The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 4th August 2015

yido_number1 · Aug 4, 2015

mikeeegreen said:
Not at all. If we sign a proper, established, fitting, central midfielder then I would consider this window to be a huge success. Anything less is a failure. Poch has wanted that ever since he arrived here well over a year ago. Why on earth do you think he wanted Morgan Schneiderlin so badly? It would be naïve to think our midfield options are currently good enough with the ambitions our club aspire too.

Did you ITK source tell you that or is this just your opinion?

Stoof · Aug 4, 2015

mikeeegreen said:
Not at all. If we sign a proper, established, fitting, central midfielder then I would consider this window to be a huge success. Anything less is a failure. Poch has wanted that ever since he arrived here well over a year ago. Why on earth do you think he wanted Morgan Schneiderlin so badly? It would be naïve to think our midfield options are currently good enough with the ambitions our club aspire too.

DRAMA.

I'm just joshing.

whitechina · Aug 4, 2015

I can;t see any deals (mainly ins) being announced to due to the third kit release and playing RM. I think that's enough for one day. The day after RM is another game also- so happy Thursday or fun time Friday

mikeeegreen · Aug 4, 2015

Stoof said:
DRAMA.

I'm just joshing.

I know mate haha

Spurger King · Aug 4, 2015

I'm setting my own deadline. If we haven't announced a signing or departure by 15:27 tomorrow I'll refuse to watch a single second of the new season.

TriXed · Aug 4, 2015

Spurger King said:
I'm setting my own deadline. If we haven't announced a signing or departure by 15:27 tomorrow I'll refuse to watch a single second of the new season.

Or maybe £50 donation to SC?

whitechina · Aug 4, 2015

not going to happen as the club will still be milking thrashing RM later today

lemony snickets · Aug 4, 2015

whitechina said:
I can;t see any deals (mainly ins) being announced to due to the third kit release and playing RM. I think that's enough for one day. The day after RM is another game also- so happy Thursday or fun time Friday

You had to go P!$$ on our bonfire(s) didn't you....

Trix · Aug 4, 2015

Spurger King said:
I'm setting my own deadline. If we haven't announced a signing or departure by 15:27 tomorrow I'll refuse to watch a single second of the new season.

That'll teach them.

SHaRD · Aug 4, 2015

mil1lion said:
My only concern is whether either Berahino or Werner could play the lone striker role, Berahino seems more like a support striker who can give us the option of 2 up top and join Kane, where Werner seems more like a wide attacker from what I've seen. I still feel we need a centre forward to replace Kane in cup games and allow us to rest him more. I would be happy with both though.

I don't think we'd be able to attract a pure Kane understudy of sufficient quality. And would Llorente or Austin etc. come (and would we pay for them to come), to bench warm and play 10 early round cup games?

Having two LWFs who can also cover at CF is a much more sensible approach IMO.

jedimonkey · Aug 4, 2015

whitechina said:
I can;t see any deals (mainly ins) being announced to due to the third kit release and playing RM. I think that's enough for one day. The day after RM is another game also- so happy Thursday or fun time Friday

Why is that enough for one day? That's not how it works. We've already had a massive news day one this summer so there's no reason it can't happen again.

raggy · Aug 4, 2015

whitechina said:
I can;t see any deals (mainly ins) being announced to due to the third kit release and playing RM. I think that's enough for one day. The day after RM is another game also- so happy Thursday or fun time Friday

We did kind of announce a big signing in Toby on the same day we made one of the biggest announcements in our clubs history. I'm not sure the club really care too much about a few big things happening on the same day.

Spurger King · Aug 4, 2015

Trix said:
That'll teach them.

Just a joke about how some people seem fixated on specific time frames.

However if we still haven't signed or sold someone by 15:30, I'll give up football altogether.

whitechina · Aug 4, 2015

jedimonkey said:
Why is that enough for one day? That's not how it works. We've already had a massive news day one this summer so there's no reason it can't happen again.

we'll see but l recon this week we could get something great each day due to the 2 games and then to keep momentum announce some moves

mil1lion · Aug 4, 2015

SHaRD said:
I don't think we'd be able to attract a pure Kane understudy of sufficient quality. And would Llorente or Austin etc. come (and would we pay for them to come), to bench warm and play 10 early round cup games?

Having two LWFs who can also cover at CF is a much more sensible approach IMO.

That's my point though, I'm not sure if they can cover as centre forwards. The idea of players not wanting to be undertudy's doesn't make sense, surely they would come in and try and make the first team. I'm not sure too many players join a club and accept they will be a squad player, they will want to force their way into the team. Even if it's to partner Kane as a front two. I still feel we need to replace Adebayor. If worse case scenario Kane gets injured I wouldn't fancy either Berahino or Werner to lead the line for us, or for that matter. It's a bit too risky for my liking.

SHaRD · Aug 4, 2015

raggy said:
We did kind of announce a big signing in Toby on the same day we made one of the biggest announcements in our clubs history. I'm not sure the club really care too much about a few big things happening on the same day.

There were no commercial interest attached to the stadium (yet). These pointless pre-season circuses are all about the sponsors.

whitechina · Aug 4, 2015

Spurger King said:
Just a joke about how some people seem fixated on specific time frames.

However if we still haven't signed or sold someone by 15:30, I'll give up football altogether.

don't leave= i'll miss you

wiggo24 · Aug 4, 2015

Anyone else think the DM is actually Grzegorz Krychowiak and the can't be named part is genuinely due to the complication of his name?

Would fit the 'no media/ITK attention yet' angle too.

Everlasting Seconds · Aug 4, 2015

wiggo24 said:
Anyone else think the DM is actually Grzegorz Krychowiak and the can't be named part is genuinely due to the complication of his name?

No.

SHaRD · Aug 4, 2015

mil1lion said:
That's my point though, I'm not sure if they can cover as centre forwards. The idea of players not wanting to be undertudy's doesn't make sense, surely they would come in and try and make the first team. I'm not sure too many players join a club and accept they will be a squad player, they will want to force their way into the team. Even if it's to partner Kane as a front two. I still feel we need to replace Adebayor. If worse case scenario Kane gets injured I wouldn't fancy either Berahino or Werner to lead the line for us, or for that matter. It's a bit too risky for my liking.

The way we play (3rd most possession in the league), we don't need a hold-up/target man striker like Ade. In fact Ade's on pitch issue last season was that he was just way too static. Having mobile channel runners is the key to our system - look at the positions Kane ends up in.

Both Berahino and Werner are 5'11" and reasonably well built. Both will become CFs as they get older. They are more equipped for lone role in our system than say the likes of Soldado/Keane/Defoe ever were.

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