The Ace Face has been saying that for years,Matt Law should be charged with blatant plagiarism.
Sue him Ace.

I don't think Levy comes out blameless, particularly over his dithering on the Schnederlin and Mussachio deals but it looks to me that most of the problems, barring the lack of a decent striker, are down to player attitudes and the fact that some of them just are not good enough.

Vertonghen appears disinterested, Ade ditto, Soldado tries but it's beginning to look like the EPL isn't going to work out for him. Eriksen is clearly talented but young and inexperienced, Lamella, well I don't know what to make of him.

Levy's dithering, Poch's team selections, player attitudes and some players being cack, my guess is they all have a bearing.

Just a quick one. He points out West Ham are looking forward to moving into the Olympic Stadium, effectively saying what is Levy doing messing about with the our new ground.

Well West Ham haven't had to contribute a penny towards their new ground. Whereas we have to build ours from scratch. Just as Man City got given a stadium... leading to a takeover and subsequent success.

Bit unfair of him to blame Levy for that. He has decent points with other things.

Harry wanted a striker. We ended up with Lois Saha and Frazier Campbell on loan. AVB wanted Moutinho, Hulk, Villa. We ended up with Paulinho, Chadli and Soldado. Pochettino wanted Morgan Schneiderlin, Luke Shaw, Depay, Konoplyanka. We ended up Fazio, Vorm, Stambouli.

Levy has been getting away with it for a few years now, blaming the Managers for our problems. Maybe the real problem lies with Levy himself.

comment by Hugo Le Boss™ (U7980)
posted 16 minutes ago
Harry wanted a striker. We ended up with Lois Saha and Frazier Campbell on loan. AVB wanted Moutinho, Hulk, Villa. We ended up with Paulinho, Chadli and Soldado. Pochettino wanted Morgan Schneiderlin, Luke Shaw, Depay, Konoplyanka. We ended up Fazio, Vorm, Stambouli.

Levy has been getting away with it for a few years now, blaming the Managers for our problems. Maybe the real problem lies with Levy himself."




Thank you finally someone with a bit of sense. I have been saying this for years and get shot down by posters on here saying " you don't know what's going on" " it's not levys fault" oh f Uck off!!!! Levy has been the core of our ongoing problems for years now and has been brushed aside due to him getting us big money for certain players. What the f. Uck up has it done good for us? Nothing!!! We never win anything and continue to disappoint season after season.

Good find Numbers, it deserved more comment/debate

I've had Levy at the top of my blame list for the past few years. It feels pointless to carry on blaming him though, as nothing changes and our merry-go-round of failure never stops.

Spurtle, yeh I remember you being with me in blaming levy.

Levy should take Baldini with him. Does Joe Lewis not have the guts to fire Levy?

Soldado - supposed to score goals but has been useless
Lamela- not going to make it in this league - useless
Chiriches- beyound useless
Capoue- OK but more a back up
Paulhino- worse buy than Rebrov!- facking non existent
Chadli- same as Capoue
Eriksen- good buy
Basically, Levy and Baldini have wasted every cent of the Bale money.

Yes Don, I'm very much on your side with the Levy and Lennon bashing.

.Lennons perfect cross, I have to agree our signings from the bale money have been extremely poor. I will even go as far as to say lamela is no where near showing the potential I know he can and from what I saw at Roma. He is showing glimpses and moments of magic but nothing on the performances in a Roma shirt where he bossed games.


I think all the other players have been average apart from maybe chadli on the odd occasion although I still don't think Chadli is anything spectacular and is not fit to lace Gareth bales boots. Paulinho has got to be one of the worse signings we have ever made if you look at the price. I don't even think the guys we bought this summer are that great and proving it by not being able to get into the 1st team. Schneiderlin and musacchio would of made a huge difference to this club but as always levy goes down the other alternative route. He's a f ucking pri ck levy!!!

Hugo

Harry wanted a striker. We ended up with Lois Saha and Frazier Campbell on loan. AVB wanted Moutinho, Hulk, Villa. We ended up with Paulinho, Chadli and Soldado. Pochettino wanted Morgan Schneiderlin, Luke Shaw, Depay, Konoplyanka. We ended up Fazio, Vorm, Stambouli.

Levy has been getting away with it for a few years now, blaming the Managers for our problems. Maybe the real problem lies with Levy himself.

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I'm sure Harry, AVB and Poch wanted Messi, Ronaldo and Pique too, but if the club point blank refuse to sell the player, they are too expensive, or is owned by a Third Party making them ineligible to play then there is nothing Levy can do. Plus there is the new Fair Play rule which prevents us paying £30m per player and signing 5 new ones.

There is not a lot wrong with this squad (or the squad we started the season with I should say) but so far it is being mis-managed. It may not be oozing with the class we might like but it is certainly better than Newcastle’s, West Brom’s and Sunderland’s.

Many posters on here told me at the start of the season that new signings mean better, yet they get given new signings and all of a sudden its back to blaming Levy. The buck stops with the manager and this situation is no different. Poch needs to have a good hard look at his selections and start making improvements before we become a bigger laughing stock.

Chicken, we wanted new signings like Schneiderlin and musacchio mate who were poch number1 targets. Both awesome players who would of made a huge difference. Instead we get cheap alternative cr ap like Fazio and stambouli. It's infuriating watching levy do this every summer and no one noticing apart from us fans. I for one am fed up with levy and want someone else in charge at Spurs. Someone who will actually back the manager. Look at Southampton they have backed Ronald Koeman with his own signings like pele, tactic and main. All Koeman buys. Levy just cherry picks who he feels can make a tidy profit.

Tadic and mane *

Don,

Southampton refused point blank to sell Schneiderlin. They were even happy for him to go on strike.

Levy is not Díck Turpin, he cannot just steal a player.

And as i said on the other article, if he didnt think Fazio and Stambouli are good enough options - dont bloody sign them.

Sherwood seemed to do "okay" with what we had with no additions at all - so i expect Poch to do the same, if not better!

I don't think poch or any manager we get has a say. He just picks the players he wants and feels can make a profit and throws them at the manager where he has no choice but to accept. It happened with avb who wanted his own players but didn't get them due to levys games. We failed to buy hulk, villa and moutinho. We also failed to buy Pochettinos 1st choice players. This is a common theme under levy mate and it's about time someone questions the guys motives for this club because we are going nowhere with him in charge

Southampton refused point blank to sell due to fan pressure as they had sold half their 1st team. If levy would of done what arsenal and Liverpool did by raiding southampton early I am almost certain Schneiderlin would be a Spurs player by now as he was desperate to come. Levy left it late as always and by then southampton didn't need or didn't want to sell. Frankly I am fed up with daniel levy.

Don,

Levy did not fail AVB by not signing Hulk, Villa and Moutinho. Hulk would have cost over £60m, Villa basically snubbed us saying "Who are Spurs?", and Moutinho was owned by a third party which is against FA rules - how is any of that Levy's fault?

Moutinho was left until deadline day mate where we made a pathetic bid that was rejected. Levy and his pathetic deadline day dealings which has only once ever come off with VDV. Are you forgetting the time we sold the best striking partnership we had in years in Berbz and keane only for us to desperately sign Frazier Campbell on deadline day. It's madness mate with this guy in charge

Good read anyway -OP
However I don't see us getting shot of levy due to him being Joe Lewis's nephew and making profits like he does.
Certainly has a lot to answer for it we finish below 10th but it's still early days of the season.
Who's to say that M.P didn't say to levy see how i get on with the current squad until January and I'll make my assessment and recommendations then.
Bad result yesterday - yes....
OTT knee jerk reactions - yep.

In the kind words of them bin dipping mousers... Calm down , calm down !

comment by Chicken - Mr Consistent✔ (U1043)
posted 19 hours, 30 minutes ago

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I'm sure Harry, AVB and Poch wanted Messi, Ronaldo and Pique too, but if the club point blank refuse to sell the player, they are too expensive, or is owned by a Third Party making them ineligible to play then there is nothing Levy can do. Plus there is the new Fair Play rule which prevents us paying £30m per player and signing 5 new ones.

There is not a lot wrong with this squad (or the squad we started the season with I should say) but so far it is being mis-managed. It may not be oozing with the class we might like but it is certainly better than Newcastle’s, West Brom’s and Sunderland’s.

Many posters on here told me at the start of the season that new signings mean better, yet they get given new signings and all of a sudden its back to blaming Levy. The buck stops with the manager and this situation is no different. Poch needs to have a good hard look at his selections and start making improvements before we become a bigger laughing stock.

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First things first, Messi, Ronaldo, and Pique too? I was talking about realistic targets coming to the club, not Football Manager/Fantasy ones. Our targets were realistic and would have made a difference to the club, as the Manager had clearly requested them. No one is saying we should pay over the odds for anyone, however we have to be realistic in this day and age and pay the going rate for players we need. If we try to haggle or try to reduce the player value, then another club steps along, of course we will miss out on them.

As for the current squad. No one is saying we have a poor squad, I think we have a talented squad. But it's not strong enough to challenge for a top 4 slot. There are certain players that are not strong enough to be playing in their respective positions, we are lacking very simple things like a strong leader at the back, a strong and creative CM player, and a top class striker.

Now the blame can easily be shifted on Pochettino. The same way the blame was shifted on Sherwood, the same way the blame was shifted on AVB, the same way the blame was shifted on Harry, etc.... If the Managers are wanting to build a squad with players they feel ideally suited to take the club forward, the board should be backing the Manager. It's no good saying, "you can't have Batman, but you can have Robin". The Manager has identified who his strong players are and who his weak players are. We purchased players like Fazio and Stambouli, both 2nd choice players. No way am I writing off both players, as they both need a chance to prove their worth. But if they are not playing consistently in the first team, it proves that the Manager feels they are decent back up options rather than first team starters.

I like Pochettino, the same way I liked AVB. But I can understand that when trying to work with a group of players that are not strong enough to challenge for a top 4 slot, and when the expectations of the fans and the Board is exactly that, the Manager sure has his work cut out.

Hugo, exactly my thoughts

Don, I definitely have mixed feelings about Levy. On one hand, he is always watching us play, like a fan would, has us financially stable, and does care about the club. But then on the other hand his business head comes into it, this means the results on the pitch do not reflect what us fans want, we so often miss out players what we want, with excuses galore on why we miss out on them, and Levy is quick to just fire the Manager and replace him, as this is the quickest and easiest option for him. It's like a vicious circle, the fans don't see the output, some fans boo the team, Levy reacts and sacks, then we get a new Gaffer.

We all care about this club and we all want us to not go down the City, United and Chelsea route, where money dictates over football. But we also shouldn't be cutting corners and leaving ourselves in a position where things are more difficult than imagined.

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