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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Yeah I agree with you largely and also with @fernadez above. We’ve spent money, but it’s all been in a very particular Spurs sort of way. Always some eye towards the future, never towards doing the actual optimal thing to ensure immediate success on the field. Like Liverpool going out and buying...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Yeah I see where you’re coming from and what I say is not to absolve the players of responsibility, rather to just say it is the way it is. I wish it wasn’t this way but I think this is where we’ve arrived at. And it’s about who has the leverage in this sort of situation. I think a Brentford...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Hahahaha, I love it, data driven middle management wan kers had me lolling. Massively agree with all of it, especially what the club effectively telling the players about last season must have done to their psyche. The whole thing is just bizarre and I have no idea what they thought they were...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    There’s this seeming desire to be Bournemouth, Brighton or Brentford because they use ‘data’ to over perform and so if we use ‘data’ then surely we’ll be champions! I think Jack Pitt-Brooke said it on the Libero podcast, but the only manager that’s truly found a way to navigate the demand of...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    Yeah, I think the ‘the club is not for sale’ is one of the most transparent bluffs in the history of business. ‘We want to win more things, more often’ only to proceed to operate largely the same way in January just looks absolutely laughable now. And I think everyone knows it. The squad knows...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    So again do you think it’s a case of the family / Joe being happy with profits and not realising they would be better invested back into the team? Was it true when Levy would say that all profits are always invested back into the team? It sure does feel like everything has been geared towards...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    If Levy agreed to match the offer why on earth did Arnesen leave? I always assumed it was smaller role, but bigger money so he took it.
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    Super interesting. I guess my question is why Levy, supposed best football operator in the game, didn’t realise this? As you say it might be an example of being reactive rather than proactive, or more in line with his general reputation around prioritising ‘the business’ and not ‘the football’...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Actually agree with this a lot. It is definitely club culture rather than any sort of player quality issue (because whatever anyone thinks of the squad, it isn’t the 18th best in the league). That said, I do wonder whether signing someone might have given the squad a bit of a cultural boost...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I really do think selling Brennan without a replacement, in the midst of an injury crisis, was also a dumb move that again shows up this data / theory vs judgement situation we’ve gotten ourselves into. Selling a player at the peak of their value, moving them on if we don’t have any intention...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    I’m actually going to temper this a bit on reflection. I do think sacking Ange is part of this. It’s a factor, but overall the reason for the downfall this season is that there is no reason for any player to believe that Tottenham is the right place for them to be, mid-long term. Different...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    Could you be more specific in unpacking what you mean by the multi year forecasting? Genuinely interested in this angle, and I haven’t seen many others discuss it in this way.
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Yeah exactly, it’s a balance, and you make an interesting point about passive aggressiveness. I do find it odd that our squad is just completely incapable of playing any sort of low block, box defending system for any sustained period of time. Like, there’s arguments that Romero and VDV for...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    In the instance of how the last year has gone though, I think the issue is that the players weren’t listened to enough. It’s always a balance, but I think the club have gotten this aspect very wrong. At the same time, I think Levy and Lewis offering their opinions on players directly to the...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Not sure I’ve seen this posted anywhere today so apologies if I’ve missed it, but Harry Redknapp has done an interview in The Times where he talks about Levy and Lewis trying to tell him that Robbie Keane was rubbish, and that he should ask Rafa Van Der Vaart who he wants to play upfront with...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Fair enough. I’ve seen you mention the Everton game before and I must admit I don’t recall it the same way you do. I remember it being in the midst of the horrible run (in terms of results, fixture congestion and injuries), we had just lost Brennan for 6 weeks and then we lost Solanke just...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Yoooooooou know what I meant. Champions League club full of what appeared to be at the time top players with high potential waiting to break out. Or the year prior, being 5th and comfortable a repeat European finisher.
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Interim manager thread 2.0

    Agreed. What I find interesting looking back is that the media and pundit coverage of the Spence / VDV incident was all about Frank needing to learn that you can’t make big players wave to the fans after a loss in a derby, but that he’s a good coach and will be better for it. Almost none of...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Agreed. I think we can get up again pretty quickly. But our valuation seems very toppy right now. For it to recover to the extent that it is now I think is a different conversation. I think we’d have to be back in the CL within 2 years of relegation for it to be seen as a strange blip in an...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Levy's Plan

    I completely agree with you. I’ve said it over and over again but I think he failed to understand what made Tottenham different and special. Particularly under Poch, and let it go when he should have trusted him. But the general point I am in complete agreement on, he doesn’t really ‘get’...
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