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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I think the less proven buys end up being great when they are more malleable and fit into a system where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. And it might get us some of the way there to having an occasional title challenge to keep going the way we always have. I am just not sure...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I agree with you. We should spend our money more efficiently, and buy fewer but more proven players in order to push on.
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    It wasn’t just those two, but they were statements that allowed them to push on. And now…Kerkez. Ekitike. Wirtz in one summer. They made a big push, and now they’re locking in their position.
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    VVD and Allison were big moves. Wirtz is another big move.
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    This is what I’m driving at. We’ve had at least two situations (Kane and Bale) where we’ve had a big windfall. Certainly with the Bale money we went for quantity, and typically we have to when signing young players because you need to spread the odds on how many are going to ‘hit’. And maybe...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Yeah, to be clear I am NOT ‘anti Levy’. I’m also not anti ENIC in the sense that people say they are ‘cheap’ or whatever such nonsense. I actually think the people who are running the anti ENIC campaigns would have a lot more success if they actually understand what they are protesting against...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I’m not arguing that we won’t sign a player, or even a good player, or even a player that costs up to 60m. I want us to sign enough good, proven players to challenge for the title. In the Tel example, was it not a phone call with Ange that got it over the line, rather than any specific point...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I do get that, but we’ve had periods in roughly the same time period where Liverpool have been below us, and now they’re ahead. We’ve also had in that same rough time frame periods where we’ve sold key players for big windfalls, and haven’t pushed on in the same way. Did Liverpool just strike...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    My point isn’t that these deals aren’t sometimes complicated. Like I’m sure clubs thought they could get players out of us more easily and we held on, as well we should, in order to get the maximum value. So what I’m saying with Liverpool is that they decided they were going to make a push...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I fully believe MGW was on the list, made sense for the analytics, Frank wanted him etc. All of that I don’t doubt. There was just something odd about the way we scarpered away from the deal at the first sign of pushback. I think it just feels like…when Liverpool decided they wanted to push...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I’ve never criticised Levy’s willingness to spend money at this sort of level. Solanke, Richarlison, etc. But I do think the way Spurs acted around this whole deal was because it was opportunistic. I agree that it’s hard to justify spending more on MGW than 60 if you’re Spurs. Equally if he...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I was thinking the same thing in terms of that analogy. Have to say it’s working for him though.
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Very well put, this is what I was trying to say with my ‘deals’ idea and you said it better. Opportunism is exactly the right word. If we actually wanted MGW as part of a considered strategy to build the squad for Frank, we definitely messed up big time and Maranakis won a major victory over...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I’d love to know the answer to that question. Maybe it was something to do with the payment terms? Eg the release clause needed to be all upfront, and we made an all upfront bid? When we don’t structure any other deal like that? So even if we went up in increments, it would have set alarm...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    On MGW, I think the likelihood his agents messed up in revealing the clause, Spurs thought they could rush it through before Maranakis could get a response strategy in place, and we’d get away clean. The fact that he’s signed a new deal means that Forest likely did have a point on the...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Totally. 24 years is a crazy long time. And I think in about 19 of those years you can say that overall it was pretty amazing progress. But it is fair to ask what is next. Just like players have their level, and clubs sometimes need to make the tough decision to move on from them. Or just like...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    When you say ‘we’ve noticed you saying X’ it feels a bit personal to be honest. Like I’m against this wider group that you are representing. I’m fine disagreeing with people. But you seem to come back at a lot of my posts with ‘we just don’t know’ or ‘it is what it is’. I am a fan of...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Not necessarily. I’m also not holding Levy to a timeline exactly. I’m just saying that I want us to see us push on and win the league. Would love it to be in the next 2-3 years. So I’m looking for signals that we’re gonna push to do it. Signing Kudus and MGW in the same week with the promise...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    There’s an ignore function on this forum. You can use it for me, since discussing the future of the club and the level of ambition we are displaying on a discussion forum about Spurs seems to rile you up so much. If there is no comfort, and it’s not different, and we’re gonna continue to be at...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I’m really not wound up. I just want us to win the league. I’m looking for signals that we’re trying to do that. Booking a medical for a Forest player and then failing to get the deal done because they decide to sign a new contract with Forest doesn’t suggest that we’re gearing up for a title...
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