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Would you want a Manchester City style owner?

For the first time in ages, our board have taken a conservative stance on the transfer market. Thus far, no £15+ million players have signed up. Looking back at what £15+ million has got us in the past, this may be a good thing.

The transfer market has gone a bit off the rails and even though we are still linked with all and sundry, there has been no movement. To be honest, with the money we've spent in the last 3 seasons, I can see why Levy is being quite reserved.

After reading that our owner, Mr. Lewis, has bought up a large stake in the Mitchell’s & Butler pub group, I had hoped that he would swing some of his cash our way. Wishful thinking? Course it was.

So it got me thinking. How would I feel if a rich somebody came into the picture and had the will and the way to sign up as much talent as possible? If we had the same sort of cash as Manchester City do and we went in for the players they've signed, do you think Gareth Barry would have picked them over us? What about Tevez? Would he have come to us instead?

It's all relative I suppose.

The good news is that our club is run properly. We are the richest club in the world never to have played in the Champions League. I'm not too sure if that's something we should be bragging about, but never mind.

I suppose that with the outlay the City owners have spent, they will want results and fast. Wanting results normally means a higher turnover in managers, which we've all seen at Chelsea (and us), simply doesn't work.

So am I happy with our current regime? Funnily enough, I am. I'd take our business model over the Manchester City one. I also wish them the best of luck in the world in dislodging Arsenal from the 4th spot perch. I think they'll need our well wishes as money can't buy luck.



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  1. It's a difficult one to answer. I am jelous at the way they have gone from nothing to absolutely everything. I don't know, maybe it would be great for us to have all that cash. We could become the biggest club in London once again.
  2. Without a shadow of a doubt I would want us to have their money. It is the only way to bresk into the top 4 as the top 4 keep getting richer and richer from money off champs league. I say best of luck to City as it will break up the monopoly when they take 4th this year at the expense of Arsenal.
  3. As a city fan, I am truly grateful what ADUG have done for the blues. They do have high expectations but have also talked about progression and building the club. From what I have read about them, they are not in this for short term but are looking at investing in City in many areas (the club, the brand, the academy, the surrounding area).

    But to be honest, if you have aspirations to break into the top four and win things on a consistent basis then you need money and a lot of it. The top four have invested over a long period of time and the champions league money keeps them above everyone else.
  4. Arrogance stinks to high hell when a Spurs fans arrives anywhere.

    Manchester City were founded years before your crettin jewish club.

    We City have a bigger history than Spurs will ever have.

    Get a life, you all know you would welcome an owner like ours without even blinking.
  5. i'd be happy with mega money, I don't care as long as we win, whether we ship mega money to buy top class players or nurture youth. Anyway, even if we had mega money, I don't think we will waste it like some clubs do, but buy 3-4 world class players in positions needed.
    I'd rather spend massive and win the league and cl than be stuck in a groundhog day of transition seasons. If other teams critisize us and hate us, so be it.
  6. Hi I am a city fan firstly I was expecting this to be an article slating city, fair play it wasn't which make a change good job.

    You say you prefer the way your club is being run, our new owners are running our club extremely well and I don't just mean player wise. They are putting hard work into every department.

    As for the money aspect, fans who say that money isn't everything and they don't like the idea of it are just jealous. If it happened to their club they would love it.
  7. Yes, I would ditch Levy & co for a rich owner. Why not? Even if it'll be short lived, at least we'll have a much bigger chance of breaking into the top 4 and even winning the league.
  8. I'd just like us to have the money but not the owners. I think Harry is only looking for a handful of players this transfer window.

    We all know we could've finished 5th based upon results under Harry so we don't need a major overhaul in order to get european football again and i think it'll only be from there that we can look towards the champions league.

    So as a summary I'd rather have Harry for the next 5 seasons and see him improve us year after year than get money in and see us spend it all on "names" and see Harry gone by January cos it hasn't worked.
  9. arrogance right trueblue?
    look whos talking!
  10. Trueblue welldone on showing City fans up, you obviously did not read the article.

    To spurs fans we are not all like that idiot and I will apologise on his behalf.
  11. As a City fan, I have to say that our owners have more to them than large resources. As well as signing top-quality players, the whole club has become more professional, they've invested heavily in the academy and there's more contact with the supporters than ever. It might not sound plausible but there's definitley more of a sense of it being "our" club than it was under previous owners.

    It's easy to think that all foriegn owners are exactly the same as Abramovich, but the general consensus was that Hughes wouldn't see out 2008 when we were taken over, and he's still here. The chairman has a lot of faith in him, and I genuinely think he'll be given the time it takes to get it right.

    Thanks for the well wishes. Any team trying to break the top four is fine by me. :P
  12. I dont want that type of owner cuz i dont want 9 strikers in my team, i want some balance
  13. It's a double-edged sword. We're greatful of the possibility (and that's all it is yet) that we might challenge for honours at some point, but we'd obviously rather the club wasn't foreign owned. It's just the way the game's going, though, isn't it?

    Two points i do have, and i'm by no means trying to be argumentative here, or anything of that nature, i've nothing against Spurs, but...

    1) How much are your owners worth? Isn't Lewis a billionaire? How much is Levy worth? You're hardly paupers.

    2) City's big spending is merely trying to put together a side in a shorter timeframe. I've just looked at your transfers, around £240m gross over the last five seasons trying to break the top four. We've spent around £130m since the takeover, when our objectives changed significantly. Of course, both figures are obscene, but we're trying to do in two years what normally might take four or five.
  14. thanks for your wishes and sorry for that comment from trueblue .it would seem the money has gone to his head a little,and lets hope we break the sky top 4 someday .
  15. I dont think 5 years ago we were trying to particularly break the top 4
  16. right, you dont want 9 striker, can we have 9 right backs instead?
  17. I think if Citaeh do knock Arse out of top 4 they will spiral into freefall as need champ league money, not sure will happen as will take time to form a team, at same time its not good for the game that football is selling its soul to the highest bidder, will stop genuine clubs contending such as Everton and ourselves breaking up top 4 dominance
  18. I am a City fan, ironically Spurs has always been my second team; always battling. I am 50 now I was 9 when we last won the title! We are due and so are Spurs; I hope we don't get arrogant and forget the hungry years, the other teams and more importantly their supporters the pain.
  19. As a City fan i'd like to apologise for the muppet further above ('Trueblue', really?!?) who without any provation at all decided to racially abuse people. All clubs have them, we have more than our fair share, it seems. What a dick! Football would be better without mongs like this. I hope someone reports him to blogger. What's more alarming is the fact he appears to be a journalist!
  20. nice comeback
  21. Well said Dave.

    Each club has a band of idiots who claim they support it. Trueblue fits into that category.
  22. true blue your not a true blue its people like u wno give the club a bad name
  23. the title of one of his articles:

    Manchester City Defencive Transfer Update: Lucio a No Go

    says it all really!
  24. I might be called a liar, but I'm not jealous. And to be honest, i'm getting bored of football as it is.
    Supporting a club was always about a long term commitment, hoping that they'd be able to get to the top through their own means. At the moment, it just comes down to whoever is bought by the richest person. Where's the fun in that?

    I definitely won't be as interested if Spurs get bought out by rich foreigners... For spurs more than most, it's all about tradition and flair. That's what seperates spurs, and that's why i'm a fan.

    On the plus side, at least it was City that got bought, and not some other teams...
  25. Tottenham has always been my 'local' club. I started supporting aged 12, when living in Hornsey, and continued going to every home game when we moved to other parts of north London.
    The players were not all local, but they always stayed for years, unless they didn't fit in, and so 'belonged'.
    Whilst the odd foreign player is an interesting addition (Ardiles, Klinnsmann), I don't like having so many as they never stay very long and do NOT 'belong'.
    It was bad enough having Ramos, who was not likely to stay long term and I would NOT welcome a wealthy foreign owner, as that would be the last straw. The club would no longer belong to the local area and its fans, and I would stop supporting (after 43 years!).
  26. trueblue - you should be ashamed!! apologies to all spurs fans, as already said above, we city fans not all that way! like the stats above, spurs have also tried the big push over last few seasons, alot of cash spent on your behalf. ADUG has in my opinion brought the club closer to the fans, season ticket prices gone down, refused anymore concerts on our pitch. these guys are big investor's, minimum 10 year plan - any team or fan would love to have these assurances, even you guys. good luck to spurs this season, i trully believe you guys will be right up there this season. best of luck to all this coming season
  27. City a bigger club than Spurs have ever been? Lol, How many trophies you won then Trueblue. When was the last time you did the double? Our fan base is much bigger than City's. You are a disgrace to all proper City fans. Is this what we can expect from some City fans now you have money?
  28. I'd be over the moon if any team can get it together to break the "SKY4" cartel.

    It would be fantastic for a club to slowly develop a team that can consistently challenge for the top honours but due to the additional Champs League money, the gulf is so wide for the other teams that the only realistic way to do it these days is to throw a load of money at it.

    When a team slowly develops, the bigger more established teams always poach your best players and then it's back to square one again.
  29. one thing for sure about city fans we will never forget our past, what ever we achieve we will never forget 1999 and most of us will not become arrogant, when you have neighbors like ours you ride the gift horse as far as it takes you.
  30. The new owners are really changing things for the better and in a professional way.

    I'd love to see the current "Top 4" replaced by City, Spurs, Villa and Everton.

    The money we are spending is only allowing us to catch up with the teams who have become to see the CL income as theirs forever.

    As for trueblue he should change his name to true moron.
  31. trueblue, what a twat you are, mcfc were founded TWO YEARS before tottenham, barely makes the plural.

    Is that the only aspect that you can bring up where mc 'beat' spurs!?
  32. Barry... your as bad as true blue, your club might have won more trophy's in the distant past than us but right now your on the same level if not lagging behind us in the reputation stakes. And your fan base is certainly not bigger than ours, that is a joke statement.......
  33. STRATTY say:

    I dont think a Sheikh at Spurs would be a go-er - not with all the Jews in the boardroom a la Lord Sugar etc...

    The quiet truth is that we do have billions in ENIC, they've just decided after 3/4 years being the premiership's top summer spenders that they actually CAN'T buy a place in the Top 4. So suddenly there's a cap on the old dosharoo.
  34. Hey TrueBlue, Man City fan:

    First of all, the article did not bash your team. If anything, the author even wished you luck at the end. Spurs fans would be the happiest in the world to see the ARSE removed from the heavily sought-after top 4 spots. We would be the first to cheer you on as you dethrone them. So don't hate; don't show your face in a Spurs blog and talk gibberish; have a little class and reply like a Man City fan should: with a mouthful of humble pie when addressing a larger team than yours!

    SPURS!!!!!!!!!!!
  35. Ok, so I just read the article again and maybe it did bash Man City just a little... but hey, if City fans aren't thinking that there will be high expectations this year after their lavish spending, then they are pretty naive. All in all, good luck to them!

    SPURS!!!!!!!
  36. well having united rammed up our noises over the years, we were due a good piece of fortune with our mega -rich arab friends taking over. Its what we do with this wealth will be the question. spurs have in recent seasons spent hell of heaps of cash without no rewards, I'm hoping we dont make your mistakes management being one of them.
  37. I wasn't trying to bash Manchester City fans at all.

    As the Spurs fans can see from the comments on this blog, City fans, on the whole, are very knowledgeable (Trueblue not included).

    I was simply implying the fact that money doesn't always bring success. If the ADUG (Abu Dhabi United Group) keep Mark Hughes through thick and thin, you will be champions of England for a long time.

    I am not implying this because you'll have money on your side, but because I think Mark Hughes is a top top manager.

    Saying this though, what happens if they pull out? I don't think anyone can say that they won't for certain. That's why I personally prefer the system implemented by Spurs.

    I think that our board has made countless mistakes. Let's hope that they have learnt from them.


    Regards
    Jaymes
  38. I HAVE BEEN A SPURS FAN FOR 28 YRS AND I WILL ADMIT THAT I WOULD HAVE THEM YESTERDAY
  39. Does make me laugh when people talk about big clubs. We are all legends in our own minds aren't we? Is is biggest average crowd, the most recent history? The biggest debt? Most team have its loyal supporters You and us. Respect to Spurs for maintaining their status due to their support in no small part and to city supporters for sticking with the team in droves while we plumbed the depths. We both ahve a big problem if Perez get its way - no one will get a look in.
  40. Just so we all get along, here's a happy thought: Spurs & City through to the Champions League :)