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4 hours ago, Menace said:

 

Pulled off a blinder to even get mentioned in the super league. They're nothing

 

They are in London and have a good stadium. That's it really. 

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3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Spurs' finances are what make them a 'Big Six' club.  They've got the highest turnover of any London club.  Not to be sniffed at.  Their turnover is roughly double ours

I do find it hard to class Spurs on a par with the other 5 clubs mind , I get what you are saying about finances etc and I know they have the best stadium in the world but I see it more as a big 5, they are the ones that share all the trophies around and Spurs literally win nothing . It's more a big 5, then Spurs above everyone else but I just can't take them seriously as being on par with the other five clubs. 

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19 hours ago, Gawalls said:

Under Keegan we never invested as much as Man U did and they won everything at the time. 

Is that true? Genuine question. I think that most of Man Utd’s title winning side 1995-96 were home grown. Whereas our team that season were mainly bought in. 

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3 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

I do find it hard to class Spurs on a par with the other 5 clubs mind , I get what you are saying about finances etc and I know they have the best stadium in the world but I see it more as a big 5, they are the ones that share all the trophies around and Spurs literally win nothing . It's more a big 5, then Spurs above everyone else but I just can't take them seriously as being on par with the other five clubs. 

I agree - if we were looking at success, then Leicester has a better argument over the last decade!

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8 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Is that true? Genuine question. I think that most of Man Utd’s title winning side 1995-96 were home grown. Whereas our team that season were mainly bought in. 

Man Utd's regular starting XI that season cost just over 16m.  Ours cost just over 22m (not allowing for Asprilla and Batty, who came in later on)

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6 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Spurs' finances are what make them a 'Big Six' club.  They've got the highest turnover of any London club.  Not to be sniffed at.  Their turnover is roughly double ours

 

IIRC Levy came in for a lot of criticism investing all their money on the stadium instead of the squad, but to be fair it will put them in good stead going forward. Their penny pinching days should theoretically be behind them. But I think it's part of his make up, Levy isn't the type who will buy blue chip shares if he thinks he can score big buying penny shares instead.

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8 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Spurs' finances are what make them a 'Big Six' club.  They've got the highest turnover of any London club.  Not to be sniffed at.  Their turnover is roughly double ours

 

They've also consistently finished top 4/5 in the league for about 15 years. 

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9 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Spurs' finances are what make them a 'Big Six' club.  They've got the highest turnover of any London club.  Not to be sniffed at.  Their turnover is roughly double ours

How is it so high though? I wouldn't say Spurs are following globally - Stadium must be bring in a far chunk

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Tottenham had a glorious opportunity in the early Pep years. They'd be thought of very differently if they had won the title between 2015-18 or the Champions League in 2019. They fell short and are left with a bunch of what-ifs. Now they've had to transition through managers and aging stars. I'd be frustrated with their last five seasons if I supported them, especially all the early cup exists, but all of the ingredients are there. I think a few months ago I said I expect them to have a golden era of sorts in the next decade. If they don't it will mean they've continually missed badly on managers and/or transfers.

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37 minutes ago, duo said:

How is it so high though? I wouldn't say Spurs are following globally - Stadium must be bring in a far chunk

 

I know it's not the perfect measure, but they have 8.8m followers on X compared to our 2.7m, 17m on Instagram compared to our 2.8m and so on. 

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Basically when MA took over, he nose dived us commercially, where as Spurs, who were comparable at the time, had aspirations to grow.

 

There's only MA to blame.

 

Also worth noting that while Spurs are "big six" financially, they aren't "big six" in terms of success but then we start the "big club" debate, which is tedious at best.

 

The good news is that we have the best in the business, working behind the scenes to bridge the gap... and we will bridge that gap.

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Just now, PauloGeordio said:

 

 

He's absolutely class. Can't believe there are people questioning that he's anything but the right guy for us to build a long term project.

 

Imagine the ego of a Mourinho disrupting what we are building here.

 

I think a lot can be said for how he's handled the man management aspect of our transformation. Can't be easy managing a squad of players knowing that there's going to be steep and continuous investment. 

 

Players like Almiron, Schar, Longstaff, Wilson who could have had their starting place under real threat have responded brilliantly to his style.

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5 minutes ago, BlazeT44 said:

 

He's absolutely class. Can't believe there are people questioning that he's anything but the right guy for us to build a long term project.

 

Imagine the ego of a Mourinho disrupting what we are building here.

 

I think a lot can be said for how he's handled the man management aspect of our transformation. Can't be easy managing a squad of players knowing that there's going to be steep and continuous investment. 

 

Players like Almiron, Schar, Longstaff, Wilson who could have had their starting place under real threat have responded brilliantly to his style.

Proud to have him as our gaffa! 

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On 28/05/2024 at 08:54, TheBrownBottle said:

Spurs' finances are what make them a 'Big Six' club.  They've got the highest turnover of any London club.  Not to be sniffed at.  Their turnover is roughly double ours

Lowest wages to revenue in the league. They don’t invest anywhere near as much as the other. Which is why they don’t win. 
 

The advantage Spurs have is they can spend a lot year in year out to get into the CL. Then they’ll coast again. Levy doesn’t buy megastars in the main so the wages remain low. 

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1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

With quicker CBs do we close that gap?

 

that gap is a killer for us. 

 

4 hours ago, Ronaldo said:

That gap is a product of Dubravka.

Reasonable answer I guess.

 

With pope on the helm, I bets our CBs would be confident enough covered the gap.

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Part of it is also an issue where our DM is also our best AM. Bruno basically plays both roles when he can.

 

 

Edited by Checko

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