whitestreak
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- Dec 8, 2006
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The Insanity Of The Transfer Window
Levy and Lewis own the club…..not the fans…ouch it hurts but its true!
They have already invested £100s of millions of their money in improving it
Their plan is to invest £100s of millions more in a new stadium for generations to come in a new stadium and continued player purchases
They know for sure that success on the field is good for the club and RELEGATION would be a disaster
Likewise they know that breaking into the top 4 spells the beginning of a platform of more success winning the PL would be even better as would winning the CL… then their business and our club would move up towards the top 5 wealthy clubs in the world
That is in part their goal
So if the above is true why did they not back HR when the time was right?
I honestly don’t know, maybe because of trust issues with HR, maybe because they weren’t close enough with the stadium at the time to feel they could sustain the model
Since ENIC came in 14 years ago most people have been saying they are here for the quick buck…yet today, i believe they have been at the club for longer than any other PL owner
and in fact, longer than anyone other than Dave Whelan and Steve Gibson in the top 2 divisions.
The owners of ENIC are not stupid in fact far from it, I would suggest that they about as smart as anyone in the uk!
So lets look at a few of the issues
Since 2001 and the arrival of ENIC spurs have successfully bought over 120 players and sold or released around 200
This does not include all the work that goes into abortive deals that do not happen
That is 320 separate successful transactions, by and large excluding academy deals. in 14 years
That is a historical fact.
Imagine buying and selling 320 houses in 14 years…..
Do you think you would a know how to do it after the first 20 or so?
Would nt you reckon you were an expert after 100 and by the time you had bought and sold 300?
Kinda think ok every deal is different but I kinda got this now?
Would nt you also think there must be a system in place to do this in a streamlined efficient manner?
Most important you would have to give your word to people and keep it!
BTW I believe Levy was absolutely stuffed by Peace who reneged on his word to Levy Pochetino and Pulis Berahino,
Football is emotive there is an element of pantomime in it ……each chairman needs to look like a hero to his fans when a club higher up the food chain comes calling and Billy golden balls has his head turned….
Chairmen know this and work together, it suits them all to retain the status quo for as long as possible i.e. the transfer system.
If you analyse that fact against a background of conjecture that certain clubs do not wish to deal with us and Levy or the club does not know what he is doing or does not wish to buy Player X because he won’t pay the asking price he is too mean….
really, in the scheme of things it is irrelevant, a huge part of his function is to help his manager to be successful on the pitch otherwise why bother with the 320 transactions anyway?
it highlights the fact that it must be arrant nonsense to suggest their motivations were anything other than real they wanted the player x and failed to get him
Yet we have these self appointed experts who say pay the money
no matter what………. I am sure they tried to pay the money they thought the player was worth to them
Football in the EU is sitting on a powder keg
FIFA is a cartel and the EU can burst that bubble any minute they want.
Maybe thats one of the reasons clubs pay by instalments i.e. if the law changes
you get what you have had and lose the rest unpaid…... because they put in clause that
says so!
The landscape is changing, football especially with FIFA corruption sticks out like a sore thumb in every other walk of life it is a fundamental principle that you can leave your job
when you want, it is a founding principle of eu law, That everyman has free uninterrupted
ability to ply their trade when and where in the EU they like, sure there may be a notice period of a few months or even year or two but in any other walk of life, no new employer pays a transfer fee to an old one! The transfer system is over 100 years old and is NUTS in todays world
Today, Footballers get paid a lot of money because they are in the entertainment business like actors,…… simples. Actors are free to work for whom they like, whenever they like
Barca and Manu before them have proved that a strong academy is the way to go
In the light of the EU FIFA powder keg, is n’t the smart play to try and reduce the exposure build a fantastic academy and bring down your risk of high priced players on big contracts?would n’t you be trying to sell off your dead wood and cash in where you can?
Fill your club with gifted young players that have come through your thriving academy, so that when the apocalypse comes and the window is abolished , you are barely affected
Because of the new stadium and the risk associated with it for the next 5 or so years we as a club are vulnerable. Obviously as TV money increases, along with Club revenues generally that should help us pay it off quickly and reduce the risk down
I believe that is why we went for a manager like Pochettino, who has a successful track record of integrating youth, and why Levy said he did not wish to buy many players over £15m
All it would take to destroy the whole transfer structure would be a kid like Berahino
taking Peace to court, i am not saying it will be Berahino it could be anyone young or old
and the WHOLE SYSTEM goes POP
And it would, as the system is actually UNLAWFUL
the clubs and FIFA would lose, any court case in an EU court, they are operating a cartel, and they know it.
Clubs would have to write off billions, this is not far fetched, and will happen, the only question is when?
So if you were ENIC~with 100s of millions already invested and a committed plan to invest another 4-500m in a stadium alone ... what would you do?
Levy and Lewis own the club…..not the fans…ouch it hurts but its true!
They have already invested £100s of millions of their money in improving it
Their plan is to invest £100s of millions more in a new stadium for generations to come in a new stadium and continued player purchases
They know for sure that success on the field is good for the club and RELEGATION would be a disaster
Likewise they know that breaking into the top 4 spells the beginning of a platform of more success winning the PL would be even better as would winning the CL… then their business and our club would move up towards the top 5 wealthy clubs in the world
That is in part their goal
So if the above is true why did they not back HR when the time was right?
I honestly don’t know, maybe because of trust issues with HR, maybe because they weren’t close enough with the stadium at the time to feel they could sustain the model
Since ENIC came in 14 years ago most people have been saying they are here for the quick buck…yet today, i believe they have been at the club for longer than any other PL owner
and in fact, longer than anyone other than Dave Whelan and Steve Gibson in the top 2 divisions.
The owners of ENIC are not stupid in fact far from it, I would suggest that they about as smart as anyone in the uk!
So lets look at a few of the issues
Since 2001 and the arrival of ENIC spurs have successfully bought over 120 players and sold or released around 200
This does not include all the work that goes into abortive deals that do not happen
That is 320 separate successful transactions, by and large excluding academy deals. in 14 years
That is a historical fact.
Imagine buying and selling 320 houses in 14 years…..
Do you think you would a know how to do it after the first 20 or so?
Would nt you reckon you were an expert after 100 and by the time you had bought and sold 300?
Kinda think ok every deal is different but I kinda got this now?
Would nt you also think there must be a system in place to do this in a streamlined efficient manner?
Most important you would have to give your word to people and keep it!
BTW I believe Levy was absolutely stuffed by Peace who reneged on his word to Levy Pochetino and Pulis Berahino,
Football is emotive there is an element of pantomime in it ……each chairman needs to look like a hero to his fans when a club higher up the food chain comes calling and Billy golden balls has his head turned….
Chairmen know this and work together, it suits them all to retain the status quo for as long as possible i.e. the transfer system.
If you analyse that fact against a background of conjecture that certain clubs do not wish to deal with us and Levy or the club does not know what he is doing or does not wish to buy Player X because he won’t pay the asking price he is too mean….
really, in the scheme of things it is irrelevant, a huge part of his function is to help his manager to be successful on the pitch otherwise why bother with the 320 transactions anyway?
it highlights the fact that it must be arrant nonsense to suggest their motivations were anything other than real they wanted the player x and failed to get him
Yet we have these self appointed experts who say pay the money
no matter what………. I am sure they tried to pay the money they thought the player was worth to them
Football in the EU is sitting on a powder keg
FIFA is a cartel and the EU can burst that bubble any minute they want.
Maybe thats one of the reasons clubs pay by instalments i.e. if the law changes
you get what you have had and lose the rest unpaid…... because they put in clause that
says so!
The landscape is changing, football especially with FIFA corruption sticks out like a sore thumb in every other walk of life it is a fundamental principle that you can leave your job
when you want, it is a founding principle of eu law, That everyman has free uninterrupted
ability to ply their trade when and where in the EU they like, sure there may be a notice period of a few months or even year or two but in any other walk of life, no new employer pays a transfer fee to an old one! The transfer system is over 100 years old and is NUTS in todays world
Today, Footballers get paid a lot of money because they are in the entertainment business like actors,…… simples. Actors are free to work for whom they like, whenever they like
Barca and Manu before them have proved that a strong academy is the way to go
In the light of the EU FIFA powder keg, is n’t the smart play to try and reduce the exposure build a fantastic academy and bring down your risk of high priced players on big contracts?would n’t you be trying to sell off your dead wood and cash in where you can?
Fill your club with gifted young players that have come through your thriving academy, so that when the apocalypse comes and the window is abolished , you are barely affected
Because of the new stadium and the risk associated with it for the next 5 or so years we as a club are vulnerable. Obviously as TV money increases, along with Club revenues generally that should help us pay it off quickly and reduce the risk down
I believe that is why we went for a manager like Pochettino, who has a successful track record of integrating youth, and why Levy said he did not wish to buy many players over £15m
All it would take to destroy the whole transfer structure would be a kid like Berahino
taking Peace to court, i am not saying it will be Berahino it could be anyone young or old
and the WHOLE SYSTEM goes POP
And it would, as the system is actually UNLAWFUL
the clubs and FIFA would lose, any court case in an EU court, they are operating a cartel, and they know it.
Clubs would have to write off billions, this is not far fetched, and will happen, the only question is when?
So if you were ENIC~with 100s of millions already invested and a committed plan to invest another 4-500m in a stadium alone ... what would you do?
