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posted 2 weeks ago

It won’t.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 28 minutes ago
Those that are criticising Romero for his performances this season are right to do so. However, don't let that get lost in the bigger picture. The bigger picture is definitely that the club has not gone that extra mile (ever) in order to build a squad capable of winning things.

That's why I'm not part of the Ange-out brigade. He has his faults, but he needs a squad that has quality in depth. Let's hope the rebuild continues in January
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I do agree with this but I also think that some fans are overlooking the extent of the changes that are necessary. By the time the next 2 windows are done, we will have likely spent about £0.5bn.

That will have taken the squad and revamped it with about 15 players in a squad of 25, with the OGs being Son, Deki, Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr, Romero, Davies, Richarlison. Pretty much everyone else will have changes and even some of the OGs may well go. SO this is a massive rebuild of the squad. Not a strategy to load it with quality to be the best immediately, but substantial rebuild that will stand us in good stead for years to come. That is always going to be a bit of spending for now and spending for the future and i put on another post the other day that about 80% of the £350m under Ange has been on first team and back up, and the rest (kids like Gray, Bergvall, Odobert, Phillips) has been on future.

I am willing to be patient with this rebuild Whether Ange is good enough to make it work is a different matter, but if we spend another £150m in the next windows and get decent CB & LB backup, a quality CM and wide attacker then we are well set, whoever is at the helm.

For me that is the timeframe that a substantial rebuild of the squad takes - £0.5bn over three summer windows. So i am not going to have a go a the board for spending £350m on Ange and say we lack ambition. But if next summer its more expensive 18/19yo's then i will feel like we are building for a future that's never coming. It needs to be 2 or 3 really good players in key positions, and some decent back up (whether that's young or experienced it matters less, so long as they can genuinely step in without us being weakened.)

posted 2 weeks ago

Ange is a facking yes man. Wants to get arsey with interviewers and reporters but then bends over for levy and these crap signings.

Bring back Conte 😂😂😂

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Its funny that he point at Liverpool, A team that bought no one this summer bar a sick note from Italy, and a club who we routinely outspend.

None of Gakpo, Nunez, Jota, Endo, Szoboszlai have been particularly stand out signings. Very decent but nothing to rave about. Their squad is still held together by a lot of the old guard and it will be interesting to see how they transition to a rebuild when the likes of TAA, Salah, VVD move on/retire because these are the WC experienced and successful leaders that hold them together are remain the core of the squad and club.

We dont have that to build from and while i agree with Romero that we need to reinforce further, he also needs to look at himself. Davies has been more reliable at CB this season than Romero.

If Romero doesnt drop off and lose Vardy, doesnt get lost tracking Gabriel, doesnt step up when the whole defence is dropping vs NUFC, doesnt stand and watch instead of marking his man vs BHA, then we're at least 5 points better off, we have not lost half our games, we are not giving opposition hope that any minute now we'll feck up and gift you something.

Sort your ownshiiit out first Romero before pointing the finger!


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So what about when Liverpool actually backed their manager and spent £75m+ on VVD and near enough £40m for Allison two world class/first team players that would benefit and strengthen the team.

Not youth or B grade average players??!!

comment by Phenom (U20037)

posted 2 weeks ago

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/13201254/cristian-romero-exclusive-tottenham-defender-says-club-can-create-something-special-to-end-16-year-trophy-wait

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 28 minutes ago
Those that are criticising Romero for his performances this season are right to do so. However, don't let that get lost in the bigger picture. The bigger picture is definitely that the club has not gone that extra mile (ever) in order to build a squad capable of winning things.

That's why I'm not part of the Ange-out brigade. He has his faults, but he needs a squad that has quality in depth. Let's hope the rebuild continues in January
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I do agree with this but I also think that some fans are overlooking the extent of the changes that are necessary. By the time the next 2 windows are done, we will have likely spent about £0.5bn.

That will have taken the squad and revamped it with about 15 players in a squad of 25, with the OGs being Son, Deki, Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr, Romero, Davies, Richarlison. Pretty much everyone else will have changes and even some of the OGs may well go. SO this is a massive rebuild of the squad. Not a strategy to load it with quality to be the best immediately, but substantial rebuild that will stand us in good stead for years to come. That is always going to be a bit of spending for now and spending for the future and i put on another post the other day that about 80% of the £350m under Ange has been on first team and back up, and the rest (kids like Gray, Bergvall, Odobert, Phillips) has been on future.

I am willing to be patient with this rebuild Whether Ange is good enough to make it work is a different matter, but if we spend another £150m in the next windows and get decent CB & LB backup, a quality CM and wide attacker then we are well set, whoever is at the helm.

For me that is the timeframe that a substantial rebuild of the squad takes - £0.5bn over three summer windows. So i am not going to have a go a the board for spending £350m on Ange and say we lack ambition. But if next summer its more expensive 18/19yo's then i will feel like we are building for a future that's never coming. It needs to be 2 or 3 really good players in key positions, and some decent back up (whether that's young or experienced it matters less, so long as they can genuinely step in without us being weakened.)
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Dev, your posts are always well constructed and apparently well researched. However, I can't agree that Ange has been well backed.

He lost our record goal scorer on the eve of his first PL campaign and a new striker (Solanke) was not signed until the following summer.

I also refuse to believe that signing Werner on loan (and resigning him on loan) was purely down to Werner's abilities. It was everything to do with the club trying to find a bargain for what was considered to be an experienced player.

The Odobert deal came out of nowhere in summer (again a bargain) and whilst Gray and Begrvall are good prospects for the future, they're not the players that Ange needed this season and he's the one copping the flack for it.

posted 2 weeks ago

Everybody but the massively delusional knows that Levy is the problem, but you'll still get staunch Levyista's like Levyshire and Levypher

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted 2 weeks ago

You can't not point at Levy, I mean look at his record - 1 cup in 20 years. He held us back through those Redknapp and Poch years from better things and so many of his footballing decisions have been bad and backfired. That said, he has spent more money than we're used to seeing from him and he has backed Ange IMO more than any previous Spurs manager. You can argue some of the profile of signings should have been different but should we have expected more from this season so far? Absolutely. This is on Ange as well.

I'm in two minds about wanting to give him more time and more money to spend because I'm not entirely sure it's going to give us the results people want with his approach. An underperforming player coming out in support of him doesn't change my feeling about that.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by ●Billy The Spur● LEVY OUT- ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 17 minutes ago
Everybody but the massively delusional knows that Levy is the problem, but you'll still get staunch Levyista's like Levyshire and Levypher
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Exactly Billy.

Still a couple of die hards who support him, but they’re looking more and more ridiculous.

posted 2 weeks ago

Romero is 100% right..,

Sick to death of Spurs underachieving..: been going on too long now….

If the players are getting past it, injury prone or just not performing….ship them out, bring new ones in… it’s what the other top clubs do… there’s no room for sentiment here…

I’d Levy can’t do it… sell out to someone who can… enough is enough… absolutely sick of it… we’ve not won anything for 16 years… ffs!!

posted 2 weeks ago

Yes of course Romero is spot on but you also get the impression it’s engineered in his favour too either by himself or his agent to get his own exit sorted….he wants out which is understandable.

posted 2 weeks ago

Romero is correct about Levy - there are only a couple of fans blind to Levy’s short comings. Everyone in football knows what to expect - hence why we have struggled to attract top end managers and he’d to settle for the likes of Nuno and Ange. Conte only came for the pay day after initially turning us down.

However, Romero can faaaack right off as well. If he put half the effort in for us that he does for Argentina then we would have more points - he has cost us loads this season, mostly played dog schitt and is now out for another 6 weeks - if he wasn’t ready he should have just said no, some leader he is.

We’re just painfully mediocre, Levy isn’t a good enough chairman/owner, Ange isn’t a good enough manager and half our squad isn’t good enough.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by JimmyGreaves (U21183)
posted 1 minute ago
Yes of course Romero is spot on but you also get the impression it’s engineered in his favour too either by himself or his agent to get his own exit sorted….he wants out which is understandable.
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Bearing in mind we paid £50m for him, he can faaack off with any offer of £60m or above. Problem is, who is paying that for a CB susceptible to injury and loss of concentration.

posted 2 weeks ago

There are plenty of worse defenders than Romero that have been sold for £50mil+ - most of them are at Man utd.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by GJ #COYS (U23170)
posted 9 minutes ago
There are plenty of worse defenders than Romero that have been sold for £50mil+ - most of them are at Man utd.
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Let’s hope Madrids interest is real and get shot. We never get 100% from him and he loves an injury. I think we can get someone possibly with slightly less ability but who can stay fit, concentrated and give maximum effort.

comment by Mack (U6574)

posted 2 weeks ago

Remember when Liverpool bought Mane and we bought sissoko because the wages were cheaper ?

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Mack (U6574)
posted 12 minutes ago
Remember when Liverpool bought Mane and we bought sissoko because the wages were cheaper ?


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Vintage Levy

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by GJ #COYS (U23170)
posted 9 minutes ago
There are plenty of worse defenders than Romero that have been sold for £50mil+ - most of them are at Man utd.
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Let’s hope Madrids interest is real and get shot. We never get 100% from him and he loves an injury. I think we can get someone possibly with slightly less ability but who can stay fit, concentrated and give maximum effort.
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Yes, getting rid of our best players should sort things out.

posted 2 weeks ago

You could understand this coming from someone like Son or Kane when he was there. Romero lacks the self awareness to realise he’s one of the biggest problems with the team.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
You could understand this coming from someone like Son or Kane when he was there. Romero lacks the self awareness to realise he’s one of the biggest problems with the team.
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Romero is not the problem.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by GJ #COYS (U23170)
posted 9 minutes ago
There are plenty of worse defenders than Romero that have been sold for £50mil+ - most of them are at Man utd.
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Let’s hope Madrids interest is real and get shot. We never get 100% from him and he loves an injury. I think we can get someone possibly with slightly less ability but who can stay fit, concentrated and give maximum effort.
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Yes, getting rid of our best players should sort things out.
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Yeah keeping uncommitted players who are regularly injured and can’t keep concentrating is the way forwards

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
You could understand this coming from someone like Son or Kane when he was there. Romero lacks the self awareness to realise he’s one of the biggest problems with the team.
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Romero is not the problem.
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He is a problem, it’s undeniable.

He can’t concentrate, he has cost us loads of points this season.

He gets injured regularly

We don’t get the Argentina version of Romero, we get the Spurs knock off.

Anything around £60m will do and we can find a better partner for Mickey

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 9 seconds ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
You could understand this coming from someone like Son or Kane when he was there. Romero lacks the self awareness to realise he’s one of the biggest problems with the team.
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Romero is not the problem.
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He is a problem, it’s undeniable.

He can’t concentrate, he has cost us loads of points this season.

He gets injured regularly

We don’t get the Argentina version of Romero, we get the Spurs knock off.

Anything around £60m will do and we can find a better partner for Mickey
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So you think he’s garbage, but you expect in excess of £60M for him?

You make no sense.

posted 2 weeks ago

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 9 seconds ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
You could understand this coming from someone like Son or Kane when he was there. Romero lacks the self awareness to realise he’s one of the biggest problems with the team.
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Romero is not the problem.
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He is a problem, it’s undeniable.

He can’t concentrate, he has cost us loads of points this season.

He gets injured regularly

We don’t get the Argentina version of Romero, we get the Spurs knock off.

Anything around £60m will do and we can find a better partner for Mickey
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So you think he’s garbage, but you expect in excess of £60M for him?

You make no sense.
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You would make a great point Auto - if I actually said he is garbage, but unfortunately for you I didn’t.

What I said is he is injury prone - this does not equal garbage

I said he cannot keep concentration - this does not equal garbage

And I said we do not get the Argentina version, we get the Spurs knock off - this does not equal garbage.

Try again Auto, you might get it right next time

posted 2 weeks ago

I will state my position again for the hard of learning.

Romero is right about Levy.

Romero has also been absolutely gash this season and I question his commitment to the club. I believe this lack of commitment is causing concentration issues.

In addition

Levy isn’t good enough

Ange isn’t good enough

Half our squad isn’t good enough

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