Waiting for Iraola

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
comment by Don’s Dinner (U11802)
posted 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
As much as I’d love him to come, I just can’t see it. Levy will feck it up and I’m sure Iraola has his sights on bigger clubs than us that actually give their managers money to spend. Proper money, proper wages.
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But he has been given money to spend. £400m in 4 windows. I know people hate Levy but he's backed Ange. He's been the best backed manager in Spurs PL history and he's performed like the worst Spurs manager in PL history.
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He's massively underperformed, that's not in doubt but I can't help think Ange has been sold down the river. He didn't get the players he really wanted and a lot of money has been spent on players for the future with the priorities being resale value and willingness to accept lower wages.

comment by Mack follows change for Tottenham on X (U6574)
posted 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Chelsea are in free fall but they are still in the European places. They also have a history of winning trophies, backing managers and paying decent wages. However much I despise them, do you honestly think if us or them were in the race for a player or manager they would chose us?

That is why we need change at Tottenham.
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Trophies won with dirty money

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Mack follows change for Tottenham on X (U6574)
posted 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Chelsea are in free fall but they are still in the European places. They also have a history of winning trophies, backing managers and paying decent wages. However much I despise them, do you honestly think if us or them were in the race for a player or manager they would chose us?

That is why we need change at Tottenham.
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Trophies won with dirty money
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It's who they are mate

comment by Brother (U20548)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
comment by Don’s Dinner (U11802)
posted 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
As much as I’d love him to come, I just can’t see it. Levy will feck it up and I’m sure Iraola has his sights on bigger clubs than us that actually give their managers money to spend. Proper money, proper wages.
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But he has been given money to spend. £400m in 4 windows. I know people hate Levy but he's backed Ange. He's been the best backed manager in Spurs PL history and he's performed like the worst Spurs manager in PL history.
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He's massively underperformed, that's not in doubt but I can't help think Ange has been sold down the river. He didn't get the players he really wanted and a lot of money has been spent on players for the future with the priorities being resale value and willingness to accept lower wages.
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Yes the recruitment hasn't been perfect, with an over reliance on youth, and some areas on the pitch left ignored, but generally he's been well supported and I think the recruitment has been ok. He's had players he wanted like BJ and Solanke, and we paid over £100m to acquire them. As far as other targets, well no manager is going to get everyone they want, especially as some targets are more unrealistic than others.

I'm not even just talking about financial backing either. We've been very patient with him during poor form that has dated back to last season. Other previous managers got hooked at the first sign of trouble.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
comment by Don’s Dinner (U11802)
posted 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
As much as I’d love him to come, I just can’t see it. Levy will feck it up and I’m sure Iraola has his sights on bigger clubs than us that actually give their managers money to spend. Proper money, proper wages.
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But he has been given money to spend. £400m in 4 windows. I know people hate Levy but he's backed Ange. He's been the best backed manager in Spurs PL history and he's performed like the worst Spurs manager in PL history.
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I disagree with this.

Ange wanted Neto, Gallagher, Ramsey, Eze

He got Gray, Bergvall, Odebert

We don’t pay the wages to get the ready players.

Yes we spend on transfers. But we never pay for the players we need. How many millions have we spent trying to replace Walker before we found Porro?

It’s a false economy. We only have four players earning over £100 grand a week. West Ham have nine ffs.

You get what you pay for.

And what exactly is West Ham doing? Winning the league?

comment by Mack follows change for Tottenham on X (U6574)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
comment by Don’s Dinner (U11802)
posted 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
As much as I’d love him to come, I just can’t see it. Levy will feck it up and I’m sure Iraola has his sights on bigger clubs than us that actually give their managers money to spend. Proper money, proper wages.
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But he has been given money to spend. £400m in 4 windows. I know people hate Levy but he's backed Ange. He's been the best backed manager in Spurs PL history and he's performed like the worst Spurs manager in PL history.
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I disagree with this.

Ange wanted Neto, Gallagher, Ramsey, Eze

He got Gray, Bergvall, Odebert

We don’t pay the wages to get the ready players.

Yes we spend on transfers. But we never pay for the players we need. How many millions have we spent trying to replace Walker before we found Porro?

It’s a false economy. We only have four players earning over £100 grand a week. West Ham have nine ffs.

You get what you pay for.


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Last summer could have easily been better but not sure how realistic some of those players were. How much would Eze have cost for example? Would he have been worth it given how he's been this season? Gray already seems like a good signing and I think we'll be very glad we made that signing in a few years time.

I mean I believe the crux of the problems at the moment are the manager and the injuries, which may themselves be linked, and it's making our squad/recruitment look weaker than it is.

comment by BottomHalf ColdSpell (U23229)
posted 15 minutes ago
And what exactly is West Ham doing? Winning the league?
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No they are not. That’s my point ffs. We need to up our wages dramatically to get amongst it

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Mack follows change for Tottenham on X (U6574)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
comment by Don’s Dinner (U11802)
posted 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
As much as I’d love him to come, I just can’t see it. Levy will feck it up and I’m sure Iraola has his sights on bigger clubs than us that actually give their managers money to spend. Proper money, proper wages.
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But he has been given money to spend. £400m in 4 windows. I know people hate Levy but he's backed Ange. He's been the best backed manager in Spurs PL history and he's performed like the worst Spurs manager in PL history.
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I disagree with this.

Ange wanted Neto, Gallagher, Ramsey, Eze

He got Gray, Bergvall, Odebert

We don’t pay the wages to get the ready players.

Yes we spend on transfers. But we never pay for the players we need. How many millions have we spent trying to replace Walker before we found Porro?

It’s a false economy. We only have four players earning over £100 grand a week. West Ham have nine ffs.

You get what you pay for.


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Last summer could have easily been better but not sure how realistic some of those players were. How much would Eze have cost for example? Would he have been worth it given how he's been this season? Gray already seems like a good signing and I think we'll be very glad we made that signing in a few years time.

I mean I believe the crux of the problems at the moment are the manager and the injuries, which may themselves be linked, and it's making our squad/recruitment look weaker than it is.
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Eze was available for 60 million release clause. Not knocking gray, just needed him and a ready to go number 6. Not just him.

Our approach in the transfer market never creates a winning squad. Our priorities are all wrong and our strategy is often based on opportunism. We hang on to players who clearly aren't good enough like Sanchez for far too long and axe the half decent players like Bergwijn and replace them with unproven youngsters. Rince and repeat.