Daniel Levy makes attempt to get sporting director for Tottenham

[Mullers]

See that's the thing though. We don't know that it is another layer of decision making. We don't even know for sure we are going for this guy. Yet everyone is going into a panic as if they were a harikrishna on aeroplane.

But the so called panic is just as legitimate as your point of view.

 

[the shelf]

Whilst we made a lot of good signings under a DOF I was happier with Harry buying the players he thought we needed if Levy thought we could afford them, rather than get players in whom he didn't want/need.

Just because Harry liked buying older premier league players and players who he worked with before doesn't mean that Poch or another manager would. Besides, we have Mitchell now who is supposed to be the transfer guru so we don't need another layer of decision making imo.

Whilst it's true that other teams have a sporting director, I don't believe that they also have someone like Mitchell or indeed a chairmen who is so hands on with transfers like Levy. That's the big difference.

I think the less contact Levy has with other clubs on transfers can only be a good thing for Spurs bearing in mind the 'relationships' he tends to build!

 

[whitesocks]

I think his point is another person with an opinion on who we should buy. The manager and Mitchell should pick the players, and tell the dof to get them. The dof should not be picking what players we sign

A proper DoF is not an errand boy. He should be planning our longer term strategies. But do we currently need one?

Mitchell and Levy can identify cheap(er) young players who work hard and MP can run them into the ground. Then they can be disposed of in a couple of years.
We'll get a better idea this season if this approach can work.

 

[Mullers]

We've had dof's since arnesen. The only time we didn't was under harry and people were moaning that we were only buying old premier players.
All our best buys have been under a dof.

Who did Baldini buy?

 

[Mullers]

I think the less contact Levy has with other clubs on transfers can only be a good thing for Spurs bearing in mind the 'relationships' he tends to build!

He holds the purse strings, he will always be involved in contract negotiations.

 

[Donki]

There is a LOT of assuming going on here, with again the distinctive ring of clusterfucks only seems to happen at Spurs, with an over riding feeling that other clubs have it so much better. Look at Liverpool spunking millions on players they dont need, Chelsea spunking millions and at the foot of the table, Man U spunking millions and still short in depth in certain areas.

Yes we have made misatkes in the past but hey guess what all claubs have and continue to do so. From my understanding Mitchell has nothing to do with player negotiation, either does Pleat or any other scout so there is still a negotiator required, as I said before Levy will be busy for the foreseeable.

 

[Donki]

He holds the purse strings, he will always be involved in contract negotiations.

And rightly so, but he will breif the negotiator on what final deal we should be looking for.

 

[RogerTCB]

See that's the thing though. We don't know that it is another layer of decision making. We don't even know for sure we are going for this guy. Yet everyone is going into a panic as if they were a harikrishna on aeroplane.

I just spent 10 minutes trying to track down why a Hare Krishna on an aeroplane might panic and can't find anything. What's the secret?

 

[Mullers]

And rightly so, but he will breif the negotiator on what final deal we should be looking for.

I don't think so, I think he would want to do that himself.

 

[mil1lion]

Bring back David Pleat!

 

[Donki]

I don't think so, I think he would want to do that himself.

Then why would Levy be looking to employ him, if this article is correct?

 

[Lilbaz]

But the so called panic is just as legitimate as your point of view.

What is my point of view? That i wouldn't mind as long as poch and mitchell and the scouts made the decisions of who we go for? Is that really any different to anyone elses?

 

[Lilbaz]

Who did Baldini buy?

You know exactly who he bought. And you know what i meant. Players such as Carrick, bale, modric, berbatov, eriksen were all bought under the dof system. To say that we haven't been able to purchase players because of the system is plain wrong.

 

[Lilbaz]

I just spent 10 minutes trying to track down why a Hare Krishna on an aeroplane might panic and can't find anything. What's the secret?

On airplane the film.

 

[Mullers]

Then why would Levy be looking to employ him, if this article is correct?

To make some initial contact and do some of the groundwork but I think he will only trust himself to tie up all the ends and get the best deal.

 

[Mullers]

What is my point of view? That i wouldn't mind as long as poch and mitchell and the scouts made the decisions of who we go for? Is that really any different to anyone elses?

You're a supporter of the committee though, speaking for myself I'm not a supporter of it. I'm not a supporter of bringing in a DOF who on the face of it is just an errand boy.

I think it should work like this Poch and Mitchell comes up with targets and Levy either agrees to it and gets them or he doesn't.

 

[Lilbaz]

You're a supporter of the committee though, speaking for myself I'm not a supporter of it. I'm not a supporter of bringing in a DOF who on the face of it is just an errand boy.

I think it should work like this Poch and Mitchell comes up with targets and Levy either agrees to it and gets them or he doesn't.

I am saying that every major football club in the world has some sort of committee. That we are no different.

 

[Mullers]

You know exactly who he bought. And you know what i meant. Players such as Carrick, bale, modric, berbatov, eriksen were all bought under the dof system. To say that we haven't been able to purchase players because of the system is plain wrong.

Eriksen was bought via committee, as were other players in 2013. There were ITK rumours that Sherwood had recommended Eriksen years prior.I'm not aware of any committee under Arneson or Commoli.

With Baldini I strongly suspect that his recommendations were Lamela and Chirches. AVB stated that Capoue and Chadil had be watched for sometime (before Baldini even got there). Soldado we had been linked with for sometime and I think had a failed bid the season before.

 

[Mullers]

I am saying that every major football club in the world has some sort of committee. That we are no different.

How do you know every major football club in the world has a transfer committee?

 

[Lilbaz]

Eriksen was bought via committee, as were other players in 2013. There were ITK rumours that Sherwood had recommended Eriksen years prior.I'm not aware of any committee under Arneson or Commoli.

With Baldini I strongly suspect that his recommendations were Lamela and Chirches. AVB stated that Capoue and Chadil had be watched for sometime (before Baldini even got there). Soldado we had been linked with for sometime and I think had a failed bid the season before.

I don't know what you think the committee is?

Sherwood might have wanted eriksen years earlier because he was involved in signing youth players.

If the manager, commoli, the scouts and levy discussed who we should go for was that not a committee?