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I suppose its a stroke of good fortune that you don't own a football club with players we want to buy then.
Maybe he does!!
I suppose its a stroke of good fortune that you don't own a football club with players we want to buy then.
As does the chairman of just about any company in existence that's subject to inflation.Yeah. But Levy wants to buy players at 2015 prices and sell them for current ones. I wouldn't deal with someone like that.
Its shame we arent willing to pay 2016 prices, as we paid £30million+ for sissoko back thenYeah. But Levy wants to buy players at 2015 prices and sell them for current ones. I wouldn't deal with someone like that.
is it better to have people writing us off? less pressure... we dont handle pressure wellWhat's depressing is that every year we've been utterly dismissed by everyone.
This year, with a couple of astute signings, I reckon we'd have had a lot of the media backing us at least for a top 4 place and rival fans more worried about us than ever. (apart from Lolerpool because they literally have no fucking idea)
But instead, we do nothing meaning they will, again, absolutely write us off. And this time it'll be hard to prove them wrong (IMO)
is it better to have people writing us off? less pressure... we dont handle pressure well
Which is why they don't want to deal with us.
Sounds like you just want to be able to talk the talk with your mates ahead of the season. It's what we do on the pitch that matters and we're still competitive with our recent rivals, they've hardly bought anyone that would strenghten our first XI.
From what I hear on podcasts we're still expected to get top 4 ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal. So I'm not sure about any lack of respects. They know the quality we got, yes not signed anyone yet, but neither lost anyone.
I feel abit sorry for him to be honest, he gets stick from our fans, rival chairman/fans and media. He is a true businessman and runs us like a business and maybe now we are seeing other clubs finally getting used to it.
... He is a true businessman and runs us like a business and maybe now we are seeing other clubs finally getting used to it.
I am yet to see any prediction that doesn't have Chelsea and Arsenal both outside the CL spots. Even without signings we're being tipped top 4 across the board.What's depressing is that every year we've been utterly dismissed by everyone.
This year, with a couple of astute signings, I reckon we'd have had a lot of the media backing us at least for a top 4 place and rival fans more worried about us than ever. (apart from Lolerpool because they literally have no fucking idea)
But instead, we do nothing meaning they will, again, absolutely write us off. And this time it'll be hard to prove them wrong (IMO)
I, too, am a business man (thought on a vastly smaller scale). And while I, like Daniel Levy, like to get as good a deal as I can, I also want the people I've done business with - especially if I expect to do business with them again - to walk away feeling that they, too, have gotten value - that some need of theirs has been met - and that the experience has been worthwhile.
One gets the feeling that most folks walk away from Daniel Levy feeling they've just been screwed, or at the very least put through the wringer. I've said it countless times over the years, with little to dissuade me, but it seems as though our Dan is top, top drawer when it comes to pounds and pence, but rather less adept when it comes to people. And football, for all it's monetary growth, still retains a far more human element than the world of 'high finance' where he cut his teeth.
I'm not saying this to bash Levy - I think he's been a Godsend for THFC. And, of course, it's pure speculation - I don't know any of this. But I would agree that other clubs might be 'finally getting used to it'. It could well explain why we can't seem to get business done when stretching it out is to our disadvantage.
I am yet to see any prediction that doesn't have Chelsea and Arsenal both outside the CL spots. Even without signings we're being tipped top 4 across the board.
I’m with yido1989. It’s business and they all know the game they’re in and that they might need each other in the future. I get the art of the deal theory says make everyone feel good in any deal but the chairmen all know they’re swimming with sharks.I, too, am a business man (thought on a vastly smaller scale). And while I, like Daniel Levy, like to get as good a deal as I can, I also want the people I've done business with - especially if I expect to do business with them again - to walk away feeling that they, too, have gotten value - that some need of theirs has been met - and that the experience has been worthwhile.
One gets the feeling that most folks walk away from Daniel Levy feeling they've just been screwed, or at the very least put through the wringer. I've said it countless times over the years, with little to dissuade me, but it seems as though our Dan is top, top drawer when it comes to pounds and pence, but rather less adept when it comes to people. And football, for all it's monetary growth, still retains a far more human element than the world of 'high finance' where he cut his teeth.
I'm not saying this to bash Levy - I think he's been a Godsend for THFC. And, of course, it's pure speculation - I don't know any of this. But I would agree that other clubs might be 'finally getting used to it'. It could well explain why we can't seem to get business done when stretching it out is to our disadvantage.
TBH how are we ever going to be competing if we dont handle pressure wellis it better to have people writing us off? less pressure... we dont handle pressure well
We will. Alderweireld, Son and Trippier 2015. Wanyama 2016. Sanchez 2017. Someone we sign will have an impact on the first team. It's far more of a stretch to say they won't than they will.Cause they still think we'll strengthen.
Just wait until we don't.
Seriously, what a load of nonsense you've just wrote. Other clubs would never deal with THFC if they felt they were being screwed over each time they made business with us.
We will. Alderweireld, Son and Trippier 2015. Wanyama 2016. Sanchez 2017. Someone we sign will have an impact on the first team. It's far more of a stretch to say they won't than they will.
We will. Alderweireld, Son and Trippier 2015. Wanyama 2016. Sanchez 2017. Someone we sign will have an impact on the first team. It's far more of a stretch to say they won't than they will.
Got to sign someone first