- Jan 28, 2011
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Asked my guy if there was any truth to the Goats rumours and he hasn't heard anything. about them falling out. A couple of things he did say though was that most managers get frustrated at this time of year because they know that what happens now(or indeed doesn't) could effectively get them sacked in a few months time.
On Levy.
He just laughed and said flip a coin. Some agents/chairmen hate dealing with him, while others relish the challenge, and know squeezing every last penny out of the deal is an achievement. He said believe it or not Levy is a very straight shooter, he may move the goal posts, but he will make it very very clear he is doing so and why. He then went on to tell me a story about Doug Ellis telling a player he had gotten a bid from United and it had been accepted, and did he want to go. Of course was the answer so he was told to get his stuff and he would be flying out to Spain where United were having a pre season training camp. For the next hour he has been giving it large in the dressing room, " see ya later lads I'm off to conquer the world" etc. Gone home told all the family they were moving up north, packed his stuff and jumped on the plane to Spain. Where he was met at the airport by representatives of Oxford United.
Any way he has got straight on the phone to Deadly, and Doug has told him quite clearly his future was not at Villa and Oxford were offering the most money, so that's where he was going.
Mate of mine was a Villa fan and, during the Doug Ellis era, said he wouldn't believe any rumours about Villa signing someone until he saw them holding up the shirt. Even then, he wouldn't believe it unless there was actual film of the signing as he didn't trust deadly Doug not to buy a cut out of a player just to sell season tickets.
On the Levy thing, last Tuesday, I quoted a Blue Moon post in the Walker thread about Levy going back on a deal with Manchester City and boosting Walker's price as soon as they released their two right backs. Cue much hilarity, Levy gifs, ROFLMAO emojis and the rest. This weekend, we've had some ITK that Levy likes to fuck opposition chairman about on deals and it's all bad Levy, naughty Daniel, FFS, what is he like, sack him now, the conniving bastard etc...
He is what he is. He's done some great stuff for us. He's caused us some problems. But can we at least be consistent on this? If you've shagged a bird in the nightclub bogs on the Friday night, you don't take the moral high ground if you catch her giving another bloke a blowy behind the bins on the Saturday.
Same goes for Levy. If you think his approach is a good thing for Spurs, then accept the fact that, occasionally, it will blow up in our faces and we'll miss out somewhere along the line. If you think it's a bad thing for Spurs, then that's fair enough, but the next time Lloris pulls off a worldie and you ask yourself how on earth we got him so cheap, do realise that you've just bought yourself a one-way ticket to hypocrisy corner.