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    How much will we spend this January?

    I think its time that many of our so called flops were moved on. We don't need the money we just need to get rid of the attitude. I am sure that that both club and plenty of these players will be happy to move on and put this all behind them before their reputations are damaged any further.
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    Sugar Daddy - Yea or Nay?

    Agreed. The status quo is not working. 1. I would like to see our club to lead on moral issues in the game, commitments by players not to dive etc. 2. Reduce the short-term-ism culture. Treat players and managers as people, looking as them less as commodities and more as investments, etc...
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    Premier League Club Accounts

    I would say that the whole reason why the EPL earns so much money is because most games are competitive. Its the secret of the financial success - with a more capitalist model after a few years then the total pot would reduce. After that, I would say that only one or two clubs would really...
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    Premier League Club Accounts

    These lists are always very interesting. Average wages in EPL ten times greater than most leagues and double than those in the top 5. Question is: Why don't English clubs win and totally dominate the European football competitions more often?
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    Ex-managers: I'm pining for the past and cannot move on

    Re: So, the big elephant in the room... You can't judge a good manager on a season, even three seasons of football. They can suffer from luck in terms of injuries to key players/referee errors etc. We seem to want manager of the moment rather than experience.
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    ENIC

    In the context of history, we haven't be relegated but we haven't won a major honor since 1991. Its been mediocre. In 1988/89 we signed Gazza, the best talent of his generation. We also signed Klindsmann in 1994. It's hard to compare the club now with then, we are much closer to the George...
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    Ex-managers: I'm pining for the past and cannot move on

    Re: So, the big elephant in the room... Nice summary. I would also like to add that only Harry Redknapp had more than 2 seasons of PL experience before starting. Furthermore you couldn't even say that any of the others were particularly experienced even outside the PL. This experience might...
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    ENIC

    I would love to think that MP has been given a season to make decisions about his/the squad. However the reality is that he is a very easy spacegoat for the failure of others prior to his appointment. For me, there are no longer any excuses for Levy's mismanagement since he fired Redknapp. The...
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    So many areas of concern --where to start?

    Yep, he got himself sacked. What was odd was how he didnt see what he was giving up was bigger than the England job.
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    So many areas of concern --where to start?

    Van Gaal said it will take 3 years to get utd back on track. It also applies to us. One issue we have is that we've picked our coach now, a coach whom plays in a style which doesn't suit the players. He must now find a way to play which does suit the players and move toward his philosophy. A...
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    There is nothing new in getting psychologists working with the team. However it would be interesting to hear from you how plan to integrate the "desire" factor into their sessions and where the experts are going wrong with the senior players especially. It would be good to understand how you...
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    Lot of other posters on here are detailing what they consider what desire translates to in the real world no need to add to these. My point is that these represent specifically what needs to be worked on directly rather than "desire" itself.
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    I don't think "desire" means anything specific at all. It is another way of saying all they need is a little "je ne sais pas"! What's worse is that there is a perception that there is a switch for managers to turn which results in greater "desire". A better term for "desire" would be "be better...
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    I think what people mean by "desire" is that they want to the team to win but they aren't good enough. It's a lazy term like "play with pride" or worse "with passion"! Football is about controlling your emotional state and thinking of clearly when you are exhausted, running, then taking...
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    It also shows how harshly we have been punished too...I.e. Our mistakes are more likely to result in a goal rather than a miss. Does that make us a bit more unlucky?
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    My point is "what is desire" and how do you define it? Does it mean running after everything? Is it simply body language? Does it mean not being tall as it makes you look slower and lethargic? Does it mean be good when you are average? Does it mean inspire others? I don't think "desire"...
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    Is this the real problem at Spurs?

    Desire? Way to simplistic and impossible to define. If it were about desire then why not pick the front row of the home end stand? It's about the culture around the players, coaching, support staff, fans and media. A good example is the last season of Alex Ferguson and the first of moyes...
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    Leadership

    I don't doubt that this website is strictly correct on net spend data (I haven't looked through the way it calculates it). I also don't doubt that your intent is to illustrate that tottenham cannot compete with Chelsea, Emirates Marketing Project and Man Utd in terms of transfer kitty and wages. This is of course...
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    Leadership

    Too early to judge Poch - in fact the media/fans are starting to look above him. We may have seen better performances from some but none of those three are yet to justify their fees yet - far from it! I agree that we should consider it all in May but I would expect Poch to be the fall guy then...
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    Leadership

    Fair enough but that's a historic trend measured over 5 -10 years. However, it is the responsibility of management to add value to that net spend in the short term. who's worth more now than the day the signed? Not many of the major signings. Not many of baldini's! This season certainly isn't...
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