The Deadline Day ITK Discussion Thread - 1st September

[codspur]

So all the people happy with Levy and telling us to wait until the window closed…. Still happy?

How do you change it though, how do you overturn the regime. Purple and gold lot lack cohesion and effectiveness. The only way I can see change happening is if A&C hands out his dildo…sorry ‘banstick’ collection to the whole southstand and choreographs gesticulation towards the directors box on a televised match.

 

[midoNdefoe]

Pretty classic window in the end, couple short of what we need…

 

[SpartanSpur]

Started the window strongly with Maddison and Vicario. VDV also looks a very handy signing.

Levy is lucky Ange got us off to a decent start.

Once again Levy gets gun shy when we have momentum. Madness the situation with Munn and Paratici.

Another CB was an obvious need before Kane even left.

Glad we got Brennan Johnson seemingly sorted at least. Need more pace in the attack.

 

[Ginola+Tonic]

I’m fucked off with no second CB but apart from that I’m quietly optimistic about our young hungry team.

Praying VDV and Romero stay fit though

 

[Dazzazzad]

Same people every year!

Criticism can be valid but also OTT. Truth is we have made like 20 signings (excluding loans) in 3 years yet some act as if we do f-all every window.

I think not getting a Tosin level CB is totally fair to critique. And obviously we struggle to sell but that's the market, didn't seem we were asking for exorbitant prices for players.

But the incomings have been plentiful and that also has to be acknowledged.

 

[carpediem991]

One more CB would have been really useful, also to shift a few more on a perm.

I think otherwise this window isnt too bad. Madders, van de Ven, Vicario look already good, Solomon, Veliz and Johnson also some good potential.

Building step by step. Probably a 6/10 window for me.

 

[iddebu52]

It is what it is, chin up and we move on, useless grumbling. COYS

 

[DarwinSpur]

Suspect there must be a lot more to that one. Injuries, mental, huge sell on percentage etc...

Yeah it's a real Dele tragedy arc except that Hudson Odoi never had that moment where he was genuinely one of the top mid/forward talents in the league scoring and assisting 20-25 goals. Wonder if that Bayern opportunity was the sliding door... Haunting


Fuck Chelsea. What a cancerous club.

 

[ButchCassidy]

Really disappointed we never got any Overdraft ITK, would have completed my deadline day bingo

 

[Guernman]

Well we are in the hands of the injury gods now, we could be fine until January or completely ********

 

[WiganSpur]

The biggest disappoint for me is on the outs. Levy has failed miserably here. We just keep kicking the can down the road until these players are out of contract and go for nothing. Tanguy, Dier and Lloris must be costing us £15-16m to not play a minute this season.

 

[dirtyh]

hamstrung by the outs as always then. failure to have a regular refresh policy in ALL positions in the squad kills us every damn time.

 

[rjm14]

I love our club, but man do we love a moan! Good window for me, signed 5 players that have improved first 11, bissouma and sarr like new signings and young pacey forward with bags of potential. Defo a bit short in quality fo4 cb, fingers crossed for no injuries. Sanchez and Davies ain't the best but hopefully won't have to play much. I would rather see if Phillips/Dorrington could step up as 4th cb if possible.

Glad we didn't just get a stop gap cb, hopefully line up someone for jan. With 1 game a week we should be okay until then, stop f***ing moaning! We have a decent team and are playing good football as well. I'm backing us to finish top 4 this season, stop being so bloody negative!

 

[arunspurs]

I am disapponted we didnt sign another CB...which Ange said he is hoping we sign

But overall, I am more than satisfied with the window , becuase every single recruitment thats been made makes sense , fits to the manager style and need; And they also looking successful signings

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Just to put it out there forest are on for signing 6 players yes 6

I mean, that means nothing at all so....

I definitely hoped we'd sell some more and definitely hoped we'd bring a few more in but there we are.

Forest are an even more bloated beast and now without one of their fan's favourite players.

 

[Scott Spur]

Tried

To

Be

Too

Clever

AGAIN.

 

[Tucker]

Is there still time to rerun the player analytics spreadsheet to see what it spits out.

Not on the second hand Windows 95 4mb RAM PCs that Levy makes the data team use there isn’t

 

[dj_stu]

The biggest disappoint for me is on the outs. Levy has failed miserably here. We just keep kicking the can down the road until these players are out of contract and go for nothing. Tanguy, Dier and Lloris must be costing us £15-16m to not play a minute this season.

I reckon [read: hope] at least one of them will go to Saudi/Turkey in the next 10 days or so.

 

[srups34]

As with every transfer window we are always a couple of players short which would have made it a decent window.

 

[Matrix]

He’s messed around all window and everyone was saying he was waiting for today to ship out our non-HG players. He managed nothing on that front.

He’s had multiple players offered today but didn’t like the deals.

He pulled the plug on other details last minute after they were all agreed.

We don’t have any CBs capable of stepping into the system.

We’re going to have to not name several players in the squad, further “depreciating” those assets.

It’s all a mess and it’s all on Levy.

If this is how it went down, absolutely no excuse.
Hes been the constant in the ever changing playing side of THFC. No surprise the same mistakes and the same actions have been pulled yet again.
Small time mindset. Rinse and repeat until every year until he leaves.