I don't think Poch ever said that.
Sometimes it is not true, but I remember quite clear that our ITK stated that Bastoni was attainable. On top of that Conte accepted alternatives. I bet that in the summer TW we are brining nobody in this area if we are not in the top 4.
"Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four."
That's music to Levy's ears.
Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four."
Did he actually say that lol! I think I remember it now but I think you're spinning his words a bit because that would've been in response to constant Q's about us not having won a trophy for ages and he was taking some pressure off by saying that first we need to consistently be up in the top4 which because at that point we hadn't been."Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four."
That's music to Levy's ears.
But then proceeded to lead us to 2x title challenges and a CL Final lol so I think perspective is needed when analysing this quote as to what Q his response was in answer to and where we stood as a club at that time etc.
It was directly after we lost to Palace in the FA Cup, and had lost to Chelsea midweek in the League Cup. In January 2019
For over 2 decades we've had posters making excuses as to why it might not be Levy's fault after almost every window. That's 40 odd windows mate with only a very select handful of them actually being a success. I'll add to that of those windows that were a success have a look to see if Baldini, Arnessen or Paratici were at the club.
Was he asking for "another attacker" or was he asking for a specific attacker that very clearly was attainable because he moved a week later? If you can't see we opted for Danjuma because he was cheap as chips and fell into our lap I don't know what to say. He had literally done his media shots in an Everton shirt. If he was really one we wanted that wouldn't have even gotten close.
Maybe you are right but then he appoints those coaches as well mate. I don't know what else to say really 2 decades of going from one type of manager to then completely the opposite type isn't going to help either is it. Successful clubs appoint the right people and let them get on with it, or in Chelsea's case they just keep throwing money at it until it works. We are never going to be that club so it has to be the former. Even when we seem to get the appointment right how much do we let them get on with it, and get them what they ask for? The list is pretty long now regarding how many times managers have asked for one thing or another and instead literally got whatever the budget option was at that time. From Saha and Nelson to Djed Spence and Danjuma, nothing has really changed!
