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After a 30 second search I came up with this. Didn't look any further though.I wonder if there are any utterings from the Geordies.
https://www.toonforum.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=786cdd8a882347b98de8dff362648a34
After a 30 second search I came up with this. Didn't look any further though.I wonder if there are any utterings from the Geordies.
too early for match threads i think.I wonder if there are any utterings from the Geordies.
According to Redcafe, it's inhumane not to sell a player that wants to leave for a bigger better club and have the opportunity to further their careers....... God I hate the money clubs and their fans!
Until one of theirs wants to leave, at which point they're a 'mercenary' and money is killing the game. It's called hypocrisy.According to Redcafe, it's inhumane not to sell a player that wants to leave for a bigger better club and have the opportunity to further their careers....... God I hate the money clubs and their fans!
How can we comfortably finish above them, yet be 10 years behind them?From Arsemania:
I find it interesting that Spurs lack of transfer activity has gone under the radar. They apparantly don't need to improve their squad when all the teams around them are improving theirs. Their coach is so good that their brand of football will surpass any other football being played. They haven't spent because they can't. They can't afford to because they are building a new stadium. They pay low wages because they can't afford to pay higher ones. They won't win anything because they simply are not good enough. They are not mentally strong enough and they do not have world class players to compete with the other big clubs.
I think it was Keown who said they are 10 years behind Arsenal. I think it's more. Remember when we played our Champions League games at Wembley? Remember in 2008 when we went on a spree of selling all of our players because of a wage structure and stadium move. Anyone who thinks Spurs are not going to struggle in the next 5 years are seriously deluded.
In terms of financesHow can we comfortably finish above them, yet be 10 years behind them?
#Denial
I wish all the fans screaming for signings would read this!! Well saidWe're actually starting to get quite a bit of coverage with our lack of activity so far this window. I think it started as a bit of a snigger and dig, but is now starting to feel like something other clubs are getting slightly concerned about.
If we manage to sustain this model of buying and playing young talent, paying relatively lower wages while developing a great team ethic and carrying it into the new stadium, then surely that should be the model of all the other aspiring clubs out there. It would set a blueprint that should absolutely shame the shit out of those who just buy the most expensive talent around and wanting instant trophies for it. Leicester did it brilliantly, but completely unsustainably, while we just keep on climbing.
It's becoming very clear that our philosophy is not to just spend more money than anyone else. There will always be the next, even richer billionaire who comes along and wahey! A new mega club! But, its just an ever increasing pit of cash that I don't see Levy throwing a lot of his profits into. Can you blame him when Neymar is worth nearly a quarter of a billion pounds?!?!
The more I see how and what we're doing here, as opposed to what a clubs like City, PSG, Chelsea and Madrid are doing, I honestly couldn't think of a club I'd rather support more than Spurs. We might not have all the bling, but I don't think anyone can accuse us of lacking in substance and style, so it's no surprise we're raising a few eyebrows and probably quite a few envious ones too.
We're actually starting to get quite a bit of coverage with our lack of activity so far this window. I think it started as a bit of a snigger and dig, but is now starting to feel like something other clubs are getting slightly concerned about.
If we manage to sustain this model of buying and playing young talent, paying relatively lower wages while developing a great team ethic and carrying it into the new stadium, then surely that should be the model of all the other aspiring clubs out there. It would set a blueprint that should absolutely shame the shit out of those who just buy the most expensive talent around and wanting instant trophies for it. Leicester did it brilliantly, but completely unsustainably, while we just keep on climbing.
It's becoming very clear that our philosophy is not to just spend more money than anyone else. There will always be the next, even richer billionaire who comes along and wahey! A new mega club! But, its just an ever increasing pit of cash that I don't see Levy throwing a lot of his profits into. Can you blame him when Neymar is worth nearly a quarter of a billion pounds?!?!
The more I see how and what we're doing here, as opposed to what a clubs like City, PSG, Chelsea and Madrid are doing, I honestly couldn't think of a club I'd rather support more than Spurs. We might not have all the bling, but I don't think anyone can accuse us of lacking in substance and style, so it's no surprise we're raising a few eyebrows and probably quite a few envious ones too.
From Arsemania:
I find it interesting that Spurs lack of transfer activity has gone under the radar. They apparantly don't need to improve their squad when all the teams around them are improving theirs. Their coach is so good that their brand of football will surpass any other football being played. They haven't spent because they can't. They can't afford to because they are building a new stadium. They pay low wages because they can't afford to pay higher ones. They won't win anything because they simply are not good enough. They are not mentally strong enough and they do not have world class players to compete with the other big clubs.
I think it was Keown who said they are 10 years behind Arsenal. I think it's more. Remember when we played our Champions League games at Wembley? Remember in 2008 when we went on a spree of selling all of our players because of a wage structure and stadium move. Anyone who thinks Spurs are not going to struggle in the next 5 years are seriously deluded.
We got a good team, and a great manager, but I don't think any other club is looking at our transfer activity as something to aspire to.
I don't want to spend more money than anyone else, but not bringing in any players for preseason because our chairman is frugal as fuck is nothing to shout about imo.
I need the buzz of a new signing. To me this transfer window has been a huge let down, and even if we bring in players from here on out, missing out on a Poch pre-season is huge.
I still think most clubs are laughing at our transfer activity, or lack there of.
You know that, I know that but others have very short memories and very wet y-fronts.I guarantee we will spend money so we shouldn't paint this picture, the media haven't anything better to do but stir up stories. We all know whats going to happen its our policy to bid late and thats whats going to happen.