Summer 2018 Spurs were slightly ahead of us. We then spent £195m they spent zero and 2 years later we’re English, European and World champions and they’re not even going to qualify for the Europa League. Levy has strangled the life out of that club
— Phil (@ShippyLennon) March 10, 2020
The mood in the Tottenham fanbase is perhaps best described as awkward these days. The collapse of Mauricio Pochettino’s “philosophy” driven spell at Spurs hurt everyone that emotionally invested in the Argentine.
Appointing one of the world’s greatest coaches has also failed to stem the inevitable collapse of a football side that has found itself playing second fiddle to “infrastructure” development – for years.
A club with a billion-pound stadium and world-class training facilities is in trouble. This blog did do its very best to warn readers of the likely outcome of this business model. Those that sneered and scoffed, appear to have lost their little voices of late.
Sanchez£42m,N’Dombele£54m,Aurier£23m,Sessegnon£25m,Foyth£8m,and Clarke£8m maybe we just didn’t spend £160m on the right players ? Spending big money doesn’t guarantee buying the right players,when I look at what Sheff Utd are doing with a starting eleven who cost in the region of £40m and have the second best defence only letting in four more goals than Liverpool.No stars just hard work and good coaching.Leicester make stars then sell them,Kante,Mahrez,and Maguire and reinvest Who’s to say that if Spurs sold Kane & Dele for £200m and put another £50m to the fund that they couldn’t put out a better TEAM,with proper back up in times of injuries.The Liverpool fan failed to say they mostly spent their money through player sales not the owners money.Spurs nett spend over the last five seasons is more than Liverpool.
Our demise was predictable from january last year, as a fan you denied it until only hope it wasnt true was left, then reality hit in the new year a summer of the same good acquisitions but not what we needed. Now we approach summer slowly and jose has identified 4 positions, and again you know if not in denial we will sign 2 players 3 max only 1 in the identified positions (probably rb). the highlight if levy’s reign has been bargain acquisitions and hope installed by poch. Remove then and you see how much he has failed.