I’ve been clear from when he was appointed that I didn’t feel Ange was the right man for Spurs. I just feel that until the club bring in a decent CEO nothing will change (Ewell not for the better anyway)
If you’re expecting Levy to hire well then I think your expectations are too high.
Wow...
Yep, but unlike others on here I have no faith in the leadership to get anyone better. I also think it’s criminal that the board haven’t got further players in this January to help our horribly injured and fatigued squad. We have 3 spaces for players so don’t even need to sell/loan players to bring more in (ignoring the oh so important 45% wage to turnover ratio of course)
What does decent investment look like to you compared to what we've spent over the last few years, and leveraged against the risk of another NDombele?
Paying the money to have a the best data department, great scouts, a brilliant director of football, top coaches at all levels. All of the things that we continually scrimp on.
Who are we going to bring in? We don't have space in the Europa squad. So you're asking a player that isnt a kid that can go on the B list to come here and play in a sh**-show of a league campaign in a horrible atmosphere and miss out on European football. Plus most clubs with players of the requisite quality that may be willing to consider parting with them probably won't do so until next week when they find out if they've qualified for the later stages of Europe. There must be options out there but I think they'd be the kind thar would involve throwing a chunk of our strategic transfer budget and wages at players that will become squad deadwood by the time other players return.....so I can see why the club may be hesitant despite the situation although this defeat may force them to act.
You don't think our youth department is good?
Yeah our youth recruitment has generally been pretty exceptional. We are also pretty good at bringing in rough diamonds that larger clubs have doubts over. And playing the free transfer market. We've really struggled when sounding big on game changing signings for the first team. Always tend to pick the wrong-uns from Soldado and Paulinho to Sanchez, N'Dombele and Lo Celso.
There is a bounce coming IMO because the pakyers who will still remain and are needed are broken
A different manager might not have all 3 CMs in the opposition half miles away from the ball when his defenders are playing it in their own half. That's the problem that happened, players will get tired but when you have them pushing all the way up and away from the ball we are just giving the opposition counter opportunities. That's not player related, it's the system and the instructions the players have been given.
Yet we still, and have consistently, identified lots of really good youngsters and good "almost top level" players. So I'm not sure your characterisation is accurate.
I don’t think that’s a given steff. I hope so but I think this squad is very very fragile and looking at the fixtures ahead we’re in trouble.
He had a CM almost next to Porro and he hit a short pass
fudge the Europa squad…. Or just leave out injured and/or poor players from it if you really care. That is just an excuse that he fans of this club continually make for the horribly average chairman earning the highest director pay packet in the whole PL.
Our youth and recruitment structure was absolutely woeful for several years until recently. No excuse for that at all.
That's with the assumption that another coach plays the same suicidal football. I don't think there's another coach out there that will play this way, especially not having seen how it's poorly it has returned results over the longer term.