David Ginola: “I’m worried about Tottenham. There’s been a change of policy, but it seems to be half-hearted. The money is there, but it’s not entirely visible. On one hand, when you enter the stadium, their training facilities are top-notch, but this infrastructure lacks a sporting philosophy.”
by clj321
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QANJ4BMYRaA
Full interview here
he’s not wrong our new stadium lacks identity, opposition don’t feel threatened they come at our home and score and then drop henry celebration, half of our players are pu**ies too
I mean it is something the board have very much spoken about the lack of world class infrastructure and it’s something they have said they are heavily investing in.
Let’s see how it works out.
>this infrastructure lacks a sporting philosophy
This literally means nothing. Its just the type of nonsense you come up with when you delude yourself about the quality of the squad and then look for excuses that explain perceived underperformance.
As conte said, losing is OK here, thats the problem, the philosophy when we lose is, its fine lets win the next, it should be we must win every match its never ok to lose whether its real madrid or arsenal, a lose or draw is never “ok”
Even De Zerbi has hinted at it, people have said “but De Zerbi chose the players!” Which is honestly such a dumb narrative
This is much deeper than the signings, its the whole squad, its the staff, its the cooks, its the whole culture
Edit: BTW this isnt me defending conte in anyway, im not sure why people think that
What does he mean there’s no sporting philosophy? I thought it was “finish 17th and barely avoid being relegated”.
WHL even Wembley felt like a fortress come the end, you score ? We will get 2 !!
No one can say it feels like that now , but it can.
We need a few good wins, good performances, it is mentality and perception sadly teams know, soak up the 20mins blitz, heads drop, fans get frustrated….nick an against run of play/lucky goal.
See Toon see Villa
Is there someone within the club who is in charge of stadium atmosphere? Or is there even an official position as that.
The chants at home games seem to have dried up, apart from the usual two. Away fans know a lot of the older ones off by heart but general silence creeps in way too often now compared to WHL.
Could someone get everyone singing off the same hymn sheet with a drum to set each chant off at different stages?
Yes I know we need the team to play well to get the fans singing, but to general silence during the games when we’re not playing well only seems to encourage the groans and anxiety to creep through the stadium and surely the players feel that.
The lord god has spoken.
Honestly I think they only way they can really change it is by seeking the club. I know they have put up money recently and changed their transfer strategy and changed a lot of behind the scenes roles. But I think if it really is something wrong so deep in the team the only way it gets really fixed is a new owner with new values and ideas. The lewis family is too ingrained in to change.
In what sense does it seem half hearted – other than we have had a poor start?
I appreciate someone likely just stuck a microphone under his nose and asked a question, but what does this actually add?
There so much noise.
Whatever. If we win 5 games the next thing he says is:
“Tottenham’s new philosophy is forcing the rest of the competition to up their game, I’d reckon everyone they could learn a thing or two from Tottenham… Look at United, they got a new manager at around the same time, but they didn’t put in the groundwork, they got the spirits up and won some games but it’s just not sustainable. Now they’re falling apart, whereas Tottenham went and backed their manager, backed their medical team, built a real philosophy from the ground up, and backed their players to go get it done. They’ve just not done that at United. “
Not the first or the last to state this, and there are plenty of ex-players and managers with a very strong sporting philosophy and mindset who could help
Sack everyone