Tottenham fans only see to the end of their nose
Tottenham fans only see to the end of their nose
It's 4am so I thought I would throw you something together.
Film producer, amongst other things, Robert Stigwood received a phone call.
“Johnny, Johnny... -ohnny, Johnny... Calm down, kid, okay? Can you explain to me what's going on?”
“What’s going on is that I've been practicing this choreography for months. I know exactly how it should come out and how it should look on screen, and this director of yours doesn't know how to frame it to make it look good!”
“What’s going on is that I've been practicing this choreography for months. I know exactly how it should come out and how it should look on screen, and this director of yours doesn't know how to frame it to make it look good!”
“Son... this guy has almost ten years of experience as a director and producer. You are in your twenties. What would you do if you were in my shoes?”
“Let me do the editing of the scene, that's what I would do."
“Let me do the editing of the scene, that's what I would do."
The stakes were high, pitting the director against the star. He needed both of them.
“Okay. I'm going to tell the crew to allow you to edit a version of the scene. But I warn you that we will compare it with Badham's.”
“Thank you.”
The young man managed to make his version of the scene, just as he had imagined it for months.
And everyone, including the director, agreed that it was the best version.
The young man was John Travolta. The year, 1977.
The production was "Saturday Night Fever," and the scene was the iconic disco dance.
When you have a vision you don't let outside influences put you off.
Daniel levy has a vision, fans are not going to put him off.
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A fan sees to the end of their nose and can only plan that far.
They judge everything against the end of their nose.
Some of us can see to the other side of the room, some can see to various points in between and see plans until those points.
A plan to get to the other side of the room is different from a plan to get to the end of your nose.
There seems to be an assumption that reaching the end of your nose will somehow provide a path to the other side of the room from nowhere, a misheld belief.
A man who builds a wealthy lifestyle through their ability and work should give it people not prepared to.
That effectively is how anti-Levy fans see the world, how they see Spurs should be run.
They want to be given a swing and a roundabout instead of the graft of building one themselves.
Daniel Levy sees the bank on the other side of the river and plans to build a bridge across to it.
Fans don't even see the other bank, they don't even see the river, they don't even know it's there, they just see a rock in front of their feet.
Their plans are to climb and stand on top of that rock.
While Daniel Levy is managing resources to build a bridge, fans are throwing everything they have to climbing a rock with no ides what to do when they get there or what the consequences will be if they don't.
Fans climb the same cliff with a huge elastic band around their waist, ready to pull them down to the bottom in an instant.
Fans just throw everything they have at the climb with no regard for the consequences of no food tomorrow.
Daniel Levy takes time to plan an assent, rationing everything out so there are still supplies for plenty more attempts as equipment improves.
The two approaches are different and the only way to judge Daniel Levy's plan is against the results it is aimed to achieve.
It can't be judged against standing on a rock or the end of your nose.
There are bigger fish to fry.
The fact that the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust (THST - the organisation only interested in fans who attend games) can't see beyond the end of their nose is comical given they want a say in how the club should be run.
Different objectives, they don't even see the bigger objective even though they have been told what it is.
Their error, their lack of an eye check up.
The objective hasn't changed, they have just forgotten what it is and invented their own.
Like fans, their judgement is against the wrong objective.
Success mindset vs Failure mindset.
One see the other side of the room and believes they will get there, the other only see the end of their nose.
The question should be how strong we build the bridge to the other side.
Plenty would die.
That's how they want Spurs run.
Chancers.
Well that's it for this morning's offering folks.
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3 comments
And when we do spend money it's always with a view to getting a good sell on price, We never buy oven ready 1st teamers, its always future promise. How can that help Nuno with picking teams for today. Arsenal bought White and Tomiyaso and they are in the 1st team on Sunday. None of our summer buys were in the first eleven.
It seems to me ENIC are not interested in the slightest about building this bridge your on about. Their view is "Oh well, that doesn't matter as long as we get the money from the boxing, NFL and concerts, The football fans just have to make do, after all their money is in the bag through season tickets sales, a…
Unless you consider that the very money you consider ENIC is in all this for is actually there to generate income that can legally be spent on the team.
I have no suspicion that you're wrong about our historical spend. That's exactly the reason why more money needs to be generated. It's no longer legal for rich owners to inject capital into a club. Yes, we know Shitty managed it and weren't called to account in spite of the evidence being available. It wasn't available or allowed to be used in court. generally speaking though we can only spend what we generate. This is exactly what Clive has been saying. ENIC have seen this disparity and have put measures in place to change from where we were - to whit unable to generate the requisite operating capital - to where we can increasingly spend the sort of money a top club in the Premiership needs to s…
Your view of ENIC's view is incorrect as anyone with an once of business knowledge could tell you.
Basically you are saying you want us to spend like Manchester City with £200m less income and we shouldn't try and increase income through building and earning from a stadium.
Sorry Sugar Daddy owners are no longer allowed, get over it and engage with what the club are doing, not what you would like them to do to suit your short-term aim.
Once the revenue from the stadium kicks-in, then we can spend more, as per your wishes, but the revenue has to kick-in first, the revenue has to be guaranteed revenue to pay wages (for 5 years for each signing), not hopeful revenue.
Romero is oven ready, Emerson is oven ready, both should be first choices, Ndombele was oven ready but has a pathetic mentality, Reguilon was oven ready so we do buy oven ready as well as potential.
Every club buys potential as every club has to generate income from player sales.