Balto 7:01 Tue Nov 28
Who's a good owner?
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I think we are all agreed that our two owners are slimeballs. But if we look at the Premier League which club has a good owner?
Some clubs just have owners who are just very rich. Abramaovich, the Man City lot. No one really knows much about them and they exercise control by signing cheques and hiring and firing managers. Then we have the local lads made good, Peter Coates at Stoke, the Crystal Palace blokes and Dean Hoyle at Hudderfield Town.
A third category would be wankers like Mike Ashley and although he is more reprehensible than our lot sometimes they are not far off.
So, who out there is a model owner the kind we would like at West Ham?
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hornchurchsteve
7:05 Tue Nov 28
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I don't hear the Man City fans moaning about their owner. I'd settle for him over our lot any day of the week.
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Chigwell
7:16 Tue Nov 28
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Sorry to say this, but ENIC the Spurs' owners have a very good motivated team on reasonable play, they have employed a decent manager, and when they've had good players who want to leave (Modric, Bale, Walker) they have extracted the best price for them.
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Alex V
7:18 Tue Nov 28
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Sometimes all an owner does is hire whoever oversees the running of the football club. So it's a hard one to answer without more precise knowledge on how owners act.
In some ways I think most premiership clubs these days are fairly efficiently run. But actually there are some areas where I think most clubs are really poor - transfer strategy, analytics, modern infrastructures etc.
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Eerie Descent
7:20 Tue Nov 28
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Not allo2ed to say it on here without some having a meltdown, but Spurs are the best run team in the league, by an absolute mile.
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Trevor B
7:38 Tue Nov 28
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V in 'saying a lot whilst at the same time saying not very much at all' shocker
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Side of Ham
7:39 Tue Nov 28
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If you want to look at it from a 'business' point of view then Spurs are but i couldn't give a fuck about that and it's why these owners are shit because they think they can compete on this basis.
For FOOTBALLING reasons it's Manchester City, all day long.....get in who they need and a majority of the time they are young AND absolute quality.
Been a pleasure to watch going forwards for a good few seasons now and that's what football was created for.
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El Scorchio
7:39 Tue Nov 28
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Pains me to say it, but Spurs have a good owner- or at least someone running the club well.
Southampton?
Burnley?
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DagenhamDave
7:51 Tue Nov 28
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“But actually there are some areas where I think most clubs are really poor - transfer strategy, analytics, modern infrastructures etc.”
Definitely agree with this. When you consider the salary outlay on fairly average playing personnel, most clubs investment in corporate infrastructure is hideously out of kilter. Robert Snodgrass vs. 5 or 6 of the best and brightest support staff in their field hmm 🤔
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RM10
8:12 Tue Nov 28
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Spurs is run by a proper jew boy cockney from Bow and very good buisnessman.
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Takashi Miike
8:15 Tue Nov 28
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JP McManus, Michael Tabor, Jim Lewis
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Northern Sold
8:27 Tue Nov 28
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No way will Tabor and JP Mc move their money out of racing... absolute dynasty they have there... the time to get tabor was 20 years ago when Harry tried to get him on board... football's loss is Horse racing's gain
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Balto
8:32 Tue Nov 28
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What pains me about D.S. and D.G. is that they are cheap, tacky and small-minded when they don't need to be and profligate when it is unnecessary.
Sullivan is far too hands-on with transfers and they seem to be tone deaf to the traditions of us fans.
When I see them sitting in the stands with those kids it makes me cringe.
I remember seeing a photo of Diafra Sakho signing an improved contract in Sullivan's kitchen, in his mansion.
That is so tacky. That is what offices are for.
For all their East End credibility they manage to annoy us without really trying, time and time again.
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FrancoisVanDerElst
8:50 Tue Nov 28
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The type you only hear the minimum from
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Trevor B
8:58 Tue Nov 28
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RM10 8:12 Tue Nov 28
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Spurs is run by a proper jew boy cockney from Bow and very good buisnessman.
Daniel Levy is an Essex boy, Joe Lewis has next to nothing to do with running Spurs he's just the majority investor in Tavistock which then in turn owns ENIC with Levy. Levy runs the club, and he has sadly done a very good job doing so, the bald cunt.
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Mart O
9:07 Tue Nov 28
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Hmmm...it's going well for Levy at present for sure but there's been a few twists and turns along the way and a fair slice of luck too. I'm not as convinced as some on here that all this will last.
They've had some luck in the transfer market but brought some shockers in too. Once the Argie fucks off to manage a proper team and they're paying for their new stadium, we'll see how they compete. Simple fact is, if they really want to play with the big boys they will, over time, have to pay the wages.
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Trevor B
9:12 Tue Nov 28
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Mart O
You say they've bought some shockers, and you're right, but unlike many teams Levy still seems to get top dollar even for their failures when they are moved on, they certainly don't seem to take much of a hit. Out of the Bale transfers, the only real success has been Eriksen, Soldado was probably the only significant loss.
It really puts things in perspective when we only managed to get 25m for a player who was, only a few months before, considered one of the most inform in Europe.
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On The Ball
9:14 Tue Nov 28
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You'll find a lot of Tottenham supporters who won't agree with that. They want to win the league but know they'll never spend sufficiently to do it under Lewis.
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Mart O
9:18 Tue Nov 28
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Oh I agree with that Trev B, Levy plainly drives a hard bargain. Ultimately though in football, over time, the top clubs pay top dollar. And as OTB suggests, I'm not sure either Lewis or Levy will want to.
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Side of Ham
9:29 Tue Nov 28
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You know when a sport has gone to shit when the business side is more highly regarded over the actual achievement on the pitch.
Spurs are fucking fantastic on the business side but have won nothing major yet and their trophy cabinet is not far off how ours looks.Like some have said with good business comes limitations and theirs is their ceiling in order to keep the books straight.
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Eerie Descent
9:36 Tue Nov 28
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Get over the jealousy, Ham, you mealy mouthed gimp.
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