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posted on 30/4/23

Worth remembering they also lost to Forest mid week and couldn’t beat a United side in a cup semi that were there for the taking.

They’ve done remarkably well Brighton but we can’t copy their model entirely - they are a budget club who would see 6/7th as a major success. We Albee’s to aim higher.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t follow their scouting work, we absolutely should but it also needs to have top established players mixed in for us to continue going forwards as a club.

posted on 30/4/23

Also it was Wolves who have been pathetic this season - they only managed to beat us 1-0.

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 2 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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Says all you need to say about our losers at Spurs.

posted on 30/4/23

Would your fan base be happy with cheap unknown kids who will take a few months to develop?

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 2 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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Says all you need to say about our losers at Spurs.
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Standard.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - Bronze medal khunt 2022 - Buy..Bellingham and another mid 20s Thiago type...lets just call him "frank" (U18109)
posted 4 minutes ago
Worth remembering they also lost to Forest mid week and couldn’t beat a United side in a cup semi that were there for the taking.

They’ve done remarkably well Brighton but we can’t copy their model entirely - they are a budget club who would see 6/7th as a major success. We Albee’s to aim higher.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t follow their scouting work, we absolutely should but it also needs to have top established players mixed in for us to continue going forwards as a club.
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All valid points but let's take each on its merit.

They did lose in the SF to United but that is because they lack quality in depth. Remember, United spent £2.5bn on their squad adding the likes of Casemiro, Anthony, Varane, Eriksen, Weghorst etc... in the end, that game was a bridge too far for them. Getting to SF is already a remarkable achievement for them

Brighton are a budget side and uinternally, work really hard to stay within their contraints - as I see this day in and out, living so close to the ground and reading local news.
Spurs, under Levy, have been spending like a budget club with some outlays on players that are purely based on chairman's whims and desires, than any actual demand from the manager. The list of players who were acquired relatively expensively but did not fit the manager's plans are massive for example, Ndombele, Danjuma, Bergwijn, Lo Celso, Richarlison, etc
Most of these players do not even play for the club...Some could argue for Danjuma/Richy but seriously that's like £70m there with those two alone!


We have basically become institutionally a failure in almost all departements of the club. Media, acquisition of players, bringing through the next gen of players, and recruitment of manager!
Everything to do with managing a Footballing club we have become rotten at!

Instead, we are now very good at concerts, US football and dazzling hospitality section.

posted on 30/4/23

I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 2 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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Says all you need to say about our losers at Spurs.
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The problem with people like levy is that they are so successful in money matters that they think they know better than everyone else at everything. So so so many good people have left spurs because they were limited or overruled by levy and Donna whatever her name is. They think they know better than the likes of Poch etc. That is why we have gone from one catastrophic football decision to another. They simply cannot help but get involved in matters they do not understand. It’s all ego. I’m a firefighter but I wouldn’t get involved in building the fire engines.

If levy could appoint a football director and have absolute zero control over it, and focus on Beyoncé and go karting, we probably would win stuff.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - Bronze medal khunt 2022 - Buy..Bellingham and another mid 20s Thiago type...lets just call him "frank" (U18109)
posted 15 minutes ago
Also it was Wolves who have been pathetic this season - they only managed to beat us 1-0.
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Wolves are inherently pathetic anyway and have not been at the same level since 1950s!
Yet their fans think they are still relevant

However, that comparison is unfair imo. Brighton's approach and gameplay yesterday was refreshing.

Nice attacking passages, with great link-up play, and direct attacking that we used to be known for.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 2 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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Says all you need to say about our losers at Spurs.
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The problem with people like levy is that they are so successful in money matters that they think they know better than everyone else at everything. So so so many good people have left spurs because they were limited or overruled by levy and Donna whatever her name is. They think they know better than the likes of Poch etc. That is why we have gone from one catastrophic football decision to another. They simply cannot help but get involved in matters they do not understand. It’s all ego. I’m a firefighter but I wouldn’t get involved in building the fire engines.

If levy could appoint a football director and have absolute zero control over it, and focus on Beyoncé and go karting, we probably would win stuff.
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That last sentence carries with it a very big IF

"If Levy could..." usually ends with Levy not doing it!

Instead he'll do the opposite

posted on 30/4/23

comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
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Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....

posted on 30/4/23

comment by (K̇ash) - Liverpool 7-0 Man U (U1108)
posted 12 minutes ago
Would your fan base be happy with cheap unknown kids who will take a few months to develop?
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If they have talent and hunger, then yes. Skipp for example is one such talent. It's the recent club policy to try to win trophies asap, neglecting those who are coming through the ranks, that has stopped this imo.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
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Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
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Heck, is he gets CL, Ryan deserves a statue outside the ground

It's a very remote chance!

posted on 30/4/23

*if

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
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Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
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I’d rather Mason than Enrique 👍

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
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Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
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I’d rather Mason than Enrique 👍
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I gave Ryan a 7 for the Utd game. His HT talk seemed to have galvanised a sorry looking team, and in the second half, we should have won it and were unlucky not to have - that's a remarkable turn around!
He is on L plate still though for me but utimately, if Ryan keeps getting the result then I have no issues in him being appointed as manager.

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
----------------------------------------------------------------------


I’d rather Mason than Enrique 👍
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I gave Ryan a 7 for the Utd game. His HT talk seemed to have galvanised a sorry looking team, and in the second half, we should have won it and were unlucky not to have - that's a remarkable turn around!
He is on L plate still though for me but utimately, if Ryan keeps getting the result then I have no issues in him being appointed as manager.
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Ultimately, as proven, it doesn’t matter who the manager is, the set up at spurs is so poor it nearly always fails. I’d rather have one of our own fighting for us than some Johnny big name fighting the board for 18 months and then leaving.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 31 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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That's not true though is it?

He left to take over Vancouver and remained on the board of Spurs for a year after. He is still a Spurs fan.

posted on 30/4/23

And him being at Brighton helped us get Bissouma

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
----------------------------------------------------------------------


I’d rather Mason than Enrique 👍
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I gave Ryan a 7 for the Utd game. His HT talk seemed to have galvanised a sorry looking team, and in the second half, we should have won it and were unlucky not to have - that's a remarkable turn around!
He is on L plate still though for me but utimately, if Ryan keeps getting the result then I have no issues in him being appointed as manager.
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Ultimately, as proven, it doesn’t matter who the manager is, the set up at spurs is so poor it nearly always fails. I’d rather have one of our own fighting for us than some Johnny big name fighting the board for 18 months and then leaving.
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On the flip side you don't want one of own to be damaged by the boundaries Levy sets.

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

comment by LukaBrasi COYS (U22178)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 31 minutes ago
Paul barber who is in the Brighton set up and responsible for a lot that is good there, left spurs a few years back because he couldn’t work with our board 👍
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That's not true though is it?

He left to take over Vancouver and remained on the board of Spurs for a year after. He is still a Spurs fan.
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This is true. But he didn’t come back to spurs. He went to Brighton. Many say this is due to differences with levy and others on our board. Fact is, he isn’t being amazing at spurs, he’s doing it at Brighton

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted on 30/4/23

comment by LukaBrasi COYS (U22178)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Citizen Smeg. Is Levy a Gooner? This is not Tottenham Hotspur (U6574)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Herd (U22980)
posted 9 minutes ago
I think Ryan Mason will be offered the permanent vacancy as its the cheapest option
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe, if Ryan gets the CL then for Levy that is like the Holy grail, and he will offer him the job....
----------------------------------------------------------------------


I’d rather Mason than Enrique 👍
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I gave Ryan a 7 for the Utd game. His HT talk seemed to have galvanised a sorry looking team, and in the second half, we should have won it and were unlucky not to have - that's a remarkable turn around!
He is on L plate still though for me but utimately, if Ryan keeps getting the result then I have no issues in him being appointed as manager.
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Ultimately, as proven, it doesn’t matter who the manager is, the set up at spurs is so poor it nearly always fails. I’d rather have one of our own fighting for us than some Johnny big name fighting the board for 18 months and then leaving.
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On the flip side you don't want one of own to be damaged by the boundaries Levy sets.
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True. But at least I won’t despise hearing him interviewed after every game.

posted on 30/4/23

I dont get the obsession with Brighton. They play once a week. They have no expensive stars on wage demands. We have gems it's just most fans demand prem experience. Same reason some fans didn't give Spence a chance because he hadn't played in prem before or a higher league.

Grass is always greener with some Spurs fans. We have talent in our squad they are mainly attacking and we haven't had attacking coaches since Poch. Alfie Devine and co should be playing more often.

posted on 30/4/23

comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 58 minutes ago
I dont get the obsession with Brighton. They play once a week. They have no expensive stars on wage demands. We have gems it's just most fans demand prem experience. Same reason some fans didn't give Spence a chance because he hadn't played in prem before or a higher league.

Grass is always greener with some Spurs fans. We have talent in our squad they are mainly attacking and we haven't had attacking coaches since Poch. Alfie Devine and co should be playing more often.
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Considering their resources compared to ours and the style of football it is easy to be impressed by them.

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