The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 16th July 2015

[SpartanSpur]

You refer to the potential transfer as 'uninspiring' but, thankfully, the club don't complete transfers in terms of how much they excite people. Most were extremely excited in 2013, but it turned out to be a disastrous transfer window.

Excitement was an understatement for the signing of Soldado, Eriksen and Lamela!

 

[SpartanSpur]

There is an obvious reply and an equal obvious player to name in reply to this, but I will refrain as this is not the "debate your eyes out by trumping the other with sad argumentation"-thread.

DM specifically. Modric was a once in a lifetime player and we have not scouted anyone of his ilk. Also LM was only truly a viable CM in England with a dedicated DM (which Bentaleb isn't) and even then we were still too open at times (but worth it).

Thanks for taking the high road though

 

[Bizness]

More from the "un-named"...

"
Deal done, 3 year deal, £3m.
In Sunderland now, medical very soon

Good deal for all parties I reckon.
Let's just hope he passes it!"

 

[Jamturk]

Don't think that's the point though.

We're looking for that defensive minded midfielder who can still play a bit. McCarthy ticks the boxes and we clearly view him as a good fit. If he comes in and we improve as a team who gives a fuck if some people saw it as uninspiring? Its so short sighted.

Not short sighted at all, I understand the point you are trying to make.

But the Spurs I have supported always had some kind of X factor, something that excites.

Wimbledon were a good "team"

Maybe we just have to agree that we have different visions for the club.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Isn't that what Bentaleb is?

No

 

[Mr Pink]

Not short sighted at all, I understand the point you are trying to make.

But the Spurs I have supported always had some kind of X factor, something that excites.

Wimbledon were a good "team"

Wasn't you I was referring to being short sighted. Just making the point this isn't a position where you need an 'x factor' signing.

 

[Roberts84]

With Kaboul the medical could be a problem.

and very, very long and thorough.

 

[Indisguise]

Well there is ITK that Rabiot is very keen to join us. However PSG are very reluctant to sell.

People can pray for Rabiot as much as they like but it's almost certainly the case that PSG will not sell him. He's homegrown, and let's face it, that's probably the only reason they are buying Stambouli, so why then let another homegrown player go? It would be counter-productive.

I don't think PSG want Stambouli just because he's homegrown. That would be even more counter-productive than keeping a player that clearly doesn't want to be at PSG for the same reason. Stambouli has taken a lot of stick, but the fact is we didn't see enough of him/give him enough time to adjust in order to make a proper judgement about his abilities. However, PSG have seen something in him that we apparently haven't so, if PSG want Stambouli and we want Rabiot, there's a deal to be done.

 

[Spurger King]

More from the "un-named"...

"
Deal done, 3 year deal, £3m.
In Sunderland now, medical very soon

Good deal for all parties I reckon.
Let's just hope he passes it!"

So weird how he went from being a rock in our back four, to apparently universally hated club captain.

The goals against Villa and Arsenal will live long in the memory.

 

[mark1208]

Not short sighted at all, I understand the point you are trying to make.

But the Spurs I have supported always had some kind of X factor, something that excites.

Wimbledon were a good "team"

Maybe we just have to agree that we have different visions for the club.

We do have a x factor he goes by the name of Harry Kane

 

[MattPhilpott]

Buy him a cake?

Is Yaya Toure allowed a slice? Feel like City shafted him on that one..

 

[talkshowhost86]

More from the "un-named"...

"
Deal done, 3 year deal, £3m.
In Sunderland now, medical very soon

Good deal for all parties I reckon.
Let's just hope he passes it!"

This would be a really good one to get off our books.

Once Kaboul has gone, that only leaves Adebayor of the supposed 'troublemakers'. Hopefully it will convince Ade to move on as well...though that could be hugely optimisic.

 

[longtimespur]

So weird how he went from being a rock in our back four, to apparently universally hated club captain.

The goals against Villa and Arsenal will live long in the memory.

As will his performance against Arsenal

 

[SpartanSpur]

Wasn't you I was referring to being short sighted. Just making the point this isn't a position where you need an 'x factor' signing.

If we were Chelsea fans there would have been a significant number considering re-signing Nemanja Matic as an uninspiring signing.

We'd also all be even bigger *&%$£ than we already are.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Not short sighted at all, I understand the point you are trying to make.

But the Spurs I have supported always had some kind of X factor, something that excites.

Wimbledon were a good "team"

Maybe we just have to agree that we have different visions for the club.

It's fine to have an x-factor. We should have more than enough of that with the likes of Kane, Eriksen, Lamela, Chadli etc.

But that doesn't mean you can't have someone who forms a solid base to allow those players to actually get into the game. Every team needs that, regardless of how they play.

 

[PrettyColors]

I think a lot of people are missing the point here. Yes Kramer is a great prospect but we have just had four transfer windows of Spurs buying so called superstars with no Premier League experience and them not performing as to what was expected of them and their inflated price tags.

It wasn't so long ago we were finishing closer to the top 4 or in the top 4 than we have done the last two years when we had a policy of buying Young British talent or players that had premier league experience if you ask me James McCarthy has that 100% and was the standout performer for years in an awful Wigan side and now the standout performer for an underachieving Everton side.

Baring the signing of wimmer that's exactly what we have started again. Which for me is very exciting.

The Kramers and Rabiots are all very exciting and perhaps the 'bigger names' people want to see but who's to say they are going to take to the Premier like a duck out of water just look at Lamela for that.

Love the smell of xenophobia in the morning.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

I don't think PSG want Stambouli just because he's homegrown. That would be even more counter-productive than keeping a player that clearly doesn't want to be at PSG for the same reason. Stambouli has taken a lot of stick, but the fact is we didn't see enough of him/give him enough time to adjust in order to make a proper judgement about his abilities. If PSG want Stambouli and we want Rabiot, there's a deal to be done.

The only other reason is because they need to replace Cabaye. If they want him so badly for his ability, then they could've signed him with ease last summer. There's no deal to be done with Rabiot, because no one in there right mind would sell an extremely promising youngster to get Stambouli. People said the same with Townsend and MS, but in the end Southampton knew keeping MS was more important than signing Townsend.

So weird how he went from being a rock in our back four, to apparently universally hated club captain.

The goals against Villa and Arsenal will live long in the memory.

I'm not sure he's 'hated' TBH, although, if he is, it's probably down to the whole Kane stuff.

 

[talkshowhost86]

If Kaboul does go, and assuming Stambouli does eventually leave, that presumably only leaves us with Soldado, Ade and Lennon that we really need to get rid of.

Actually looking promising on the sales front for the first time in quite a few windows.

 

[Gedson100]

To have seemingky shifted so many unwanted players by mid July is a cracking effort and yet another endorsemt that Levy is backing Poch's decisions.

Good to see.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Clinging on to the hope that with Kaboul being a relatively low cost and short term option for Sunderland they won't go too deep on the medical!