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[fishhhandaricecake]

We've spent quite a lot of money since June, with seemingly a lot more to come. Doesn't yet make up for the fallow years that left us with a bit of rot in the squad, but I'm hopeful that the future looks brighter.

Also goes along with what loads of ITK said about how we needed to keep the banks happy while we built the stadium but once up and running and we have guaranteed revenue with season ticket holders etc etc then we can start to loosen the purse strings, if we get Bergwin and a ST then that + last summer so far so good but we need to keep replicating that astute but reasonable level of spending to bring us back up to the level we need to be to win things and to challenge at the very top again.

 

[NEVILLEB]

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the only reason he hasn't been shelling out the last 10 years is due to the Stadium, or a bloated squad.

if it was your school of thought we wouldn't of spent 100m in the summer

That 100m was after several windows with no spending.

The result of which was a huge payoff for our star manager and some Christmas window panic buys.

By trying to save money he’s probably lost more.

 

[sausage]

That 100m was after several windows with no spending.

The result of which was a huge payoff for our star manager and some Christmas window panic buys.

By trying to save money he’s probably lost more.

2 windows. Not "several".

Are we in danger of resorting to hyperbole on the subject again?

 

[Lighty64]

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That 100m was after several windows with no spending.

The result of which was a huge payoff for our star manager and some Christmas window panic buys.

By trying to save money he’s probably lost more.

during Pochettino's time with us, we hardly ever bought in the January window, and the last 1 being Moura, and due to lack of minutes before joining took a while to settle.

the summer we signed no one was just as much Pochettino's fault as Levy's unless you expect us to buy new players without removing old and have a bloated squad. paying players that won't have any involvement eats into what we can afford to pay the new guy. ok it's annoying that we are always borderline in spending, but sometimes you can only spend what the banks allow, especially when you are 630m in debt to them.

our record profits where for the season we played the whole season at Wembley. with what followed last season no one knows what our profits were last season. the delay in the stadium cost us money big time, because we paid stupid rent per game, and crowds were well below the previous season.

so far we spent 100m in the summer, and we look like spending a fair amount in the January, on top of the cost of firing Poch and about 20 staff (including 1's we don't know about) and hiring a new load of staff for JM.

January is also the hardest and most expensive window to buy in.

 

[Dillspur]

Not sure how people can label this a brilliant window? For argument sake let's say we add SB and Piatek to Gedson. We have 2 long term loans but all 3 are punts, the players may be regarded higher than GKN, Njie and Jansen but equally they could all turn out as bad as them, at least with 2 we'll only end up paying some sort of loan fee.

This window is low risk high reward, which is Levy's M.O.

 

[Shadydan]

Not sure how people can label this a brilliant window? For argument sake let's say we add SB and Piatek to Gedson. We have 2 long term loans but all 3 are punts, the players may be regarded higher than GKN, Njie and Jansen but equally they could all turn out as bad as them, at least with 2 we'll only end up paying some sort of loan fee.

This window is low risk high reward, which is Levy's M.O.

What would be seen as a successful window in your eyes?

 

[Gbspurs]

2 windows. Not "several".

Are we in danger of resorting to hyperbole on the subject again?

Depends if zero net spend windows count as no spending.

 

[Metalhead]

Not sure how people can label this a brilliant window? For argument sake let's say we add SB and Piatek to Gedson. We have 2 long term loans but all 3 are punts, the players may be regarded higher than GKN, Njie and Jansen but equally they could all turn out as bad as them, at least with 2 we'll only end up paying some sort of loan fee.

This window is low risk high reward, which is Levy's M.O.

What's wrong with that? Presumably the club will be targeting more players in the summer so I guess that there needs to be some balancing of the budget.

 

[tiger666]

What would be seen as a successful window in your eyes?

Bruno, Cavani, Bale and Koulibaly ofc.

 

[dudu]

Bruno, Cavani, Bale and Koulibaly ofc.

That's definitely where some fans expectations are. It's just not living in reality.

 

[NEVILLEB]

2 windows. Not "several".

Are we in danger of resorting to hyperbole on the subject again?

Hyperbole that we lost our manager and are now panic buying at Christmas?

Whether it was 2 or 3 windows the damage Pochettino predicted has happened.

But I’m guessing you thought his prediction was hyperbole at the time.

 

[Donki]

Hyperbole that we lost our manager and are now panic buying at Christmas?

Whether it was 2 or 3 windows the damage Pochettino predicted has happened.

But I’m guessing you thought his prediction was hyperbole at the time.

We didn't lose our manager, he was sacked after a year of inconsistent results. I loved Poch as much as anyone on here and will be forever grateful but something happened behind the scenes that none of us are aware of and ultimately his time with us was up. He took us to 2 finals and 2 semi finals and should have at least got something tangible for his time with us.

 

[spursfan77]

As of this moment we have confirmed Lo Celso and got on loan for 18 months Gedson Fernandes .
Some are saying its been a fantastic window I don't see that at this moment in time .
IF we get a striker and the dutch guy then it is an okay window .
What I believe most supporters would like is a defensive midfielder as well as a striker then you could say "brilliant window"

But we never sign players in January, especially not this many. 2008 was the last time. Qualified for the CL that year too don't forget.

 

[Donki]

But we never sign players in January, especially not this many. 2008 was the last time. Qualified for the CL that year too don't forget.

Top four is more than achievable this season, yes Kanes injury has made is more difficult but 6points is fuck all really especially with United main goal threat out.

 

[dontcallme]

Hyperbole that we lost our manager and are now panic buying at Christmas?

Whether it was 2 or 3 windows the damage Pochettino predicted has happened.

But I’m guessing you thought his prediction was hyperbole at the time.

So when we spend it is "panic buying" but when we don't spend it is Levy not spending?

 

[mmidgers]

So when we spend it is "panic buying" but when we don't spend it is Levy not spending?

Especially when, by all accounts, the club were scouting SB last year and Jose has been tracking GF for a while. Hardly panic buying

 

[dontcallme]

Especially when, by all accounts, the club were scouting SB last year and Jose has been tracking GF for a while. Hardly panic buying

I have said it before. When people form a negative view of someone then anything that person does gets twisted into the negative.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

I don't know how to transfer from my phone but someone on my 'Lets not be careful what we wish for' wattsap group sent me something saying "If fans were throwing flares at Levy's house he'd charge his neighbours for a firework display"

Probably whored off one of the silly sites, twitter or somesuch.

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Because we didn’t sell when we should or bought when should of these last two windows have been almost emergency windows to rebuild an aging team.

I think the good news is that with Lo Celso, Ndombele, Sessegnon, Bergwjin, Gedson and hopefully Paitek and Perhaps an outside shot of a DM plus the emergence of Tanganga we are well on our way to rebuilding.

It was sad and perhaps inevitable that Poch’s reign would come to an end with a stale squad and he has probably every right to feel some annoyance that after delivering so much cash to the club through CL qualification he didn’t get a chance to rebuild.

Without the stadium we probably would have spent more on the squad and had a stronger squad, we may have even won the title the year Chelsea won it or won the CL last year, Poch may have been able to gradually rebuild and everything that came to ahead never happened.

But the stadium will keep us financially competitive over a long period, in the short term though it was always going to hurt us. My only regret from the club is that they should have been more honest, you don’t go many windows on zero net spend and two windows buying no one unless something is up.

 

[Gb160]

I have said it before. When people form a negative view of someone then anything that person does gets twisted into the negative.

It's the definition of confirmation bias.
Plain and simple.