Spurs Thread - 2023/24

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Really? You think Levy assists Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and United at the expense of Spurs? And he does this because he is jealous of City's success.

And he does all of this whilst negotiating the Qataris. It all seems a bit far fetched.

Levy wants City taking off the playing board, Pep called him out on this last February. Levy was also one of the clubs that signed a letter to CAS for them to hurry up their verdict in 2020 and his grubby hands are all over this attempt at destroying City. Can’t run his club like City do, he’s a chief conspirator.

 

[wolviedinho]

I simply don't agree with you that the sole purpose of football club is to win trophies. By that logic, all but a handful clubs are failures, "garbage" in your words. I think that a City fan coming out with that definition would make most fans, and I guess most City fans, uncomfortable.

Your denial that FFP investigation represents a material risk to City is reckless in my view

You will have to educate me about the Spurs dodgy transfers and money laundering activities. I am not aware of them.

I don’t have the energy. Good luck supporting hottenham totspurs…

Don’t be coming on here preaching to City fans about that load of made up crap called ffp. Again, if you need to educate yourself on City start with this:



Supporting a successful football club is not for everyone. At least you can hide behind fake ffp and the moral outrage it seems to have caused in you. City have not broken any FFP regulation nor have we broken any Premier profit & sustainability rules like Everton. We also don’t plot with other clubs to actively try and destroy another club because we can’t compete on the field.

Ask your billionaire dodgy owner to put his hand in his pocket. Oh that’s right owner invest is not allowed. I wonder why spurs were so quick to sign up to ffp?

But rich coming on here spouting inaccuracies about city all the while not understanding nor asking questions about why spurs are such abject failures.

As I say, the wumming is of a very low standard but at least you have learned a lesson today….mainly your idiotic rhetoric is mirrored in the club you support.

 

[Kippax77]

I think it is possible.

Anything to put a brake on City's success would be helpful to Spurs. So yes, I hope. Although I think we would miss the guaranteed points we get off you each season.

For your "taking points off City" parade.
Bet that's a great day out

 

[JPBB]

Levy wants City taking off the playing board, Pep called him out on this last February. Levy was also one of the clubs that signed a letter to CAS for them to hurry up their verdict in 2020 and his grubby hands are all over this attempt at destroying City. Can’t run his club like City do, he’s a chief conspirator.

Maybe. I don't know. I won't be surprised. If he was successful, it would give Spurs an advantage.

But I am sure he is not conspiring with the American owners of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man U, and Chelsea to promote their clubs at the expense of Spurs. That was the original accusation.

 

[mexico1970]

Levy wants City taking off the playing board, Pep called him out on this last February. Levy was also one of the clubs that signed a letter to CAS for them to hurry up their verdict in 2020 and his grubby hands are all over this attempt at destroying City. Can’t run his club like City do, he’s a chief conspirator.

Levy looks like an evil villain and he probably is.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I don't really understand the question. Logic would dictate that if a club has not abided by the rules of competition at that time then that should be noted.

So, for instance, the extraordinary achievement of Spurs winning the League Cup in 2008 should have an asterisk against it as it is extremely likely that we used an unlicensed agent to transfer Jermaine Defoe to Portsmouth that year.

Presumably we are also at risk of relegation to the Conference league.

Equally, then, on that basis, it should also be noted that trophies won pre-2013, were won when the rules were different. Hence, they should be asterisked. For example, Blackburn, certainly could never have won the league under the current "rules" which calls into question whether any of the other successful clubs would have. Essentially, we're talking about different games.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Many people would say those clubs are big clubs. I won't disagree.

And where would you place City in this pantheon of big clubs. Part two of the question, are we above or below Spurs?

 

[JPBB]

I don’t have the energy. Good luck supporting hottenham totspurs…

Don’t be coming on here preaching to City fans about that load of made up crap called ffp. Again, if you need to educate yourself on City start with this:

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Supporting a successful football club is not for everyone. At least you can hide behind fake ffp and the moral outrage it seems to have caused in you. City have not broken any FFP regulation nor have we broken any Premier profit & sustainability rules like Everton. We also don’t plot with other clubs to actively try and destroy another club because we can’t compete on the field.

Ask your billionaire dodgy owner to put his hand in his pocket.

But rich coming on here spouting inaccuracies about city all the while not understanding nor asking questions about why spurs are such abject failures.

As I say, the wumming is of a very low standard but at least you have learned a lesson today….mainly your idiotic rhetoric is mirrored in the club you support.

I am not sure I am making a moral judgement. Spurs have benefited from a financial advantage both now and in the past. The original point I was making was in response to a post that stated Spurs could never win the Premier League. I disagreed with that. Maybe the Qataris buy us. Maybe they buy Liverpool. Who knows? These are the vagaries of fortune for a football club. To illustration this I pointed out that it is possible (to what degree I accept is debatable) City could find themselves in Tier 3 again for non footballing reasons.

 

[JPBB]

And where would you place City in this pantheon of big clubs. Part two of the question, are we above or below Spurs?

I don't know. We can believe anything we like. I don't think it matters, Clearly City are and have been hugely successful. They are one of the big beasts of the jungle in English football. Along with Man U, Liverpool, Leeds, Everton, Arsenal, etc.

 

[JPBB]

Equally, then, on that basis, it should also be noted that trophies won pre-2013, were won when the rules were different. Hence, they should be asterisked. For example, Blackburn, certainly could never have won the league under the current "rules" which calls into question whether any of the other successful clubs would have. Essentially, we're talking about different games.

I am not sure I have the capacity to understand your argument.

Logic would dictate that you can not retrospectively apply rules. So the test of whether something should be asterisk-ed should be the rules at that time. So it is valid to say that Spurs' glorious 2008 League Cup victory should be asterisk-ed because we admitted breaking the rules by using an unlicensed agent for Defoe's transfer to Portsmouth. Whether we should be retrospectively relegated and the trophy awarded to Chelsea for this breach and whether that punishment would be proportionate and fair is another argument.

I do not know if Blackburn broke the rules at that time so I can not say if you argument is valid.