Levy

[lillywhites61]

I just want to say a massive well done to Levy for finally standing up to these so called bigger teams, I am so sick of the same old s**t whenever we start to get any where

So thank you D.Levy I for one and very glad we have you as chairman of this great football club.

 

[KitKat]

Im not saying anything until 1st of September.

 

[lillywhites61]

Fair enough but I think he really means it. He had a look in his eye that I think he has had enough of it himself.

 

[Mr Pink]

This was a massive test for Levy...passed it emphatically.

Well done Levy.

 

[Krafty]

Once he made the statement on the OS there was no way he would back down, and I hope he rams it down the throats of all the doubters in the press.

 

[ostrov]

I think this time he means it.
COYS!

 

[MattyP]

I do hope that everyone praising Levy for doing the job for which he is remunerated at a level inconsistent with companies with comparable turnover or profit remember to praise those who do their jobs and get paid less in a year than he earns in a month, like nurses, policemen, teachers, firemen etc.

I'm not saying he is doing a bad job or am anti-Levy, I am the opposite in fact, I do think he is doing a good job on the whole.

But I'm not going to praise him for this, as I think it should be the least we should expect from a competent chairman.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

I just posted this in TR thread but it applies here:

My heart stands by what Levy is trying to do 100%. Brave man. But my head says lets not start sucking each other off just yet. Lets get to 1 Sep, 00.01 hrs with Modric and then celebrate that even though our best player's heart is no longer in 100% in it, at least our chairman has sent out some kind of message.

Truth is, unless a miracle happens next season, we all know all we are doing is postponing the inevitable. A small piece of my brain says when you have a player publicly stating he wants to go, then you end up looking a bit sad by forcing them to stay. It's happened to Arsenal & ManU in the last couple of years, bigger and better clubs than ours.

I think we all put a bit to much pressure on our chairman over this issue to be honest - certainly not helped by Redknapp's continual televised verbal diarreah . I admire his balls, but I wouldn't have held it against him if he'd just tried to get the best deal for the club, re-invested wisely and we all moved on. After all, as much as I love Modric, if we sink as a club because one player goes, then how good are we ?

My heart applauds this gesture, but my head is not so convinced about what this means for us.

 

[Batspur]

Levy could grow into the best chairman ever or be a bald stumblebum.

He has age on his side and has a lot of experience. Cannot say am I fan of a CEO and not because I cant think of a chant but I care about the players more and the manager most, he should be the most important player at a club. Not Levy.

 

[ultimateloner]

I just posted this in TR thread but it applies here:

My heart stands by what Levy is trying to do 100%. Brave man. But my head says lets not start sucking each other off just yet. Lets get to 1 Sep, 00.01 hrs with Modric and then celebrate that even though our best player's heart is no longer in 100% in it, at least our chairman has sent out some kind of message.

Truth is, unless a miracle happens next season, we all know all we are doing is postponing the inevitable. A small piece of my brain says when you have a player publicly stating he wants to go, then you end up looking a bit sad by forcing them to stay. It's happened to Arsenal & ManU in the last couple of years, bigger and better clubs than ours.

I think we all put a bit to much pressure on our chairman over this issue to be honest - certainly not helped by Redknapp's continual televised verbal diarreah . I admire his balls, but I wouldn't have held it against him if he'd just tried to get the best deal for the club, re-invested wisely and we all moved on. After all, as much as I love Modric, if we sink as a club because one player goes, then how good are we ?

My heart applauds this gesture, but my head is not so convinced about what this means for us.

second this

 

[walworthyid]

I just posted this in TR thread but it applies here:

My heart stands by what Levy is trying to do 100%. Brave man. But my head says lets not start sucking each other off just yet. Lets get to 1 Sep, 00.01 hrs with Modric and then celebrate that even though our best player's heart is no longer in 100% in it, at least our chairman has sent out some kind of message.

Truth is, unless a miracle happens next season, we all know all we are doing is postponing the inevitable. A small piece of my brain says when you have a player publicly stating he wants to go, then you end up looking a bit sad by forcing them to stay. It's happened to Arsenal & ManU in the last couple of years, bigger and better clubs than ours.

I think we all put a bit to much pressure on our chairman over this issue to be honest - certainly not helped by Redknapp's continual televised verbal diarreah . I admire his balls, but I wouldn't have held it against him if he'd just tried to get the best deal for the club, re-invested wisely and we all moved on. After all, as much as I love Modric, if we sink as a club because one player goes, then how good are we ?

My heart applauds this gesture, but my head is not so convinced about what this means for us.

I understand where you are coming from but I totally disagree. These things are always a two way street and us as fans are so emotionally involved that we don't really see it. If Mods, or any of our players, started playing badly over a sustained period we would call for him to be dropped, if it continued there would be some who would start booing. If it stil continued there would be some who say we should sell him. In the same way that we are all spurs first, the players think of themselves first. That I can understand, it's the way of the world.

We need to keep our best players to help us to develop as a club and reach the levels of success and performance that we all dream of. If that means we have to force a player that is integral to that process to stay then so be it. Furthermore, it sends a message to the rest of the squad and the wider footballing community and that message is that we won't be forced into selling players unless it suits us to do so. We are not, as Martin Samuel has suggested, a selling club.

In terms of Levy, he has done a fantastic job in my opinion. When he took over we were a bloody joke, a squad full of old, over rated dross. Nobody took us seriously, our season was generally over by November except for the odd cup run. We now have a young and vibrant squad which is worth far in excess of what we paid for it. He has made mistakes, of that there is no question, but he always has the best interests of the club at heart.

If he decided to pack it in tomorrow we would be in a safe and stable position with the foundations to progress under new leadership, could Chelsea or City say that? Could Man u or Liverpool say that? I don't think they could. Us and Arsenal are the only financially solvent clubs operating at the top of the prem and I for one am happy, grateful and proud of that fact.

Long may it continue.

 

[steventhfc]

There's only oooone Daniel Levy,
Ooooone Daniel Levy,
Walking along,
Singing a song,
Walking in a Levy wonderland

 

[Batspur]

Levy's job is to bulid the stadium, Reds job is to build a team.

Who is doing the better job?

 

[Batspur]

There's only oooone Daniel Levy,
Ooooone Daniel Levy,
Walking along,
Singing a song,
Walking in a Levy wonderland

I can just imagine that at an AGM or even an EGM. Pockets of then chanting outside and I would be there, now I know the song.

 

[JerryGarcia]

I hope he writes a book some day and reveals everything that's happened behind the scenes during his time here!

 

[MattyP]

Levy's job is to bulid the stadium, Reds job is to build a team.

Who is doing the better job?

No, Levy's job is to maximise shareholder wealth, as is the job of any chairman of a publicly listed company.

The stadium development is only one part of that, but it has to be delivered in a financially viable way. So he is actually doing a decent job on that, by not just going headlong into building it no matter what the cost.

Having corrected what Levy's job is, to answer your question, they are both doing a decent job, both have made mistakes.

 

[walworthyid]

I do hope that everyone praising Levy for doing the job for which he is remunerated at a level inconsistent with companies with comparable turnover or profit remember to praise those who do their jobs and get paid less in a year than he earns in a month, like nurses, policemen, teachers, firemen etc.

I'm not saying he is doing a bad job or am anti-Levy, I am the opposite in fact, I do think he is doing a good job on the whole.

But I'm not going to praise him for this, as I think it should be the least we should expect from a competent chairman.

I'm a teacher, not a high flying or senior teacher, but although I think we could be paid more for what we do, there are many teachers who get paid very well indeed. Certainly way above the national average.

Levy's job is not to make passionate and determined statements about keeping players and becoming successful if you are looking at it from the perspective of his role as the chairman of a PLC. His job is to make money for shareholders, after all, if he sold Modric at a massive profit as well as getting 3 good seasons out of him, that is great business, right? But he does make such statements, yes he gets paid very well and we could argue about whether he deserves that or whether people in similar roles deserve to be paid as much, in my opinion his first and only loyalty is to our club and to making it as successful as he can.

I wouldn't swap him for any chairman in the prem.

 

[Batspur]

No, Levy's job is to maximise shareholder wealth, as is the job of any chairman of a publicly listed company.

The stadium development is only one part of that, but it has to be delivered in a financially viable way. So he is actually doing a decent job on that, by not just going headlong into building it no matter what the cost.

Having corrected what Levy's job is, to answer your question, they are both doing a decent job, both have made mistakes.

For Levy to achieve maxisme shareholder wealth he must increase revenue. The only way a chairman can increase revenue is by enlarging the capacity. Unless you think David Dein built the scumerates?

But yes you are right both have made mistakes.

 

[Rupstoh]

he's off.....

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_7023758,00.html

 

[Batspur]

so bald

a perfect bald in a way. Lovely skull and vein action