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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Agreed. They’re sort of shifting the Levy era into ‘great infrastructure but bad football’ and again that only relates to the last few years. It glosses over the reality that we became part of a new Big 6 under him, were consistently in Europe, challenged for the title etc. It’s unfair to not...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Yep, the whole thing is a complete mystery to me. I can only deduce that it is actually Frank who convinced people he was a football messiah because it’s the only explanation that makes sense - everyone with a decision veto seemed very convinced he was doing at minimum an ok job and it would...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Well now I absolutely want to hear more of the details! 😂 On the wage structure, was Simons not brought in on higher wages than most other previous signings? It certainly felt like we were moving with more intent last summer, trying to do things earlier and playing in a field with clubs we...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I can appreciate why the fans would want to move on. I just want someone, anyone in the media to say ‘oh my GHod that appointment was absolutely terrible! He was so poorly suited and nearly relegated them!’ but it’s just not gonna happen. Very weird.
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    I agree that the Levy bashing is distasteful. My overall view is that piecing together these interviews I do think they have the right diagnosis of the problems and how to solve them - Vinai calls out the last 5 years specifically as a poor period and I think that’s right. Boosting the wage...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Well Amorim left than in 5th, it’s no where near the level of disaster that Frank was. And I think that’s my point…for Frank to even be compared to Amorim shows how differently he is treated relative to how bad he actually was for us.
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I just listened to today’s VFTL. They talk about how sources told them that Levy didn’t get Eze done because he wasn’t willing to pay the money. I know ENIC are now briefing against Levy, but this makes sense to me. I always thought that last summer we were operating a bit differently, we had...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Not directed at you as such but it bugs me that Frank is described as pragmatic. He wasn’t, by any definition of the word. He was completely risk averse. De Zerbi inverting Palinha and the left full back’s positions so we have an out ball from the back, with the better receiver and passer...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    There’s like a really weird code of silence with Frank. In the media especially. It’s like everyone is unwilling to front up and acknowledge what an absolutely disastrous appointment it was. And you can do that without attacking the man so personally, but I see no one really doing it. There’s...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Transfer thread

    I’d be happy with Senesi, Robertson and Savinho. Various levels of proven experience and quality. I’m also not concerned about RDZ not wanting them. I think at this level, a player deciding to move to a club, and a club showing consistent interest, is a good thing that encourages the deal to...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Agreed. I also feel bad for Tudor. He’s now seen as a bit of a weird laughing stock. Clearly his approach wasn’t right for a squad whose confidence was completely shot. But if he came in earlier there’s every chance he could have had more of a galvanising effect. It was just too late. And I...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I actually feel a bit bad for him because I don’t think things like the January transfer window were entirely his fault, and in general he was put in a position he shouldn’t have been put in. That said, if he had a hand in advocating that patience be shown to Frank, then it’s kind of...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Yeah I remember Sissoko being played on the right initially and being bad, before actually becoming a really solid central midfield option. That is the weird thing though - 30m was a lot at the time and Levy was willing to do that. It doesn’t really make much sense. Again I am realising a lot...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I think the destabilisation comes in the transition. It’s not that we were bad because Levy left, but we were bad because for example Levy’s final big decision, to appoint Frank, then collided with Vinai’s desire to show patience and for the club’s desire to try and minimise more transition...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I don’t know for sure, but it all seems quite strange to me to agree to a new role, announce it publicly, all after having stayed connected with the club through the ban, and then pack up and leave a few months later. In piecing together the stories that came out, it sounds like Paratici...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I’m not really following mate. The PL is a challenge for sure, but we were told for years that we couldn’t spend more on wages until we had the infrastructure. Then we had it, and did nothing with it. Clubs have their own challenges and merely having the wages is no guarantee, that I agree. You...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I also think…we are aiming for both. But to aim for both we need to have a season that isn’t disrupted by an unprecedented injury crisis.
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    The new reality was our bigger stadium allowing us to spend more on wages and still be whatever the club decided sustainable meant for them. It’s the reality that allows us to be in for the Simons, Eze, Semenyo, Gallagher type players. We won’t always get them, but we can now realistically...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I think this is also part of the issue though with Levy. We’d occasionally get a manager in who would achieve something through force of their own personality and ability, but it was never consistent with a long term club strategy. It was continually hoping for some short term shot in the arm to...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Just read this - was a very enjoyable read. Also enjoyed the quote: As one experienced Premier League sporting director put it, a club like Tottenham “can make a brickload of brick decisions and still not be this brick”. What is interesting is Paratici wanting Frank out in November. Not being...
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