability to play for elite sides, paying elite wages, playing and winning leagues and trophies.
Unless we could offer all of the above it is difficult to replace with similar quality.
I agree it also seems to be the beginning of another plan each time, he writes in program notes things like there is going to be a root and branch evaluation carried out and a manager appointed at it’s conclusion.Sacking coaches is another way for Levy to obscure his own shortcomings when it comes to securing on-pitch success.
It gives the appearance of action—he often manages to win fans back by bringing in a new manager.
"Look! We’re hiring Mourinho, we're hiring Conte. We’re serious about winning now!"
"Look! We’re bringing in Ange. We’re focused on playing attractive football!"
This also allows the club to buy some time, as we’re told to be patient while the new manager works his magic. Then, when everything inevitably falls apart, Levy pulls the same trick again.
We should be able to offer that now. We have the stadium and we have a lot of room in wages and PSR.
Exactly because they're investors. They won't spend huge money unless it's on young prospects who are not on huge wages and have sell on. They consider every transfer cost wages plus fee over the course of the contract and what their likely value is. None of it is related to how the player can take us forward. We sold Kane for 100m plus over 200k wages and signed Johnson for half the fee and probably less than half the wages. Oh and he'll still have some sell on value in his late 20s.I can't think of a single time that we've sold a marquee player and replaced them with similar quality.
Bale, Modric, Berbatov, Carrick, Keane, Kane etc the list goes on.
The only thing that's gotten better is Levy's paycheck and bonuses.
We're a business, not a football club to him.
Yeah we can definitely offer wages but trophies and champions league is not a given.
I personally think the plan is to build the club in such a way that we develop young players to be world class superstars but then have convey belt of the next gen of young super talents ready to step in for those that move on.
Yeah we can definitely offer wages but trophies and champions league is not a given.
I personally think the plan is to build the club in such a way that we develop young players to be world class superstars but then have convey belt of the next gen of young super talents ready to step in for those that move on.
It won't be a given but we will be much more likely to win those once we started competing with wages.
If that is the club's plan then it is very worrying and frankly confirms a lot of what people suspect about Levy. Why did we need to build a £1 billion stadium to follow that plan?
Dragusin, Solanke, Grey, Bergvall, Yang, Odobert and Werner.If your looking for somebody to take responsibiity for our recruitment, put an L in front of ange.