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tobermory
12 Feb 26 13:44
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He wanted to sign Mbeumo, Neto, Semenyo and Guehi. They were out of Spurs league.

"When you look at their expenditure, and particularly their wages structure, they are not a big club".
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Report Aspro February 12, 2026 5:16 PM GMT
Financially, in the World, we are a big club. He may have a point but coming from him it sounds like sour grapes. Anyone on here would have more credibility
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- February 12, 2026 5:24 PM GMT
Big six in UK, top 20 in europe

The big, big clubs blow spurs out of the water
for wages, same with Newcastle, and Villa.

Can't compete, so big big clubs maintain advantage
and merely big clubs like spurs struggle to motivate players week
in week out to chase 6th place.

Big Ange failed at Spurs, as for spurs to be a big big club
they needed to kick on and challenge for title not
chase second tier pots.

Anybody can spot top top players, but good managers
should be finding good players and making them top top players.
Report Crisp77 February 12, 2026 5:29 PM GMT
Spurs are famous for selling Bale and Kane. They are a feeder club.
Report lurka February 12, 2026 6:22 PM GMT
They are a big club with a small club mentality/owners who are more interested in making money.

They just spent 1bn on a stadium and have the highest matchday revenue in the PL. They can pay more if they want to but they don't.

Villa are competing, can't spend because they spend 90% of revenue on wages, which the media ignores. Newc and Villa have spent plenty but quite poorly. No reason why they can't consistently compete with Man U and Chelsea on the pitch. Villa are paying Sancho 200k a week. Did the same with Rashford last season, gambled on getting CL. Wasting a bit more on Elliott's wages.
Report Aspro February 12, 2026 6:25 PM GMT
They are a big club with a small club mentality/owners who are more interested in making money.

Not long ago I would have debated this, thinking Levy was being shrewd and slowly building us up. How wrong I was. Probably the most sensible answer yet, with hindsight.
Report Foinavon February 12, 2026 6:25 PM GMT
Spurs used to be one of the biggest.
They can be again but it will take more than wishful thinking.
Report Aspro February 12, 2026 6:28 PM GMT
We nearly had Kraft, or so I was led to believe. He build up New England Patriots and I was itching to see what he could do with us. This is one of the reasons Mourinho was employed. Decent club with a new stadium and a tried and tested manager... then covid hit and it all went up the swanny.
Report cool_hand_luke February 12, 2026 10:21 PM GMT
If a manager wins a trophy and still gets labelled a failure, that says more about the expectations than the manager. Spurs haven’t been serial winners for decades — so delivering a cup should be seen as a major step forward. Spurs identify as a cup team, so a manager who wins one has succeeded by that metric.
Report uptheirons February 12, 2026 10:33 PM GMT
The players rather than previous managers are to blame.
A shower of non team players led by the verminous Kudus.
Please God they get relegated
Report lurka February 13, 2026 1:34 AM GMT
If you're not a 'big' club, run your club well for 20 years consecutively off the pitch at least if you want to break in. Otherwise STFU.

Arsenal sold their best players for nigh on 10 years to pay their stadium debt down and were a laughing stock, worse than villa are now. But they built a 60k stadium and generations of a global fanbase from the football they played. Villa and Newc are in nappies and not even trying to build that. Villa are a financial basket case.
Report 1st time poster February 13, 2026 11:07 AM GMT
spurs are only considered a  6th club because their based in London, or else they,d be a 7th,8th,9th club, any top player will choose city,l,pool,chelski,arsenal,UTD before spurs, so spurs could match the wages of any of those top 5 clubs and spud,S  would still only be 5th,6th choice for the player so why would they offer top 5 wages
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- February 13, 2026 11:24 AM GMT
I suppose spurs could offer them more regular football
and captains armband, which triggers sponsor bonuses.

There was a time when Citeh were strugglin and
had to overpay to get big names, but no restrictions
back then.

You've got so much to look forward to next season 1tp.
Report FATTIEWHITEYSLOVEADRINK February 13, 2026 11:28 AM GMT
What spurs manger
As had full deck at there disposal

Cos spurs injury list is insane !! Last two seasons

They would be still singing songs
About ange if he had full fit 11
First half season when took over
Had all the neutrals watching

Bad luck
They definitely need that dead cat bonce in next few games
Report FATTIEWHITEYSLOVEADRINK February 13, 2026 11:34 AM GMT
Madison must be running
Sick note, Darren Andeton and poor  Ledley King missing in action close
Report 1st time poster February 14, 2026 8:44 AM GMT
next season YHTL ,I,m getting behind the sofa at tea time today for Mondays game
MOTM curse
potm curse
never won at  cov in 9 games
never beat cov since the good king died
cov playing poorly about to turn it on
I,d have took 2 draws at sheff/cov so 3 pts a Billy bonus, but a win puts us 10 clear of Ipswich with 2 home games Oxford/lec to follow
think frank will play Simms up front and go longer caused us all sorts of problems at riverside,I,d like us to play FRY at the back but we,ll probably go unchanged with AYLING/malanda at cb
can we ?
dare we ?
I,d snap your hand off for a point
Report 1st time poster February 14, 2026 8:45 AM GMT
on council house tv, itv 4
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