Daniel Levy/Joe Lewis

KingdomYid · 29-05-2014 11:53am

Hatch99 wrote: »

Are you for real? One of the best full backs in the league for several seasons, I must have been watching different games than you.

I have to agree here, I think calling him one of the best is pushing it a bit. IMO he was decent at best but not among the best full backs.

Ormus · 29-05-2014 12:30pm

Hatch99 wrote: »

Are you for real? One of the best full backs in the league for several seasons, I must have been watching different games than you.

KingdomYid wrote: »

I have to agree here, I think calling him one of the best is pushing it a bit. IMO he was decent at best but not among the best full backs.

Matter of opinion I guess, he was a total knacker but I never saw a winger get the best of him.

He was constantly linked with the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea.

mushykeogh · 29-05-2014 1:01pm

Ormus wrote: »

Saha was an emergency signing but he did ok. Chimbonda was a mercenary if ever there was one, but I do remember most Spurs fans creaming themselves for us to buy him.

Lucas Neill was one of the best full backs in the Premiership for several seasons.

Why is Lucas Neill being mentioned? He never played for spurs. Or am i missing something? Do you mean Ryan Nelson?

Ormus · 29-05-2014 1:11pm

Jason 5pu45 wrote: »

So you believe Enic Wanted Lucas Neil,Louis Saha,Steven Pienaar,Robbie Keane after they couldn't wait to sell him to Liverpool,Paschal Chimbonda after they couldn't wait to sell him to Sunderland?

mushykeogh wrote: »

Why is Lucas Neill being mentioned? He never played for spurs. Or am i missing something? Do you mean Ryan Nelson?

Tangent

Hatch99 · 29-05-2014 2:20pm

Ormus wrote: »

Matter of opinion I guess, he was a total knacker but I never saw a winger get the best of him.

He was constantly linked with the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea.

You're wrong Ormus, admit it for once in your life

Anyway way off topic

jiltloop · 29-05-2014 4:00pm

While the thread is a little off topic, anyone else think of Daniel Day Lewis when they see the thread title?

Hatch99 · 29-05-2014 4:09pm

jiltloop wrote: »

While the thread is a little off topic, anyone else think of Daniel Day Lewis when they see the thread title?

No.

Ormus · 29-05-2014 4:11pm

Hatch99 wrote: »

You're wrong Ormus, admit it for once in your life

Seriously? Don't see how I can be wrong on a matter of opinion.

Strange that Pool and Chelsea were after him if he was so poor. Strange also that West Ham paid him like 70k a week.

Anyway, enough about him, dunno why he was brought up in the first place seeing as we never signed him.

Jason 5pu45 · 29-05-2014 6:48pm

mushykeogh wrote: »

Why is Lucas Neill being mentioned? He never played for spurs. Or am i missing something? Do you mean Ryan Nelson?

That was my mistake-yes I meant Nelsen,dunno how I got the 2 confused!!
P.S Neil probably did as much for Spurs

ruiseal · 31-05-2014 1:07am

jiltloop wrote: »

While the thread is a little off topic, anyone else think of Daniel Day Lewis when they see the thread title?

Always.

2nd Row Donkey · 31-05-2014 11:01pm

jiltloop wrote: »

While the thread is a little off topic, anyone else think of Daniel Day Lewis when they see the thread title?

Well I do now, thanks v much!

golfball37 · 01-06-2014 7:08pm

jiltloop wrote: »

While the thread is a little off topic, anyone else think of Daniel Day Lewis when they see the thread title?

We've seen more of his left foot than Eric Lamelas

DildoFaggins · 04-06-2014 7:53am

golfball37 wrote: »

We've seen more of his left foot than Eric Lamelas

Who?

irishmover · 04-06-2014 9:12am

DildoFaggins wrote: »

Who?

That one just went straight over your head eh?!!

ruiseal · 04-06-2014 9:48am

irishmover wrote: »

That one just went straight over your head eh?!!

Gomes:D

same ol sh1te · 04-06-2014 9:51am

irishmover wrote: »

That one just went straight over your head eh?!!

Over his mohican

golfball37 · 04-06-2014 10:37am

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Over his mohican

He's at an age of innocence still, lay off him !

jobeenfitz · 04-06-2014 12:55pm

some of us are so old we are nearly gone back to innocence!

Hatch99 · 30-08-2014 11:37am

http://transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/transfer-league-table-last-five-seasons.html

same ol sh1te · 30-08-2014 11:42am

Hatch99 wrote: »

http://transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/transfer-league-table-last-five-seasons.html

That's over 2 years old

Dublin Spur · 30-08-2014 12:26pm

Hatch99 wrote: »

http://transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/transfer-league-table-last-five-seasons.html

Shocking way for a 'top' club to operate

No wonder we never do anything

ENIC are getting richer whilst THFC wins nothing year after year

Don't be duped by these charlatans - they're in it for the money, not the glory.

same ol sh1te · 30-08-2014 12:32pm

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Don't be duped by these charlatans - they're in it for the money, not the glory.

Maybe you should go and support Chelsea or City. Show me a club owner or business other than them two that are in it for the glory and not for the money

SuprSi · 30-08-2014 12:33pm

That is actually shocking, and if true is a really bad indictment on ENIC.

SuprSi · 30-08-2014 12:37pm

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Maybe you should go and support Chelsea or City. Show me a club owner or business other than them two that are in it for the glory and not for the money

I have to agree with Dublin Spur on this one, if this evidence is true. For the club to perform as it has, considering it has actually been in the red on transfers for the last 5 years to the tune of £20m+, doesn't make me applaud ENIC for running the club well as a business, it makes me wish they were more ambitious on the pitch.

irishmover · 30-08-2014 12:40pm

SuprSi wrote: »

I have to agree with Dublin Spur on this one, if this evidence is true. For the club to perform as it has, considering it has actually been in the red on transfers for the last 5 years to the tune of £20m+, doesn't make me applaud ENIC for running the club well as a business, it makes me wish they were more ambitious on the pitch.

Leeds United.

same ol sh1te · 30-08-2014 12:43pm

SuprSi wrote: »

I have to agree with Dublin Spur on this one, if this evidence is true. For the club to perform as it has, considering it has actually been in the red on transfers for the last 5 years to the tune of £20m+, doesn't make me applaud ENIC for running the club well as a business, it makes me wish they were more ambitious on the pitch.

Some of you don't be happy till we have Vincent Tan. After the Sugar years and from looking at the vultures that got Man Utd I'm dreading what we get when Enic finally sell up. A venture capitalist will come in, see a highly profitable company, load us with debt to pay off debts the other side of the world and then sell what's left.

SuprSi · 30-08-2014 12:44pm

irishmover wrote: »

Leeds United.

Well that's a completely different extreme and not at all what I'd want or suggest. But Aston Villa have spent £40m more than us over the last 5 years!!

Fair enough Spurs most likely have a higher wage bill so transfer fees aren't the only thing to consider, but it doesn't make good reading.

Pacing Mule · 30-08-2014 12:48pm

I would like to see someone do a proper comparison table for clubs as a whole.

Include things like:
Player wages levels. Have we seen a big increase in wage levels to attract and retain better players ?
Running costs of the club in general.
Stadium and other infrastructure improvements. Is the money being spent on these ?
Analysis of the income generated by those clubs with a big net spend. Sugar daddy investment ? Leveraging a bigger stadium and bigger income to pay for the spend ?

In other words let someone do a table showing how much profit all 20 clubs have made and how much of that (if any) has actually been withdrawn from the club.

If a proper comprehensive study shows we are being bled dry then fair enough. Until then tables like this are just sensationalist reporting of one aspect to a clubs business.

SuprSi · 30-08-2014 12:49pm

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Some of you don't be happy till we have Vincent Tan. After the Sugar years and from looking at the vultures that got Man Utd I'm dreading what we get when Enic finally sell up. A venture capitalist will come in, see a highly profitable company, load us with debt to pay off debts the other side of the world and then sell what's left.

Again, that's another extreme and not what anybody would want. Am I happy that Spurs are the best team in the league when it comes to making money on player transfers? NO!! In fact I'd go so far as to say it's the thing I'd brag the least about regarding Spurs as I'd just get laughed at!!

SuprSi · 30-08-2014 12:51pm

Pacing Mule wrote: »

I would like to see someone do a proper comparison table for clubs as a whole.

Include things like:
Player wages levels. Have we seen a big increase in wage levels to attract and retain better players ?
Running costs of the club in general.
Stadium and other infrastructure improvements. Is the money being spent on these ?
Analysis of the income generated by those clubs with a big net spend. Sugar daddy investment ? Leveraging a bigger stadium and bigger income to pay for the spend.

In other words let someone do a table showing how much profit all 20 clubs have made and how much of that (if any) has actually been withdrawn from the club.

If a proper comprehensive study shows we are being bled dry then fair enough. Until then tables like this are just sensationalist reporting of one aspect to a clubs business.

Good point. The club could be putting money away for the stadium, have higher outgoings than the other clubs, etc. Transfer money isn't the only measure of a clubs financial success.

Without such a study, which I'd imagine would be impossible anyway as clubs would never reveal the whole truth, it's impossible to tell what the full story is.

Daniel Levy/Joe Lewis

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