The future of Spurs

[Metalhead]

I'm not going to panic until we reach the end of the summer. We've just come through an unprecedented pandemic (in terms of its impact on football finances), together with an ultimately failed managerial appointment. The next appointment is crucial but we have the potential for a significant naming rights deal as well as income from the stadium that will increase exponentially. Finances will be tight in the short term but will get better and better as time goes on.

 

[DCSPUR64]

I have not read other posts on here but the long term future is bright.
What a proposition if someone wants to buy us.
I would love to have a magic wand and see the club 20 years from now.
Would it be up or down??

 

[shelfboy68]

I have not read other posts on here but the long term future is bright.
What a proposition if someone wants to buy us.
I would love to have a magic wand and see the club 20 years from now.
Would it be up or down??

Still ups and downs but the trophy cabinet will still look the same with Kane still up front.
???

 

[SecretLemonadeDrinker]

Spurs use Money, but it is always small sums on alot of players and never any investment in quality, we mostly (with some exeptions) still offer around the 15-20 mill£ for players like we did almost 20 years ago. And possible the biggest problem, not geting rid of deadwood cous we hold out for to much money making the squad stale

Sanchez says hi.

Ndombele says hi.

Lo Celso says hi.

It's not the amount of money being spent that is or will be the problem now that the stadium is built. It is the failure to buy the right players with what we have spent. And / or it is the failure to have in place the right manager to get the best out of them.

 

[Humbolt]

Future? LOL

 

[Metalhead]

Sanchez says hi.

Ndombele says hi.

Lo Celso says hi.

It's not the amount of money being spent that is or will be the problem now that the stadium is built. It is the failure to buy the right players with what we have spent. And / or it is the failure to have in place the right manager to get the best out of them.

And also sometimes big money signings just don't work out as well.

 

[Bobbins]

Indeed. The future of Spurs short- to mid term looks bleak.
Our big name managerial saviour turns out to be a busted flush, our best two players will be running for the exit door this summer, a large part of the squad are in full decline and stinking the place out with their questionable attitude, there is absolutely no sense of purpose or direction due to the lack of a DoF or some footballing know-how on the board and our Chairman has put whatever resources we have left into.... the acquisition of a Golf Course.
Alarm bells should be ringing all over. We're on the slide and there are plenty of others pushing to take our place. Could be the nineties all over if we're not careful and go all-in on a major overhaul.

I think this is a really pertinent point and particularly relevant to the thread.

We've got to make sure we don't "do an Arsenal" and arrogantly assume that our position in the top echelon is a given, and the only difficulties we might face are what sort of European competition we end up in.

We've had it good for several years, with ourselves being the only real challenge on the traditional big four (United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal), apart from the rise of City, which definitely put a spanner in ENIC's plans. We were lucky that Liverpool, and then United, badly faded for several years - and gave us windows of opportunity which we mostly took advantage of. We've also recently benefitted from the decline of Arsenal.

Apart from the Leicester one-off, what we haven't had to deal with is any other pretenders challenging us. We've been able to fairly consistently progress in terms of Premier League finishing positions and regular Champion's League qualification without having to worry about anyone coming up behind us to challenge long-term.

That's begun to change now with the rise of Leicester, which looks like a permanent change, and the resurgence of Everton and West Ham, which might be more temporary but in the case of Everton they certainly have long-term plans in place with a new stadium and rich owners.

We've managed to scrape the last couple of seasons, holding our grip on that top 6 group, but this season looks like we might lose that, and it's not by any means easy to get back.

There are now probably 7 other clubs competing at the same or higher level than us. The league has become a much more competitive landscape and if we're not careful and don't plan well for the future, we could see ourselves regularly slipping down to the mid-table positions long-term quite easily.

The great white hope is that the stadium income will help to avoid this - but we ourselves have proven it's not just about investing money - otherwise we wouldn't have been so successful when we've spent less than everyone around us. What matters more is a long term strategy, a settled squad which is regularly refreshed, a philosophy and playing style which is built through all the levels of the club, and an ability to successfully use any monetary advantage to improve the club in some meaningful way.

I don't feel like we have most of those ingredients right now and we're probably going to suffer at least in the short term.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I don't know about the future beyond 12 months. But within 12 months, one of the following:

Mourinho will win the EL, be kept on, and be fired before Christmas 2021
Mourinho will fail to win anything, fail to qualify for CL, and be fired before the summer 2021
Mourinho will fail at anything apart from a minor trophy, and will be fired before the summer 2021
Mourinho will somehow stray his way into the top 4, be kept on, and be fired before Christmas 2021

Not happening lol

You do understand due to corona he has only had one window to rebuild a squad lol

He may resign as due to Covid this isn't the job he joined but he's not getting sacked lol

LOL




Good thread to revive though as now we really can talk about where does the future lie. I think we need to get a fresh manager in, who sort of reminds us about what is the core of Tottenham. But what is that core? I think we need to spend the next months fortifying an identity that can be with us over time, and that can be a guiding star as managers especially come and go. I think Tottenham is a club that achieves something greater than the sum of it's parts, that through unity and bravery scores goals and competes up there with the best, and that through a business savvy edge evolves the football on the pitch by successful financial planning. And I think that after the last 26 months, we need to get a little sass back into a club that today really is a laughing stock.

 

[DanoCanuck]

Good thread to revive thought as now we really can talk about where does the future lie.

Im not one to discuss small details about the club but I can say today, that I feel the future is brighter than it was yesterday. I hate it the excitement of a Jose coming to Spurs was met with utter disappointment. Some of his decisions seemed mind boggling at best, brainless at worst. Good riddance.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Im not one to discuss small details about the club but I can say today, that I feel the future is brighter than it was yesterday. I hate it the excitement of a Jose coming to Spurs was met with utter disappointment. Some of his decisions seemed mind boggling at best, brainless at worst. Good riddance.

As I said at the time, Mourinho was a gamble. It was a gamble that I thought was the right gamble, knowing full well that it would in controversy at some point ( I just thought the gamble would include more glory before coming crumbling down). And I think we need to keep that spirit of taking huge gambles that might excel the club. I think it's the right attitude. But the club, and namely Levy, just needs to get better at taking the right gambles, and have them pay off a little bit more often. That goes for player ins and outs, too.