A New beginning, but same old Levy.

 

A New beginning, but same old Levy.

Since I wrote my last article, I’ve been to Italy and saw our team put up a good battle against PSG before succumbing to the penalty shootout, and then a dejected journey home. Never mind… our season took off to a magnificent start/ victory at home to Burnley (3-0), followed by a trip to the City stadium where we outplayed our hosts, scoring two goals against them to win the game. The first game was regarded as relegation fodder, the second against possible Premier League winners.

Even though we beat Man City 4-0 under Ange last season, this was a better all-around performance. Thomas the Frank Engine has definitely made his mark on our team tactically. No doubt some will say that we had a good start under Ange when he joined… but with Thomas, he had a good track record in the Premier League beforehand, where Ange didn’t… just luck and bluster in a one-team Scottish Premier League and before that, minor Asian/ Australian teams. Anyway, he has gone, and a new dawn is upon us… nearly… we still have the fatalistic Levy wielding the Money axe and trying to cripple Thomas before he has even got going with his tight-fistedness.

It all looked good; after moulding our team into something resembling a prosperous fighting machine and top players on the horizon, then along comes Levy’s negotiating tactics and fucks it all up.

First up, we saw Tottenham stunned as Morgan Gibbs-White signed a deal to stay at Nottingham Forest. Trying to save money and thought he could negotiate a good deal, Levy let Gibbs-White slip through his fingers… The 25-year-old was expected to make a £60m move to us after we triggered a release clause. Finally, he signed a new contract with Forest for a brighter future than ours (he believed).

Next up, we saw Eberechi Eze sign for Arsenal in a £67.5m deal from Crystal Palace after his move to us was hijacked. Again, Levy tried to get the deal cheaper but saw the Gooners jump in with what Palace wanted. Since then, names have come and gone while Levy and team continue to prevaricate. Levy never changes… just fucks up.

He says his proudest moment was the building of the stadium, nothing about the team or winning trophies… He is an accountant by trade and money is his interest… not football. Football or Tottenham is just a means to an end.

When I went to the City game, before there was even a kick of a ball, our fans were singing #Levy out, we want Levy out# and continued throughout the whole game.

We recognise what a brilliant start Thomas Frank is having… but we also know that Levy is tying his hands up behind his back and at the same time kicking him in the bollocks… just as he has done to all the managers under his reign.

Next up will be Bournemouth, at home, with the transfer window closing on Monday (1^st September). We will only get anybody, though, if they are cheap enough and stupid enough to play under Levy’s ironclad control.

I ended my last article with the ABBA song "Money, money, money in a rich man’s world," so true. Levy is absolutely getting richer through Tottenham Hotspur FC.

It took Levy 20-odd years to win two minor trophies… how long do we have to wait until we win another minor one? As for UEFA Champions League, Premier League, or even FA Cup… Levy has more important issues to deal with, such as being given the key to the City of London and having a statue erected in his honour.

Levy’s priorities are not the same as people like me – lifelong Tottenham Hotspur supporters, who are invested in the team… not making money for our own benefit… in fact, it is costing us money, while Levy is making money hand over fist.

At the moment I am predicting the League table to end like this: -

City to win the League, followed by Liverpool, Arsenic, Chelsea and to be relegated; the Spammers, Sunderland and Burnley.

If we had bought Eze, Gibbs-White and City’s Savinho, I would have predicted a top-four finish. Even, possibly challenging for the Title. But same old, same old from Levy and his henchmen.

All the best, and COYS!

Glenn