No they weren't. Harding pumped millions into them before roman came along. They'd been in the champions league and won a few trophies.
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Daniel Levy - Chairman
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No they weren't. Harding pumped millions into them before roman came along. They'd been in the champions league and won a few trophies.
Problem is most do fail and fall away, but they are replaced. Leeds, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, portsmouth, blackburn...
Chelsea and city have mega owners that will pump infinite money in. Because it isn't about football it's about politics for them.
This is genuinely a viable option, many things Levy may be, stupid isn't one
- The level of investment specific to NFL for our stadium has always indicated the idea was either ENIC brought a franchise to London or a Franchise came to London and bought Spurs
- Covid, the lack of that first year of test NFL games (which would have been a validator of business plan) have probably put it back a couple of years
- The combined value/revenue of a joint NFL/EPL team in London would be off the chart
parklane1
Tony Galvin
The bolded bit is the most important thing we have missed out on. IF it had not happened and we did not have to close our ground to fans and all the extra things lined up we would be in a far better place now for sure. All the macarons on T w atter would not be crying about where we are now. Lets see what happens once Covid is over and we can bring the cash flowing in again.
As would stadium naming rights i'm guessing.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
as long as it takes, if it's not perfect it's not good enough
Gazza
Frederic Kanoute
Nothing close to the team that Roman invented, and nothing close to the exposure that they get now. And not considered a bigger club than Spurs ...
Depends on what metric. Prior to roman we'd been in the uefa cup once in the last decade and had won 1 league cup. We'd only finished in the top half of the table 3 times. Their stadium was bigger than ours too.
We were at best a midtable team.
Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
Was listening to View from the Lane podcast.
Made a good point, comparing Spurs v Leicester comparisons. Both have spent money. But whereas Spurs will often look at spending less per player, Leicester might see a player, accept it might cost £5m more to bring X in, but actually pull the trigger. Our £30M+ purchases for example are what, Ndomebele and Sanchez? And that's it? Just never pull the trigger when we actually need, or look at cheaper options instead of just accepting Levy can't win every negotiation.
Made a good point, comparing Spurs v Leicester comparisons. Both have spent money. But whereas Spurs will often look at spending less per player, Leicester might see a player, accept it might cost £5m more to bring X in, but actually pull the trigger. Our £30M+ purchases for example are what, Ndomebele and Sanchez? And that's it? Just never pull the trigger when we actually need, or look at cheaper options instead of just accepting Levy can't win every negotiation.
Sissoko £30m, bergwyn £27m, soldado £26m.
Our big money signings rarely go that well. It's also wages that have to be considered.
At the time of signing tielemans had had a hard time at monaco. Ndombele was in the france team and ripped city apart. Ndomble cost £5m more than tielemans.
Gazza
Frederic Kanoute
No its about drive ego, backing and wanting to be winners... I wouldnt mind a bit of that.
Bishop
John Lacy
Aka we are fudged. Unless we luck out and get another Kane through the academy and another Poch who can seal the deal.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Another Kane for sure
I’d prefer a manager who will win things here though
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Poch did not seal the deal.
glasgowspur
Luka Modric
who could with bunch of spineless cowards.
we are actually now seeing how good poch was by getting this lot so close to anything other than mediocrity.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Who is responsible for the recruitment team?... the chairman. Yet he’ll continue to take a £3m salary pulling the wool over the eyes of many on here for several years to come I bet....
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Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Under Redknapp the chairman became part of the recruitment team.
lurker of old
Gus Poyet
Just back home from that freak-show. There is a line "From structure comes strategy". How true!
I think Levy will consider several options, and hiring a DOF plus manager, ie changing the structure, is one of them. He may well consider delegating much that he has previously focused on, and spending more energy on property development, both because that appears his forte, and because the fate of a normal CEO after such poor decisions, is to be fired. Perhaps a season with no Europa distractions will help the new coach to reinvent us as a well-drilled team.
I think Levy will consider several options, and hiring a DOF plus manager, ie changing the structure, is one of them. He may well consider delegating much that he has previously focused on, and spending more energy on property development, both because that appears his forte, and because the fate of a normal CEO after such poor decisions, is to be fired. Perhaps a season with no Europa distractions will help the new coach to reinvent us as a well-drilled team.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Thank GHod for that, if he had not old "rent a quote" may have bankrupted yet another club.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Or maybe he would have actually got our club over the line to do what it is that football clubs are supposed to do and win trophies?.... If we look at our debt (biggest debt in Europe) then it might actually be our present owners that you love so much who bankrupt us.