Daniel Levy - Chairman

[SpurMeUp]

Its the main reason this move has happened, Levy acknowledged in one of the releases that the size of all the operations were so big it would be impossible to cover them all and give focus. I imagine he will sit at the top still with the club split down the middle between Munn and Kline and Football and Commercial. That should give the focus the club needs on both sides without the waters being muddied with Levy on hand to consult with. It was in another statement, I can't remember which, that there will be a focus on the youth development and where if possible there can be improvements made in terms of route to the first team, that will be on Munn to work out. Thats why the role exists, to see the bigger picture IMO. The manager has his view the DOF will have his but ultimately there has to be a joined up approach which isn't compromised by individual agendas but then balances the fact the first team needs to be priority. For example, do we need 3/4 first team players for every position when the quality further down you go in those 3 or 4 reduces drastically, its a burden on the wage bill and it blocks the youth prospect?

A question for everyone: if Levy had put someone in changed of developing the stadium and let go of it, would an employee have delivered with the same care and attention?


To me, the most critical area of the club is player recruitment and management. If I was running the club I’d drill into each area of this side of the business and ensure it’s working as best it could. Will employees do that?

 

[Grays_1890]

A question for everyone: if Levy had put someone in changed of developing the stadium and let go of it, would an employee have delivered with the same care and attention?


To me, the most critical area of the club is player recruitment and management. If I was running the club I’d drill into each area of this side of the business and ensure it’s working as best it could. Will employees do that?

Yeh they will, its their livelyhood, Munn comes from a history of scaling up operations in football and NRL which includes joining the dots thats needed for it to be effective, for all the will in the world Levy has been great at the stadium and infrastructure but the footballing side has not scaled with it. That's why this is happening.

I actually think Levy will be happy to get rid of the day to day side of it.

 

[DTA]

Does he? Does one have to follow the other? If Levy is doing work for Spurs then he gets paid (and paid a high amount). If Levy stops doing work for Spurs (or does a lot less work) then surely he should take less pay?

If the Spurs board decide to start paying dividends that is up to them. I would argue that taking money out of the club instead of reinvesting would make it harder for Spurs to be competitive on the pitch and probably reduce the value of the club as we slip away from European competition so that might not be attractive to the owners (it hasn't been attractive to them thus far).

how about if he is doing the same amount of work, but it’s a different type of work?

 

[parklane1]

how about if he is doing the same amount of work, but it’s a different type of work?

Damn him.

 

[Finney Is Back]

how about if he is doing the same amount of work, but it’s a different type of work?

Great…. What different kind of work do you think he’ll be doing?

 

[scaramanga]

Great…. What different kind of work do you think he’ll be doing?

I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect it will be something related to running a multi £bn company with a large and expanding property portfolio, one of the 10 most significant clubs in football (financially) and a growing entertainment business.

But you're right, he can probably half-arse most of that and play Solitaire all day.

 

[Lemonade Money]

I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect it will be something related to running a multi £bn company with a large and expanding property portfolio, one of the 10 most significant clubs in football (financially) and a growing entertainment business.

But you're right, he can probably half-arse most of that and play Solitaire all day.

If only he had an agent who could earn a percentage of his salary and play Solitaire for him.

 

[metalgear]

If Levy takes a backseat then his salary should reduce accordingly.

It's a bigger supporting team for football matters and there's the recently approved housing project. The entire board deserves a raise!

If Levy takes a backseat he is doing it at the right time when Levy/enic out is at its peak. I will believe he is taking a backseat when Munn signs off on the Match day programme sheet

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[Finney Is Back]

I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect it will be something related to running a multi £bn company with a large and expanding property portfolio, one of the 10 most significant clubs in football (financially) and a growing entertainment business.

But you're right, he can probably half-arse most of that and play Solitaire all day.

That’s what most of us who have our own office do…

 

[DubSpur]

If only he had an agent who could earn a percentage of his salary and play Solitaire for him.

Isn't that Munns role?

 

[Finney Is Back]

Isn't that Munns role?

You mean we’ve finally agreed on a job that Munn can do?

 

[Lilbaz]

You mean we’ve finally agreed on a job that Munn can do?

Nah freecell is king.

 

[Baleforce]

Couldn’t we have hired a card playing time waster from Europe, who knows the game, not some nobody from a time wasting card playing backwater?

 

[DTA]

Great…. What different kind of work do you think he’ll be doing?

Maybe concentrating on other things like the property arm or entertainment/events arm of the company while continuing to build the business from being behind loads of teams in terms of revenue to behind only a very few. Which you know yourself is a remarkable achievement.

I like you, I like your posts on almost everything apart from Levy. I think your distain for Levy came from his treatment of Poch, so I get that as well, but if you take a step back, you will see that over 20 years what Levy has done for this club has been nothing short of remarkable. The last 5 years have not been great, no arguments there, but apart from sacking Jose just before a cup final I can see the logic in all of what he has done… wrong decisions, no doubt. But ones that many of us would have possibly made as well.

 

[metalgear]

Levy has hocked the club to build equity. Its a small win for the football club and a huge win for the owners. Its not that he hasn't done good things for the club. But it's a very lopsided win for the owners.



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[Grays_1890]

Levy has hocked the club to build equity. Its a small win for the football club and a huge win for the owners. Its not that he hasn't done good things for the club. But it's a very lopsided win for the owners.
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The repayments on loans pale in significance when compared to the increase in revenue which goes back into the club. Its hardly lopsided. Growing pains to bring the club into the modern commercial world in which grounds are not white elephants empty for 345 days a year I admit, but there is no doubt that the developments are the best use of the club commercially long term and hugely beneficial to the local area

 

[DeanoAustin]

The repayments on loans pale in significance when compared to the increase in revenue which goes back into the club. Its hardly lopsided. Growing pains to bring the club into the modern commercial world in which grounds are not white elephants empty for 345 days a year I admit, but there is no doubt that the developments are the best use of the club commercially long term and hugely beneficial to the local area

Yeah but to be fair, they bought the club for ~£20m and it's now worth ~£2bn. While we've improved on the pitch, we aren't 100 times better than we were - they're 100 times richer.

 

[Grays_1890]

Yeah but to be fair, they bought the club for ~£20m and it's now worth ~£2bn. While we've improved on the pitch, we aren't 100 times better than we were - they're 100 times richer.

Of course, thats down to the assets built in order to bring the club forward adding value but the reason we have not progressed on the pitch is down to the money being spent poorly, not the fact we have chosen to develop the commercial side, which was originally being suggested

 

[Diamond Lights]

You know, given how last year ended and Ange coming in, Levy should have given him the best chance of success.

Once again, Levy fails miserably.

 

[markysimmo]

You know, given how last year ended and Ange coming in, Levy should have given him the best chance of success.

Once again, Levy fails miserably.

It's every year Levy, after him coming out making that video about working tirelessly to do the best for the club we're now 11 days away from our 1st game still with a massively bloated squad and no new CB's
It's a fudging disgrace