Huh?
If we were going for headlines, that would be fun I thought.
Huh?
How ambitious should he be?
Should he allow Spurs to run up growing debt in the hope that spending beyond the club's means on player transfers and wages will earn us Champions League qualification?
And what if we still fall short? Spend even more money that the club doesn't have? Where does it end?
Perhaps, if your wish is granted and Levy does indeed fudge off, you'll be happy if his replacement is Peter Risdale? He was ambitious, right?
Obviously, everyone is in a bit of a tizzy at the moment because of the recent, poor run of form and especially because of Saturday's thumping at the hands of our local rivals. But now's not the time to panic or to start pointing fingers wildly.
Levy has his faults, certainly. But, short of being bought by a philanthropic multi-billionaire, we couldn't possibly be in better hands. In Levy's time at the club, we've taken a few steps back. And maybe this season will be one of those. But the overall pattern during his tenure has been one of consistent improvement.
His achievement is all the more impressive given that it has been against the backdrop of a clutch of clubs that had an apparent monopoly on the hugely rewarding Champions League berths (with the exposure and other financial rewards that go with it); and a couple of other clubs that have been beneficiaries of a mind boggling degree of financial doping. To have established ourselves at the level that we have been for most of the past seven years is therefore little short of miraculous.
Of course Levy is still hugely ambitious for the club. Unlike you, however, he understands that ambition must be tempered by prudence. Unlike you, he is prepared to remain patient in the pursuit of glory.
Think you have answered the question there mate.
THFC must be the next in line for this, surely, and until this happens, we will continue to live in the shadow of MUFC/Chelski/Emirates Marketing Project. Outgunned financially and 'draw' wise, each time we want a real quality player of the highest calibre. They will opt for one of those 3 (or maybe the Arse), after their agent has opened the 'marketing' by waving their client to us, whilst letting the press know of his availability too, of course. Think Hazard. Think Ashley Young. Numerous others, and this will only continue until we, too, have the financial muscle and kudos to compete for the best.
We stand no chance of winning the Premier League or the Champions League - now - until this balance has been redressed. Cold, hard, fact I'm afraid. I don't like it either; I would far prefer the days of the AA man with his Brit. motorbike, saluting at the side of the road. Long gone though. I have been waiting nearly 50 years to see Spurs achieve top league success, and it gets no closer. I'm still waiting.....
Peter Ridsdale was a plonker; £5k a year on fish food at LUFC! Not a fair comparison at all. He gambled on future receipts, which didn't happen.
I see it differently. How much longer can Spurs be allowed to go on, treading water and getting no closer? That could be much more damaging financially and achievement-wise, long-term. If we aim to have a new stadium of c.60k people, we need to have a successful team comensurate to that. It currently isn't. Levy has his good and his bad points, but what he doesn't have is the financial muscle for Spurs to bridge the gap to the elite. We currently don't pay the wages to attract the best, or the transfer fees. The 'best' win the top prizes.
Where do you draw a line in the sand and think change is necessary?
There is no "next in line" for this kind of thing.
Disagree completely: London club. Premiership. Huge fan base. Potential success with new money. Potential success in terms of money making. New large stadium in the wings. History. Global branding potential. To name a few. No other 'untouched' club comes close.
I don't think we're anywhere near drawing the line you talk of, to be close you have to make two assumptions:
1. That's what the fans want. I don't think that's the case, certainly not for all, I doubt if it is the case even for a small majority. To me it seems that most fans don't want the club to become the plaything of some rich man.
What the fans want?? Do you think this will always be a consideration? If Levy was offered £800m or whatever for Spurs, do you think he would have a referendum with fans? Or a steering group with fans. Don't think so! He is a businessman. You have evidence for fan statistics on these sweeping statements on fans opinions?? If Spurs had the chance to become one of the financial elite, do you think most fans would say no? I doubt it.
2. That the outcome of such a takeover was very likely to be positive. You mention City and Chelsea, but you ignore those clubs that have been taken over by new owners promising much only to fail. That can often leave a club with an over inflated wage budget the club isn't capable of sustaining, then being forced to sell the best players for cheap. This can easily start a downwards spiral that can take years to stop, never mind return from. For me it's very much a "be careful what you wish for" kind of situation.
I understand the caution. There would have to be safeguards and due diligence. But I'm not suggesting selling out to any old tat. Chelski and Emirates Marketing Project sustain their bills. And who won the CL and the PL last season? Your points still seem to be based on the Leeds Utd 'model' of lunacy, which I would not want to emulate for a nanosecond. Ridsdale spent on tick, assuming he would receive CL money repetitively. He didn't. So we bought Robbie Keane on the cheap. Abramovich brought in huge money, not debt.
We have improved steadily under Levy, I want that to continue. We have one of the best chairmen around in my opinion, I want to keep him at the club for as long as possible.
I would say Spurs are more like a meandering river, than improving steadily. Improving one minute, then not.
I don't like the fact that Real Madrid and Barcelona are after our youth players. I like that they're good enough to warrant attention but I want us to be producing players for our first team - Coulthirst and Pritchard.
Think you have answered the question there mate.
THFC must be the next in line for this, surely, and until this happens, we will continue to live in the shadow of MUFC/Chelski/Emirates Marketing Project. Outgunned financially and 'draw' wise, each time we want a real quality player of the highest calibre. They will opt for one of those 3 (or maybe the Arse), after their agent has opened the 'marketing' by waving their client to us, whilst letting the press know of his availability too, of course. Think Hazard. Think Ashley Young. Numerous others, and this will only continue until we, too, have the financial muscle and kudos to compete for the best.
We stand no chance of winning the Premier League or the Champions League - now - until this balance has been redressed. Cold, hard, fact I'm afraid. I don't like it either; I would far prefer the days of the AA man with his Brit. motorbike, saluting at the side of the road. Long gone though. I have been waiting nearly 50 years to see Spurs achieve top league success, and it gets no closer. I'm still waiting.....
Peter Ridsdale was a plonker; £5k a year on fish food at LUFC! Not a fair comparison at all. He gambled on future receipts, which didn't happen.
I see it differently. How much longer can Spurs be allowed to go on, treading water and getting no closer? That could be much more damaging financially and achievement-wise, long-term. If we aim to have a new stadium of c.60k people, we need to have a successful team comensurate to that. It currently isn't. Levy has his good and his bad points, but what he doesn't have is the financial muscle for Spurs to bridge the gap to the elite. We currently don't pay the wages to attract the best, or the transfer fees. The 'best' win the top prizes.
Where do you draw a line in the sand and think change is necessary?
It's all very well to insist that Levy goes in order to make way for a philanthropic multi-billionaire but there's just one problem:
Philanthropic multi-billionaires don't grow on trees. And for all that Spurs might appear to be ripe for the picking, no philanthropic multi-billionaires have yet stepped forward.....at least, not with an acceptable offer, clearly. You have to remember that Abramovich got Chelsea dirt cheap because they were days away from administration. Mansour got City dirt cheap because they were also a mess. No one will get Spurs cheap. It is a very, very well run club.
In fact, because of how well run Spurs are, I'd say that we are a far, far more likely target for opportunistic owners like the Glazers and Hicks & Gillette. So be careful what you wish for.
If some philanthropic billionaire does materialse with a serious offer, then great. Until then, I'll take my chances with Levy.
I think Levy is part of the reason no one has even come close to buying us. He's gonna demand what the club is acctually worth, and no one is gonna make an offer like that. It's one thing (can't believe I'm saying this) using half a billion on players, but when you add on another half a billion to buy the club that could scare off the crasiest of them!
how much profit on their investment are Lewis and Levy taking away with them if they did sell up for 500 mill??.....
The profit margin if they sold up for £500 million?
£350 million, at least. Maybe £375 million?
Big if, though.
jeez ...
Daily Star reckons AVB is being given £20m in Jan window to get a defender,midfielder and a striker!
Not sure what quality we would get with that these days. Then again it is the DS
Daily Star reckons AVB is being given £20m in Jan window to get a defender,midfielder and a striker!
Not sure what quality we would get with that these days. Then again it is the DS
Daily Star reckons AVB is being given £20m in Jan window to get a defender,midfielder and a striker!
Not sure what quality we would get with that these days. Then again it is the DS