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Daniel Levy - Chairman

billyiddo said:
He was. Porro deal for one
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I'll take your word as I don't remember.
I suppose it is just the way it is then.
Strange that there was even a thought cirulated that Munn/Lange were going to be a greater buffer for Levy from transfers...

...slightly deviating, as much as I hate myself for admitting it, this Daily Fail article from a few weeks back offers a pretty interesting overview of the issues at the club. I think their pointing out the juxtapose of Ange the idealist versus our drive to date-driven squad building is interesting (and actually fairly compelling proof as to why it's hard to see Postecoglu here past the Summer). I wonder how Lange feels about Paratici still having Daniel's ear. I know @Gutter Boy feels it is part of some grand two-track transfer strategy which all have shaken hands on (I don't). It fels like Daniel will never fully give over control; in a sense why should he? From his perspective, he's been burned before. From other perspectibves, he never pulls the trigger on deals at the right times/times they could be done. Messy days indeed...
 
DeanoAustin said:
I’ve seen Levy hammered left, right and centre by Spurs fans since the Munich lad rejected us. Not sure how a failed deal does him any favours.

All of the initial reactions centred around “he won’t pay the money”, “sure we’re a mess under levy which is why he said no” or brick to that effect.

Was hilarious when the reports came out that he rejected us because he wasn’t guaranteed game time (and I’ve no idea if that’s actually true either).

None of us has a clue what goes on with these deals. If we get someone who fits into our long term plans, great. If we don’t, I won’t be losing my brick. Very few clubs are doing business in January.
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Indeed, fans make me laugh at times. Firstly they believe everythiing they read on T watter, Facebook, what some reporter is saying to meet their deadline [ usually some flimflam rumour] and when it does not happen they throw their toys out of their prams. MADNESS.
 
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Lost Mango said:
Define your definition of unsuccessful?

The vast, vast majority of clubs haven't won their top divisional title or a European or domestic cup in the last 25 years.

The vast majority of those European clubs haven't been in 24 finals or semi-finals in the last 20 years but yeah we are one of the most unsuccessful club out there.

And it is all on Levy and Cullen.

Just wow.

People sit here and bitch about doped up clubs like Emirates Marketing Project and Chelsea and how bad it has been for football but really just want us on the same gravy train because all that matters is silverware so they can be 'winners' themselves down the pub or at the water cooler.

The embarrassing comments about being 'embarrassed' at being a spurs fan say it all. Some divine right to be successful, some arrogant belief that they know better about the workings of a billion pound business and managing a top level football team. Yes it is a football forum but some of you need to get a grip on all this bile and self-loathing.

So we sack Ange and in 18 months time sack the next muppet. Levy sells up and still nothing changes because that is just how life is. Who you going to hate on then?

Maybe put yourselves in the shoes of the fans of the vast, vast number of truly unsuccessful clubs (by your metrics) who suck up all the brick and enjoy the moments of occasional joy.
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Success is literally that success. We like the many clubs you mention are not the successful ones.

My friend you adding a whole load that I never said. I never said we were an embrassement. I said we are not successful and we are not. Success is winning things. A successful league campaign is winning the PL, a successful FA Cup run is getting the trophy at the end. The same with the Carabo Cup and the Europa.

If you want to get into the nebulous world of claiming playing in the PL and occasionally the CL is successful then loads of teams are successful. No, for me success is actually that, achieving actual success. Not patting yourself on the back because you got into the CL as also rans and then do nothing with it. That's not success I'm sorry.

And also I'm sorry but you're talking a whole load of nonsense, if all I wanted was that success I would not even be a Tottenham fan. I know what we are. I'm just not deluded enough to pretend that what we are is successful, because we ain't.
 
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Bedfordspurs said:
Of course
Do you think levy is genuinely jumping on a plane to Munich to convince a player to join
I’m far from convinced because it was reported by someone who makes his living out of it
Not even a German press guy as far as I recall
Anyone can stuck anything on a tweet and it’s unsolicited and unqualified
Hell look at the way it’s being used now to fix elections and churn out misinformation in the states
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A bit like when you said Arsenal spoke to Poch then?
 
parklane1 said:
Indeed, fans make me laugh at times. Firstly they believe everythiing they read on T watter, Facebook, what some reporter is saying to meet their deadline [ usually some flimflam rumour] and when it does not happen they throw their toys out of their prams. MADNESS.
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I love you gramps… you consistently post this over and over again and people still don’t get it … keep on trucking
 
thfcsteff said:
I'll take your word as I don't remember.
I suppose it is just the way it is then.
Strange that there was even a thought cirulated that Munn/Lange were going to be a greater buffer for Levy from transfers...

...slightly deviating, as much as I hate myself for admitting it, this Daily Fail article from a few weeks back offers a pretty interesting overview of the issues at the club. I think their pointing out the juxtapose of Ange the idealist versus our drive to date-driven squad building is interesting (and actually fairly compelling proof as to why it's hard to see Postecoglu here past the Summer). I wonder how Lange feels about Paratici still having Daniel's ear. I know @Gutter Boy feels it is part of some grand two-track transfer strategy which all have shaken hands on (I don't). It fels like Daniel will never fully give over control; in a sense why should he? From his perspective, he's been burned before. From other perspectibves, he never pulls the trigger on deals at the right times/times they could be done. Messy days indeed...
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Comes back to the conversation I've been having with others and I think you too here.

What is it actually good for Levy to be buffered from. I don't see him being involved in negotiations as a negative at all, I really struggle to see how it even could be a negative.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Lot of league cup semis
Just can’t get the games over the line though
Even when we were the team with the better players
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Rarely the case, although I do think we should have been able to get an underdog win here or there every now and then. I think that we never did is because we rarely went into those games with the attitude of an underdog, we didn't give up possession, keep it tight and play for counters, we usually went head to head, our guns Vs yours and typically fell to the superior firepower.

That's why sacking Mourinho before the CC final was so dumb. He's a coach that specialises in having lesser resources in one off occasions. We probably weren't winning but Mourinho was absolutely the best chance we had because the man is a pragmatist at heart, he'll do whatever is needed to get a win shamelessly.
 
Bishop said:
Rarely the case, although I do think we should have been able to get an underdog win here or there every now and then. I think that we never did is because we rarely went into those games with the attitude of an underdog, we didn't give up possession, keep it tight and play for counters, we usually went head to head, our guns Vs yours and typically fell to the superior firepower.

That's why sacking Mourinho before the CC final was so dumb. He's a coach that specialises in having lesser resources in one off occasions. We probably weren't winning but Mourinho was absolutely the best chance we had because the man is a pragmatist at heart, he'll do whatever is needed to get a win shamelessly.
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We had better players in more occasions than fans want to admit… because they failed
Fully agree the sacking was odd but we know it was about £££
Still we would have won that game if the ref had been barely competent
 
Bedfordspurs said:
The difference is I’ve seen the evidence
It was literally shown to me by come colleagues…. Unless there is a Poch impersonator
And i didn’t post it on twitter
But you crack on fella
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I don't see how Arsenal could ever have met Pochetino without it leaking to the press. Especially when there are people openly telling you about it.

The story of Arsenal talking to the ex Spurs manager while they still have Arteta employed is just too big to go under the radar.
 
Finney Is Back said:
I don't see how Arsenal could ever have met Pochetino without it leaking to the press. Especially when there are people openly telling you about it.

The story of Arsenal talking to the ex Spurs manager while they still have Arteta employed is just too big to go under the radar.
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Because my ex employer were very good at the job of hosting people
I only saw it because I know the account director for that client
It was with Kronke junior IIRC
He had no reason to make it up and neither do I
What do I gain from sharing it?
I don’t need clicks on twitter to make money
 
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