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Joe Clash said:
Sorry for all the disagrees. Levy is fucking us all over. Not interested if you're too stupid to see it. Vote me bin lemmings.
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Thanks for the disagree, Joe. Not sure what you actually disagree with, but maybe you wouldn't have if you had seen Carlito's original post before he edited it.
 
MKYid said:
Because deals like that don't happen at the beginning of the window, the selling club will always hold out for more money from other clubs if there is interest.
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They dont happen if you dont bid. Isnt if funny how WBA cited the timing as part of the problem for them......

When did we sign Wimmer, Toby and Trippier by the way?
 
tbonepremier said:
This is so fucking stupid. Carlito talking about how the Spurs fans are too old to protest.

How about we are old enough to understand that we can't expect the club to punch above it's weight consistently.

How about we're old enough to understand that it takes time to build something solid.

How about we're old enough to understand the dangers of over spending.

How about we're not so immature that we expect instant gratification.

Anyone protesting the ENIC ownership has got to be completely and utterly retarded.

Their main objection seems to be that the owners are just there to make a profit. They don't do it like the Glazers; by financing the purchase through huge loans that they make the club pay back through its revenue. They don't run away with the profits. Nope, the evil, devious fuckers are doing it by building fantastic infrastructure; the best training grounds in the league(?) and a glorious new stadium.

The cheap cunts don't spend City, Chelsea or United money on players either. The fact that City and Chelsea lose a shit ton of millions of pounds each year, and the latter owes its owner hundreds of millions isn't something we should concern ourselves with. Neither is the fact that United earn a hundred million pounds per year more than us simply from jersey sponsorships. Were we get the money from is not our concern, we should spend, spend, spend.


The simple fact of the ENIC matter is:
- We keep punching above our weight.
- We do so while building impressive and very costly infrastructure.
- And while promotion impressive youth from an academy that was far less impressive pre ENIC.

We are probably one of the best run clubs in England.

But fuck all that, we didn't get that pretty decent striker off of WBA, after only bidding enough money to make him the third most expensive signing in the history of the club. ENIC out!
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This post is bang on, and I really don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks.
 
The thing about asking whether we'd have Mansour or ENIC is what is the difference really at this point? Why is ENIC so much better than a Sheikh? Because Joe Lewis is English? Well he also has his residency in the Bahamas so he doesn't have to pay taxes and sent the entire country into a recession in 1992. It's not like our ownership is some paragon of virtue.

What are we supposed to be proud of? That we pay the most in the league to get a minimal amount back? Is that really being run the "right way"? Football is dominated by money now regardless of what club it is. Supporters spend it in massive amounts, clubs make it in massive amounts, some clubs keep that money for themselves, some clubs spend it. We're run the "right way" in the sense that every shirt or ticket we buy helps billionaire get richer and helps keep Daniel Levy as the highest paid executive in the league.

Let's not forget we made the highest ever profit in the HISTORY of the Premier League last season, 80m. It all just feels like we're giving a hell of a lot more than the club are willing to give back us. It's hard to feel like we're being so clearly made into customers. I guess I just think football clubs shouldn't be run for someone to make money, they should actually be about football.

I love watching Spurs play football regardless of results. We could play conference and that would be fine by me. It's not the being shit that does my head in, it is the fact that the club so blatantly does not try to make as good a team as possible. If we didn't have money and were shit it wouldn't bother me. It's just so upsetting that we try to build a football team with one hand tied behind our backs while the other hand is clutching 80m in profit.
 
JDK said:
It's just so upsetting that we try to build a football team with one hand tied behind our backs while the other hand is clutching 80m in profit.
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I could swear there a few people who had the polar opposite views about how disappointing things were just a mere few weeks back.

There is a lot less people being accused of melting and told to chill these days anyway.

Odd that.
 
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