RC is foomin'
Alright mate, you win, we didn't win the league because city just have a much better squad than us. It was a mental thing.
Looks like I joined this thread too late. It's got to THAT point.
I hate it when this shiiiit happens. It's so dull when the slanging matches start.
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 10 minutes ago
Looks like I joined this thread too late. It's got to THAT point.
I hate it when this shiiiit happens. It's so dull when the slanging matches start.
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Need to get up earlier Fridge, I seem to be a khunt magnet
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
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The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
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The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
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Of course he knew that - that’s why I challenged him as soon as he posted that shiete, from Jan 2020 until now. It’s also why he isn’t been back since, he is wrong and he knows it.
In what world do Liverpool not spend more than Spurs?
I don’t know why some Liverpool fans find it so distasteful that their side spends money. There will be some out there still claiming they are just spending the Coutinho money
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
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posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
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Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
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You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
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Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
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Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
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Mental depth would definitely help
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How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 3 seconds ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
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Of course he knew that - that’s why I challenged him as soon as he posted that shiete, from Jan 2020 until now. It’s also why he isn’t been back since, he is wrong and he knows it.
In what world do Liverpool not spend more than Spurs?
I don’t know why some Liverpool fans find it so distasteful that their side spends money. There will be some out there still claiming they are just spending the Coutinho money
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Their delusion is typified by the laughable claim that "they didnt spend £35m on Carroll, but Chelsea did" on the basis that Chelsea bought Torres and LFC spent the money on Carroll.
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
comment by ●Billy The Spur● LEVY OUT- ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 20 minutes ago
Rice is realistically a £40m player, he is nowhere near the level of a prime Mousa Dembele or Rodri
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He’s better than Rodri and who the hell is Mousa Dembele?!
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You haven't lived unless you knew Moussa Dembele the only midfielder others used to dread playing against -- could not get the ball off him
Need to grow up son, stop reading comic books!
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Sounds a bit like Patrick Vieira - but I’m betting Vieira won a lot more
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Patrick Vieira has played in as many Champions league finals as Harry Winks did you know?
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I didn’t know Vieira ever played in a CL Final tbh - for Inter?
But he played in 2 (two) World Cup Finals & a Euro Final, winning both competitions.
I just googled Moussa Dembele and he’s some French guy who plays striker for Lyon and used to play for Celtic lol
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
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Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
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You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
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Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
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Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
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Mental depth would definitely help
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How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
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Before that liverpool game we were 8 points clear with City having a game in hand but with still us to play them away.
So it really wasn't much of a lead, we thought we would drop points against City, Liverpool and Newcastle.
I think if we would've lost the league that way then it wouldn't have been so bad, but the draw against West Ham and Southampton was very poor for me.
The Brighton lost was annoying too, but they are our bogey team I don't think we've beaten them at home for a long while.
Spurs fans have so much PTSD they think all it takes to win things is to be mentally resilient.
Sorry lads, when you win a big trophy, you'll understand. You have to have the right level of talent in the squad too. Rob holding is simply not good enough.
Imagine relying on a slightly better version of dav. Sanchez to win you a league. It just isn't happening.
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
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Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
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You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
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Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
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Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
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Mental depth would definitely help
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How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
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Exactly, they were stumbling well before that - last minute winner against Bournemouth to drag themselves over the line in that game.
West Ham had them rocking, Liverpool should have beaten them and then City absolutely crushed them.
It was great watching them mentally shrink at the end - no leader taking control, calming them down, they just stopped taking selfies and bombing instagram and instead retreated back into their shells
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 7 seconds ago
Spurs fans have so much PTSD they think all it takes to win things is to be mentally resilient.
Sorry lads, when you win a big trophy, you'll understand. You have to have the right level of talent in the squad too. Rob holding is simply not good enough.
Imagine relying on a slightly better version of dav. Sanchez to win you a league. It just isn't happening.
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A mentally resilient Man United won plenty with world superstars like David May, Jesper Blomqvist, Phil Neville
You could get away with that in those days, because the rest of the league were unserious alcoholics. Also, they weren't going up against a financially doped juggernaut like man city.
Like I said, you won't understand.
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 15 minutes ago
You could get away with that in those days, because the rest of the league were unserious alcoholics. Also, they weren't going up against a financially doped juggernaut like man city.
Like I said, you won't understand.
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Sure mate.
Well done by the way, you’ve definitely won this argument, completely shown me up, I will go away and really think on the very valid and legitimate points you have made
Thanks man. Didn't realise it was so important to you
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
comment by Edinspuroglou (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
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They did it comfortably within the rules in the exact same way that we could if Levy wanted to - were not hostage to any situation other than Levy
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
comment by Edinspuroglou (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
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They did it comfortably within the rules in the exact same way that we could if Levy wanted to - were not hostage to any situation other than Levy
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But Aubameyang (roughly) was on £300k a week (5 year contract) and cost £60m - and his contract was tore up with 18 months left.
Through amortisation they’d have left to disclose £9m of the fee and £21.6m from his wages. £31.6m is a hefty chunk of their FFP - which is why i was wondering about it
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posted on 14/7/23
RC is foomin'
Alright mate, you win, we didn't win the league because city just have a much better squad than us. It was a mental thing.
posted on 14/7/23
Looks like I joined this thread too late. It's got to THAT point.
I hate it when this shiiiit happens. It's so dull when the slanging matches start.
posted on 14/7/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 10 minutes ago
Looks like I joined this thread too late. It's got to THAT point.
I hate it when this shiiiit happens. It's so dull when the slanging matches start.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Need to get up earlier Fridge, I seem to be a khunt magnet
posted on 14/7/23
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course he knew that - that’s why I challenged him as soon as he posted that shiete, from Jan 2020 until now. It’s also why he isn’t been back since, he is wrong and he knows it.
In what world do Liverpool not spend more than Spurs?
I don’t know why some Liverpool fans find it so distasteful that their side spends money. There will be some out there still claiming they are just spending the Coutinho money
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
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Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
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Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mental depth would definitely help
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 3 seconds ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by InBefore (U20589)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Someone should tell spurs fans Levys spent 680m on transfers since 2019.
680m in 4 yearsAnd theyve not really sold anyone in those 4 years either so net wont be far off that either.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best means to compare spending is to look at the amortisation of player registrations.
Liverpool's is about £110m a year, meaning that this amount goes out every season (in accounting terms) on transfer.
Spurs is about £80m a year.
These figures reflect spending over time (typically the length of a contract), usually 5 or more years, so is a good indication or levels and trend of spending.
Liverpool's total wages are about £325m a year compared to Spurs £210m. These take in all staff, and less official sources show it to be £165m vs £110m on players wages, so their player wages about 50% more than Spurs.
Spurs & LFCs profit on player trading is broadly the same at £30m per season on average
So if you take these annual costs, Liverpool are spending on average about £85m more a season on transfers and wages
BTW if you broaden you sample size, in 2018 Spurs spent £0 while Liverpool Spent £160m, but i'm sure you knew that
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course he knew that - that’s why I challenged him as soon as he posted that shiete, from Jan 2020 until now. It’s also why he isn’t been back since, he is wrong and he knows it.
In what world do Liverpool not spend more than Spurs?
I don’t know why some Liverpool fans find it so distasteful that their side spends money. There will be some out there still claiming they are just spending the Coutinho money
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Their delusion is typified by the laughable claim that "they didnt spend £35m on Carroll, but Chelsea did" on the basis that Chelsea bought Torres and LFC spent the money on Carroll.
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
comment by ●Billy The Spur● LEVY OUT- ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 20 minutes ago
Rice is realistically a £40m player, he is nowhere near the level of a prime Mousa Dembele or Rodri
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He’s better than Rodri and who the hell is Mousa Dembele?!
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You haven't lived unless you knew Moussa Dembele the only midfielder others used to dread playing against -- could not get the ball off him
Need to grow up son, stop reading comic books!
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Sounds a bit like Patrick Vieira - but I’m betting Vieira won a lot more
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Patrick Vieira has played in as many Champions league finals as Harry Winks did you know?
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I didn’t know Vieira ever played in a CL Final tbh - for Inter?
But he played in 2 (two) World Cup Finals & a Euro Final, winning both competitions.
posted on 14/7/23
I just googled Moussa Dembele and he’s some French guy who plays striker for Lyon and used to play for Celtic lol
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mental depth would definitely help
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
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Before that liverpool game we were 8 points clear with City having a game in hand but with still us to play them away.
So it really wasn't much of a lead, we thought we would drop points against City, Liverpool and Newcastle.
I think if we would've lost the league that way then it wouldn't have been so bad, but the draw against West Ham and Southampton was very poor for me.
The Brighton lost was annoying too, but they are our bogey team I don't think we've beaten them at home for a long while.
posted on 14/7/23
Spurs fans have so much PTSD they think all it takes to win things is to be mentally resilient.
Sorry lads, when you win a big trophy, you'll understand. You have to have the right level of talent in the squad too. Rob holding is simply not good enough.
Imagine relying on a slightly better version of dav. Sanchez to win you a league. It just isn't happening.
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Make 1984 fiction again (U8398)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - After 40 years Maf lost his trophy virginity to Florence (U18109)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 14 minutes ago
Scoring goals was not our problem last season, we scored loads. Defending became a huge issue after saliba got injured.
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Your problems were all mental, as soon as you could see the finish line your players went all Spursy and City just rolled right over you.
I promise you, next season you won’t even be close with ten games to go
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You know, you don't have to project your own team's weaknesses onto us.
Yes, maybe a bit more mental fortitude could have helped, but the issue was largely a squad depth one. We look to be rectifying that this summer, but we shall see how it ends up.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Didn't Arsenal bottle top four the season before as well. I suggest it is Arsenal that have a mental weakness, not Spurs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Same reason, lack of squad depth. However I do believe we could improve mentally too, but at a minimum we need a better squad depth which we don't have yet
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mental depth would definitely help
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How many points clear were they before they let 2-0 leads slip vs Liverpool and then West Ham and then drew at home vs bottom team Saints. Didnt even have European or cup distractions at that point !
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Exactly, they were stumbling well before that - last minute winner against Bournemouth to drag themselves over the line in that game.
West Ham had them rocking, Liverpool should have beaten them and then City absolutely crushed them.
It was great watching them mentally shrink at the end - no leader taking control, calming them down, they just stopped taking selfies and bombing instagram and instead retreated back into their shells
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 7 seconds ago
Spurs fans have so much PTSD they think all it takes to win things is to be mentally resilient.
Sorry lads, when you win a big trophy, you'll understand. You have to have the right level of talent in the squad too. Rob holding is simply not good enough.
Imagine relying on a slightly better version of dav. Sanchez to win you a league. It just isn't happening.
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A mentally resilient Man United won plenty with world superstars like David May, Jesper Blomqvist, Phil Neville
posted on 14/7/23
You could get away with that in those days, because the rest of the league were unserious alcoholics. Also, they weren't going up against a financially doped juggernaut like man city.
Like I said, you won't understand.
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 15 minutes ago
You could get away with that in those days, because the rest of the league were unserious alcoholics. Also, they weren't going up against a financially doped juggernaut like man city.
Like I said, you won't understand.
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Sure mate.
Well done by the way, you’ve definitely won this argument, completely shown me up, I will go away and really think on the very valid and legitimate points you have made
posted on 14/7/23
Thanks man. Didn't realise it was so important to you
posted on 14/7/23
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Edinspuroglou (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
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They did it comfortably within the rules in the exact same way that we could if Levy wanted to - were not hostage to any situation other than Levy
posted on 14/7/23
comment by Striketeam7 - the smartest person you know - A... (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
comment by Edinspuroglou (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
I don’t quite understand how they got around it with the torn up contracts. Surely the amortisation + remaining wage ends up making it difficult to be FFP compliant?
Unless they happened to do it in that non-FFP covid window?
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They did it comfortably within the rules in the exact same way that we could if Levy wanted to - were not hostage to any situation other than Levy
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But Aubameyang (roughly) was on £300k a week (5 year contract) and cost £60m - and his contract was tore up with 18 months left.
Through amortisation they’d have left to disclose £9m of the fee and £21.6m from his wages. £31.6m is a hefty chunk of their FFP - which is why i was wondering about it
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