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  1. J

    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    Well sadly I think we are moving towards serious disappointment by 31st August. I think it may play out like this: No more incomings by 30th August as Levy can't get any of those not wanted out of the door at the prices he wants. Then, on 31st, Emirates Marketing Project break the Bank and agree £150M for Harry...
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    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    Well I said I don't mean to pour cold water on things - but obviously have :( Disappointed too many times - Moutinho lives on in my mind - could have got us in to the CL a season or two before we made it... So I just struggle to feel optimistic. And if Harry goes then I will be disconsolate -...
  3. J

    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    You snooze, you lose - whilst our transfers inch towards completion, some other team wakes up - contacted by the player's agent - and then the player's head is turned. I have been in recruitment for 37 years - if the candidate doesn't take the job pretty quickly then he/she starts to have other...
  4. J

    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    Sorry to do this to this Forum and all the positives I am reading BUT if Paratici has the Gil deal ready and Romero hot to trot, what's the betting our Chairrman has now stepped up and said well don Fabio - lets leave it for three weeks and see if they blink and we can get a few £m off these...
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    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    I would be the first to stand up and say well done if Daniel lets Paratici get new players in early and those not wanted gone, before the season starts BUT despite the fact that he must realise that pre-season training and bonding is really important for a good start to the season, how many...
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    Transfer rumours - summer 2021 edition

    Get ready for the usual transfer day deadline bargain basement purchases that Danny loves to make! Paratici has all this to learn - he will line up a couple of deals soon and Danny will say, nah, lets keep them waiting until deadline day and then we can shave a couple of £m off the fee you have...
  7. J

    Next Manager?

    I am not angry - I have supported Spurs since 1962 - I have known good and great times supporting Spurs and known dire times - the mid to late seventies wasn't a picnic, nor the nineties after the FA Cup win... but seldom have I known a time when I have less confidence that things will/could get...
  8. J

    Next Manager?

    Sorry that's a bit unnecessary -"try not to think too much" - I thought this Forum was for people to give their opinions, having considered their view. There are polarised views on this Forum - those who defend Levy and Enic to the hilt - and those who question their capability and criticise...
  9. J

    Next Manager?

    I have said before that I think decent managers - those of renown and we would want to consider - are now steering clear of us and Levy. They know that they will be thrown under the bus if they fail, even if it is largely because Levy will provide players that the Coach doesn't want rather than...
  10. J

    Next Manager?

    I think Levy has been found out -decent managers know that this job is a poisoned chalice - he won't back the Manager (or DOF) and will throw one of them under the bus when they fail - how else to distract from the failure to properly support them? Poch failed because he was worn out with the...
  11. J

    Next Manager?

    Those expecting Levy to step back and let the DOF do the job will be very disappointed. With Fonseca I can imagine that Paratici came to the Chairman - "it's all done, Mr Chairman, Fonseca is secure, he would just like to have Luncheon Vouchers (for those who aren't old enough: PressReader.com -...
  12. J

    Next Manager?

    I am totally confused at this response - Levy is not a Football man (apart from the administrative side of running a club - so backroom operations - or are you now confident that after 20 years he can do a better job than an experienced and successful Manager? Well there is one big stat that...
  13. J

    Next Manager?

    The point I am making is Owners can't stop themselves from tinkering/interfering - its almost a human instinct. Not too bothered how my gigs ended - I left them in better shape than I found them - but I just don't see the Levy leopard changing his spots... :(
  14. J

    Next Manager?

    Yes a lot of assumptions but based on observations over 20 years of ENIC. I had heard about a row between Levy and Mourinho as you state BUT I would have backed the Manager - if what you say is right that is interference by a NON football professional. AND what boost might it have been if they...
  15. J

    Next Manager?

    I suspect he is asking for assurances that will help him be successful. When you look to appoint someone they are perfectly entitled to wonder and ask why the last few Managers failed - Poch and Jose in this example. Conte is a professional and has a successful track record - if he is to come to...
  16. J

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    (posted this on Next Manager thread as well) I have watched Levy's MO for years and would expect the MOPO negotiations to go at the usual snails' pace that our transfers - ins and outs - follow. On a slightly different subject - but related - I am slowly watching the Amazon series - I know, I...
  17. J

    Next Manager?

    I have watched Levy's MO for years and would expect the MOPO negotiations to go at the usual snails' pace that our transfers - ins and outs - follow. On a slightly different subject - but related - I am slowly watching the Amazon series - I know, I am late (!) - but what stands out to me is...
  18. J

    Next Manager?

    There won't be a difference - as I have said before, unless Levy changes his transfer tactics every Manager will ultimately fail and be sacked. He needs to be prepared to let some players go at less than his valuation and be much quicker negotiating incoming deals. I am not optimistic :(
  19. J

    Next Manager?

    Sadly I hope that Levy is experiencing a lot of disappointment in his search with quite a few managers telling him they couldn't work with him and the way he works his transfers - ins and outs. With Levy he can't/won't be sacked but he is happy to take in Manager after Manager and let them be...
  20. J

    Next Manager?

    Fascinating how people are valuing these players - no wonder we are so bad - we have eight players who you don't think anybody nobody would want and we'd lose a shedload of money on. I'd still try to "market" them but Levy would never sell low enough to get them gone. We are doomed, Captain...
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