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Fairly well summed up and I largely agree but genuinely think that 'success' is relative; what fan feels the most pride? The Huddersfield fan whose team vastly exceeded expectations or the Man City fan whose team walked the league largely thanks to Saudi billions (in no way a dig)? Or the Spurs fan whose team have, despite seemingly adhering to a much more frugal transfer and wage policy than others at that table, for most of the last decade, dined at the top table of domestic and European football and provided a big chunk of the national team?
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I agree with you, I am sanguine about our lack of transfer activity, even though I’ve been wanting us to improve the squad with new faces since the sheriff’s “let’s be brave” chat.
We’ve got a young squad, improving year on year (Sanchez/Dele/Trippier/Kane/Eriksen), the return of injured impact players (Lamela/winks), signings from previous years you hope hit the ground running (moura/nkoudou/aurier), and a manager who knows how to get the best out of his players.
I don’t agree because football is an arms race and league position is usually dictated by how much you spend. The teams around us spent to improve/fill the holes in their teams and we are rolling back out the same one that solidified our challenger status last season.
We spent the money holding onto what we have, giving improved terms to our important players and for whatever reason, levy brinkmanship, fall of the pound, being priced out by early transfer moves by our rivals, we haven’t brought anyone in. Which worries because ultimately I don’t want to see the improvement and impact we’ve had over the last couple of seasons lost.
But whatever fears I have are allayed by the fact that Pochettino knows what he is doing, is working closely with levy and isn’t doing a mourinho. So fingers crossed we challenge for the league, win a trophy and get into the semi’s of the champions league..