The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 23rd January

am_yisrael_chai said:

Am I the only person who thinks on current form we'd be better off with Clint up top and Siggy in behind rather than a very off form Defoe ?

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spursfan77 said:

Is the cobra just compiling all the itk from here or trying to pass it off as its own?

I only ever see it reposted on here so don't know if it just summarises recent itk or not?

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spursfan77 said:

Is the cobra just compiling all the itk from here or trying to pass it off as its own?

I only ever see it reposted on here so don't know if it just summarises recent itk or not?

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GetSpurredOn said:

I have to say, in recent days I was fairly confident we would bring in the players required.
I thought there may be one or two out first, but then once the wage bidget was trimmed, we'd see 2-3 incomings.
I expected/expect Holtby to be in before the week is out.
I figured we'd bring in a DM to cover Sandro, someone like M'vila or Diame, or maybe Sissoko since he's available for a relatively low fee (Sissoko not strictly a DM, more like Dembele, but together and with Parker in the mix too we'd be rock solid).
Then finally a last day striker. Either a Negredo type option for now, or maybe a younger/cheaper option who we feel can add a bit of depth short term and improve personally beyond long term in our setup.
Maybe even Callejon on loan too at a push, as a bonus to offer some depth at RW/RF.

Now the reality hits, and with Defoe rumoured to be joining the injured list, and our only other striker away on International duty, the striker dilemma has just got a whole lot worse, and a whole lot more urgent.

As others have said above, I'm not convinced about Callejon as the out and out forward option, as he seems to play more of a wide right role. As for Hooper, I remain indifferent either way. He does play in a weaker league, but he can only play against what is infront of him, and he has scored consistantly in the SPL, not mention a decent goals return in CL too. I'd hope for someone with more presence about them in theory, but basically someone who can come in and do a good job will do right now. I do question whether we would/could agree a fee with Celtic, or if they will jack up his price too far to be worthwile.

Injury is threateneing to ruin our season, and our squad is not balanced enough in terms of depth to cope at this moment in time.
In all honesty, if we don't get a striker, I'd recall Kane. I thought he'd get more game time at Norwich to develop, but he seems to be benched kost weeks now, and we are short on numbers.

Still staying positive we will get the players in we need, but starting to feel the TW nerves kicking in.

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Colonel Dax said:

Have we signed a striker yet?

Someone invent some ITK so we can talk about it. Please. Anything. I don't care if it's made up or ridiculous. ANYTHING. I'M DESPERATE.

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Colonel Dax said:

Have we signed a striker yet?

Someone invent some ITK so we can talk about it. Please. Anything. I don't care if it's made up or ridiculous. ANYTHING. I'M DESPERATE.

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voxy28 said:

Neil Eatson

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$hoguN said:

voxy28 thanks for trying to keep us up to date, but tweets from Neil Easton shouldn't be posted in this thread.

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ackie said:

We want Diame but WHam is offering us C.Cole...Cole was seen sitting next to AVB yesterday in Scotland.
Today, ha was spotted at heathrow airport...

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ackie said:

We want Diame but WHam is offering us C.Cole...Cole was seen sitting next to AVB yesterday in Scotland.
Today, ha was spotted at heathrow airport...

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voxy28 said:

Oh... is there a reason? I wasnt told....

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Colonel Dax said:

Have we signed a striker yet?

Someone invent some ITK so we can talk about it. Please. Anything. I don't care if it's made up or ridiculous. ANYTHING. I'M DESPERATE.

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welshyid5785 said:

Yes....nobody believes him!

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Blackcanary said:

Somebody else who seems to be a bit ITK has tweeted 'la fiera de Vallecas' - Negredo's nickname!

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Blackcanary said:

Somebody else who seems to be a bit ITK has tweeted 'la fiera de Vallecas' - Negredo's nickname!

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