The club would fall apart whilst everyone was stuck in a 3 month long AGM with every single member having to raise 300 different, insignificant issues in order to make themselves feel as if they matter.
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Daniel Levy - Chairman
- Thread starter Howard Webb
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@Finney Is Back I've had a look around and the best comparison data I can find is on the top 20 clubs in Europe in 04/05, from Deloitte. So 3 to 4 years after Levy joined, this is where we were in terms of the PL:
Actually 6th, behind Saudi Sportswashing Machine, and only just ahead of Everton, whose revenue we now more than double. And around half the revenue of Chelsea, who we now almost match.
So I just don't think your comparison of 5th vs 5th tells anywhere near the full story.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Ian Walker
Oh look up there
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
I did see one tweet yesterday complaining that we would never become part of the elite with Levy in charge. I had to read it a few times to make sure it was for real. Some people's heads must really hurt when they think.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Nobody is perfect. Your continual nit-picking is a joke, sitting behind your computer telling Levy what he should and shouldn't be doing, like it's easy and you know better.
You're under the impression that they think?
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
There have been mistakes along the way but at the time Levy took over our we were finishing around 8-10th in the decade before. Everton, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Leeds and maybe Villa would been closer to us than the Sky 4, which was gatecrashed by City, giving 2 doped members to the 5. I’d say we have made significant progress compared to those teams.
However we sacrificed our transfer budgets to build the stadium and whilst we still managed to improve on the pitch that is something that feels fundamental to our current malaise. The pandemic coming at a time when we became the club with the highest possible income stream is sexy.
But it feels now this is the final act, the sacrifices have been made but the infrastructure is now in place - Levy is now responsible for hiring the right manager whilst improving the squad. The latter may need a dof to identify the right players and some flexibility with sale prices but if we do get these wrong I can understand why Levy’s position / decisions would come under scrutiny from fans. In terms of his boss though, he might be hitting every single objective he is set and if we’d picked up a couple more trophies but not made CL or infrastructure improvements he could have been removed already!
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braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
This and the conditions and causes of us remaining where we are.
Chelsea wouldn't be where they are if not for Abramovich. City have overtaken us because of big money injections. The then established top four clubs got a huge head start with CL money. Overtaking that remains a massive challenge, but actually seems doable rather than impossible at it might have done had we not seen that improvement under Levy.
I remember when the top four wasn't just the top four league positions, but a group of clubs that seemed to remain unchanged year in year out. We're the first team to break into that with any consistency without financial doping. Leicester might, but let's see.
That's not something that would just have happened with any owner or chairman.
Leicester had financial (and possibly other) doping.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
If Levy brings in a DoF, gives him autonomy and we start acting in a consistent decisive way with buys and sells then I'll hold my hands up and say well done Levy. I'm not in the 'Levy is terrible' camp, but equally am not in amongst the Levy worshippers. He has done a reasonable job at this football club I think. One thing is quite telling however and that is that we have never ever had the top paid player in the league at Spurs, nowhere near top paid in fact. However we have had the top/second top paid exec in football for umpteen years.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
True, but not to the same extent as Chelsea or City.
Spot on for me.
Particularly with the stadium build that's been very important.
Not sure if a club should plan for a pandemic or not, but this thing would have hit us as a club a lot harder with quite a few other chairmen.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Can we afford to pay Kane the top wage in the league?
There are other ownership models in place, I expect that explains why the chairman of the teams above us are not paid in the same way.
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
I’m the same, I was just tying to balance some of your thoughts, I think as I have been with the ESL stuff I like playing devils advocate even if I share the reservations I am debating against.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
100% needs to employ a top DoF.
The difference is that Levy is a part owner of the club, not the same for other executives and it is still less than what the top players are being paid.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Often overlooked that but is true.
All my brighton supporting mates telling me the esl was financial doping, they support a club run by a billionaire that losses millions a year.
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Well given that we are a football club I’d say it’s not a bad move to employ erm....football experts who know the game better to make erm....football decisions. Every company I have worked for, the MD or CEO has always surrounded himself with as many technical people as possible to run the technical side of the business so the heads of the company can get on with the actual running of the company.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
And here i was thinking that you had more sense then to read what macarons have to say on T w ATwer
