I mentioned to you previously that it was my considered opinion that phrases such as ‘The Tottenham Way’ or ‘West Ham way’ are essentially meaningless and at worst an attempt to corrupt language in order to mask other underlying, and frequently more grievous, problems.
If we take West Ham as a point in case, when they were losing, pretty unpleasant scenes emerged, with fans menacing one of the owners outside the stadium, and fans duffing each other during games. Enter Davie Moyles with the ability to get more than a few wins under his belt, and the healing power of winning brings harmony and joy to once furrowed brows.
The same can be said with the overindulgence going on with the phrase, ‘Tottenham DNA’ which, like the ‘[insert club name here] Way’ sounds great but under even the most modest inspection doesn’t really count for very much at all, it’s just another nebulous excuse for not winning.
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This Tweet from the club was met with a wall of disinterest from the overwhelming bulk of fans that opted to reply.
Speaking of dele, dele did something to really pi55 Jose of when Jose was at Chelsea and Jose has never forgiven him. Jose can hold a grudge. Dele knew the reason why he wasn’t getting games that’s why he held his tongue
We needed to sell (especially gazza) broke. That £5mil saved us.
Max%
Miracles do happen man. COYS
Yep. Silverware silverware silverware
We out grew the old lane. What’s so hard in that to understand. Move on man
I make you right
It’s silverware, it has to be silverware – that is what goes into the record books. Nt “oh they finished 4th and had a jolly good go at getting out of their Champions League group”
Have you realised that the phrase ” The <your club name> way” is mostly associated with the clubs like Spurs, Arsenal, Everton, West Ham, Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Napoli, Florentina etc? You rarely hear the words “The Man City Way”, or Chelsea, Barca, Real, Juve etc. In my opinion that’s because the supporters of the clubs that actually win things have bigger and more significant things to indulge in. Sure these clubs have a distinct style but When City walk the League, their supporters don’t give others a lecture on the style of play, they just celebrate the fact that they’re first. Liverpool fans don’t regurgitate the number of sprints, recoveries, distance ran, successful presses and counterattacks etc. Pundits do that. The supporters just dance in the ecstasy of being European Champions and their first league title in 20 years. Even Juve supporters didn’t complained too much under Conte and Allegri because they were too busy rubbing their success in the faces of the Inter/AC Milan supporters. I didn’t hear many Real supporters complaining about the Counterattacking tactics and less than 60% possession against elite sides. Maybe they were too busy celebrating back to back to back Champions League triumphs.
The clubs who brandish words like DNA, style of play, or philosophy etc are once who haven’t won anything. You know, like us. Mourinho had us on top around Christmas. Imagine a scenario where Mourinho had been given Skriniar and managed to sustain the league position while also winning the League Cup on the way. How many people would be complaining about the style? Style is important as it brings you joy, but that joy pales in comparison with the joy of seeing your captain lifting the trophy. Most of us Spurs fans won’t know because we haven’t won anything yet.
Any level of tangible achievement this season will be a miracle…
Smashed it!
If the club does possess a DNA it was carved out during our history back when we won stuff, the Double winning side, Bill Nic and all of that.
Levy and ENIC’s tenure has only caused damage to the club’s ‘DNA’. WHL was the physical embodiment of the clubs ‘DNA’ and they tore it down, since then the team has gone backwards.
For Levy to even mention the concept of a club ‘DNA’ and/or that he understands it or relates to it is nothing short of insulting to the fanbase.
This whole ‘DNA’ thing is marketing tool, no doubt the clubs’ press office have created the hashtag; #THFC_DNA or some other meaningless tripe.
Levy is just completely out of touch with with the supporters so why he feels he’s in a position to bleat on about the club’s ‘DNA’ I really have no idea. I’m just running out of descriptions for the way he conducts is running of Tottenham Hotspur…
You know what? It’s all a game and I don’t care. Social media and PR is all silly buggers that adds a lot of nothing of value but costs a lot of pain with the oh so simple own goal. Levy wants to sell a message? Fine, he can go do that. I ain’t buying, and I won’t until the on pitch product starts showing something interesting.
The proof will be in the eating (well, playing) and I’m so far past being fully engaged by the circus and my miserable covid life that all I care about is going on holiday shortly.
Lets have a look at our DNA under Daniel Levy;
Hoddle: too aloof. failure
Santini: lasted 3 months
Jol: free flowing attacking losing football
Ramos: 1 cup left us 3rd from bottom
Redknapp: great to watch but ultimately top 4 was our ceiling (Saha/Ryan Neleson stock piling cash for stadium))
AVB: suffered tonkings at the hands of Man City and Liverpool before getting the bullet
Sherwood: abysmal under him
Poch: put together a great 1st 11 but was denied opportunity to build a winning team because winning is not in Daniels DNA
Jose: his winning DNA wasn’t Levys cup if tea
Its a worry Levy coming out with this DNA bull especially if he is referring to his own car crash of a tenure.
Desperate times call for desperate minds
For H it is silverware, dear boy 👍
Well in.👍
DNA = Daniel Not Accountable
Nuno got his first of many, many hymn sheets through the fax 📠.
Yet another front for more failure. Take the money, don’t rock the boat and say what we want you to say.
Levys waiting for the NFL season.
Lest not forget that DNA came from Rowe’s League winning Push and Run and Bill’s 60s tubthumping serial winners. Burkinshaw continued this by winning things after we lost our way with Terry Neil. The key word is winning! That is what’s been lost in the narrative in the Prem years. We actually used to win things whilst playing good footy.
David Pleat did a similar job to Poch, great football but always the bridesmaid. El Tel was stopped in the midst of a financial disaster. Name me a team that would sign Lineker and sell Waddle? With them two and Gazza we were heading places. After 91 it rapidly went downhill. Gazza and Lineker left and we have been left with a plethora of average teams with the odd worldie thrown in.
A club of Spurs’ size should have greater ambitions than Dele megging the opposition and a fancy Ndom turn.
Please make those rumours to be true!
I’d say more DNR than DNA.
Our club or rather team is on life support. Sadly the only Dr on call is Levy.
We’re Fu*ked !
Can Nuno make Dele Alli the next Grealish? Not if Alli is sold to Villa, as the rumours sugest.
‘Winning is the metric’… but what level of winning will be considered good enough by season end? Winning a cup? Winning enough games to get into the top four by the end of the season? Winning the premier league?
What’s enough to ‘make you care’?
For H it is top 4 or top 6. Too light for me. Need a top 4 and/or a cup win.
HH you KNOW there are still some who do actually cling to that phrase & other mumbo-jumbo like life depends on it.
Wait & see….