The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 26th August 2021

[Joshua shepherd]

Who's that?

Ndombele, Lo celso, sissoko, sessengon, Sanchez, shall I keep going?

 

[easley91]

Ndombele, Lo celso, sissoko, sessengon, Sanchez, shall I keep going?

Ings wasn't about the fee. It was about the wage demands.

 

[ParkySpur]

Ndombele, Lo celso, sissoko, sessengon, Sanchez, shall I keep going?

Sorry, I thought you were talking about this window.

 

[Joshua shepherd]

Ings wasn't about the fee. It was about the wage demands.

Doubt he’s on more than half of those anyway but not really the point. Would’ve been a risk worth taking. Already paying dividends for villa.

 

[Joshua shepherd]

Sorry, I thought you were talking about this window.

Nah our business has been generally decent. Just a shame that we still have a couple of gaping wholes in the squad still. Hopefully can fill them in soon.

 

[mbroe]

It is suboptimal to have 3 strikers in the squad, 2 of whom both have to play in our best 11 and 1 of whom is 17. It should be a priority to make sure we have cover. As the squad is structured, our season would likely be derailed by Kane and/or Son missing 5-10 games.

I understand the opinion that we can't afford a proven elite goal scorer, ok fine, we still need a warm body capable of playing at a premier league level, and we shouldn't be hindering 17 year old Dane's development to be that body.

 

[easley91]

Doubt he’s on more than half of those anyway but not really the point. Would’ve been a risk worth taking. Already paying dividends for villa.

Yes because Ings will start every league game for a club who doesn't have European football to worry about. They also offloaded Grealish and I believe Ings wanted upwards of 100k a week and for someone as a back up to Kane, that is definitely overpaying.

 

[ParkySpur]

Doubt he’s on more than half of those anyway but not really the point. Would’ve been a risk worth taking. Already paying dividends for villa.

I thought Ings would be good, but we don't know the details. If he's told he'll be coming in as back up to Kane for the most part and unlikely to start more than he's benched, then it could have been a non-starter.

 

[Dean]

Let’s hope there’s a Gregorz Raziak or an Andy Booth type out there that’s available.

Feck that.

I DEMAND a Wout.

 

[Gazyb]

Doubt he’s on more than half of those anyway but not really the point. Would’ve been a risk worth taking. Already paying dividends for villa.

Why would he come to a club to play conference league when he can go to a club and play every game, we would never be offering him anymore money than he can get from Villa, the payer does get a choice in who he plays for

 

[brasil_spur]

Doubt he’s on more than half of those anyway but not really the point. Would’ve been a risk worth taking. Already paying dividends for villa.

He's on £120k per week, would be our highest earner behind Kane, Ndombele and Son.

 

[Twizzle]

we don’t currently have a like for like replacement to continue playing that way

very true but where are we gonna get another Harry for the money we want to spend ?

 

[nailsy]

Traore can play as a centre forward as well as on the wing. He's done it pretty well against Man City a couple of times. I think he scored in both games, but don't quote me on that. I'm sure we could play him there in some of the European games if we wanted to give Kane a rest.

 

[Joshua shepherd]

He's on £120k per week, would be our highest earner behind Kane, Ndombele and Son.

And worth every penny

 

[Bulletspur]

What I love about neg ratings is that by doing so you show zero intellect to have an opposing opinion other than to click on a picture to save you having to use words ??? keep em coming

Writing such a doltish post also shows a low level of intellect.

 

[chelmyid]

very true but where are we gonna get another Harry for the money we want to spend ?

Agreed - hahaha

I meant the same style of hold or link up striker (not son or Scarlett!)

 

[nailsy]

Aurier is a really good professional. He will always has my respect no matter what.

I think Ibra and Blanc might disagree with that ?.

 

[Bulletspur]

I think Ibra and Blanc might disagree with that ?.

They may disagree all they like but they have nothing to do with Spurs, where Aurier has been a true professional. This is where he is judged

 

[Rosco1984]

regarding the striker situation. We have loaned out a striker who has several international caps now in Troy Parrot and promoted Scarlett ahead of him. After giving him that trust it is pointless to bring in a striker to play 15 games when we can give those games to someone we have clearly decided is the real deal and we don't want to stunt his development.

 

[Scouseyid]

It was always going to take more than a few windows

Nah our business has been generally decent. Just a shame that we still have a couple of gaping wholes in the squad still. Hopefully can fill them in soon.