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They want to call themselves (and be treated like) a "Big Six" club but they refuse to pay the kind of wages that truly elite players command. So they frequently miss out on their top targets and try to make up for it by signing less proven players and young players with "potential" and hope they get lucky.
Yeah,that’s about it.
Top six?And they call that a goal.
Have Spurs really and truly been considered by anyone even themselves as title contenders?
In fairness to the Gooners they have never stopped trying and even though I’m contractually obliged as an Irons fan to hate them,I hope they see off City to take the title this year.
Top six?And they call that a goal.
Have Spurs really and truly been considered by anyone even themselves as title contenders?
In fairness to the Gooners they have never stopped trying and even though I’m contractually obliged as an Irons fan to hate them,I hope they see off City to take the title this year.
Of course Spurs were considered title contenders back in the mid-to-late 2010s. They finished second in the Premier League during Leicester's miracle title year. They played in a Champions League final. Unfortunately, after they fired Pochettino they tried to "win now" while Kane and Son were still in their primes, but they never really committed to bringing in the type of players they really needed to maintain the momentum they'd been building over the last 10-15 years. They're one of the wealthiest clubs in the world but they still act like they're a mid-table club.
I say all this as a Spurs fan. It's been a wild few years.
I say all this as a Spurs fan. It's been a wild few years.
indeed they did, remember it being said only Spurs can come 3rd in a 2 horse race
My mistake. They did finish 3rd that season, then 2nd the next season, behind Chelsea. Then they finished 3rd again the next year, Manchester City's 100 point season. They haven't finished higher than 4th since then.
I don't think the stadium is really holding them down. I remember Daniel Levy apparently got a really sweet deal on the pre-COVID financing, so the interest rates aren't very high. The club's ownership just don't seem very willing to adjust their wage structure.
I don't think the stadium is really holding them down. I remember Daniel Levy apparently got a really sweet deal on the pre-COVID financing, so the interest rates aren't very high. The club's ownership just don't seem very willing to adjust their wage structure.
Surprised they aren't in financial disarray, Harry has a record of doing well at a club but at a cost and leaving them in a financial mess.
Its what you get when you leave the finances to your pets.
Its what you get when you leave the finances to your pets.
Are Arsenal gonna blow it?
Seen some fans shouting for Arteta to go but given they're still favourites for the Premier League (and I believe the Champions League as well) and have a favourable draw in the FA cup it seems a tad early!
That said if he doesn't win at least one of those trophies I wonder if he will be gone in the summer? In fact would even winning the FA cup be enough?
Like I say perhaps a little early to be writing him off given in three and a half months time he could have won three trophies!
Seen some fans shouting for Arteta to go but given they're still favourites for the Premier League (and I believe the Champions League as well) and have a favourable draw in the FA cup it seems a tad early!
That said if he doesn't win at least one of those trophies I wonder if he will be gone in the summer? In fact would even winning the FA cup be enough?
Like I say perhaps a little early to be writing him off given in three and a half months time he could have won three trophies!
It wouldn't be the first time. I think they will hang on but who knows.
Its probably only really City who would catch them though Villa aren't too far behind.
On City what on earth is happening now with the charges. The last was ot was supposed to be announced in October.
The delay to me must mean they have found them guilty and the delay is unpacking it and working out what they do about it. They will know the punishment should be significant, possibly catastrophic for City, but finding them guilty also damages the integrity and reputation of the league itself.
Punishing Forest, Everton, Leicester etc doesn't register that much as they didn't win anything during the periods they were found guilty for but City have been dominant during the period under investigation. If guilty its akin to the Lance Armstrong episode.
Surely if city were innocent of the charges it would have been announced by now.
If City do win the title then charges follow Surely Arsenal and a multitude of other clubs will be looking to press charges, for this year and retrospectively on a much larger level than boro and wycombe did with Derby.
The whole Man City thing is a nightmare waiting to happen. Even if they have been found guilty you can see this being tied up in the courts for years (decades?) and meanwhile City will go on spending hideous amounts of money and winning things.
I absolutely want to see City punished if the charges are proven, but this could have cataclysmic implications for English football whichever way it goes.
I think it'd be worse than it was with us. If we'd had an owner and been on a stable footing I think we'd have absolutely told Boro and Wycombe to see us in court, they were chancing their arms because they knew we were in chaos and so might settle to get the monkey off our back. They knew exactly what they were doing, and knew damn well they were inching us towards the precipice so I doubt I'll ever forgive em!
Interesting weekend at the bottom of the PL. Could it seems Spurs dragged further in to the battle?
West Ham must see home to Bournemouth as an opportunity especially with Forest playing Liverpool, Spurs playing Arsenal and Leeds away to Villa.
Forest vs Liverpool though on paper you'd expect a Liverpool win but Forest have an excellent record against them over the past few games.
Top of Championship, hopefully Derby keep their excellent away record going at Watford and strengthen their position in the top 6. Not sure many Derby fans would even have considered using the words 'top of the championship' and 'Derby' at the start of the season. Still think we will end up about 9th but that will still be an excellent turn around.
West Ham must see home to Bournemouth as an opportunity especially with Forest playing Liverpool, Spurs playing Arsenal and Leeds away to Villa.
Forest vs Liverpool though on paper you'd expect a Liverpool win but Forest have an excellent record against them over the past few games.
Top of Championship, hopefully Derby keep their excellent away record going at Watford and strengthen their position in the top 6. Not sure many Derby fans would even have considered using the words 'top of the championship' and 'Derby' at the start of the season. Still think we will end up about 9th but that will still be an excellent turn around.
Its the draws that are looking like coating west ham
I agree playoffs are ambitious but you can't help hope when you get up there.
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