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hutchiniho

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As said above. Levy cocking our transfers again must be starting to hack off more than the fans and the chairman at other clubs. What the hell must Poch be thinking in potentially our biggest season. No players in for preseason, deadwood still stinking the place out. World Cup players no where to be seen. A ton of away games to start the season. It’s going to make Poch look like a muppet.
If Levy does not deliver quality for the manager he should be made to step down for negotiating all transfers in and out.

I can’t see how he can now though. He’s going to have to pay way over the odds to secure any player. Would have been better offering the asking prices 6 weeks ago.

He has done a brilliant job to get us to this point but now we need to hold ourselves in a manner befitting the huge Champions league club we are. From the outside His tactics are not taking us forward and now Even the ITK are not feeling at all optimistic.

Really disappointed.

Glory glory Tottenham Hotspur!?
 

DiamondLites

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I’m not overly fussed about the lack of signings, more the implications on Poch’s future. He made none too subtle allusions he wanted to be properly backed or he’d consider his future, and so far from the outside looking in it has been a shit storm of a window by Levy
 

robertgoulet

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Zaha is not dead! But our chairman is being Scrooge, and friggin difficult. Nobody can be closer in this than myself, so I know the true figures needed. And it is not that bad!...

Saying that, cannot see him signing with us

In my head all I can see is DL saying 70M? We sold Bale for 80M! I will not pay that!

When in reality the market has advanced so far that 70M now is equal to about 35M when Bale was sold.
 

King of the Lane

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Im confused, we were told yesterday that a bid was accepted and we had offered a better package than Chelsea - wages, bonuses etc. Now Levy is being a scrooge? It all seems very conflicting atm.

Zaha isnt going to happen. This is all going pear shaped.

Now that I've accepted it...it wont be a shock and wont hurt. I suggest most do the same.
 

stonebrow

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Thanks as always Herc for the info, even if it is really depressing. Herc has consistently been the most optimistic guy on here from April/May. His tone has really changed over past month or so.

I often wonder if Herc heard a lot of things that Poch was also told - big spending, get guys in early, etc. Right now all of those things that were supposedly promised to Poch appear - and hopefully this wont be the case but time is running out - appear to be nothing but lies from Levy.

Scary part of the ITK is about Levy having to do what he hates to do (pay up). I dont believe he can. That's what's scary. I dont know if he is even capable of it. He has done a great job getting Spurs to this spot but his ways of doing things and trying to nickel and dime everything is holding them back.

The biggest worry is Poch leaving of course and if promises were made and then not fulfilled, no one would blame Poch for going somewhere else. If that happens i think the whole thing falls apart.

You would think Levy realizes this and how high the stakes are but is he capable of actually doing what is needed?
Unfortunately I don’t think he will change his style or admit he needs to...he sounds like a man who always thinks he is right!
 

Nerine

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My main concern with the new ITK is as follows:


How motivated is Poch going to be if we fail to deliver any of his targets after reports that DL was going to back him?

How will that frustration affect the squad?

If it were me, the first thing that would be going through my mind would be: "what's the fucking point? I'll see this season out, and then I'm off...."
 

Trix

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no disrespect intended, here we go injecting some needed optimism again?

You have to remember not everything we post is ITK. It's not about disrespect it's about filling pages and pages of a transfer thread(which happens off the back of posts like that) based on me asking a simple question, that I just wanted to know the answer to.

If it's ITK, or something I have heard or I believe is worthy to pass on. I will say as much. There isn't a hidden meaning in everything we post.
 

George94

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Im confused, we were told yesterday that a bid was accepted and we had offered a better package than Chelsea - wages, bonuses etc. Now Levy is being a scrooge? It all seems very conflicting atm.

Zaha isnt going to happen. This is all going pear shaped.

Now that I've accepted it...it wont be a shock and wont hurt. I suggest most do the same.

With the Grealish deal off, and the Zaha deal looking unlikely - unless we shift some of our foreign dead wood, any alternative target would have to be either under 21 years old or homegrown, right?


(I understand that "shifting some of our foreign dead wood sounds very #Brexit)
 

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Im confused, we were told yesterday that a bid was accepted and we had offered a better package than Chelsea - wages, bonuses etc. Now Levy is being a scrooge? It all seems very conflicting atm.

Zaha isnt going to happen. This is all going pear shaped.

Now that I've accepted it...it wont be a shock and wont hurt. I suggest most do the same.

Last minute Levy chipping the deal? Or getting weird with the payment structure?
 

rebrab

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I’m not posting anything involved right now because (a) I’m not fully up to date and (b) it’s clear we’re at a sensitive point so it’s not worth it

All I will say is that ‘shrewd’ doesn’t always mean ‘cheap’ and that people don’t seem to understand that we do know the necessity of reinforcing in certain areas which will mean we will find ways to do things.

I’ll also add that there has been a few comments about DL not understanding the ‘changes in football landscape’. Absolutely not true and you should look at his history for evidence of that.
 

hutchiniho

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Bid accepted, terms agreed with player, go back to Palace with a lower offer.

Exactly! We are rightly unimpressed by Toby moving the goal posts at the last minute but Levy seems to make a habit of doing this. Didn’t we lowball Zaha on wages the first time round. Now we’re trying to get one over on Palace. Poch must be ?
 

Finchyid

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Zaha dead? Thought it was upto player and we offered more than chavs....not sure where levy got that wrong

All our info is so contradictory, some people are being so short sighted, we have the best striker in world football and the chairman extended his contract putting him in the top 10 highest earners in the premier league

Personally....waiting for spams and disagrees...if grealish, zaha and martial were really our main targets and we dont get them i think thats a good window
 

Spurs 1961

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No longer know what to think let alone say about this transfer window in light of the latest gloomy ITK. None of the names have really excited me but the thought of making our squad better was great. Now it just looks like positive spin from the top 'leaked' out at the start of the window to make sure season tickets etc sell out, but the reality is different
 

Trix

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Unfortunately I don’t think he will change his style or admit he needs to...he sounds like a man who always thinks he is right!
Don't know about that, but it's fair to say it's a model that has clearly worked and paid dividends in the past. I can certainly see why he'd be reluctant to change things considering how it's worked thus far. I just think everyone is now playing the same game or at least worked out how to play against it.
 
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