Well said again. Ricky Lambert was another waiting to be snapped up. As you say, we don't need a superstar striker, in fact we can't afford one. We just needed another striker, especially in the winter window when it was as plain as a sunny day we needed one.
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Well said again. Ricky Lambert was another waiting to be snapped up. As you say, we don't need a superstar striker, in fact we can't afford one. We just needed another striker, especially in the winter window when it was as plain as a sunny day we needed one.
They have different owners to us. Not everyone has the facility to pour money in without concern.
Exactly.
You're being childish now.
I can understand your frustration at the lack of trophies, but ENIC cannot be expected to foot the bill for our progression, like
Lister
said, we are doing things organically and under our own steam. Yes it would be great if a billionaire had taken over, Roman Abramovich doesn't have to justify his bankrolling to any shareholder, ENIC do. Also it's worth remembering wealthy investors don't always turn out to be a good thing, just look at Blackburn or even QPR. Spurs were no hopers when Sugar sold them to ENIC, we had George Graham in charge and our star player was about to fuck off to Woolwich. We languished in the lower reaches of the league, and we were behind many of the clubs we are now either in front of or competing with. They pretty much started from scratch. We may not have lined the trophy cabinet with silver, but we have come a hell of a long way from the dark days of the nineties. It's progression, and a progression that sees us with a chance of winning our first European trophy in nearly 30 years. That shouldn't be taken lightly.
Really? You want us to become that? Have you seen what Abramovich has done to that club? The propensity of plastic fans, the entitlement, the utter loss of connection to they club because they are Chelsea and feel they are entitled to it. You want that?
What we are seeing now is the failure of that regime, the instability of the club brought about by Abramovich, the in fighting and lack of support for their manager, the ridiculous banners and interviews we see that make us all fucking laugh at them for the joke of a club that they are.
This place, this movement, what we fucking are, is about loving this club and standing behind this club to remain as just that, the club, the shirt, Tottenham Hotspur Fucking Football Club, all of that, you want gone, all of that you argue against because you want to be like them, worse than that, you cry and wish we were them like some jilted fucking lover.
You, that attitude, that is what is wrong with modern football, the constant whining and moaning that we don't have a sugar daddy, that we are better than them because we have history and yet the willingness to prostitute yourself for the shiny stuff and give all of that away. I for one, won't sacrifice what my club is, what it stands for and the heart and soul of THFC to become the same as the plastics at the Bridge.
Fuck you and all you stand for.
I understand that, that's where they have the advantage.
Really? You want us to become that? Have you seen what Abramovich has done to that club? The propensity of plastic fans, the entitlement, the utter loss of connection to they club because they are Chelsea and feel they are entitled to it. You want that?
What we are seeing now is the failure of that regime, the instability of the club brought about by Abramovich, the in fighting and lack of support for their manager, the ridiculous banners and interviews we see that make us all fucking laugh at them for the joke of a club that they are.
This place, this movement, what we fucking are, is about loving this club and standing behind this club to remain as just that, the club, the shirt, Tottenham Hotspur Fucking Football Club, all of that, you want gone, all of that you argue against because you want to be like them, worse than that, you cry and wish we were them like some jilted fucking lover.
You, that attitude, that is what is wrong with modern football, the constant whining and moaning that we don't have a sugar daddy, that we are better than them because we have history and yet the willingness to prostitute yourself for the shiny stuff and give all of that away. I for one, won't sacrifice what my club is, what it stands for and the heart and soul of THFC to become the same as the plastics at the Bridge.
Fuck you and all you stand for.
Got to take my hat off to that.
:adebaehug:
Got to take my hat off to that.
by the way there is no enic anymore!
This thread has exploded a bit over the last day, and I'm not gonna continue with an arrested back-and-forth. But, lots of sensible things being said over the last few pages! And the enthusiasm shown for the improvement of the club is fantastic :adebaehug:
see here!.... "our premiership football club" http://www.tavistock.com/corporate/corporate-video-english/
no. it was a private investment owned by lewis & levy.. they formed another company called condor around 2008 I think which bought out any shares they didn't have.
Oh, has anyone on this board mentioned these "rumours"?
These two sentences might be among the greatest bits of comedy I've ever seen.
yes!.. watch the video posted above.. its all intertwined.. enic at one stage was a big investor in autonomy now our sponsor & in a massive court case over its overstated value with Hewlett Packard... enic also owned tomorrow nights opponents if i'm correct
ENIC is owned through Tavistock. ENIC International is the subsidiary that owns the majority of shares in Spurs. Tavistock is just the umbrella company Lewis' ventures are under.
think we're at cross wires! & levy & lewis formed a company called kondor to buy out the remaining shares which they didn't hold of enic int, .. the company is called enic group with lewis the majority shareholder.