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You answered yourself within your own statement ...
We'll get our answer at the end of the window
You answered yourself within your own statement ...
You'd be 50 pence richer?
You'd be lucky.Nope, I'd have enough to buy Fulham FC.
Big difference between evolution and revolution. It is definitely the former as far as Poch and he club are concerned.Even if we get all our signings in etc I think that this season is going to be 1 of transition.
Long way to go before we make enough signings to call it a revolution.Big difference between evolution and revolution. It is definitely the former as far as Poch and he club are concerned.
Assuming Rose and Toby are sold and Dier, Davies, Sessegnon, and Aurier are not yet available due to their injuries/operations, we could legitimately be looking at this back line (from left to right) until Foyth's suspension is up:The PL season starts in less than a month’s time.
Sess is currently recovering from injury and if we do sign him during this TW, I hope he recovers in time for the start of the season.
Rose & Toby may leave during this window.
Davies is currently recovering from his op and hopefully he’s match fit for our first game. Likewise Dier & Aurier (if he stays).
Trippier is gone and Foyth is banned for our first two games.
If we don’t sign any defenders during this TW, and Rose & Toby leave, I wonder which defenders would start / be on the bench, against Villa as we’re running very thin in our defence.
That said, I’m optimistic that there would be a silver lining somewhere for us when the season starts. ?
No sure how anyone can feel positive about how Spurs currently find themselves.
If you are to evolve then change has to be part of it, bar ndombele nothing has evolved.
Three weeks to the day the window shuts over here, from an outside perspective we have a shit tonne of work to do.
So much for getting it done early! Same old same old.No sure how anyone can feel positive about how Spurs currently find themselves.
If you are to evolve then change has to be part of it, bar ndombele nothing has evolved.
Three weeks to the day the window shuts over here, from an outside perspective we have a shit tonne of work to do.
Assuming Rose and Toby are sold and Dier, Davies, Sessegnon, and Aurier are not yet available due to their injuries/operations, we could legitimately be looking at this back line (from left to right) until Foyth's suspension is up:
Vertonghen -- Sanchez -- CCV -- KWP
That is absolutely fucking dire. I understand that we've got to build the squad with a long-term vision in mind, but if we have to play the first two matches of the season with that back line I think it's fair to say that we simply do not have the necessary squad depth. We cannot realistically expect players already in the squad to replace both Trippier and Toby, and to have a teenager who hasn't played left back since 2017 be our Rose replacement. We would need at least one senior defender to come in.
Well I feel that's good for you then, and I think we do have one of the worlds best managers, thing is you need quality on the pitch to manage ...I definitely feel positive. We still have a great squad and the world's best manager.
No sure how anyone can feel positive about how Spurs currently find themselves.
If you are to evolve then change has to be part of it, bar ndombele nothing has evolved.
Three weeks to the day the window shuts over here, from an outside perspective we have a shit tonne of work to do.
Well I feel that's good for you then, and I think we do have one of the worlds best managers, thing is you need quality on the pitch to manage ...
That’s a lot of ifs.Assuming Rose and Toby are sold and Dier, Davies, Sessegnon, and Aurier are not yet available due to their injuries/operations, we could legitimately be looking at this back line (from left to right) until Foyth's suspension is up:
Vertonghen -- Sanchez -- CCV -- KWP
That is absolutely fucking dire. I understand that we've got to build the squad with a long-term vision in mind, but if we have to play the first two matches of the season with that back line I think it's fair to say that we simply do not have the necessary squad depth. We cannot realistically expect players already in the squad to replace both Trippier and Toby, and to have a teenager who hasn't played left back since 2017 be our Rose replacement. We would need at least one senior defender to come in.
Fair assessment, but the 'ifs' in there are troubling.What quality is different today than we had in the CL final?
We replaced Dembele finally with one of the most promising midfielders in world football. We sold our starting RB, but he is aging and we need to push onward and forward without him. The same goes for Danny Rose if and when he does leave. We do need to buy at least 1 other player I feel, but if we don't and Eriksen and Toby stay, we still have a fantastic squad.
A lot of time for things to get done yet. It's not as if we're at ground zero with all our targets. A lot of work has been put in, I'm sure, on many of our targets and outgoings and it takes time to iron out details of who is going where.
For a few games last season we were so short of options that we were playing Davies, sixth choice, at CB. Taking that group of defenders, we'd be selling Toby Trippier and Rose (3/4 of our first choice options from last season) and replacing them with... one hugely talented teenager who's never played in defense at the Premier League level.You just named 7 players that we could be without. How often does that happen?
Dier should be fit for when the squad comes back from asia. It doesn't look like toby is leaving.
What if gazza and lloris get injured? We'd be fucked!
We can't buy hundreds of players to cover every contingency. We have a squad of 25 and the youth. If that is not good enough tough titty. You do your best.
Agree. It’s constantly one step forward two steps back. We’ve finally strengthened CM but now this season we will probably be left weaker at CB / LB potentially even RB.
It never seems like we manage to complete the team and have strength across all areas and the annoying thing is it hasn’t needed a City like splurge to achieve it. We were left woefully short last season in CM, before that it was wide forwards, next season I’m sure we will be left woefully short in another key position.
Trippier's gone already. Val just said today that we want shot of Toby. Rose has been left home from the preseason tour to facilitate a move. Do those deals really seem so unlikely?That’s a lot of ifs.
Hate to break it to you mate their is not a team on the planet that is complete. That's why every summer even the biggest teams make transfers. Players get old or run contracts down. You juggle the best you can.
The thing is most of you bring this on yourselves. You go into a window read a bit of itk then get all hyped and set unachievable expectations. When they don't happen (or not as quick as you'd like) you get all depressed and moan. I have no sympathy.
The club is doing the best it can. It doesn't want to be in the same position as arsenal. All their players running down their contracts and leaving for free. So it is cashing in on rose and trippier.