More rhetoric than fact based analysis there.
Continuity, stability and quality are three reasons why Spurs are finishing above Arsenal again.
But I'd rather look up than down. Liverpool and Man Utd are Tottenham's competition, and we're all gazing up at City for now. Arsenal and Chelsea will 'battle' it out for 5th, both are in a transition season.
Updated:
Kroenke plans to buy 100% of Arsenal shares, and forcibly so where necessary. AST say that by taking the club private Kroenke will be able to: pay management fees and dividends without any check or balance; no annual general meeting to hold the board to account; remove the independent directors and place debt on to the club to support other business interests. Supporters not happy.
https://news.sky.com/story/arsenal-supporters-slam-dreadful-us-sports-mogul-takeover-11463973
I actually meant it as a compliment that Tottenham are punching above their weight.
If you want fact based analysis, here it is. Tottenham spend a lot less in wages and net transfer expenditure than Arsenal. Historically transfer spend has not been a reliable predictor for average league position, however wage bills have been an extremely strong predictor in the top European leagues, wage bills can give you a very reliable estimate on what each team's average position will be in the league over the years. Tottenham spend less on wages than the other big five, yet you guys have been in the top four for several years in a row, effectively out performing your expected league position.
Poch and Levy and their teams have to be given a lot of credit, because this was done through developing players and finding undervalued players in the market. How much more they can keep it up is the real question though, because sooner or later teams who spend more on players(like Arsenal) will eventually catch up.
Nah not at all. He is more closer to the pragmatic more balanced school of thought then the really offensive one. More counter attacking then imposing self masturbating possession offense type.
Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
Thats the problem right there, people now equate possession football with offensive football. This is really falling in the trap of the likes of Xavi who will have you believe that you will only be considered offensive when you play a Barca style of football. I think that is not true at all, in fact I would say Zidane's kind of football is more risky from a defensive point of view than Peps football(arguably). In general though, Zidane's teams have always conceded way too many goals and scored too much to be considered anything other than offensive.
I know those other guys probably don't watch Real that much, but you do, so I'm very surprised this is what you think about Zidane's Real Madrid.
To boil it down to the very basics, Zidane's team always scores more than everyone else in the league, but they regularly concede more than both Atletico and Real.