Just wondering if the transfer window ended now and NDombele was our only signing, but we managed to retain our players ( Rose, Toby, Eriksen) would any of you be content ? I can’t imagine many Spurs fans would be happy with this.
So far we have not really improved the team, only replaced Dembele which is something we should of done last winter anyway. Whilst NDombele is a fantastic signing, it hasn’t been followed up with anything else and nothing actually looks close to being finalised.
Don’t even get me started on this Dybala, what a load of fabricated nonsense. This years Martial, was never going to happen in a million years. A total smokescreen by the club and it’s so transparent it’s laughable. GLC we are clearly in for, but we won’t pay what Betis want and if Levy thinks he can grab him for a cut price on deadline day, then we are playing a really dangerous game here.
My opinion is we won’t get GLC, unless we sell Eriksen which once again will prove we haven’t strengthened. I have said all along Levy will try and claw back the NDombele money so we can balance the net spend like we do every year.
Ryan Sessegnon will be our last signing for me and that will be it. Just not good enough is it ? After last seasons embarrassing no signings, you would think the club would pull out all the stops to try and invest in the paying squad. Same sh**, every single transfer window.
If the window ended now
posted on 29/7/19
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 56 minutes ago
We all want to win something, but last year 1 team won every domestic trophy including winning the FA cup final 6-0 and the eventual CL winners lost 1 game all season in the league and that still wasn’t enough!!!
People forget what we are competing against and that’s why I call BS every time we are slated for not winning anything. Financially we are in a different league, Arsenal pay double the wages that we do, United earn ridiculous revenue, City and Chelsea won the lottery and Liverpool sold a good player that they weren’t dependent on for £140m.
Levy has grown Spurs from where West Ham are currently to a team that have competed and beaten European royalty. Levy has done this by growing Spurs organically, using the money we earn and being parsimonious in the transfer market.
It might take another 5 years to start getting the trickle of trophies we want but I’m convinced we will get their because look at what he has achieved so far. Why would Poch sign on if their are no monies available to strengthen.
What we won’t do is start chucking £70m at players like Pepe who have had 1 good season and never competed in so much as the Europa league.
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Sorry but Spurs have not come from where West Ham are, Spurs have always during my lifetime been one of the big clubs of English football, and have won trophies in every decade of my life, other than the present one. So I for one expect the club to win trophies. Spurs are hardly skint, they are a regular CL side now, so should be adding domestic trophies at the very least. No more excuses.
posted on 29/7/19
What we're up against is exactly why we need to try and do more in transfer windows such as this. Liverpool were where we are and even behind us and they tried pushing the boat out and it landed them a CL title. They may have missed out on the PL but there's not going to be a single fan unhappy with that season. Why can't this be us?
It's kind of naive to think that because there's been a slow and steady progress from mid-table to where we are now, this will continue. You have to make the most of where you are now and strike while the iron is hot because your form won't always last forever. Poch could tell us one moment that he wants to leave and we employ the wrong manager and before you know it, we're back where we were several seasons ago. Look at Arsenal.
"It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low."
posted on 29/7/19
Even before Levy and CL football Spurs have always been in the top 12 or so clubs in Europe. Considering how long we went without CL football that shows how big we are. Levy has done well to focus on the brand but he has not delivered any success on the pitch. That is ultimately what will define him. For a club out size to not win a trophy in 12 years is unacceptable. Building should not mean we accept failure.
To use other clubs as the reason we haven't won anything is a cop out. Over the last 10 years, Wigan, Leicester, Arsenal, Birmingham etc have won more than we have. Just because we are improving should not be an excuse. If anyhting, success on the pitch with trophies should go hand in hand with improvement. It's a mentality thing. Arsenal have won trophies recently and I think even the most ardent of Arsenal fans would say out sqaud has been better than theirs. Why is that?
posted on 29/7/19
Excuse the typos
posted on 29/7/19
comment by Bake 'em away toys (U7303)
posted 6 minutes ago
Even before Levy and CL football Spurs have always been in the top 12 or so clubs in Europe. Considering how long we went without CL football that shows how big we are. Levy has done well to focus on the brand but he has not delivered any success on the pitch. That is ultimately what will define him. For a club out size to not win a trophy in 12 years is unacceptable. Building should not mean we accept failure.
To use other clubs as the reason we haven't won anything is a cop out. Over the last 10 years, Wigan, Leicester, Arsenal, Birmingham etc have won more than we have. Just because we are improving should not be an excuse. If anyhting, success on the pitch with trophies should go hand in hand with improvement. It's a mentality thing. Arsenal have won trophies recently and I think even the most ardent of Arsenal fans would say out sqaud has been better than theirs. Why is that?
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Exactly. And if anything our league form has started to decline. From 86 points to next season 77, to last season on 71. We reached a semi and a CL final but they papered over the cracks in how we performed throughout the season, with defensive issues, a lack of creating chances in games, and just generally not playing well. While some of the tiredness from the World Cup and injuries contributed to it, it's also obvious the squad needed to be improved and still does.
Despite the improvement in the past 15 years, you can't say we/Levy couldn't have done more to win some things along the way.
posted on 29/7/19
So you guys have all the answers, tell me who do we sign to compete with City? They don’t just focus on the major competitions they facking go for it in the league cup as well. So who do we go and get that can deliver those trophies?
posted on 29/7/19
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 56 minutes ago
We all want to win something, but last year 1 team won every domestic trophy including winning the FA cup final 6-0 and the eventual CL winners lost 1 game all season in the league and that still wasn’t enough!!!
People forget what we are competing against and that’s why I call BS every time we are slated for not winning anything. Financially we are in a different league, Arsenal pay double the wages that we do, United earn ridiculous revenue, City and Chelsea won the lottery and Liverpool sold a good player that they weren’t dependent on for £140m.
Levy has grown Spurs from where West Ham are currently to a team that have competed and beaten European royalty. Levy has done this by growing Spurs organically, using the money we earn and being parsimonious in the transfer market.
It might take another 5 years to start getting the trickle of trophies we want but I’m convinced we will get their because look at what he has achieved so far. Why would Poch sign on if their are no monies available to strengthen.
What we won’t do is start chucking £70m at players like Pepe who have had 1 good season and never competed in so much as the Europa league.
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Sorry but Spurs have not come from where West Ham are, Spurs have always during my lifetime been one of the big clubs of English football, and have won trophies in every decade of my life, other than the present one. So I for one expect the club to win trophies. Spurs are hardly skint, they are a regular CL side now, so should be adding domestic trophies at the very least. No more excuses.
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Sandy the 60s have been and gone mate. I grew up watching Spurs in the 90s get shaaat on by all and sundry. Ossie, Gerry Francis, Gross, Graham etc, we were a facking shambles. We couldn’t fill our ground, we were a non entity in Europe and we relied on a couple of very good players to drag a generally shiiite squad through a season safely. We regularly finished around 10th and a good season was getting gubbed in an FA cup semi by Everton.
The Noughties we improved in the latter part, but were still an alright squad peppered with 1 or 2 stars.
We were never elite, or serial trophy winners, we weren’t regular contenders in Europe. So when you look back on this mighty and brilliant period for Spurs you must be talking about either the 80s or the 60s. We were relegated in 77, how bloody good were we then?
posted on 29/7/19
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 22 minutes ago
So you guys have all the answers, tell me who do we sign to compete with City? They don’t just focus on the major competitions they facking go for it in the league cup as well. So who do we go and get that can deliver those trophies?
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Nothing wrong with some of our targets this window, it's more the time it's taking to do them. Seems like every window we have unfinished business going into the last week which doesn't help anyone. The way Levy operates can do as much harm as it does good.
posted on 30/7/19
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 16 hours, 2 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 56 minutes ago
We all want to win something, but last year 1 team won every domestic trophy including winning the FA cup final 6-0 and the eventual CL winners lost 1 game all season in the league and that still wasn’t enough!!!
People forget what we are competing against and that’s why I call BS every time we are slated for not winning anything. Financially we are in a different league, Arsenal pay double the wages that we do, United earn ridiculous revenue, City and Chelsea won the lottery and Liverpool sold a good player that they weren’t dependent on for £140m.
Levy has grown Spurs from where West Ham are currently to a team that have competed and beaten European royalty. Levy has done this by growing Spurs organically, using the money we earn and being parsimonious in the transfer market.
It might take another 5 years to start getting the trickle of trophies we want but I’m convinced we will get their because look at what he has achieved so far. Why would Poch sign on if their are no monies available to strengthen.
What we won’t do is start chucking £70m at players like Pepe who have had 1 good season and never competed in so much as the Europa league.
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Sorry but Spurs have not come from where West Ham are, Spurs have always during my lifetime been one of the big clubs of English football, and have won trophies in every decade of my life, other than the present one. So I for one expect the club to win trophies. Spurs are hardly skint, they are a regular CL side now, so should be adding domestic trophies at the very least. No more excuses.
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Sandy the 60s have been and gone mate. I grew up watching Spurs in the 90s get shaaat on by all and sundry. Ossie, Gerry Francis, Gross, Graham etc, we were a facking shambles. We couldn’t fill our ground, we were a non entity in Europe and we relied on a couple of very good players to drag a generally shiiite squad through a season safely. We regularly finished around 10th and a good season was getting gubbed in an FA cup semi by Everton.
The Noughties we improved in the latter part, but were still an alright squad peppered with 1 or 2 stars.
We were never elite, or serial trophy winners, we weren’t regular contenders in Europe. So when you look back on this mighty and brilliant period for Spurs you must be talking about either the 80s or the 60s. We were relegated in 77, how bloody good were we then?
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60s aside, Spurs were regular European competitors in the 70s and 80s. Even in their supposedly poor periods of early 90s and early noughties, they continued to pick up the odd league cup or FA Cup.
Spurs did get relegated in the 70s, but they also appeared in two European finals, winning one of them, and also won another two league cups. Infinitely more trophies than the last decade has produced.
posted on 30/7/19
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 16 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 (U18109)
posted 56 minutes ago
We all want to win something, but last year 1 team won every domestic trophy including winning the FA cup final 6-0 and the eventual CL winners lost 1 game all season in the league and that still wasn’t enough!!!
People forget what we are competing against and that’s why I call BS every time we are slated for not winning anything. Financially we are in a different league, Arsenal pay double the wages that we do, United earn ridiculous revenue, City and Chelsea won the lottery and Liverpool sold a good player that they weren’t dependent on for £140m.
Levy has grown Spurs from where West Ham are currently to a team that have competed and beaten European royalty. Levy has done this by growing Spurs organically, using the money we earn and being parsimonious in the transfer market.
It might take another 5 years to start getting the trickle of trophies we want but I’m convinced we will get their because look at what he has achieved so far. Why would Poch sign on if their are no monies available to strengthen.
What we won’t do is start chucking £70m at players like Pepe who have had 1 good season and never competed in so much as the Europa league.
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Sorry but Spurs have not come from where West Ham are, Spurs have always during my lifetime been one of the big clubs of English football, and have won trophies in every decade of my life, other than the present one. So I for one expect the club to win trophies. Spurs are hardly skint, they are a regular CL side now, so should be adding domestic trophies at the very least. No more excuses.
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Sandy the 60s have been and gone mate. I grew up watching Spurs in the 90s get shaaat on by all and sundry. Ossie, Gerry Francis, Gross, Graham etc, we were a facking shambles. We couldn’t fill our ground, we were a non entity in Europe and we relied on a couple of very good players to drag a generally shiiite squad through a season safely. We regularly finished around 10th and a good season was getting gubbed in an FA cup semi by Everton.
The Noughties we improved in the latter part, but were still an alright squad peppered with 1 or 2 stars.
We were never elite, or serial trophy winners, we weren’t regular contenders in Europe. So when you look back on this mighty and brilliant period for Spurs you must be talking about either the 80s or the 60s. We were relegated in 77, how bloody good were we then?
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I would take the 70s anyday over the current decade. One European trophy, two league cups, relegation, promotion. Infinitely better than the no trophy decade we are currently in.