@HardRockBet Are you going to follow suit with other sportsbooks and award the 2nd shot on target for Haaland or are you going to follow @OptaJoe and their criminality? In what universe is this not a SOG? All credibility is lost…
Tel - played for Bayern Munich at 16, France U21 captain despite all the generational talent
Kolo Muani - played in a World Cup final, scored goals for Juve last season, cost PSG 100m
Xavi - cost 50m+ , starts for Holland, excelled in Bundesliga, eredevisie and came through at Barca and PSG
Odobert - constantly performs for France u21, has performed very high levels in major league football before 20
Gray - England u21 international, 100+ (I think) first team appearances before 20
Palhinha - Portugal international, bought by Bayern Munich for 30m less than two years ago
Porro - starts for Spain, linked before with Madrid
Van De Ven - starts for Holland, linked with Madrid
I could go on.
These are not bad players. At all.
#THFC league positions since 2011-2012:
2011-12: 4th (Redknapp)
2012-13: 5th (AVB)
2013-14: 6th (AVB, Sherwood)
2014-15: 5th (Pochettino)
2015-16: 3rd (Pochettino)
2016-17: 2nd (Pochettino)
2017-18: 3rd (Pochettino)
2018-19: 4th (Pochettino)
2019-20: 6th (Pochettino, Mourinho)
2020-21: 7th (Mourinho, Mason)
2021-22: 4th (Nuno, Conte)
2022-23: 8th (Conte, Stellini, Mason)
2023-24: 5th (Postecoglou)
2024-25: 17th (Postecoglou)
2025-26: 14th (Frank)
Key points:
- Tottenham have the lowest net spend (£29 million) in the #PL from 2014-2019. Pochettino achieves an average league position of 3.4 during this stretch.
- Tottenham become the first #PL club in history not to make a summer signing on August 9, 2018, and they subsequently do not sign anyone in January 2019 either. Pochettino finishes 4th.
- No players signed from 2/1/18 until 7/2/19 (516 days), which largely contributes to the lackluster league positions in 19/20 and 20/21.
- Moved into THS in April 2019.
- After signing zero players in 516 days, Pochettino reaches a #UCL final. He is sacked 171 days later.
- Clear drop off after Pochettino was sacked in November 2019.
- 2023/24 financial results show that #THFC report a 42% wage to turnover ratio, by far the lowest in the #PL. Subsequent league positions following this report are 17th and 14th.
- Failure to address key areas in the squad (lack of squad depth to cope with injuries) contributes to the steady decline in league position from 22/23 to present.
- #THFC go through 8 managers in 7 seasons from 19/20 to present. 5 of the 8 managers play defensive football.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
It’s not bad luck, it’s pure negligence. We deserve to be where we are. The situation will not change until we do.
#COYS
Sign Ben White for £50m. Didn’t work? Go and drop £40m on Timber.
Sign Calafiori for £40m. Didn’t work? Go and drop £60m on Hincapie.
Sign Ramsdale for £30m. Is he too dumb? Go and drop £30m on Raya (in the last year of his contract).
Sign Jesus for £45m. Didn’t work? Go and drop £65m on Havertz. Didn’t work? Go and drop £65m on Gyokeres.
Did your second-choice striker get injured? No problem, here’s £70m for Eze.
No trophies to show for all this money spent? No worries, let’s just blame Manchester City for spending.
Poch’s Spurs were labelled as serial bottlers for not winning the biggest trophies with a net spend lower than Burnley and QPR
Anything about Arsenal from the media? Or is it they’re unlucky and will bounce back with another £300m stimulus
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