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punkisback

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The thing I’m worried about is the no purchases situation. We’re a team that will be losing players due to age, injuries, moving on to better clubs. You can’t just replace 5/6 teamers like Eriksen, Toby, Dembele, Jan and the full backs in one window. You need to be accumulating players over time in several Windows to spread the cost. Imagine trying to buy a whole new spine with the way we do business, will be a nightmare.
 

Bobbins

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The thing I’m worried about is the no purchases situation. We’re a team that will be losing players due to age, injuries, moving on to better clubs. You can’t just replace 5/6 teamers like Eriksen, Toby, Dembele, Jan and the full backs in one window. You need to be accumulating players over time in several Windows to spread the cost. Imagine trying to buy a whole new spine with the way we do business, will be a nightmare.

As has been said many times, standing still is going backwards in this league at the moment.

The most likely scenario is that Eriksen and Toby will be gone this summer, and Poch stays, so we should have a decent sum of cash to use (we have no money without sales, this has been established). We will also have three slots in the squad given 3 foreign players will have left.

It will no doubt prove almost impossible to move on the likes of GKN, but we may be able to offload Llorente and Janssen.

Levy brinkmanship will no doubt mean we leave it late both to sell them and then to actually pursue the players Poch wants as replacements.

The problem is that not only do we need to get the small number of players Poch actually likes in (I do believe that if he can't get specific names that he wants then he's not interested in alternatives), but this summer we'll need replacements for those two/three as well. So that means at least 4-6 new players, which have to be of a certain standard, making them harder to buy.

That number has been proven to be far, far beyond the abilities of this club to achieve. We've only ever been able to acquire one or two genuine first team players in a summer window before. Any more than that invariably fail.

Makes it very difficult to improve when we let these things build up into one hectic transfer window.
 

alexis

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Even after last nights exit I still don’t find being a spurs fan depressing. This threads depressing, we’re at our most powerful for decades and still moving (maybe) to slow for some, in the right direction. 50 years of supporting spurs and this is the best we’ve been, consistently, for decades. I’m positive about the direction even if we are facing potentially our biggest challenges over the next few seasons. Some people here have short memories and yes I do want trophies but can see that coming with the financial benefits of CL, new stadium, NFL and sponsorships. Shit thread really considering the moaning that happens in the other threads, there you go discussed.
 

shelfboy68

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As has been said many times, standing still is going backwards in this league at the moment.

The most likely scenario is that Eriksen and Toby will be gone this summer, and Poch stays, so we should have a decent sum of cash to use (we have no money without sales, this has been established). We will also have three slots in the squad given 3 foreign players will have left.

It will no doubt prove almost impossible to move on the likes of GKN, but we may be able to offload Llorente and Janssen.

Levy brinkmanship will no doubt mean we leave it late both to sell them and then to actually pursue the players Poch wants as replacements.

The problem is that not only do we need to get the small number of players Poch actually likes in (I do believe that if he can't get specific names that he wants then he's not interested in alternatives), but this summer we'll need replacements for those two/three as well. So that means at least 4-6 new players, which have to be of a certain standard, making them harder to buy.

That number has been proven to be far, far beyond the abilities of this club to achieve. We've only ever been able to acquire one or two genuine first team players in a summer window before. Any more than that invariably fail.

Makes it very difficult to improve when we let these things build up into one hectic transfer window.
An Ealing comedy springs to mind.
 

Gassin's finest

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This thread is mostly jokes, but if I may be serious for a moment...

I'm from Yorkshire, as I'm sure many are fed up of hearing about. I also grew up in Germany. My Dad is Leeds, My Grandad was S****horpe, My Mam's family are all Geordies. So no local connection to the club whatsoever. I also went to school in the 80's, so every kid in the playground wanted to be Ian Rush or Stuart McCall... Liverpool or Everton basically.

At anytime when I started getting into football I could have easily been any one of a Leeds, Newcastle, S****horpe, Liverpool or Borussia Monchengladbach supporter. But then one Glenn Hoddle caught my eye, followed by the likes of Chris Waddle, Paul Allen, and the eye popping Paul Gascoigne.

There is a unique romanticism to this club, that I don't see at other clubs. It has the glamour and the style of a London club, but enough local grit and history that keeps it feeling grounded in a way the media behemoths of Arsenal and Chelsea aren't. For every Shankly, Busby, Dalglish or Best; We have Bill Nicholson, Blanchflower and Greaves. Even during those long, cold seasons of the 90's, we kept a certain character and flair.

So while my mates were all enjoying being Man Utd, Liverpool or Newcastle fans in the 90's, I wasn't being depressed about my team being unremarkable. Because the likes of Teddy, Ginola, Anderton and Klinsmann gave me little moments of magic which felt all the more sweeter. Hence my username and avatar being in honour of a player who, for me at least, is one of our best and most important. Because he kept the joy and magic at this club, and kept me loving it.

Anyway, this has turned into some rambly monday morning bollocks. I'll be at Wembley on Saturday for the Toon match, and I'll still be singing.
 
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spursfan77

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The thing I’m worried about is the no purchases situation. We’re a team that will be losing players due to age, injuries, moving on to better clubs. You can’t just replace 5/6 teamers like Eriksen, Toby, Dembele, Jan and the full backs in one window. You need to be accumulating players over time in several Windows to spread the cost. Imagine trying to buy a whole new spine with the way we do business, will be a nightmare.

Yep, it does seem bizarre we haven't even looked like addressing these issues. Again though, how much is that down to having no money, the manager or the scouting department. We just don't know.
 

joelstinton14

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The thing I’m worried about is the no purchases situation. We’re a team that will be losing players due to age, injuries, moving on to better clubs. You can’t just replace 5/6 teamers like Eriksen, Toby, Dembele, Jan and the full backs in one window. You need to be accumulating players over time in several Windows to spread the cost. Imagine trying to buy a whole new spine with the way we do business, will be a nightmare.

I would say Foyth and Sanchez were brought to replace Toby and Jan. Maybe one of them was brought to play alongside in a three, but it seems we gone back to a two anyway.

Eriksen and full backs concern me though.
 

'O Zio

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When it comes to trophies we're joint 9th with Swansea and Birmingham in this decade.

What an absolutely idiotic statistic. Yes, let's just ignore the 100-odd years before that and trim the time frame down to conveniently suit the narrative and present an entirely false impression :rolleyes: While we're at it, let's have some more. How about "AFC Wimbledon have won more FA Cup fixtures than Spurs have in the last 24 hours, so they're a more prestigious club than us". Have you got any more hot takes for us?

Fucking ridiculous.
 

Led's Zeppelin

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This thread is mostly jokes, but if I may be serious for a moment...

I'm from Yorkshire, as I'm sure many are fed up of hearing about. I also grew up in Germany. My Dad is Leeds, My Grandad was S****horpe, My Mam's family are all Geordies. I also went to school in the 80's, so every kid in the playground wanted to be Ian Rush or Stuart McCall... Liverpool or Everton basically.

At anytime when I started getting into football I could have easily been any one of a Leeds, Newcastle, S****horpe, Liverpool or Borussia Monchengladbach supporter. But then one Glenn Hoddle caught my eye, followed by the likes of Chris Waddle, Paul Allen, and the eye popping Paul Gascoigne.

There is a unique romanticism to this club, that I don't see at other clubs. It has the glamour and the style of a London club, but enough local grit and history that keeps it feeling grounded in a way the media behemoths of Arsenal and Chelsea aren't. For every Shankly, Busby, Dalglish or Best; We have Bill Nicholson, Blanchflower and Greaves. Even during those long, cold seasons of the 90's, we kept a certain character and flair.

So while my mates were all enjoying being Man Utd, Liverpool or Newcastle fans in the 90's, I wasn't being depressed about my team being unremarkable. Because the likes of Teddy, Ginola, Anderton and Klinsmann gave me little moments of magic which felt all the more sweeter. Hence my username and avatar being in honour of a player who, for me at least, is one of our best and most important. Because he kept the joy and magic at this club, and kept me loving it.

Anyway, this has turned into some rambly monday morning bollocks. I'll be at Wembley on Saturday for the Toon match, and I'll still be singing.

“S****horpe”

Hahaha!
 

rupsmith

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This thread is mostly jokes, but if I may be serious for a moment...

I'm from Yorkshire, as I'm sure many are fed up of hearing about. I also grew up in Germany. My Dad is Leeds, My Grandad was S****horpe, My Mam's family are all Geordies. I also went to school in the 80's, so every kid in the playground wanted to be Ian Rush or Stuart McCall... Liverpool or Everton basically.

At anytime when I started getting into football I could have easily been any one of a Leeds, Newcastle, S****horpe, Liverpool or Borussia Monchengladbach supporter. But then one Glenn Hoddle caught my eye, followed by the likes of Chris Waddle, Paul Allen, and the eye popping Paul Gascoigne.

There is a unique romanticism to this club, that I don't see at other clubs. It has the glamour and the style of a London club, but enough local grit and history that keeps it feeling grounded in a way the media behemoths of Arsenal and Chelsea aren't. For every Shankly, Busby, Dalglish or Best; We have Bill Nicholson, Blanchflower and Greaves. Even during those long, cold seasons of the 90's, we kept a certain character and flair.

So while my mates were all enjoying being Man Utd, Liverpool or Newcastle fans in the 90's, I wasn't being depressed about my team being unremarkable. Because the likes of Teddy, Ginola, Anderton and Klinsmann gave me little moments of magic which felt all the more sweeter. Hence my username and avatar being in honour of a player who, for me at least, is one of our best and most important. Because he kept the joy and magic at this club, and kept me loving it.

Anyway, this has turned into some rambly monday morning bollocks. I'll be at Wembley on Saturday for the Toon match, and I'll still be singing.

What a brilliant post. It was Gascoigne crying in Italy that caught my eye - never seen anyone crying on a football pitch. Just couldn't understand it as a kid (didn't understand yellow cards or any of that stuff). And then the free kick at Wembley - that's when I was hooked. When I realised that Linekar was in the same team and that in his entire career he had never been booked that's when I was married - till death do me bloody apart.
 

theShiznit

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My What'sapp has been plagued since yesterday with arseholes all in the name of "banter"

What they don't seem to realize is when it's only ever one way (literally ever) it really isn't banter, it's something else...

I prey for the time when face punching is included under the banter umbrella so after the 15th face punch i can say "he can't take banter" :blackeye:
 

buckley

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A lot of depressed spurs fans . WHY? third in the league and last 16 of the champions league and its not long ago this situation was beyond our wildest dreams and so I say lets embrace it with the certain knowledge that once in the new stadium the purse strings will loosen a little allowing to continue on this forward momentum .
Depressed? get a life wake up and smell the roses COYS
 

Led's Zeppelin

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I'm going to assume the latter, as I'd be surprised at a Spurs fan deriding the club that started the careers of Clemence and Burkinshaw...

I don’t laugh at any small clubs. I have more respect for them, by far, than most, if not all, of the big clubs. I’m quite surprised that it would even cross your mind that I’d be laughing at S****horpe.

No, it was just the hilariously absurd notion of blocking out the “offensive” letters!
 

mightyspur

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A lot of depressed spurs fans . WHY? third in the league and last 16 of the champions league and its not long ago this situation was beyond our wildest dreams and so I say lets embrace it with the certain knowledge that once in the new stadium the purse strings will loosen a little allowing to continue on this forward momentum .
Depressed? get a life wake up and smell the roses COYS
Indeed. Lot of self-entitled Spurs fans about these days it seems. Maybe they should imagine supporting Sunderland and realise how good it is being a spurs fan.

Win, lose but never draw. It's great fun being a spurs fan.
 

Gassin's finest

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I don’t laugh at any small clubs. I have more respect for them, by far, than most, if not all, of the big clubs. I’m quite surprised that it would even cross your mind that I’d be laughing at S****horpe.

No, it was just the hilariously absurd notion of blocking out the “offensive” letters!
See, Spurs fans don't know real football depression. Worst thing that can happen to us is "Spuds".

Imagine having a **** in your clubs name!
 

shelfboy68

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Indeed. Lot of self-entitled Spurs fans about these days it seems. Maybe they should imagine supporting Sunderland and realise how good it is being a spurs fan.

Win, lose but never draw. It's great fun being a spurs fan.

Thank you Mr Lewis enjoy yourself in the Bahamas as a tax exile.:)
 
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