The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 20th August 2021

[longtimespur]

What a load of old washer women chewing the cud.
I know why I normally just scroll through and look for the blue. Stop and read then move on again.

 

[whitechina]

Got over £7k so she won’t notice it’s missing lol

Congrats again but- don't you believe it!
Don't fall into the trap of it's only 50 quid!
Once you are married- ALL OTHER HALVES find a way
EDIT: The day after I got married, my father told me the last day he had any money was the day before he got married- 16+ years later I see what he means!

 

[Snarfalicious]

Going to be short somewhere if it's only 3, especially if Pape Sarr is counted in that. But, that's the scale of the job Paratici has on his hands.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Wedding was fantastic, best day of my life. £50 donated to the SC coffers ?

Congrats.

 

[worcestersauce]

“If we manage to shift a few” should be a huge cause for concern.

That we could end this transfer window and still have Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Dier, CCV, Davies, Sanchez, Dele and Doherty on the payroll would rightly cause uproar, if you think back to our expectations at the start of the window.

"Especially" if we manage to shift a few, which is quite a different context.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Wedding was fantastic, best day of my life. £50 donated to the SC coffers ?

Men always say the two best days of their lives are the day they get married and the day they get div.... no, wait, that was about boats.

Congratulations!

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

I remember him not being able to take a throw in.

I just googled him. He was with us for 2 years ?

This. Was at his debut away to Wimbledon. Everyone fully behind him, two mins in the first throw in happened. A few confused looks. By the second everyone just knew he was a dud haha

 

[Shep]

Opinion only this time, but i’d be worried if we didn’t choose to sign another CB. Sanchez and Dier were great last Sunday, but it would be incredibly naive to think they’d be able to maintain anywhere near that level of performance all season.

Totally agree. However, I found a comment by Tanganga interesting about Nuno. He said along the lines that he gets a lot of information from the coach about positioning and shape. I am not the biggest advocate of Dier/ Sanchez but I found Tanganga’s comments interesting, as you’d have expected it to be commonplace, especially given Mourinho teams are theoretically built on the defence.

I am not suggesting the team shape and discipline will transform Dier/ Sanchez into Maldini and Baresi but that coupled with a midfield grafting ahead of them, giving a bit of protection will make them look less of a shitshow that they did last season.

 

[freeeki]

"Especially" if we manage to shift a few, which is quite a different context.

I mean, it’s still conditional

 

[chas vs dave]

This. Was at home debut away to Wimbledon. Everyone fully behind him, two mins in the first throw in happened. A few confused looks. By the second everyone just knew he was a dud haha

Looked like a hairdresser. Played like a hairdresser...

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

“If we manage to shift a few” should be a huge cause for concern.

That we could end this transfer window and still have Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Dier, CCV, Davies, Sanchez, Dele and Doherty on the payroll would rightly cause uproar, if you think back to our expectations at the start of the window.

Dier is staying - probably will start with Romero
Sanchez is staying - could start with Dier or Romero
Davies is staying - squad player for CB or LB

Dele is staying - starting at LCM

Aurier and Sissoko - trying to move, but not easy. I think they move on to one of the middle-eastern leagues.

Winks - is like that stray dog that follows you home, you want to get rid of him, but he simply won't go away.

Doherty - I don't think he is good enough - and pretty much every other team thinks the same thing.

 

[worcestersauce]

I mean, it’s still conditional

I think it's an emphasis of his confidence. I think four will come in if we shift some out is conditional but I think four will come in, especially if we shift some out is about emphasis.
Personally I still think some will leave and we will bring in three or four I just hope they're the right ones

 

[freeeki]

I think it's an emphasis of his confidence. I think four will come in if we shift some out is conditional but I think four will come in, especially if we shift some out is about emphasis.
Personally I still think some will leave and we will bring in three or four I just hope they're the right ones

I hope you’re right, but the sense of deja vu is starting to linger.

We’ve been here so many times before, it’s no wonder people are getting jittery.

I guess one plus is that - as we’ve seen with Gil and Sarr - it is possible for deals to manifest seemingly out of nowhere now, which they never used to do very often.

 

[mill]

congratulations on your big day, just a little warning it might be the best day you only have for the rest of your life

Nah there’s always the divorce

 

[Trent Crimm]

People who think it's our worst window ever were not around for the summer of Paolo Tremazzani...

Pre internet tho?

 

[Huddlebone]

Think its normal in the stage Romero is to not be involved today. dont think he can play thursday and sunday at this stage

 

[freeeki]

Think its normal in the stage Romero is to not be involved today. dont think he can play thursday and sunday at this stage

He’s injured, same as Rodon

 

[anigo_montoya]

Got over £7k so she won’t notice it’s missing lol

I really hope one of your guests was an Arsenal fan and it was his money you donated.

 

[Spurslove]

Christ that's a depressing list. I'd be quite happy if we managed to shift 3 of that lot, 4 I'd call it a good window.

A depressing list indeed, and he didn't even mention that useless lump Ndombele!
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[Spurslove]

Totally agree, his defending is really impressive. Very composed, covers well and very two footed. We already have Rodon, Romero and CCV out today so we are pretty short of cover already.

I wish I knew what the problem was in bringing him in. He's obviously exactly what we're looking for and for the sake of around £20 million, I'm a bit mystified as to why he's not already part of the squad.
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