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So what you´re saying is, we will win the League Cup in about 12 years time?The Cincinnati Bengals are in the SuperBowl tonight after a 32 year absence. Their 86 year old owner, Mike Brown consistently wins just about every poll for the worst and most frugal owner in the NFL.
Hope springs eternal!
14I’m pissed so I can’t be fucked to read, 13 managers snd counting says it all…
Levy.. and the fact that several of those players arnt good enough. It's all very well sacking the manager but when the chairman shops at poundland's and brings in inferior crap. Emerson, Doherty etc it's hardly surprising we are making Southampton and wolves look good.Where have I given anyone credit?
My point is that its too easy to always blame Levy and ENIC as opposed to laying the ire at the manager and the players.
Does everyone who has disagreed with me believe Wolves and Southampton are better teams than ours?
If so then okay but I bet most thought we would win both games, so where does the blame lie?
Sometimes I find it hard to disagree
Class post, sirI love Tottenham, I can’t helping wanting the best for them
It's about bringing the right players in. Getting the scouting right and not wasting money on drossLargest trophy drought at a time when Chelsea and City have taken spending to insane levels. When United had their greatest manager of all time as did Woolwich.
I get it and it's shameful but we have had chances and we failed the many tests.
I do not completely disagree but I am unconvinced that anything would placate the fury of those fans who seemingly equate expenditure to success.
Yes it's part of it but the harsh reality is that we have bought poorly more than we haven't bought.
You mean after we’re relegated and win the Championship?Mark my words, a Championship will be won and wildly celebrated at our stadium under Daniel Levy
When we host the first ever Super Bowl outside of the US
We played Wolves away & if you remember they bombarded us , outplayed us but we managed to get a late goal ( Dele pen )Correct.
It becomes a straw man discussion.
In the wider piece I am in agreement. Lack of strategy and clarity but please nobody tell me that we should not have had enough to win today and during the week..
I get the frustration but every time we lose it's Levy or ENIC?
That's senseless and giving the manager and player's no sense of responsibility.
One of the worst spurs performances in recent times. We pose as this big club but we truly looked mid table out there yesterday. We couldnt put together a few simple passes. Barring Kane, Romero and to a lesser extent Son, these players would have trouble getting in the starting 11 of most mid table clubs.
Where is the end goal with the appointment of Conte? You had the Levy extremists come out of their cave and declare the January window a huge success, almost as if we had won a trophy? Why? Because we loaned out some deadwood? And brought in two guys from a weak Juventus bench. On the basis because our new DoF used to be the old Juventus director?
There is no plan. There is no strategy. Levy keeps making these big manager name appointments to try to raise the profile of the club without making proper investment. How many more times do we need to fail with big money managers before we realise that it doesnt fucking work if you dont make big name signings. Conte isn't a miracle worker. He wins stuff with the biggest spending clubs. Every transfer window becomes a clown show where we result in panic bidding for every player in the world and end with a C level version of the guy the manager actually wanted.
When we had Pochettino you had a guy that didnt get funds but make sure spurs came into the game as the most conditioned team. Able to press for 120 minutes no questioned asked if needs be. We were the fittest team in the league. That with the ability to be flexible and adapt and use the tools that he had to work with.
I like Conte but he isnt that guy. Mourinho wasnt that guy. They dont build teams. They motivate players that are already winners. Levy is a fucking poser. He hasnt had a decent signing since VDV. He has turned spurs into posers. With the stadium. The NFL deals. The concerts. We had a great thing with Pochettino, we were overachieving like hell, and Levy tried to be the big man with the big plans and thought we could go further without spending any money. Get mourinho and join the super league. Become an elitist club part of an exclusive league. Put on shows at our grand commercial new stadium.
And now we have become irrelevant again. Lose Kane and our disappearance into mediocrity is complete. Conte isnt going to be here long term. Hes just going to go through the motions, 12 months left raking in the dough with his expensive salary and then move on to bigger and better things. The only way he quits is if the results turn so bad his reputation comes into jeopardy.
Wolves took the piss out of us yesterday. The game was over in the first 20 minutes.
I think we know. He's gone by October and we will be lucky if he stays this summer.we now have to see how Conte pans out.
And we'll be thrust into another mid season managerial search while another season gets written off with some bullshit DNA statement put up on the website.I think we know. He's gone by October and we will be lucky if he stays this summer.
No way in hell he's going to get the caliber of players he needs to do something and he knows it.
Best you're getting is a freeze and even that is still a huge piss take.He has to reprice ST’s… I’m expecting a cut of c.40%
Mason for the rest of the seasonAnd we'll be thrust into another mid season managerial search while another season gets written off with some bullshit DNA statement put up on the website.
It's bizarre that some people are still buying in to this shit
And we'll be thrust into another mid season managerial search while another season gets written off with some bullshit DNA statement put up on the website.
It's bizarre that some people are still buying in to this shit
Who is buying into it, not that anyone really knows what it is?
There are all sorts of supporter as you would expect. It's bloody hard to know what to think at present and even harder to know which direction next.
For me the single biggest thing is having an identity. Knowing what we are and what we are seeking to achieve. Right now it's misty.
Realistically we aubt challenging for the league anytime soon, so then it's top 4 or is it too 8?
The most important thing for all concerned is the direction and expectation.
Getting Conte was supposed to mean something and by the end of the summer we will know if it was an act of deception. Until then it's choppy waters.
Pretty sure Conte isn’t going to get the backing he needs.
Levy is a cunt and needs to fuck off now.