The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 28th August

[rawhide]

Disagree.

Was Jesus brought to Man City as back up or to provide Augero with competition.

It was the latter.

Werner to Chelsea too

 

[GetKaned]

Do we really lack a target man or players who can find a target man ?

 

[matty74]

Do we really lack a target man or players who can find a target man ?

Both

 

[nailsy]

MD hasn’t signed on the dotted line yet. If all goes to plan it will be tomorrow. ??

I assume this is referring to Doogie Howser MD? Who said that Jose doesn't like youth?

 

[Hoopspur]

All dragon posted was something that was blatantly obvious, that now we’ve sorted our two biggest holes and brought balance to the firsts, the next important issue to address as sorting out some depth up front. Doesn’t mean it’s not been looked at all this time, or that we’ve not had any formal discussions, only that it’s not been as much of a priority.

Typical SC to read into one solitary word in a post which is probably meaningless given the general grammatical rollercoaster ITKs subject is to.

Who’s reading things so literally? I guess some people see every post without a grain of humour. Oh well

 

[Cochise]

I'm going to guess that N'Dombele's unknown issue is going to be some sort of injury. Balotelli still got people taking a punt on him despite his attitude being a well known issue. There have been lazy yet talented players in the past too that still have made a living in the professional game.

 

[ShayLaB]

TN ‘may’ prove more difficult to shift than one can imagine. Will not share here why, as it will get out everywhere. Do not get too excited on the target man we may end up landing. He can definitely do a job. Not Troy Deeney. Forget any strikers from Bournemouth. We won’t be paying those kind of figures. Neither, whiist I am at it, can I see anyone paying 25m for Wilson.

Can someone smarter than me explain why may is written in inverted commas?

Is there subtle meaning here, a cryptic undertone that eludes me? Am I reading far too much into it or is nobody else thinking hard enough?

 

[HW61]

I’ll focus on Herc’s “Don’t get excited” rather than anything else. He’s been on the money in the past. So just feels like it’ll be a striker than can do a job but not much more. Shame really given there’s every chance Kane may not be available for chunks of the season as has been the case for the past 3 seasons. It’s such a critical hole in our first team squad and a position where we want to be excited.

 

[rawhide]

Can someone smarter than me explain why may is written in inverted commas?

Is there subtle meaning here, a cryptic undertone that eludes me? Am I reading far too much into it or is nobody else thinking hard enough?

It’s probably subtly implying “will” rather than “may”

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Who’s reading things so literally? I guess some people see every post without a grain of humour. Oh well

Loads of people.

Anyway, I have no wish to get the thread locked. Pm me if you really wish to discuss.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Both

Actually, we do have both. Trouble is, he’s one player.

 

[Breezer]

I assume this is referring to Doogie Howser MD? Who said that Jose doesn't like youth?

No I was referring to Michael Dawson.

 

[WiganSpur]

Disagree.

Was Jesus brought to Man City as back up or to provide Augero with competition.

It was the latter.

We're not gonna get competition for Kane for anything less than big money. But what we can do is ensure we've got someone who provides something a bit different and will ensure we're not toothless when we're without Kane. If we can't get competition, then a good backup is far far better than nobody.

 

[Original # 10]

So let me get this straight. We know it is going to be a MAJOR challenge to attract suitors for Ndombele because it is already public knowledge that:

1. Ndombele has massive fitness issues and is more likely to run to fat, than to run to support his defence...

2. He has a serious attitude problem, and cannot be bothered to put in the necessary grind in training or getting to peak fitness. Both Poch, who wanted him, and Jose, have made it clear that he is no way near ready to compete at the highest level fitness wise

3. Despite the club making a huge investment in him, as our most expensive acquisition ever, his entourage has been agitating for a move for the last 6 months

4. He has contracted covid 19 (clearly not his fault and I wish him a full and speedy recovery of course, but it certainly doesn't make transferring him any easier over the next few weeks)

but on top of all of this, we are now to understand that there is some OTHER reason that will make him hard to shift, which hopefully won't come out ?!?.. I need to lie down

Outstanding post sir. Kudos ????

 

[mil1lion]

Son is competition for Kane, he's great as a center forward. We just need another number 9 option.

 

[Hercules]

Ajax? Possibly something both ways! Not 100% sure. I am posting as don’t want to be commenting after the event-if (A BIG IF!!!) news breaks

 

[chrisd2k]

It's over Twitter about van de beek

 

[DiVaio]

Ndombele must be really close to leaving then

 

[Yiddo100]

It's over Twitter about van de beek

Probably United

 

[SpursSince1980]

Ajax? Possibly something both ways! Not 100% sure. I am posting as don’t want to be commenting after the event-if (A BIG IF!!!) news breaks

Well, as long as it’s not Toby, I’m excited to find out the news.