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mawspurs · May 18, 2015

Dear Supporter,

We started this season with a new Head Coach and several young players looking to make the step up to the First Team, aware that this was a season where we would need to rebuild

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Block D Spurs · May 18, 2015

quite a bit of info. in there. So we are heading to Milton Keynes for home games, unless something else turns up.. Wembley? doubtful as other bookings on certain dates of our games. Levy has agreed to give Poch. another year to show he can do what we all expect of the team / squad. Admitted he was also part to blame for Bale money spending...New Stadium build will be state of the art.. should be .. as costing enough, and a ground share with American Football team possible, with Nike as named stadium sponsor ?.

millsey · May 18, 2015

Where does any mention of nfl groundshare come in that statement?

N17Jack · May 18, 2015

No mention of the NFL or Milton Keynes?

On a positive note, the ground will be built, Poch will be given funds to strengthen the squad, not much by the sound of it and financial fair play might draw the top teams back a little towards us, only time will tell.

The focus will be on the ground development and this should make us able to compete near the top in the future. Not the announcement that we as fans crave but sound financial management as we move forward.

I hope a quality striker to help Harry out, it would be nice but not sure we will spend that sort of cash

Galactico14 · May 18, 2015

Wow from his words you got Milton Keynes, Nike, NFL, and agreed to 'give poch one more year' .... Amazing how people read things.

onthetwo · May 18, 2015

these statements always read the same way to me, something like "Sorry about the football but what about the stadium we're building, hey? Its gonna be AWESOME!.

Block D Spurs · May 18, 2015

We should all know by now that, Daniel Levy is a sharp business man, and has always played his cards close to his chest. So then you have to read "between the lines" to see what he is saying in his business man's way of talking. Look at the revised stadium plans Coopsieyid has posted and you will see there is a slide out pitch at one end, and larger changing rooms to allow a squad of players above 24. The sliding pitch could be artificial grass, as a lot of stadiums in USA. So there will be room to slide out, and move back the stand as well, to be within the site parameters. But depends on architects / planning of course.

Therefore it is logical that a USA company like Nike (more worldwide than underamour in my opinion) would be interested in a Stadium Naming Rights deal for 10 years, as was the original plans for the stadium back in 2006 / 7. Given our increasing USA connections, and others around the world. There was some ITK on this Nike bit, i'll check to see.

JoeT · May 18, 2015

It seems to me that the "Financial Fair Play" rule might be being used by D.L. as an excuse to not spend money on the squad; if that IS INDEED the case, how are the vast amounts being spent by the Manchester clubs being allowed to take place under those same FFP rules? (not that Spurs' can, or would even want to go that route, but many of us are getting a little tired of so many 'false dawns' concerning the quality of Spurs' squad.)
Maybe Mr Businessman Levy has to realize that any successful business has to have an attractive/saleable product as the basis of it's success. You can dress it up all you like but if the product is not in demand by it's customers it will fail.

Lilbaz · May 18, 2015

JoeT said:
It seems to me that the "Financial Fair Play" rule might be being used by D.L. as an excuse to not spend money on the squad; if that IS INDEED the case, how are the vast amounts being spent by the Manchester clubs being allowed to take place under those same FFP rules? (not that Spurs' can, or would even want to go that route, but many of us are getting a little tired of so many 'false dawns' concerning the quality of Spurs' squad.)
Maybe Mr Businessman Levy has to realize that any successful business has to have an attractive/saleable product as the basis of it's success. You can dress it up all you like but if the product is not in demand by it's customers it will fail.

I think it more likley he uses the £510,000,000 we are spending on the new stadium and training ground/academy.
You can dress it all you want but levy is a businessman that thinks long term success rather than a fan who thinks short term.

Block D Spurs · May 18, 2015

JoeT said:
It seems to me that the "Financial Fair Play" rule might be being used by D.L. as an excuse to not spend money on the squad; if that IS INDEED the case, how are the vast amounts being spent by the Manchester clubs being allowed to take place under those same FFP rules? (not that Spurs' can, or would even want to go that route, but many of us are getting a little tired of so many 'false dawns' concerning the quality of Spurs' squad.)
Maybe Mr Businessman Levy has to realize that any successful business has to have an attractive/saleable product as the basis of it's success. You can dress it up all you like but if the product is not in demand by it's customers it will fail.

THFC has always been in demand by it's (fans / supporters) customers, and there is a waiting list of 20,000 for season tickets on a 36,000 capacity. This list will reduce, then increase again as the new stadium is operational within 18 mths., and team plays better, and wins silverware ! COYS

greywizard2020 · May 18, 2015

Levy has made his fair share of mistakes at the club, but I don't think its ever been because of a lack of ambition or desire for the club to do well. He could have been like the Doug Ellis' or Franny Lee's of this world; worser still he could have been another Mike Ashley. These are the worst of the worst: people who gave nothing back to their respective clubs & only ensured their descent into a malaise of ambivalence & mediocrity. I am still very pleased that he is our chairman, but I do wish he would just get the due-diligence correct regarding recruitment set-up now the hoopla over the stadium has been sorted.

Talking of recruitment, the stock in trade response from fans for improvement is always along the lines of 'spend, spend, spend', however instead of throwing money at the situation how about we throw some intelligent research & wisdom instead? We've spent the 'Bale transfer money' on a group of players that will largely, barring Eriksen & Chadli, be turfed out come season's end. I don't want expensive paper-names being drafted in on the say-so of an agent who claims to be representing the 'Brazil's answer to Frank Lampard'. I want players who have actually been well researched & scouted that have the aptitude & attitude to come in & actually be able to do what the manager asks of them.

This has been 'gimme-season' for the Poch because he has needed the time to fully assess the capabilities of the squad, so that he can root out the panderers and pretenders. He has made his mistakes, but no manager is perfect & I would rather he make them now in a season that has basically been a trial effort. I believe that we will get it right, but its going some serious work. Let the cleansing begin.

CowInAComa · May 18, 2015

There is not really a 20k waiting list is there.

There are 20k on a waiting list by dint of the fact you cant get a fucking ticket unless you sign up for membership.

CowInAComa · May 18, 2015

onthetwo said:
these statements always read the same way to me, something like "Sorry about the football but what about the stadium we're building, hey? Its gonna be AWESOME!.

and the sainsburies. dont forget what will be the biggest supermarket in Haringey.

JoeT · May 18, 2015

Lilbaz said:
I think it more likley he uses the £510,000,000 we are spending on the new stadium and training ground/academy.
You can dress it all you want but levy is a businessman that thinks long term success rather than a fan who thinks short term.

Hi 'Lilbaz; Your "dress it all you want" comment is exactly my point; you can't dress up a poor squad with new stadiums and the like....develop a solid squad first (your product) Then go about selling it.
How is this short short term-thinking?

guate · May 18, 2015

I'm not much of a fan of our bean counter as I feel he seriously let us down by not investing more in the squad when Árry got us into the Champion's League. However I respect the man for the way he's financially managed the club during his tenure, taking us from a mediocre side into one constantly challenging for a top 6 place. It now seems to me that with our amazing training grounds, the academy doing well and people like Mauricio and Paul Mitchell in place, provided there are no more major upheavals our future looks very bright indeed.
The Chairman's notes IMHO are an excellent exercise in public relations while the real nitty gritty, the quality of the squad, leaves a lot to be desired as does too the present entertainment factor.

Lilbaz · May 18, 2015

JoeT said:
Hi 'Lilbaz; Your "dress it all you want" comment is exactly my point; you can't dress up a poor squad with new stadiums and the like....develop a solid squad first (your product) Then go about selling it.
How is this short short term-thinking?

Because you are talking about spending the money on players. These have no guarantee of success (Bale money) and are short term in nature. If they are established players their value drops as soon as you have bought them.
Building an excellent academy and producing your own players takes longer. But is a better investment in the long term. It cost us £60m to build. We have recently produced, Livermore, Rose, Kane, Bentaleb, Mason, Caulker, Pritchard, Carroll and Townsend. How much would they have cost? So we are already seeing a return on that investment.
We have already spent over £100M on the stadium. If we had spent that on players we might have got in the CL once or twice. Do you really think the lies of City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Utd would not have outspent that though? Do you think we could have maintained CL? If we didn't where would the wages for those players come from? The fact is as soon as we dropped out we would have had to sell or put the club at financial risk.
Building the stadium is the same extra money we would get from being in the CL but is guaranteed. We can then buy players knowing we can afford their wages with or without CL.

You might not like it and think we should have concentrated on buying players for the first team. Who knows by some miracle we might have cemented a cl place and built that way. But it is the risky route. This way we have less chance of doing a Leeds (yes I said it). You can't blame Levy for the choice though.

titan · May 18, 2015

Did anyone else read this bit "it is clearly evident that we need a ‘game changer’ to lift this Club to the next level" got excited only to then read "namely an increased capacity stadium"

tomo · May 18, 2015

CowInAComa said:
There is not really a 20k waiting list is there.

There are 20k on a waiting list by dint of the fact you cant get a fucking ticket unless you sign up for membership.

According to my Membership account I'm 35k on the waiting list.

As it stands we will sell out a new 55k stadium for the big games but we might see a few empty seats in the more unglamorous fixtures.

slartibartfast · May 18, 2015

JoeT said:
It seems to me that the "Financial Fair Play" rule might be being used by D.L. as an excuse to not spend money on the squad; if that IS INDEED the case, how are the vast amounts being spent by the Manchester clubs being allowed to take place under those same FFP rules? (not that Spurs' can, or would even want to go that route, but many of us are getting a little tired of so many 'false dawns' concerning the quality of Spurs' squad.)
Maybe Mr Businessman Levy has to realize that any successful business has to have an attractive/saleable product as the basis of it's success. You can dress it up all you like but if the product is not in demand by it's customers it will fail.

FFP was utter bolloxs and Platini has today announced it will be 'loosening its rules' or something like that. Details to be announced in June.
Someone on TS this afternoon, expert, said UEFA have about 11 pending court cases regarding FFP and its hoped this step backwards will go some way to pacify those.
Was never workable and imo just a shit hair brained idea to stop any billionaires taking over a club and pissing on the existing big clubs monopoly. You cant stop business men innvesting their money and uefa sure as shit cant compete with their lawyers.
Had absolutely fk all to do with fair play. The idea lol.

greaves · May 18, 2015

slartibartfast said:
FFP was utter bolloxs and Platini has today announced it will be 'loosening its rules' or something like that. Details to be announced in June.
Someone on TS this afternoon, expert, said UEFA have about 11 pending court cases regarding FFP and its hoped this step backwards will go some way to pacify those.
Was never workable and imo just a shit hair brained idea to stop any billionaires taking over a club and pissing on the existing big clubs monopoly. You cant stop business men innvesting their money and uefa sure as shit cant compete with their lawyers.
Had absolutely fk all to do with fair play. The idea lol.

Yep. FFP to be 'relaxed'. Goes nicely with Chairman's 'massage'.

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