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Can't work out why Rose has a strained relationship with Spurs fans :levyeyes:











Harsh comments but Rose pre Poch was a mess, during AVB reign he was always caught stuck up the pitch leaving Verts to do all the defending on the left side.
 
I thought he was a wrong un from before that.
- He was in the away end at Chelsea when we lost 4-0 under Sherwood, I'm not sure what was said but he pissed off a load of yids and had to be escorted out.
- At Sunderland one year, 2-2 draw (Dembele brilliant is what I remember mostly, I think it was in Poch's first season though could be wrong) he made a point of applauding all sides of the stadium, and not coming over to us. Every other Spurs player came over.
- Newcastle 5-1 game, he got drunk with his Sunderland mates before the game and was benched. Despicable attitude for a game that not enough players took seriously, it meant finishing above the scum and finishing second in the league.

I think he hasn't liked us (the fans) for a long time and IIRC some of the comments he made in that article reflected that.

Yes it's true there would have been leading questions but he knows the drill, it's not like he was 18 when the questions were asked, you've got to be careful what you say. You don't see other players e.g. Toby saying stuff like that. There is a way to leave respectfully, if you want to leave.

I disagree about Poch, he did freeze him out initially but has reintroduced other players who have upset him given time and them showing the right attitude in training, e.g. Sissoko, Toby.

All IMO of course, you're entitled to your view. But I'd bet you anything most of our support would go off him again if he started playing badly.
The Rose debacle in a nutshell.

Astonishing how many just forgave him like that.
 
I know you go to most away games and understand why you want the price to be low and certainly they should not rip off away fans. However perhaps Levy does not like the idea that Spurs have to sell tickets to Woolwich's etc away fans at a lower price than a similar ticket to Spurs fans. Surely the price should be the same. As a season ticket holder You still have to buy tickets for individual matches and do you not think it unfair that you are paying more for a ticket at home than an away supporter?
I think the idea is that Levy sells tickets to opposition away fans at a lower rate knowing that it is helping our fans watch us play away.

Of course the price should be £30 for home tickets as well, but as that's not going to happen, the away cap is much better than nothing.

Away fans are the lifeblood of any team's support. The cap has helped younger fans be able to afford to go to these games, which has helped keep our away support strong. If the away price had kept rising you would see an older demographic, which would mean a less noisy away support. This is why the cap was suggested; it was a way to keep the atmosphere in grounds. The atmosphere watching Spurs play away is totally different from a home game. If the £30 cap had been on home tickets, it would benefit all sorts of people who came to games (including tourists) having it on the away support benefits the most hardcore, most passionate fans.
 
I know you’re trying hard to run a tight ship and proper business, Mr Levy, but I hope you don’t regret the longer term impact if we miss out on the Champions League next season.
 
Levy has already worked out how much we get in from the Champions league & how much extra he has to pay in wages and transfer fees,
if its £60m income I bet extra wages is £30m without any transfers, so I don't think he even worry's about the champions league
 
Hearing our financials are getting announced tonight. WIll be interesting to see where we are. Although I feel a clear picture will not be presented for at least another accounting period. We shall see.
 
Hearing our financials are getting announced tonight. WIll be interesting to see where we are. Although I feel a clear picture will not be presented for at least another accounting period. We shall see.
This is for our first Wembley season, so it will be a useful baseline when it comes to the new stadium. Put another way, if we don't make the CL (gross), we are likely to still make as much money next year as we did last year due to increased matchday revenue, naming rights, and all the other events NWHL is hosting. If we do make CL, we will be competing with everyone outside of the Manchester clubs in terms of revenue.

The real juicey numbers won't be out for two years (financials for 2019/2020).
 
This is for our first Wembley season, so it will be a useful baseline when it comes to the new stadium. Put another way, if we don't make the CL (gross), we are likely to still make as much money next year as we did last year due to increased matchday revenue, naming rights, and all the other events NWHL is hosting. If we do make CL, we will be competing with everyone outside of the Manchester clubs in terms of revenue.

The real juicey numbers won't be out for two years (financials for 2019/2020).
For now, I think the most important thing is visibility on what we owe. We know that we extended our loan facility to take it to £630m mark, knowing what we owe, what the repayment on that will be and the earnings we are due to receive, we can at least gage if it's manageable. Having loan repayment of £50m pa is fine if we are earning circa £400m in revenue to cover it.
 
For now, I think the most important thing is visibility on what we owe. We know that we extended our loan facility to take it to £630m mark, knowing what we owe, what the repayment on that will be and the earnings we are due to receive, we can at least gage if it's manageable. Having loan repayment of £50m pa is fine if we are earning circa £400m in revenue to cover it.


We won't know what the repayments are until they have done the refinancing, most likely a bond type deal.

Will probably take another few years, more if they are using the loan to build all the ancillary buildings that haven't even started on site yet.
 
We won't know what the repayments are until they have done the refinancing, most likely a bond type deal.

Will probably take another few years, more if they are using the loan to build all the ancillary buildings that haven't even started on site yet.
Agree, but it is fair to say that if we know what our repayments are today we know they will only decrease as and when we refinance. Everything associated exposure wise today is basically the worst case. Already it's possible to take a reasonably educated punt based on the early financials that Levy put out a few months ago, and so a punt at £50m pa interest (@3-3.5%) wouldn't be too wide of the mark and that our revenues should be in approximation be around £400m (next year), maybe this year seeing as CL income is basically set to be double what it was last year.
 
An excellent read showing the financial side of Spurs over the last decade and how we compare to what the other top teams in the division do:


The below table shows the average the other top 5 teams earn compared to how we do on all financial levels:

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Commercial & Matchday revenues light years behind the others. Every year we earn on average at least £100m less than the other top 5 teams combined averages. Huge gap that explains a lot about why we don't go toe to toe with prospective targets or flashing the cash.

£1.02bnhow much on average the Big Five earned
more than Tottenham between 2009 and 2017


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The turnover highlighted above shows that our finances are actually closer on average to the rest of the Premier League teams average, not the big fives. Take into account most of the rest of the PL clubs are bankrolled by egotistical owner money and loans and it's remarkable what we do and how frequently we do it. If we keep being so professional with higher matchday & commercial revenue we can look forward to even better steps in time.
 
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Have these quotes been posted anywhere? I haven't seen them so here you are. Quite a revealing interview from Levy, considering how little he likes to talk to the press.



Chairman Daniel Levy believes he has built a stadium that can make Tottenham one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Spurs open their new 62,062-seater home, part of a project Levy confirmed will cost around £1billion, against Crystal Palace on Wednesday as an 18-year dream finally comes to fruition.

There have been several stumbling blocks along the way, not least the frustrating delays this season which put back their moving in date from August to April.

But Levy is hoping Spurs can now concentrate on winning trophies in their new home.
'I would say that the last 18 years, this club has definitely gone forward and clearly like any business, any club, you have your ups and downs,' he said.

'But I think we've created the infrastructure here to become one of the biggest clubs in the world.

'When I took over the club, Tottenham was not a club that was a regular European challenger. Clearly, we are now and my dream is obviously to win, we want to win.

'And winning is both on the pitch and off the pitch, so we are going to keep going until we get both right.'
Levy has had to balance the rising costs of the stadium with building a team to challenge at the top end of the
Premier League, and going through two transfer windows without making any signings has seen him come under heavy fire from supporters.

But he will win back favour for his delivery of the new arena, which has been described by the architect firm Populus as the best of 1,300 stadiums they have helped design around the world.

Boss Mauricio Pochettino has often told how Levy had suffered sleepless nights in his quest to deliver the best.

Levy added: 'First of all, I have a very thick skin so I ignore all the criticism, partly because sometimes when you're on the inside, maybe you know the other side ... I'm always there to protect the club.

'As a human being, I'm a perfectionist which is a problem perhaps for some of the people who have to work for me because perfection is very hard to come by.

I've always been a person who wants to strive and do better so whatever we do is never good enough.

'I'm often criticised for not saying thank you to a number of people so I will say thank you to everyone who has worked on this project.

'I'm going to take a week off once this is open and then I'm back for the next journey.

'I want to feel that we as a club really do leave something special for the local community, we really want to regenerate this area and I am determined to see it through.'

The new stadium, built on the site of the old White Hart Lane, is the flagship development in the proposed redevelopment of the Tottenham area.

Along with a hotel, there will be 258 residential properties built along with schools, a gym and a supermarket, with over 2,500 jobs being created.

Levy's pursuit of perfection has seen costs spiral from a starting £750million, but given the facilities inside the stadium, which will attract spending on both matchdays and non-matchdays, they will soon start making money back.

'The true cost of the stadium we don't really know at this time as we continue making various improvements but it is of that order (£1billion),' Levy said.

It was all financed privately by the club and by a combination of club revenues and supporting banks.

'In terms of the payback, it's over the long term. This stadium will be here for way past the lives of any of us and we see increased revenue streams not just from the core football club, but also the other activities that will be taking place on non-matchday.'
 
Have these quotes been posted anywhere? I haven't seen them so here you are. Quite a revealing interview from Levy, considering how little he likes to talk to the press.



Chairman Daniel Levy believes he has built a stadium that can make Tottenham one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Spurs open their new 62,062-seater home, part of a project Levy confirmed will cost around £1billion, against Crystal Palace on Wednesday as an 18-year dream finally comes to fruition.

There have been several stumbling blocks along the way, not least the frustrating delays this season which put back their moving in date from August to April.

But Levy is hoping Spurs can now concentrate on winning trophies in their new home.
'I would say that the last 18 years, this club has definitely gone forward and clearly like any business, any club, you have your ups and downs,' he said.

'But I think we've created the infrastructure here to become one of the biggest clubs in the world.

'When I took over the club, Tottenham was not a club that was a regular European challenger. Clearly, we are now and my dream is obviously to win, we want to win.

'And winning is both on the pitch and off the pitch, so we are going to keep going until we get both right.'
Levy has had to balance the rising costs of the stadium with building a team to challenge at the top end of the
Premier League, and going through two transfer windows without making any signings has seen him come under heavy fire from supporters.

But he will win back favour for his delivery of the new arena, which has been described by the architect firm Populus as the best of 1,300 stadiums they have helped design around the world.

Boss Mauricio Pochettino has often told how Levy had suffered sleepless nights in his quest to deliver the best.

Levy added: 'First of all, I have a very thick skin so I ignore all the criticism, partly because sometimes when you're on the inside, maybe you know the other side ... I'm always there to protect the club.

'As a human being, I'm a perfectionist which is a problem perhaps for some of the people who have to work for me because perfection is very hard to come by.

I've always been a person who wants to strive and do better so whatever we do is never good enough.

'I'm often criticised for not saying thank you to a number of people so I will say thank you to everyone who has worked on this project.

'I'm going to take a week off once this is open and then I'm back for the next journey.

'I want to feel that we as a club really do leave something special for the local community, we really want to regenerate this area and I am determined to see it through.'

The new stadium, built on the site of the old White Hart Lane, is the flagship development in the proposed redevelopment of the Tottenham area.

Along with a hotel, there will be 258 residential properties built along with schools, a gym and a supermarket, with over 2,500 jobs being created.

Levy's pursuit of perfection has seen costs spiral from a starting £750million, but given the facilities inside the stadium, which will attract spending on both matchdays and non-matchdays, they will soon start making money back.

'The true cost of the stadium we don't really know at this time as we continue making various improvements but it is of that order (£1billion),' Levy said.

It was all financed privately by the club and by a combination of club revenues and supporting banks.

'In terms of the payback, it's over the long term. This stadium will be here for way past the lives of any of us and we see increased revenue streams not just from the core football club, but also the other activities that will be taking place on non-matchday.'
TLDNR levy out!
 
I just don't buy his bullshit. Amazing stadium, credit for finally delivering that. But his statement means nothing. He is just spouting what he thinks we all want to hear, or he wasn't such a slimy little cretin I would of been really excited by his statement. But we all know how he works and can therefore take his words with a big pinch of salt...coys and fuck levy
 
I just don't buy his bullshit. Amazing stadium, credit for finally delivering that. But his statement means nothing. He is just spouting what he thinks we all want to hear, or he wasn't such a slimy little cretin I would of been really excited by his statement. But we all know how he works and can therefore take his words with a big pinch of salt...coys and fuck levy
Yea Fuck Levy!

Fuck you for delivering the best football stadium in the world!
 
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