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BrooklynYid
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In Australia
My favorite player ever!
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Ted the Yid
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20 min watch but sums up Enic/Levy. The guy is not even a Spurs fan.
ClemFandango
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I read an interesting point a few days ago. Nuno was sacked after just 17 games having won eight. Mourinho was sacked five days before cup final but, to date, Ange is still in a job despite being statistically our worst ever manager.
It did make me wonder why really, especially when you consider someone like Rafa Benitez is available and has stepped in to clubs in this position before and gone on to win trophies.
Obviously he wouldn't magically fix every injury but it did make me wonder what sets Ange apart in terms of apparent job security.
It did make me wonder why really, especially when you consider someone like Rafa Benitez is available and has stepped in to clubs in this position before and gone on to win trophies.
Obviously he wouldn't magically fix every injury but it did make me wonder what sets Ange apart in terms of apparent job security.
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Four main reasons for this IMO:
1) He promises, and sometimes delivers, a style of football we all want to see, and that is in the club's DNA so to speak
2) Ange was described as a project manager at the beginning, and the number of young players we've invested in bears that out. So switching gears to a guy like Benitez at this point would be self-defeating and a total departure
3) There may be some managers out there that could right the ship when the injured players return, but what would righting the ship look like at this point? Finishing 12th instead of 14th or whatever?
4) Ange hasn't covered himself in glory during this period, but I do think it's fair to argue that most managers wouldn't have done much better
On paper, yeah, he probably is well past the sacking point for most PL managers, to say nothing of a Spurs manager. But I honestly don't know what getting rid in the middle of all this would accomplish.
Yid
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One very simple reason...
He continues to deflect the overwhelming majority of blame from that bald cunt...
Sacking him with nothing in the pipeline (there's obviously no cunt silly enough to work with Levy and this group of fucked and tired players, because your fucking mental if you think Levy hasn't looked and asked),exposes Levy and Enic as the single point of failure.
Come on lads, stop drinking the fucking cool aide and be honest about the cyclical nature of what you are seeing... We've been here consistently for the last 2 fucking decades... Stop playing his game, and hold that bald cunt and the business to account.
He continues to deflect the overwhelming majority of blame from that bald cunt...
Sacking him with nothing in the pipeline (there's obviously no cunt silly enough to work with Levy and this group of fucked and tired players, because your fucking mental if you think Levy hasn't looked and asked),exposes Levy and Enic as the single point of failure.
Come on lads, stop drinking the fucking cool aide and be honest about the cyclical nature of what you are seeing... We've been here consistently for the last 2 fucking decades... Stop playing his game, and hold that bald cunt and the business to account.
ClemFandango
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Fair points indeed, but it just seems strange that the Dark Lord has established a fairly low bar when it comes to sacking managers and yet he seemingly doesn't want to do that with Ange.
I do have a sneaking suspicion we'll be "mutually consenting" to his departure at the end of the season though.
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I wonder if there is something in Ange's contract about winning something in the first 2 seasons or Levy can then send him off packing?
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I'd reckon Ange has made himself stackable now. Although the league is going shit we were still in cups. Now that's done, Ange is fucked I'd reckon.
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Interesting that we are valued as the 4th highest in the Prem ahead of both Chelsea & Arsenal yet we don't act like it. And that right hand column is pretty damning.
BrooklynYid
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We don't even act like we're Everton. This entire club is pointless as currently constructed. It needs to be sold. There is no other way forward. The club is beyond Levy, and has been for more than a decade.
Style And Glory
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For all his faults, Levy has undeniably elevated Spurs' commercial stature. But that is far from having translated to silverware.
The problem resides in Levy’s dual responsibility - to ENIC as an investor & to Spurs as a football club - which creates an inherent conflict. No doubt his primary obligation to ENIC is to increase the club’s valuation & revenue streams, while, on the flip side, we fans desire the ambition to deliver on-field success. This balance needs to shift decisively toward prioritizing the latter because he's left the club’s footballing ambitions in perpetual limbo.
Like many, I would like Levy to remove himself from meddling in the footballing side of things. Maybe provide an annual transfer kitty which amounts to a set percentage of the annual profits & allowing for those far more qualified to do their job.
J.spurs
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Agree with all of this.
ClemFandango
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The inevitable “leak” about prospective buyers has appeared in the media, conveniently coming before a large planned protest.
Nice try Donna.
Nice try Donna.
Style And Glory
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Curious how this "protest" plays out.
I have no idea how well organized it will be.
I'm hearing a lot about the calls for getting Levy out within the stadium despite many wanting Ange out online. For those there, is there much noise within the stadium directed at Ange?
I have no idea how well organized it will be.
I'm hearing a lot about the calls for getting Levy out within the stadium despite many wanting Ange out online. For those there, is there much noise within the stadium directed at Ange?
spurious
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Sounds like we're going to get the worst of both worlds: dirty money AND Levy stays.
Daniel Levy may continue to run Spurs in Qatari takeover plan
Daniel Levy may continue to run Spurs in Qatari takeover plan
J.spurs
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At least they’re private investors and not a sovereign wealth fund. But yeah, pretty depressing, especially if he sticks around. We’ll go two steps up the Deloitte table and still have 13-year olds on the bench.
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ClemFandango
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We were linked with Qatari ownership a month before Conte left and we've heard nothing for two years until now.
Don't buy it.
Don't buy it.
Yid
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"Fans, drink some more of this coolaid to settle yourselves down"...
"That's another baying crowd quietened down for at least a month or two"...
"That's another baying crowd quietened down for at least a month or two"...
J.spurs
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I would expect increased investment rather than an outright acquisition in any case. But I do think a cynical response is probably not off base given the timing of the story.
Yid
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Because if this was his Schtick, he would look like he was doing his job, and it was every other cunts fault we're dog shit...
Look, maybe I'm being irrational or overly critical of his genius...
Or maybe I've seen this shit for so long now, the playbook is becoming predictable...
Who the fuck knows anymore...
J.spurs
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Interesting and all-too-familiar read about Levy's approach to the women's team:
What is the big idea? Levy’s second-class Tottenham Women mired in mediocrity
What is the big idea? Levy’s second-class Tottenham Women mired in mediocrity
spurious
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I for one think we should be applauding Levy. It's refreshing to hear about a big club treating the women's squad as equals.