What am I making up to argue against? All I've said is that it's easy to complain about Spurs having a lack of ambition when there isn't any evidence to suggest that in recent times. For all we know, the scouts could be working round the clock trying to unearth these gems but maybe real talent is not that easy to come by & you can bet that what talent there is will also be being scrutinised by scouts at other clubs. We got Dele through sheer good scouting & everything falling right into place for us. One of the brightest prospects in English (if not world) football.
He was a £5 million gamble that paid off superbly. What about Dier too? So there are two relatively recent examples of our scouts doing what could reasonably be described as "a fucking diamond job". But still there is disquiet about a lack of an X factor player. These well known elite players who would make a difference are already at huge clubs anyway. Spurs are presently in the business of creating superstars, sometimes from scratch. More recently, we seem better able to keep hold of them-which makes a nice change than worrying about which mega rich club is going to take our best players.
What I am saying is that if you want to complain, then it all seems a bit pointless if you don't know or understand the logistics of what it is you're complaining about.
If we are talking about players who WILL make the difference between challenging or not, it's a very limited pool. We know their names because everyone does & they will be difficult/expensive to bring in. So we are relying more on prospects being found.
Fwiw- I still think Janssen will come good as he returns from injury. We expected too much from him too soon & I feel a bit sorry for him being thrown in so quickly because of Kane's injury.
yeah some good points you have made as always bolton.
But you say "What I am saying is that if you want to complain, then it all seems a bit pointless if you don't know or understand the logistics of what it is you're complaining about."
I don't want to hurt anyone's ego, but id say 99% of what is posted on this forum is from people who barely know much about what they are talking about.
It is the same as us all being experts when we talk to people in the street, no matter what the subject.
or else you would be constantly saying " I am fair too unqualified to give an opinion of that subject".
It will be very limited conversation if we only chat about things we now a lot about.
or maybe we have people on here who know a lot about many subjects.
From owning a club, to being a professional footballer, to managing in la liga & the premiership.
Look at the off topic threads too. some on here are experts on politics, hip hop, ufc, cricket, boxing etc.
For example, I would say most none of us have a clue what it takes to manage a club like spurs.
yet most of us have sometimes complained & criticized the manager.
poch knows probably 99% more about football than any of us. yet we will complain about a decision he made.
despite us knowing very little about managing a club & making decisions like he has too.
It is the same through out the forum. so I don't know why if it's scouting we have to know what we are talking about.
we all give opinions on matters we know very little about.
If you could filter this forum/the internet to only good substance from people who know a lot about the subject, it would probably be 99% smaller!
someone was asking me about the cricket today. I only watch some england matches & even then usually just the highlights. so i am very unqualified to comment, but I still gave some opinion. I said anderson shouldn't bother playing in india & we should have rested him for the whole tour.
He isn't effective in those countries & we have to manage him because of his age.
But really, I am not qualified to give opinions like that.
I am just forming an opinion from what little I know about cricket.
ps. dier & alli were a great bit of scouting (as were walker & rose back in the day!).
& I am not too worried about janssen yet either. He needs a full season at least!