If the money’s not there, few will expect us to spend what we don’t have, of course not. But the players that Villas-Boas has craved more than any other have yet to be signed. Levy hasn’t sold AVB down the river, but leaving your entire window’s business to the final week and bringing in a player (Dempsey) who fills no defined required role, is hardly debacle free.

And Jol’s 2 5th place finishes – were they down to Harry too?

Harry did a decent job but most of his better players were already at the club as a result of Levy’s policy of signing quality young players like Bale, Lennon, Modric, etc who blossomed under Harry. Signing quality players young & developing them is the only way a club like Spurs can hope to compete with the richer, regular CL clubs who can pick & choose the World’s best players who are generally beyond our means & usually only want to join regular CL sides.