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Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

Gazza Dazzla said:
The irony being it’s his stewardship that has enabled this spending without the same issues Villa, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Forest, etc. are facing now. Let’s also not pretend these funds were always available to him either.

Won’t hold my breath that it gets acknowledged though..
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100% right. It was Levy's vision which has landed us in a place where we can spend money. He did a tremendous job getting us to this place but seemed like he'd taken us as far as he could. Still doesn't take away from what he delivered for the club.

This doesn't have to be a Levy bad/Nepos good equation. Levy did a magnificent job creating the conditions for us to act like a really big club. To be fair to the Lewis kids, they're starting to do a good job of realising that potential.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
The irony being it’s his stewardship that has enabled this spending without the same issues Villa, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Forest, etc. are facing now. Let’s also not pretend these funds were always available to him either.

Won’t hold my breath that it gets acknowledged though..
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Funds were available to him, he chose how to to use them. It's not a binary decision. It was not spend the way Levy did or spend the way we are now, there was a middle ground and maybe, just maybe if we had spent better and earlier we would have never needed to almost get relegated to have to then try and fix things in such a dramatic and some might even say desperate manner.
 
DeanoAustin said:
100% right. It was Levy's vision which has landed us in a place where we can spend money. He did a tremendous job getting us to this place but seemed like he'd taken us as far as he could. Still doesn't take away from what he delivered for the club.

This doesn't have to be a Levy bad/Nepos good equation. Levy did a magnificent job creating the conditions for us to act like a really big club. To be fair to the Lewis kids, they're starting to do a good job of realising that potential.
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It was also Levy decisions that landed in a 17th place that required this massive spend to over correct things. If we did it right in the first place we wouldn't need to be doing what we are now.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
The irony being it’s his stewardship that has enabled this spending without the same issues Villa, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Forest, etc. are facing now. Let’s also not pretend these funds were always available to him either.

Won’t hold my breath that it gets acknowledged though..
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Never going to happen, Levy has made mistakes [ just like everyone on here has] but there are some who will never get past their dislike of him. Sad really.
 
Bishop said:
It was also Levy decisions that landed in a 17th place that required this massive spend to over correct things. If we did it right in the first place we wouldn't need to be doing what we are now.
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He certainly contributed to both 17th placed finishes albeit I'd argue there were far more guilty parties than him for last season's fiasco.

Without Levy's vision, we may have never been in a position to compete like a big club in the market. And that is something we'd have needed to do at some point no matter what other decisions were made in 2020-2025.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
The irony being it’s his stewardship that has enabled this spending without the same issues Villa, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Forest, etc. are facing now. Let’s also not pretend these funds were always available to him either.

Won’t hold my breath that it gets acknowledged though..
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People will find ways not to acknowledge that though. He gave the famous speech that time about future proofing the club, he was right and its proof today that his work is benefiting the clubs ability to spend, that can't be denied.

If we were in a 34,000 seater stadium still with the same commercial backdrop there is no way we would be able to have a summer like that.

His time came, rightfully his time was done, but he done some great work amongst the bad
 
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