Lol ozil looks like Rodger from American Dad :vert:
Haven't watched the video but tend to agree.
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Lol ozil looks like Rodger from American Dad :vert:
I suppose it depends on your point of view. Levy only didn't change anything because the decision went against him. Tan changed the kit and badge. In my view, moving us to East London is equal to or worse than changing the kit and badge, because our North London identity is more important to me than those things. But others may disagree.
Edit: What's interesting is that Tan changed the colours/badge back (somewhat) after an FA Cup tie with Colchester was attended by only 4,000 or so people, Cardiff's lowest ever attendance (thanks wikipedia). It seems that he had alienated both the hardcore support and also those who were happy to put up with the changes as long as it meant success. I think perhaps that Levy trying to do the Stratford thing would have not been possible had we been struggling more at the time on the pitch.
This is going to be a long international break isn't it. Debating how similar Daniel Levy is to Vincent Tan. I'll start a new thread called two weeks from hell
Pathetic it was even considered.
I think that is from twitter and a comeback to a gooner who I think was going on about Kocksmally's ability, maybe saying that he had Kane in his pocket but I didn't see the previous argument.Why make everything about their players? Fuck Koscielny.
It's all about Kane, doesn't matter who the defenders when he's on form.
Just seen an ad on TV for benfica v porto today.
2 massive games for you today.
Hope your heart is ready for all the emotions & nerves you will go through!
Good luck to porto too!
Levy Senior may be a Spurs fan, quite a lot of Spurs fans wanted us to move to Stratford. But I can't stand the mentality of putting success ahead of identity and meaning, which that kind of fan has. And if he had been successful there would have been massive splits in our fanbase, and our support would have become a lot more like them; I don't think this can be denied.
It may well be true that most other chairmen would have done the same thing in the same situation. The honourable thing would have been at least to put it to a vote amongst members, as I think Everton did with their proposal for a new ground, though I'm sure if Levy had done that it would have been framed as "WHL vs OS" (still a no brainer for the likes of me) due to the NDP being apparently "not viable" at the time.
We have certainly done very well on the pitch under Levy. But with the Stratford thing I cannot ever see him as truly one of us.
I definitely think that among the hardcore, i.e. the people who regularly go to away games, there's not many with the success-at-all-costs mentality.
Shocking comment - hope you spend a month in the Bin for this at minimumGet aids you dumb fuck
I'm starting to respect this-as much as it goes against the grain. I love spurs. Our history, style & fanbase. I've called Levy all the cunts under the sun- on here & to mates. BUT...if I was thrown under the bus & told I was the torch bearer for our club, then I'd have to admit I wouldn't have done it too differently. Maybe I wouldn't have been so inflexible if my manager told me he wanted "x" player in whichever window. I would have paid the money for Berahino if my manager wanted him, instead of losing the deal at the last minute.
He could have been more bold (he couldn't be any more bald) & maybe we would have collected some trophies. But I like the fact that he has an unshakeable ethos & his kid mixes with the fans. I'm sure he could have wangled an executive suite but chose to be in the thick of it. Have to say, under his stewardship we may not have won things as we had hoped, but we have not fallen away into mid table obscurity. We are top 4-6 every year. That is no mean feat for a team that hasn't had a huge injection of dodgy money from a dodgy source.
Same boat as me. Could have murdered him when he refused Moutinho when AVB wanted him, the constant manager mary-go-round, STUBHUB amongst a load of other ol bollocks.
But, when I take a step back, and think of it from a rational point of view. We are doing ok. Haven't lost to the Gooners in 5 NLDs in the league, have a new stadium on its way, a squad who like playing with each other, CL etc etc. Through gritted teeth I say, ha ha Levy, you ain't doing too badly. He has had to learn as a chairmen, and has grown. COYS
Yes, on the pitch, we have done very well under Levy. Our upturn in fortunes has basically coincided with his becoming chairmen; we started to improve a few years after he started in the job, and have steadily improved since then. So many successive years of European football was unthinkable in the 90s/early noughties. And even though he sacked a lot of managers, the ethos of the club remained basically the same regardless of who was in charge and we continued to progress. I don't even mind too much the miserliness. Sometimes it seems to be counter productive, (not buying players in a transfer window when it seems it would ultimately suit Levy's interests as well as ours to do so) but overall I'd rather we did things through spending within our means rather than financial doping like Chelsea/Man City (as an aside I saw in the Standard this week that Chelsea are going to spend even more in January due to their good start to the season and the chance of winning the league).Same boat as me. Could have murdered him when he refused Moutinho when AVB wanted him, the constant manager mary-go-round, STUBHUB amongst a load of other ol bollocks.
But, when I take a step back, and think of it from a rational point of view. We are doing ok. Haven't lost to the Gooners in 5 NLDs in the league, have a new stadium on its way, a squad who like playing with each other, CL etc etc. Through gritted teeth I say, ha ha Levy, you ain't doing too badly. He has had to learn as a chairmen, and has grown. COYS
The draws last season were extremely frustrating. That game at theirs, we really should have spanked them, we were almost playing around doing tricks rather than going for the kill. And the home game they were behind with 10 men so a draw was poor, though that was more of a crazy game because we started badly and they would probably also feel they should have won it due to it being a different game after the sending off.You have to admit the draws have been frustrating though. It feels like they were on the ropes for the last 4 league matches but still managed to get away with a point.
That shows a few thingsYou have to admit the draws have been frustrating though. It feels like they were on the ropes for the last 4 league matches but still managed to get away with a point.
What the fuck did he do to deserve that?Get aids you dumb fuck
It's ludicrous to compare Levy (a Spurs FAN) with a Malaysian businessman, who with all the will in the world, you're not gonna convince me he grew up in Malaysia supporting Cardiff...
For all his faults, not to mention all the good things he's done for the club... at least Levy IS a Spurs fan! Diehard, "Spurs Fru 'n' fru" he may not necessarily be... but neither were over 50% of the fans who turned up for the first time at Wembley last week!
At least Levy goes to every game!
You know him? Or just a personal opinion?actually he is.
I think it's time we put you in a home.Woke up this morning (de-daaa, de daaa, got out of my bed, looked in the mirror...) convinced that we hadn't played the NLD yet, and I was sure we'd be losing our unbeaten record...
The fact it feels like a Saturday today for some reason doesn't help!