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06-24-2021 , 02:41 PM

#13726

kingofcool

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looks like nuno is next in line to pass on tottenham

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06-24-2021 , 02:59 PM

#13727

royalblue

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Away goals rule officially gone from UEFA competitions. Thanks, I hate it.

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06-24-2021 , 03:09 PM

#13728

Hoopie1

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Originally Posted by kingofcool

looks like nuno is next in line to pass on tottenham

I will declare myself out now to save Levy some time.

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06-24-2021 , 03:10 PM

#13729

xXDeuce7Xx

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Originally Posted by kingofcool

looks like nuno is next in line to pass on tottenham

Sack mou, make an arse of themselves for 2 months looking for replacements, hire poor man's mou. Looks like spuds are well and truly back.

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06-24-2021 , 04:29 PM

#13730

thethethe

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You'd think LevyGOAT businessman would perhaps realise the Kane shenanigans and now this fiasco aren't making it exactly appealing to do any business with him.

I can only assume he's doing a Trump and playing some kind of 4d chess...

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06-24-2021 , 07:02 PM

#13731

POGcrazy94

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Originally Posted by sixfour

Derby - rut roh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57604421

rut roh indeed

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06-25-2021 , 10:01 AM

#13732

mw828

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How tf is nuno more qualified and a better fit than fonseca. It makes zero sense. So much for “club identity”. Maybe 18th century mourinho hoof ball is our identity now. He is like a slightly more competent mourinho. If we end up with him I’ll be prepared to watch Kane (if we still have him, which why bother at this point?) and son try to do it all themselves like an upgraded Jimenez/Jota duo.

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06-25-2021 , 11:16 AM

#13733

bazooka87

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Welcome to Levy, take a look around etc.

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06-25-2021 , 11:33 AM

#13734

mw828

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well now we don't know if it is him or paratici who is the problem. trolling the spurs forums it seems like most people are assigning a lot of blame to paratici already and calling him a mendes shill. the fact that we can't make up our mind seems to suggest they aren't seeing eye to eye. otherwise i have no clue wtf could be going on right now.

speaking of spurs forums, i saw F60 on there recently. good to see he is still around, but sad to see he has time for the depravity of a team forum and not 2p2.

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06-25-2021 , 11:54 AM

#13735

Elrazor

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Nuno seems a nice guy who is unlikely to leave a smouldering wreak after 1 season. Expectations will be sufficiently low that a top 6 finish will be seen as an overachievement.

But yeah, how he is seen as objectively better than Fonseca or Howe is a mystery.

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06-25-2021 , 12:16 PM

#13736

mw828

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I'm sorry. Myself and 90% of Spurs fans are not going to see Top 6 as an overachievement. Top 6 is what I expect and Top 4 would be exceeding expectations at this point.

I'm not sure how us getting a guy Wolves binned can be seen as even a neutral or so-so result. Plus, there was a lot of shady stuff at Wolves that I am afraid of coming here. Buying Fabio Silva for a quadrillion pounds when he had barely kicked a ball was in my opinion blatant corruption, though I don't know exactly who all was profiting and what they had done in exchange for it.

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06-25-2021 , 04:01 PM

#13737

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If Nuno is the new manager then Mendes is the new DOF. Hopefully he'll bleed levy dry.
Expect Tottenham to be about as boring as pre-christmas Arsenal (but better).

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06-26-2021 , 12:55 AM

#13738

Elrazor

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I'm not disagreeing with anything you have said. To be clear, we are obviously getting Nuno purely based on him being cheap (as was the case with Fonseca). Levy's long-term plan seems to be to get Poche back so he's just looking for someone he can punt cheaply the moment Poche becomes available.

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06-26-2021 , 04:56 AM

#13739

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If I've understood this correctly:

- Independent panel rules for fine of £100k and reprimand for future
- Derby must also re-do their books
- The EFL is going to release the fixture list for the Champo and League one and make Derby and Wycombe's fixtures interchangeable.

So I guess the sub-text is a) The EFL will appeal this fine and go for points deduction, or b) They reckon that when Derby re-do their books they'll be subject to a points deduction.

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Subtext seems to be point b from what I've been reading

So for another other amortisation geeks, Matt Slater did a good piece in the Athletic. He seems to suggest that it's a) - i.e. the league think that being found guilty and gaming the system is enough for a retrospective points deduction. However, the judges ruling on the case have already rejected that previously.

On point b), he says that the sale of pride park for £80m - which was cleared even though it's ****ing crooked to sell your stadium to your owner - should be enough to cover their books, even under the proper amortisation rules.

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06-26-2021 , 09:56 AM

#13740

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Man would be great if Wycombe got a lifeline and stayed in the Championship, they won 6, and drew 1 of their last 8 games to somehow finish 3rd from bottom lol

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06-26-2021 , 10:55 AM

#13741

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And why on earth would Levy have the idea that Poch would want to go back to Spurs stuck in his bald head?

Remember when Barca bid for Veratti and they just bought Neymar in retaliation? Levy better stay in his lane or they might just come and nick Son or something.

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06-26-2021 , 11:33 AM

#13742

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Wasn't there speculation about friction between Poch and the slaveholders after PSG achieved exactly nothing with him? I'd guess that's where it came from.

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06-26-2021 , 11:40 AM

#13743

derwipok

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How is Levy pursuing Poch seen by Spurs supporters? Feels like there must have been a big failure by Levy somewhere when he ends up with the guy he fired 1.5 years ago as his #1 choice.

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06-26-2021 , 11:42 AM

#13744

mw828

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Yeah a mix of rumors that he could get sacked or they were open to a change at least combined with his supposedly great relationship with Levy and quotes by either him or his assistant that they would be back someday.

Not realistic at this time. I’d give it maybe a 25% chance of happening at some point. I think it will be a while though. Even if he gets sacked after next season I could see him getting a better offer, and we hopefully won’t be looking for another manager again that soon. I guess in theory we may never sign one, so you can’t rule that out. Way to play the long game Daniel.

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06-26-2021 , 11:45 AM

#13745

mw828

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Originally Posted by derwipok

How is Levy pursuing Poch seen by Spurs supporters? Feels like there must have been a big failure by Levy somewhere when he ends up with the guy he fired 1.5 years ago as his #1 choice.

I’d be thrilled to get him back. Of course it looks bad to go back to the same guy you just fired, but it’s better to admit a mistake and move forward than dig in and never accept it. The situation was fairly untenable when he left. I have trouble seeing what could have been done differently. I guess let that season go and hopefully get a change in morale before the 20/21 season through either mending relationships with the squad or buying/selling some players to refresh.

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06-26-2021 , 12:35 PM

#13746

sixfour

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Originally Posted by joejoe1337

So for another other amortisation geeks

I bought the Kieran Maguire book last year, and while it gave some insights, it made me realise I was correct not to study economics

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06-29-2021 , 07:33 AM

#13747

PeteBlow

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Fernandinho signs on for another year.

Vieira takes the Palace job. Mental. I can only assume he's honouring a bet. If France lose to this lot, I'll take the Palace job.