Well if we are in such a healthy position through Levy's amazing work we won't be relying on cheap signings or selling before we buy this summer. Right guys?!
Whoever comes in will inevitably have to sell a lot of players - so many a true word.Ali Gold tweet in a week or two:
"The transfer budget will be heavily made up of what they are able to generate from player sales"
Difference is Jones is desperate to win a Super Bowl, spends money, just doesn’t spend it wisely.Cowboys won Super bowls (1992/93/95) when Jerry Jones first bought the team (1989), increased the value into the billions, helped the league secure huge tv rights, but no other NFL team has an owner that is General Manager, is involved with the draft and day to day running, his son is involved with squad building.... they've won jack shit for 28 years...
Levy is the Jerry Jones of the Premier League.
Spurs.. Cowboys, there's something in the water.
Difference is Jones is desperate to win a Super Bowl, spends money, just doesn’t spend it wisely.
That's not what was said though was it? Levy said to Sherwood that Baldini didn't rate Kane and wanted Champions League quality players. Levy was relaying the views of Baldini and when Sherwood asked Baldini he said that was the case. I'm not saying it's right for Levy to be involved at all. My point is that Levy isn't the one suggesting Kane wasn't good enough or Soldado should start. You're right though the manager should be left to pick his team. I just don't think it should be spoken like it was Levy wanting to know why Soldado wasn't starting when he was speaking on behalf of Baldini. It shows more than anything that the dof and manager at the time were not on the same page and the dof was trying to get his way.Not really. Levy is still concerned that his 'investment' isn't starting.
A manager should be left to pick his team without any pressure/questioning from board room members.
It's pathetic really and encapsulates perfectly our problems as a Club behind the scenes.
He wants involvement, there should.be fucking zero.
Agree but it excludes amortisation of playersNot quite true. There are various metrics relating to profitability. You dont even have to be profitable to have positive ebitda
however it is definitely a standard metric for financial health. If we are third in EBITDA it's incredibly positive.
Sort of in contrast to the recent actual financial accounts audited by Deloitte, how can you be profitable if losing money ?
Sort of in contrast to the recent actual financial accounts audited by Deloitte, how can you be profitable if losing money ?
2020 loss £63.9 million
2021 loss £83.8 million
2022 loss £50.1 million
Yes and also hardly like Sherwood was our proper manager at the time with a track record to merit a no questions asked approachThat's not what was said though was it? Levy said to Sherwood that Baldini didn't rate Kane and wanted Champions League quality players. Levy was relaying the views of Baldini and when Sherwood asked Baldini he said that was the case. I'm not saying it's right for Levy to be involved at all. My point is that Levy isn't the one suggesting Kane wasn't good enough or Soldado should start. You're right though the manager should be left to pick his team. I just don't think it should be spoken like it was Levy wanting to know why Soldado wasn't starting when he was speaking on behalf of Baldini. It shows more than anything that the dof and manager at the time were not on the same page and the dof was trying to get his way.
So what’s your graphic then? Because if we’re not doing great financially why’d we even bother building the stadium? Why does Levy reward himself each year? Why doesn’t Joe get rid of him? Why is he looking for 4 billion+ to sell? Why do people like yourself come on here constantly to say what a great job he is doing off pitch?WORLD'S MOST PROFITABLE SPORTS TEAMS
*not actually anything to do with profit lol we just wanted to make a graphic
Edit: Would serve any WTFing this to learn what profit actually is, look at our accounts for the past couple of years, and not get drawn in by media headline bollocks.
That's not what was said though was it? Levy said to Sherwood that Baldini didn't rate Kane and wanted Champions League quality players. Levy was relaying the views of Baldini and when Sherwood asked Baldini he said that was the case. I'm not saying it's right for Levy to be involved at all. My point is that Levy isn't the one suggesting Kane wasn't good enough or Soldado should start. You're right though the manager should be left to pick his team. I just don't think it should be spoken like it was Levy wanting to know why Soldado wasn't starting when he was speaking on behalf of Baldini. It shows more than anything that the dof and manager at the time were not on the same page and the dof was trying to get his way.
I have no idea on accounting apart from making a profit or loss. All sorts of stats can be quoted from different sources , for instance it looks like we are top of the table in the debt league, so at the moment were winners.Might be wrong on this but doesn’t that include things like stadium amortisation and player amortisation. Ie not real cash flows but technical accounting that is benifical for tax purposes. Such as 70m or so stadium amortisation, this isn’t real we ain’t building a new stadium in 10-15 years time when the value of the stadium technically hits zero.
Sure but Sherwood wasn't the pick so I guess it was a matter of him sticking by his dof over the caretaker manager. Maybe AVB and Baldini were on the same page but things didn't work out for AVB and Sherwood was just a temp. It just doesn't seem like that big of a deal for me. I think its just the downside to sacking a manager during the season and having a temp manager to see out the season. The summer followed with both Sherwood and Baldini going and then Poch with Mitchell. It's true Levy should pick the dof and manager that work together but when things don't work for the manager has to decide whether to keep with the dof. Ideally the dof should then pick the next manager but it can be difficult during the season. Sherwood was just there to take over and they must have wanted him to stick to the plan under AVB. It's harsh on him as if you're manager you should do your own thing but ultimately he did get his way so doesn't seem to matter much. If he had been told to play Soldado over Kane then it's a much bigger problem. Questioning his selection isn't so bad for me.Yes mate, I get that.
But it's Levy's responsibility to be hiring people who are in sync with one another.
That's totally on him.
There's a constant lack of planning around the structure and set up of the Club.
Ultimately that's his responsibility.
Video is surprisingly spot on. Does make you think again that it really won’t matter who we bring in now, Ange or Enrique, just feels irrelevant.Well that's just depressing. Sad thing is I can't disagree with it.
Video is surprisingly spot on. Does make you think again that it really won’t matter who we bring in now, Ange or Enrique, just feels irrelevant.
The thing that amuses me is ether manager we get, if they fail (and unfortunately with the bloated squad, Kane wanting out, lack of budget and, well, Levy it’s probably more likely “when” not “if”) the fan base will be up in arms saying we should have hired the other guy.Been saying this for ages.
I'm not really bothered until Levy is gone, it just won't really matter.
The penny will drop eventually with others...
but I understand having some hope that each time it just might be different but I've accepted it won't.