BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Genuinely stunned that some people think signings, signings, signings will be the answer to getting us where we need to be. It's not just Spurs fans though, I have fans of other clubs telling me they would be a bit worried about Spurs this season if they were me, but I have genuinely never been as comfortable with the direction we are heading as I am right now. It seems like we finally have a strategy, and are backing the right people to make it happen.
I think Redknapp, pointing out that we needed leaders, at that time wasn't wrong. He also got the best out of existing signings. But he began to run out of steam. You can't trust someone of his style to build for the future, because eventually he will need signings, and eventually other clubs will outspend us.
Did we learn nothing from selling Elvis and signing The Beatles? We had a boat load of signings that season and it ended up being one of the most disappointing and deflating in recent memory. Now we've got a crowd that is rocking again and we are genuinely unified behind the team, rather than having needless splits. The majority of people are getting behind our young team. And really, that's the only way we can hope to compete with teams that will always spend more than us. If we have young players that are fully bought in to what we are trying to achieve, are all talented and can all grow together, it is something that no other club can match, because we will have taken the time and effort to implement it in the best way. For years I've been thinking it's so obviously the best way for our club to compete, and I'm glad we are finally doing it. Levy is playing to his strengths, but we are ridding the squad of deadwood rather than keeping them on, and we have a manager that seems to enjoy developing young players. We will sign players, but it will be based on being smarter with analysis as opposed to connections with agents.
By the end of the transfer window we will have signed a number of good defenders to plug some obvious holes we had last season. If we can add Berahino to N'Jie we will have signed two young, pacey international strikers and will have shipped out two players that have for differing reasons been a hindrance to our attacking. And in midfield, we will have replaced expensive failures with talented youth. People should look at how Mason out-performed Paulinho last year to understand why signing for signings sake isn't always the way. But with that said, by the end of the window we will have likely plugged all obvious gaps in the squad. All players seem to fit a clear plan. They all fit a certain mould. Will there be bumps along the way? Yes, but even the defending champions have proved it isn't always plain sailing.
Chill out, guys who are unsure. Don't do the obvious knee jerk football fan reaction thing of claiming that a sweeping narrative has been justified because of a couple of recent results. Take a step back and look at the bigger picture. This is a club pulling in one direction and we are on the right track.
I think Redknapp, pointing out that we needed leaders, at that time wasn't wrong. He also got the best out of existing signings. But he began to run out of steam. You can't trust someone of his style to build for the future, because eventually he will need signings, and eventually other clubs will outspend us.
Did we learn nothing from selling Elvis and signing The Beatles? We had a boat load of signings that season and it ended up being one of the most disappointing and deflating in recent memory. Now we've got a crowd that is rocking again and we are genuinely unified behind the team, rather than having needless splits. The majority of people are getting behind our young team. And really, that's the only way we can hope to compete with teams that will always spend more than us. If we have young players that are fully bought in to what we are trying to achieve, are all talented and can all grow together, it is something that no other club can match, because we will have taken the time and effort to implement it in the best way. For years I've been thinking it's so obviously the best way for our club to compete, and I'm glad we are finally doing it. Levy is playing to his strengths, but we are ridding the squad of deadwood rather than keeping them on, and we have a manager that seems to enjoy developing young players. We will sign players, but it will be based on being smarter with analysis as opposed to connections with agents.
By the end of the transfer window we will have signed a number of good defenders to plug some obvious holes we had last season. If we can add Berahino to N'Jie we will have signed two young, pacey international strikers and will have shipped out two players that have for differing reasons been a hindrance to our attacking. And in midfield, we will have replaced expensive failures with talented youth. People should look at how Mason out-performed Paulinho last year to understand why signing for signings sake isn't always the way. But with that said, by the end of the window we will have likely plugged all obvious gaps in the squad. All players seem to fit a clear plan. They all fit a certain mould. Will there be bumps along the way? Yes, but even the defending champions have proved it isn't always plain sailing.
Chill out, guys who are unsure. Don't do the obvious knee jerk football fan reaction thing of claiming that a sweeping narrative has been justified because of a couple of recent results. Take a step back and look at the bigger picture. This is a club pulling in one direction and we are on the right track.
