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  1. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project ***

    We don't complain about them mate. Simple as that. That's why we get stuffed. I hated our passivity when Harry was angling for the England job in 2012, when Poch was the one doing it, and I hate it now when Postecoglou does it. The only way - the *only* way - refs will ever be fair to you is...
  2. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project ***

    So can Tel mate. Don't assume this cameo of him in the PL is all he can do - I watched him before this at Bayern, and the kid has a fierce and pretty accurate shot on him, on both feet. He just needs to bulk up a little - despite his size, JD had a low center of gravity and could brush people...
  3. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project ***

    He wants to play as a CF. But he's clearly physically overmatched in the Premier League, and a little too easy to bully to be a lone CF. Suspect he'd look really good in a two up front with someone more physically robust like Solanke. His playstyle reminds me a little of a young Defoe, though...
  4. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project ***

    Sure, but that doesn't mean the way they were thrown in is ideal. Blooding young players is a careful dance of giving them just enough minutes to grow, but not so many as to burn them out. To put them in reasonably challenging situations, but not situations so hopeless that it dents their...
  5. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    :hearteyes::hearteyes::hearteyes::hearteyes::hearteyes::hearteyes: Come a long, long way. Long may it continue, long may they grow. Hats off.
  6. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    Like I said, we were wanted by Abramovich in the early 2000s, QSI in the 2010s, Boehly in the early 2020s. We are valuable because we are a consistent Premier League club situated in London, capital of the UK, which means a lot of media visibility and access to British policymakers. Unless your...
  7. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    100% mate. The Spanish government have been relatively upfront about favouring both Real and Barca for ages, and the whole reason they do it is because those clubs are so popular worldwide that supporting them furthers Spanish influence. Football has never been fair or free of geopolitics. Just...
  8. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    That's fair. Personally I'm resigned to the fact that being a pawn in grander geopolitical games is the future of nearly all clubs in the Premier League. No other way to compete, unless you luck out and get a rich American that wants to win for his ego, like Stan Kroenke at Arsenal. Countries...
  9. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    We had Abramovich wanting to buy us in the early 2000s, but Levy and Lewis drove him off with the asking price so he bought Chelsea instead. We've always attracted such investors - nothing Levy did materially impacts that. In fact, by valuing the club at £3.75B, he drove some off - Boehly also...
  10. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    True, but nobody truly wealthy invests in football to make money off it. That approach is restricted to relative small timers like Levy and Lewis, who are the proverbial pound shop two-bit halibut swimming in a pool of much bigger sharks, billionaires-wise. Mostly, investors in football use it...
  11. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    Re: Ratcliffe, yes I am mate - I also think it's too early to tell what the longer-term future for them looks like right now. I'll have a clearer idea of the benefits or drawbacks of their ownership model in a year or two. On oil, I doubt it given recent political dynamics across the Western...
  12. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    I'm not concerned all that much. The single most important thing for our future, is to loosen his and Lewis's corrosive grip over the club. Absolutely nothing else matters. If we're indeed bought by rich investors on the condition that he stays on as chairman on a 'long-term contract', that's...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Fair enough mate. But take Arsenal as a yardstick (for example). They were worth $1.2B in 2009 as per Forbes. They are worth $2.4B now according to the same organization. Despite being far less competitive now than they were in the 2000's (when they only had United and Chelsea to compete with)...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    For sure mate, and it was in the back of my mind as I made that comment. I am convinced more players than just Eriksen have either agitated to leave, or just refused to join, because of the disparity between how grudgingly we treat our players and how well our leader pays himself.
  15. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    The average salary of a FTSE 100 CEO is £4.2M mate. Levy pays himself 50% more than the average salary for the leaders of Britain's biggest companies. Again - you could take any one of them, swap them out with Levy, and have a comparative or better level of performance. And that's with zero...
  16. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Sure, but the thing about valuation mate, is that you need to prove that the additional valuation is because of Levy being there, versus just the general explosion in value across the Premier League in that time frame. Being an ever present in the Premier League has boosted our value. Our run...
  17. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Good to hear mate. Long may it continue.
  18. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    For sure mate. Joe Lewis's tea lady also works for Tavistock, but I am not sure you are implying that this qualifies her to run an oil and gas company. Levy's job history is essentially running a Mr. Byrite discount clothing store and then using his friendship with Joe Lewis to blag a job...
  19. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Honestly don't think so mate. Imo, there's only two players that I think would come close, in Son and (hilariously) Timo Werner. Of the two, we only pay Werner's wage in part, and Sonny probably has a lot of bonuses built into his contract above a fairly low basic wage, like most of our lads.
  20. DubaiSpur

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    None of our players earn more than that now mate. The last ones who probably did, Kane and Ndombele, were flogged last year. But for context, for a period, Levy was paying himself more than Kane and Pochettino. His contribution to this club has been basically zero, and far, far outweighed by...
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