Daniel Levy has been at the club since I was a a 7 year old boy.
I am now a 31 year old man.
In that time I was delighted to see us grow and punch back above our weight under Martin Jol after years of being completely mediocre and average.
Having had the tinkle taken out of me by my glory hunting United, Liverpool, Arse, Chelsea school mates 2010 and qualifying for CL was fantastic.
Followed by going on to establish ourselves as semi(?) CL regulars under Poch. Really pushing close more financially equipped sides to challenging for titles with a phenomenal new ground on the horizon. All from our humble old white hart lane. A season at home of the home of national football to see us through.
At that point I think an opportunity was lost. ENIC tightened the belt when we’d challenged for titles and somehow little old Tottenham reached a champions league final.
To add insult to the injury - a few years later ENIC would pump £150m into the club for Conte. In what I still swear down was nothing more than Levy flinching at the prospect of a Saudi backed Saudi Sportswashing Machine coming along to take away 4th place.
All prepared to invest for 4th. Not prepared to invest the same for 1st.
I am 31. Levy has been in charge since I was 7.
That’s pretty much the story for that time except…
One of the best memories for sure. Only trophy I have ever seen us win. Something very sexy in that the only cup winning goal in my life was a deflection of the face.
That 14 year old boy has more than doubled in age and we still haven’t won anything at all.
Now at 31 I am in favour of regime change. I have been very pro Levy and respect him for taking us up a few levels. But it’s clear under him there’s no aspiration to win trophies. I don’t expect us to win the PL title against these clubs. But if Wigan, Leicester (multiple times), Swansea, Portsmouth and Birmingham can have won trophies since we should too.
I think Levy is content with us making top 4, placing enough pressure and emphasis around it that his managers often neglect the cups.