March of the Black Queen
March of the Black Queen
Well, well, well it is Sunday morning, he says writing this Saturday morning!
Two faceted today (not faucet for you Americans out there).
First a sing song...
Second we delve into the lull before the storm and a chat about wages to prepare you for what is to come.
The idea is to give you an idea so you can look at all the permutations yourself and make informed decisions and thus intelligent comments on Twitter and the other social media platforms you might use.
So on with the sing song, anyone recognise it, guesses before you read the answer please.
I trust you.
Do you mean it?
Do you mean it?
Do you mean it?
Why don't you mean it?
Why do I follow you and where do you go?
You've never seen nothing like it
No, never in your life
Like going up to heaven
And then coming back alive
Let me tell you all about it
And the world will so allow it
Ooh, give me a little time to choose
Those lyrics are from the best band of all time, Queen and are the opening lines from The March of the Black Queen, an early number in 1974.
No, never in your life
Like going up to heaven
And then coming back alive
Let me tell you all about it
And the world will so allow it
Ooh, give me a little time to choose
Why do I follow you and where do you go?
I ask myself, why do some fans follow us when instead of trying to push us forward, united behind a common cause, they choose to drag us back, to separate, to form a cancer within and plot against the club.
Traitors,nothing short of traitors these 90 minute supporters, although to be honest they probably aren't properly supporting for an entire game either.
Surely, is you support something, you find out the facts, you grasp the why, because to fail to do so means your support is conditional,conditional on it fitting your opinion, which isn't based on up to date facts, but hearsay and opinion formed through lack of knowledge.
Why, when the club spends money, as it clearly has in the last year with 5 players being bought, do we hear the cry we are not investing!
We owe in transfer fees, AFTER taking off income from sales, the second highest amount in the Premier League,behind only Manchester United!
How the hell does that happen if we are not investing?
You invest when you have the money.
You create profits when you want to get the best interest rates to borrow money.
There is a reason for everything, so instead of replaying your worn out old record of your favourite tune, why don't you ask why?
And I mean a proper why, a why to find out both sides, not a why designed to only accept an anti-Spurs stance as that avoids the "real" why.
Do you actually want to support this club or not?
Do you seriously think your constant moaning is support?
Do you seriously think it helps?
It creates a negative atmosphere and that is an atmosphere of failure.
Who becomes successful by moaning all the time?
Nobody.
So why not copy what successful people do and look for the positives?
It isn't difficult, yet for some it seems impossible.
You avoid someone you meet who moans all the time, you end up not associating with them much, you get sick of it after a while.
People don't like success.
People, for some reason, hate successful people.
Look at the press, all they want to do to successful people is to drag them back down to failure, to break them, to make their lives intolerable, anything goes against a successful person it seems.
If you are an employer, do you employ the positive person or the one telling you you are doing everything wrong, even though they have no experience in your industry?
Mourinho has identified a player he knows, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, as the defensive midfielder that is within our budget that he wants.
He is the top priority this window, above everyone else.
What will happen when Spurs sign him?
The anti-Levy crowd will say he hasn't spent enough (even though we have no money), that he isn't backing Mourinho, that' it's cheap stake.
You know these pathetic arguments are coming.
I guarantee you you see them and these people will also claim to be supporters.
Third tier followers who only make an effort to support for periods during a 90 minute game.
Sorry proper support, tier one support, is 24/7, well perhaps some time off for sleep.
Understanding the why is not burying your head in the sand.
Not bothering to understand why is sticking your head in the sand.
They can;t even see that!
The football fan who doesn't want to understand that the business pays for the football is a fan living in a fantasy bubble.
It's a fan whose opinions stem from their fantasy of how football should be, not what it actually is.
Why are only a few clubs winning regularly?
Because only a few clubs can afford it.
So when Spurs try to build to afford it, why are fans complaining, why are they not backing that growth?
Extra money from business growth has to kick in on a regular basis, you have to have guaranteed income to spend.
When you buy a player, you commit yourself to an expense for the next 5 years.
I have seen posts, from ITK people and regurgitation Twitter accounts, that Spurs will look to spread the cost of players over the term of their contracts.
That, as you all know, is standard practice every purchase.
Moussa Sissoko was widely reported as costing £6m a year!
All players you pay a fee for have instalment payments, paying a whole fee is rare, it takes too much out of the accounts, even smaller fee are sometimes spread over 3 years.
People need to change their ways.
Bring happiness into people's lives with a positive outlook.
Calling us Happy Clappers is calling us supporters.
Why would someone want to complain that you are properly supporting your club?
The logic is lost on them.
Right, let's move on.
Let's talk juggling.
I have been asked a question about Ryan Fraser, which prompted me thinking so thanks to Dave Manlove.
The lull before the storm.
Well not exactly a storm but the week before the window opens (on Monday) has been a quiet one.
Deals have already been agreed when the right set of circumstances have been met.
But, it isn't just as simple as, we want him, he is available, sign him.
This is a business and a business has costs.
We have to reduce the wage bill to increase it again with new signings.
You can't just add a player to a wage bill and try and reduce it later as that puts you in a weak selling position, clubs know you have to reduce your wage bill so can screw a cheap price out of you.
So there has to be outgoing, you have to retain a strong bargaining position.
Jan Vertonghen and Michel Vorm are leaving, well Jan has been offered an extension and we will have to wait and see where he goes. Outside chance he will sign a new contract, but not impossible as clubs, particularly in Italy have been reluctant to match his wage demands.
Vertonghen £100,000
Vorm £20,000
That is what we have to play with at the moment.
If, and a very outside if, Vertonghen resigned it would be at the end of the window and we can not wait that long.
If, as I'm expecting, we sign Kim Min-jae in early August he will command £60,000 or prhaps £70,000 wages.
As you now, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg will eat up £60,000 wages.
That's £130,000 on the wage bill with £120,000 going off it, at a time when income is reduced.
Thus we need to get more off the wage bill to bring more in.
Kyle Walker-Peters will free up £20,000 wages so we are back £10,000 in credit.
We want to bring in a right-back.
Jeremy Ngakia would get £20,000.
Timothy Castagne and Max Aarons I suspect £30,000 but could be £20,000 if we sell the project, Mourinho and their development well.
That money would come from the sale of Danny Rose and his £60,000 wages
So £60,000 plus the £10,000 we are in credit gives us £70,000 to play with.
Signing a right-back on £20,000 wages would leave us with £50,000 in the kitty.
Ryan Fraser would command £50,000 wages.
You can clearly see the juggling act that has to take place to keep the wages bill under control at a difficult financial time.
You can also see how things can go wrong if Danny Rose can't be sold quickly.
That would put other deals in doubt, right-back and Fraser.
Our targets could decide not to wait for our circumstances to be right and sign elsewhere.
We have made a saving on the wages bill when we sold Victor Wanyama and that money will go on a striker so we are in a decent position.
We could sign everyone early, if we are prepared to take the chance we can offload players for the right price, but as I say,we'd be in a weak negotiating position.
I hope that gives you an insight into the problems of managing the business through a transfer window and just one reason why some deals have to wait, although their are plenty of other reasons that are totally out of Tottenham's hands, not that a section of our fans seem to comprehend.
A little understanding goes a long way.
Anyway happy juggling.
COYS
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