Daily Mail reporter so so wrong
The Daily Mail have once again shown their limitations by exposing themselves as narrow minded. It appears as far as they are concerned the only transfers that show ambition are big money moves, if you don't splash cash you are not ambitious.
That just demonstrates a total lack of understanding of football. Ambition can be found in many forms, for Tottenham ambition is building a young squad who will stay and improve together over the next few years because of the new stadium being built. Buying a money mercenary who may want a move in a year or two is of questionable long term benefit, especially if all they do is perform with the output of Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Erik Lamela or Radamel Falcao, Luke Shaw at Manchester United, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren at Liverpool.
The daily mail can't see past now, the concept of building something seems alien to them. Take their first statement - Tottenham have not made any real progress over the past season - that's rubbish. Did Liverpool show ambition with their signings simply because you knew their players names? Where did they finish, oh yes that's right below Tottenham.
Quite apart from the fact we finished a place above last years 6th the club has made progress towards it's long term objective. The reporter is clearly merely an employee who has never had to runa business and devise a strategy. Success is measured against that strategy, not a reporters fictional notion of what the seasons objective was.
Tottenham have found what they have been searching for years, a goalscorer, but that apparently isn't progress. Tottenham have turned a weak left-back into a dependable attacking left-backs who carries a genuine threat, but that is not progress. Tottenham have unearthed an Englishman comfortable in the Premier League at both centre-back and right-back, but that is not progress.
Tottenham have developed Ryan Mason to the extent he received an England call up, last season he was playing for Swindon Town in League One, but that is not progress. Tottenham have developed Nabil Bentaleb into the defensive midfielder who can play for years to come, but that is not progress. Tottenham have turned the signing of Nacer Chadli around, scoring 11 goals from a wide position, but that is not progress. Tottenham have seen Christian Eriksen perform for the majority of the season rather than a couple of months at the end of it as happened in the previous year, but that is not progress.
There is progress all around if you are prepared to open your eyes and see it. Tottenham have identified the money mercenaries who are playing for themselves and not the club, but that is not progress, indeed the reporter wants us to sign more. Tottenham have put together a core of young players with a love of the club, which will give stability and retain them at the club, as Harry Kane has stated recently, but that is not progress.
Tottenham have a clear plan to grow going forward which has been put into operation, assessment, evaluation, separate into keep and clear out, restock with hungry youth so money doesn't have to be shelled out on players while we are building the stadium and for the first few years after. Taking a step towards that goal is called progress, whether the Daily mail have the ability to see it or not.
A statement signing, what a load of garbage, the only signings that matter are the ones that work, regardless of how much they cost. Clearly this reporter has a celebrity fixation, you are nobody if you don't have a name, you are not a footballer if you don't cost a fortune.
The inept reporter fails to grasp the fact that if you can not handle the Europa League and Premier League then you won't be able to handle the harder Champions League and the Premier League. You can't play a raft of reserve players in the Champions League so the first team will actually have a more onerous time if Tottenham were in the premier European competition.
Presumable the reporter doesn't want young English player to be allowed to play in the premier League as he is suggesting if you are not a name you shouldn't be signed. He will be delighted with the news that Stoke City and Sunderland failed to play an Under-21 player for a single minute last season and that the Premier League is one of the worst in Europe for bringing youth through and giving it a chance.
Tottenham were not challenging for the Champions League this season, all Spurs fans knew that from the start so it isn't failure to not get there. Last season Tottenham were 10 points off the Champions League places, this season we were 6 points off the Champions League places, that sounds like getting nearer, that sounds like progress.
Tottenham got to a Cup Final they had no time to prepare for, they didn't in previous seasons, Tottenham thrashed Chelsea 5-3, beat Arsenal, picked up points against Manchester United and improved against Manchester City, that is progress against previous years.
The reporter demonstrates he hasn't a clue about finance believing it seems the Leeds United approach is best, cripple your club in a gamble you hope will pay off and then no doubt he would write an article afterwards telling us how the club were foolish to do the very things he had stated the club should do. It annoys me sometimes when you get clowns like this writing about a subject they clearly know little about.
He complains that Keiran Trippier and Kevin Wimmer are not household names and then tells us Spurs are going to offload a load of inadequate players, and guess what, they are the household names he thinks we should be signing! He ought to take up refereeing, his short-sightedness will stand him in good stead.
Mario Balotelli is a household name, how did he do for Liverpool? Luis Suarez was not a household name when Liverpool signed him, how did he get on, did that show a lack of ambition? How about signing Gareth Bale, the worlds most expensive footballer, he wasn't a household name. The only thing that matters is the ability of the player and how he fits at the club, his name, his fee are totally irrelevant.
A business, a football club, works with the strategy they have devised, not some unrealistic fantasy. Success is measured against that although I doubt he has heard of the phrase Rome wasn't built in a day, clearly to his mind it should have been.
That just demonstrates a total lack of understanding of football. Ambition can be found in many forms, for Tottenham ambition is building a young squad who will stay and improve together over the next few years because of the new stadium being built. Buying a money mercenary who may want a move in a year or two is of questionable long term benefit, especially if all they do is perform with the output of Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Erik Lamela or Radamel Falcao, Luke Shaw at Manchester United, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren at Liverpool.
The daily mail can't see past now, the concept of building something seems alien to them. Take their first statement - Tottenham have not made any real progress over the past season - that's rubbish. Did Liverpool show ambition with their signings simply because you knew their players names? Where did they finish, oh yes that's right below Tottenham.
Quite apart from the fact we finished a place above last years 6th the club has made progress towards it's long term objective. The reporter is clearly merely an employee who has never had to runa business and devise a strategy. Success is measured against that strategy, not a reporters fictional notion of what the seasons objective was.
Tottenham have found what they have been searching for years, a goalscorer, but that apparently isn't progress. Tottenham have turned a weak left-back into a dependable attacking left-backs who carries a genuine threat, but that is not progress. Tottenham have unearthed an Englishman comfortable in the Premier League at both centre-back and right-back, but that is not progress.
Tottenham have developed Ryan Mason to the extent he received an England call up, last season he was playing for Swindon Town in League One, but that is not progress. Tottenham have developed Nabil Bentaleb into the defensive midfielder who can play for years to come, but that is not progress. Tottenham have turned the signing of Nacer Chadli around, scoring 11 goals from a wide position, but that is not progress. Tottenham have seen Christian Eriksen perform for the majority of the season rather than a couple of months at the end of it as happened in the previous year, but that is not progress.
There is progress all around if you are prepared to open your eyes and see it. Tottenham have identified the money mercenaries who are playing for themselves and not the club, but that is not progress, indeed the reporter wants us to sign more. Tottenham have put together a core of young players with a love of the club, which will give stability and retain them at the club, as Harry Kane has stated recently, but that is not progress.
Tottenham have a clear plan to grow going forward which has been put into operation, assessment, evaluation, separate into keep and clear out, restock with hungry youth so money doesn't have to be shelled out on players while we are building the stadium and for the first few years after. Taking a step towards that goal is called progress, whether the Daily mail have the ability to see it or not.
A statement signing, what a load of garbage, the only signings that matter are the ones that work, regardless of how much they cost. Clearly this reporter has a celebrity fixation, you are nobody if you don't have a name, you are not a footballer if you don't cost a fortune.
The inept reporter fails to grasp the fact that if you can not handle the Europa League and Premier League then you won't be able to handle the harder Champions League and the Premier League. You can't play a raft of reserve players in the Champions League so the first team will actually have a more onerous time if Tottenham were in the premier European competition.
Presumable the reporter doesn't want young English player to be allowed to play in the premier League as he is suggesting if you are not a name you shouldn't be signed. He will be delighted with the news that Stoke City and Sunderland failed to play an Under-21 player for a single minute last season and that the Premier League is one of the worst in Europe for bringing youth through and giving it a chance.
Tottenham were not challenging for the Champions League this season, all Spurs fans knew that from the start so it isn't failure to not get there. Last season Tottenham were 10 points off the Champions League places, this season we were 6 points off the Champions League places, that sounds like getting nearer, that sounds like progress.
Tottenham got to a Cup Final they had no time to prepare for, they didn't in previous seasons, Tottenham thrashed Chelsea 5-3, beat Arsenal, picked up points against Manchester United and improved against Manchester City, that is progress against previous years.
The reporter demonstrates he hasn't a clue about finance believing it seems the Leeds United approach is best, cripple your club in a gamble you hope will pay off and then no doubt he would write an article afterwards telling us how the club were foolish to do the very things he had stated the club should do. It annoys me sometimes when you get clowns like this writing about a subject they clearly know little about.
He complains that Keiran Trippier and Kevin Wimmer are not household names and then tells us Spurs are going to offload a load of inadequate players, and guess what, they are the household names he thinks we should be signing! He ought to take up refereeing, his short-sightedness will stand him in good stead.
Mario Balotelli is a household name, how did he do for Liverpool? Luis Suarez was not a household name when Liverpool signed him, how did he get on, did that show a lack of ambition? How about signing Gareth Bale, the worlds most expensive footballer, he wasn't a household name. The only thing that matters is the ability of the player and how he fits at the club, his name, his fee are totally irrelevant.
A business, a football club, works with the strategy they have devised, not some unrealistic fantasy. Success is measured against that although I doubt he has heard of the phrase Rome wasn't built in a day, clearly to his mind it should have been.
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