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    Mauricio Pochettino

    Is that why Poch is checking out the other Madrid team this week? Doing some proper research on them.
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    In my mind, we didn't replace Johnson with Gallagher. We picked up a long term injury to Bents and brought in more midfield depth. We took a gamble on releasing Johnson to bring in a player like Semenyo. It's all become blurred because Johnson left and Kudus got injured within days of each...
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Yeah, I agree with that. I was responding to a "lack of real investment by ENIC" comment though. There is investment but it's all penny wise, pound foolish in it's nature. When you think about it deeper, Spurs have run football operations and commercial as 2 separate but intrinsically linked...
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Great post and I can see where the disenfranchisement model comes in with the players based on your logic. Just one minor disagreement on a small point you made. You mention a lack of investment from ENIC, yet we're pretty high up on the spending charts over these last few years. I bet if I...
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Do you mean in the transfer window? You talking Gallagher, Johnson or both? Surely not Souza who seems to fit the template of recent years? If anything, Spurs were perhaps in denial about going down. They also probably made a bad judgment call on Conor but I guess that is still to be played...
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Nah, wasn't talking about you. Apologies if it read that way. All I've read for a couple of years is just a constant blame culture towards Levy, Lewis siblings, Vinai, Munn, Lange, Paratici etc. Good example is Munn who has latterly spoken about the complete strategic review of the medical side...
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    Levy's Plan

    Disagree. Arnesen was a DoF with a huge bias on recruiting players in. His track record of doing that was as hit and miss as the next man. We didn't need that model as much as a general manager for football operations to cover our chairman's own weaknesses. Levy's only real attempt at that was...
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    And I do think the club were genuine in their attempts to sign Semenyo. They were probably hopeful that Conor would give us that cultural boost in the changing room.
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    Levy's Plan

    So in the THFC business model there is clearly an annual P&L and Balance Sheet. There is also a mid and long term plan. Within that there would be revenue and expenses that are very predictable and easily modelled. Above that there are some more difficult variables like whether we're in UEFA...
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    What player would have made a difference though when it is the club culture that is taking us down and now the player quality? Weren't we involved in 2 of the big 5 or 6 transfers in January. We also picked up a highly rated 19 year old for the future. I really believe we need to see the wood...
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    OMT Spurs v Athletico

    What I'm gonna hang onto is the difference between La Liga and the PL for this one. A La Liga match fit Gallagher turns up at Spurs and has been 2 yards off the PL pace for 10 games. So have a feeling AM will be technically better and more organised than us but we need to use the PL intensity to...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    It probably wouldn't be a contractual based decision. It would be a financial one. I could easily argue that we'd get that wrong and sell a player whose stock is high as a short term decision rather than leverage him to get us back into the riches of the PL. That is the sort of thing Spurs do.
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Unfortunately, Robbie was pretty poor in his second stint at Spurs. He left as a 28 year old with almost a one in two scoring record. He returned as a 29 year old and went to 1 in 4. So I can imagine that conversation happening about a 30 or 31 year old Robbie and it was quite logical. Robbie...
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Just a thought but exactly how good is/was Conte? He spent a very long playing and managerial career in Italy. He then had a brief hiatus with Mourinho's Chelsea side and won the league. He disrupted the league with that 3-5-2 system for one season but then opposition managers got wise. He...
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    What song are we currently (a bit of fun here so take in that spirit!)…

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    Would relegation be that bad?

    We all would. Money ruined football. That playoff labelled the "£100m game" is toxic.
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    VAR: Sponsored by Chelsea

    It won't be enough. Writing a letter and letting organisations like the BBC run with a small story is not what's needed. What Spurs needed was a public statement of discontent through their official website demanding answers from PGMOL. It should have been written registering discontent about...
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    Would relegation be that bad?

    Wonder what the odds are for Spurs winning silverware next season. Either coming first in the Championship or winning the playoff final comes with a trophy right. That would be 2 trophies in 3 years.
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    Would relegation be that bad?

    Here's the problem though. What happens if whatever manager type you put in doesn't make one difference to the players? You can have your arm round the shoulder type or you can have your tough barsteward type. You even have the ones who can customise their coaching approach player to player. The...
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    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    We're not so good at cup finals this season. We have one every week and come runners up every time.
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