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  1. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Good take, though I think it's less progression all the way up to his final year, and more a peak at the middle of his tenure after which we fell away. The league positions prove it - 5th, 3rd, 2nd, and then 3rd and 4th. 2016-2017 was the season where everything came together, but we lacked the...
  2. DubaiSpur

    Transfer thread

    PSG apparently putting Goncalo Ramos and Lee Kang-In up for sale. Wouldn't mind either of them tbh - Ramos is a good foil to play with or instead of Solanke, and Lee is a fantastic playmaker with a low centre of gravity (whom I think has been misused as a winger, which doesn't suit him given...
  3. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Fair. But where does that consistent progression get you, with no cup at the end of it? The goal has to be to win things at the end, surely? Poch finished 5th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. But ultimately, we won nothing, and lost every final we played in until Ange. The winning mentality only...
  4. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    No, it definitely won't. Like I said, we can't accept 17th ever again, trophy or no trophy. But the fact remains, he finished 17th with 22 losses...and won a trophy. Which we haven't done for 17 years, to the point where the entire club was labouring under the mental burden of being constant...
  5. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Haha - fair! He has, but I'm not personally against him mate. I have nothing against the man - he's not evil by any means, or even ill-intentioned. Just...barely competent when it comes to football, which just isn't enough at this level. And once he leaves the club, I wish him happiness...
  6. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    But if you have to do both, why was no manager sacked for finishing 4th/5th but trophyless? AVB wasn't, Poch wasn't, Conte wasn't, even Ange wasn't after finishing 5th. It's because we don't prioritize the cups as much as the league. Fair point that others won trophies without throwing the...
  7. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Like I said, it's an assumption. But it's one I'm pretty confident about. Plus, anything else he did would be in the papers, he'd be a listed director/owner elsewhere, and so on. He isn't, to my knowledge. Think you're taking things way too personally mate. It's a fact that men who spend their...
  8. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    You're the one attaching 'sad little man' to it mate. It's a fact that Spurs is his life's pursuit, and he has nothing comparable to fall back on. Stan Kroenke owns multiple sports clubs in the US - Arsenal is a small part of his portfolio. Todd Boehly runs his own investment firm. John Henry...
  9. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Beyond this, to be clear, if he goes, it isn't because he didn't succeed on all fronts, like the top clubs tend to aim for. It's because he didn't succeed in the league, specifically. He could win a cup treble but still be under pressure for finishing 17th - conversely, he could finish 2nd, win...
  10. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    >Carlos Corberan >Michel >Michel Sanchez I am 90% sure these are just randomly generated Spanish names, with one bloke added twice (once with his last name) for emphasis.
  11. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    True. But there's also been pretty solid reporting that he wants to stay on even in the event of an ownership change, which doesn't indicate a man willing to let go. We'll see when it happens for sure.
  12. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Our wage-to-revenue bill was under 40% last season, and that was with the likes of Ndombele still on his last year of wages here. That's by far (and very, very far), the lowest in the league. This year's accounts would probably have it even lower. Add to that the bolstered revenue from the EL...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    It's all assumptions for sure. But that's also assuming this post is true to begin with, which I highly doubt. Though, I will point out that 63 really isn't old these days - Jim Ratcliffe is 72 and only just took over as United owner. Stan Kroenke is 77. John Henry at Liverpool is 75. Levy's...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Ryan Mason

    https://www.wba.co.uk/news/ryan-mason-appointed-albion-mens-first-team-head-coach Good stuff from West Brom. Looks like they've appointed people Mason's worked with at Spurs (Nigel Gibbs and Sam Pooley) to help him out, which bodes well for him. Good luck to him - he's earned this chance, and...
  15. DubaiSpur

    Donna Cullen gone...first of the changes?

    On point 1, correct, but the idea was that Staveley would be the 'face' of the consortium, which is a pretty similar role to the one she had when facilitating the Saudi takeover of Saudi Sportswashing Machine. On point 2, that's what people in the thread pointed out to the guy - blabbing about high-profile...
  16. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    I would mate, because Tottenham is all he has. He's not like other chairmen in the league, who are either a) hired hands by the real owners, and so replaceable at will, or b) people like Todd Boehly, who have interests and a public profile outside football. Levy has spent close to 30 years...
  17. DubaiSpur

    Donna Cullen gone...first of the changes?

    Almost certainly silly season, but y'day there was an interesting post on the r/coys subreddit by some bloke who described himself as working in finance and thus aware of a deal to buy the club that is close to completion (and has apparently been worked on for 18 months). Alleged deal would be...
  18. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Don't leave, Dan - whatever would I do with my time? :p In all seriousness, I doubt it, unless there's an ownership change. For no other reason than the Lewis family trust would probably prefer having someone close to the Lewises in charge, and Ventakesham is not that man. If there is an...
  19. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    If he stays, I think it has to be contingent on a turnover of coaching staff. He needs assistants who can run his training sessions and also drill tactics (and a better pressing strategy) into the players. With Mason (probably) leaving, it opens up some space for a few new faces. A dedicated...
  20. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    It's also the case that had it been Lazio in the semi-final, a lot of the jibes about this being an easy competition to win would have disappeared. The route to the cup would have been (in the knockout rounds) Alkmaar-Frankfurt-Lazio-United - historically, that's pretty on-par with the typical...
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