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Oh God, we've got the annual "big announcement as 11/11:30 tomorrow' bullshit again. Happens every time we are linked with a player or manager.
Oh God, we've got the annual "big announcement as 11/11:30 tomorrow' bullshit again. Happens every time we are linked with a player or manager.
That's pretty much it........Been away for a while, so just catching up on the itk re new manager. So far, if I'm correct, we have;
Lewis wants Poch
Levy wants Rafa
FDB is first choice
Compo for Poch & his team too high
Sky saying Poch to sign new 3 year deal with Southampton.
Clive Allen is gonna put a sneaky fiver on Ancelotti.
Still might wing it with LVG
Have I missed something here?
A guy I used to work for in the 70s told me that one of the millionaire businessmen of the time—Lord something, his name eludes me for the moment—insisted on paperclips and pencils being accounted for.
What's this now?Oh God, we've got the annual "big announcement as 11/11:30 tomorrow' bullshit again. Happens every time we are linked with a player or manager.
It's funny, I don't remember anyone complaining or worrying about our profit figures when we sacked and paid off Harry and his staff, or AVB, or Ramos or any of our managers we've sacked. Now all of a sudden it's an issue.
As has been said above, the manager is the most important person at the club and if after careful consideration we've identified our number one target then we should be prepared to pay the compensation required (within reason obviously).
The what? lol...who's saying this?
What's this now?
Many other sources online say it's 70, 90 includes the finishing place in the league
Which people? Vincente Spurs? LOOOOOLWhat I've seen- people saying its Ancelloti :
"Rumours all over FB tonight Tottenham are making a Big announcement at 1130am tomorrow, any truth in this?"
I suspect we are waiting until the end of the season to see if any other managers get sacked or leave their clubs.
Whilst I agree with the gist of this, I do think with the right manager and set up we can close that gap a bit that can put us in a position, from time to time, to capitalise. It won't happen every season of course (getting seriously close), but the fact of the matter is we have been in and around it for the last 5 years or so.
The problem I think we have, which is the main point you're making, is that we won't give a manager the time he'll need to make some of those gains up.
If Barca, Madrid and Arsenal all lose their last game and managers leave then is it worth takin the risk of losing Poch or FDB for the very slim chance of getting Ancelotti
What I've seen- people saying its Ancelloti :
"Rumours all over FB tonight Tottenham are making a Big announcement at 1130am tomorrow, any truth in this?"
According to the figures from 2012-13, Liverpool's turnover was nearly £60m more than ours, Chelsea, Arsenal and City £113m-£126m more, and United £216m more. To put that in further perspective, our turnover was £90m more than Wigan's, at the bottom of the pile. That's the dimension of the gulf in financial clout between us and the Sky Four/Five.
Yes, we've been in and around for some time—nine years, actually, including the dip in 2007-09—but my point is that we're reliant on one (or two) of United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool having a slump to break that glass ceiling. Who manages us is largely irrelevant, provided he gets us to that sixth spot as a minimum. Unfortunately, many fans, and (it would seem) the Dear Leader see anything less than fourth as failure.
According to the figures from 2012-13, Liverpool's turnover was nearly £60m more than ours, Chelsea, Arsenal and City £113m-£126m more, and United £216m more. To put that in further perspective, our turnover was £90m more than Wigan's, at the bottom of the pile. That's the dimension of the gulf in financial clout between us and the Sky Four/Five.
Yes, we've been in and around for some time—nine years, actually, including the dip in 2007-09—but my point is that we're reliant on one (or two) of United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool having a slump to break that glass ceiling. Who manages us is largely irrelevant, provided he gets us to that sixth spot as a minimum. Unfortunately, many fans, and (it would seem) the Dear Leader see anything less than fourth as failure.
Dave Whelan once got his number 2 to count how many sheets a roll of toilet paper had. Because he suspected that someone in one of his stores was nicking some.
Whilst I agree with the gist of this, I do think with the right manager and set up we can close that gap a bit that can put us in a position, from time to time, to capitalise. It won't happen every season of course (getting seriously close), but the fact of the matter is we have been in and around it for the last 5 years or so.
The problem I think we have, which is the main point you're making, is that we won't give a manager the time he'll need to make some of those gains up.