@Archibald&Crooks Maybe we can have a Sad face rating on the forum. Just to express sadness at the news we hear rather than making it look like we're having a go at ITK. Of course we're always grateful for the news, but sometimes it's not always positive. Nelson and Saha spring to mind.
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My onions on the various ITK we have had this window:
1/ Levy really isn't changing his spots. We seem to be sticking to the system that has worked so far. The only significant difference is that our recent success means we can pay higher wages than previously.
2/ The first priority is to hold on to what we have. New deals for Poch and Kane will undoubtedly be followed with similar for Eriksen and Alli and anybody we want to keep or think we can sell for good money.
3/ We look like we will be going for mid priced prospects again. Some will work out and some won't but historically we've done well in this area under Levy and even when they haven't worked out we get most of our money back. Levy has been burned before by paying for 'proven quality' with little sell on value if they fail and I bet he still wakes up screaming about it.
4/ We will not pay the early buyer premium. I'm not expecting too many incomings until the mega money clubs have had their turn at the buffet and selling clubs realise that the leftovers might not command the prices they were hoping for. We are then a very attractive proposition for players and we should get some great deals.
5/ This (for the most part) is the way the club has been run since ENIC took over and unless we are sold to an oligarch it's probably as good as we could hope for. I'm not expecting us to sign Bale or Martial or Milinkovic-Savic so when we don't i'm not going to be disappointed. I've been supporting Spurs for a very long time and i've seen some dark days but i'm as optimistic now as I can ever remember. I probably won't like most of the players we buy and sometimes i'll be right and sometimes i'll be wrong but it looks like we at least have a plan and that's all i've ever really asked for
There seem to be a lot of cases where "doh" or "wtf" are rated accidently when scrolling on mobile, so moving the post ratings away from the scroll bar is also a possible fix
I do wonder if some of our fans grasp the significance of the contract signings. Kane, Eriksen, Dele, could pick any one of the top sides in Europe and they'd all want them. The fact they've all chosen to sign for us again is a massive statement in how far we have come in recent years. They could've held out until after the WC and considered their options but it looks like they've chosen to extend their contracts with us.
It'd probably be in the stadium thread if there was any, I think this is just transfers and contracts ITK.
