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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread Aug 17 2012 - THE SMALL KNIGHT RISES (Part 2)
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Spurger King
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I'm guessing he was referring to whatever dimension Pav managed to slip off to for 99% of his playing time.
Supersi32
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Not sure I buy this, why would Levy mess with the one transfer that our entire window depends on? The domino effect would have a potentially ruinous effect on not just deals in the pipeline, but squad morale too! He may be a tough negotiator, but he always seems to look after the best interests of the club, so this smacks of Croatian/Spanish bullshit to me, trying to make us look bad because their darling Rat Boy didn't get everything his own way, kind of like Stimac was trying to do last week! Assholes
Didn`t Levy do something similar when we tried to buy Rossi, ageed a price with Villareal then tried to get a few mill knocked off...There was some ITK about it at the time iirc
Mattspurs1982
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God it's all so depressing. Never gonna get Moutinho and now the kid who got a few appearances in the Europa (and looked naf), is now a better option than Keane, Pav and Crouch. Jesus we have truly fucked up recently
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If (and it's a big if) the bit in bold is true....very disappointing.
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dowlaty"Only 1 Spurs, post: 2941259, member: 21034"]Oh my my, lol Modric will be having at hissy fit all the way home...hence more negative press lol....Madrid have prob seen a cheaper option!!.[/quote]
yeah moutinho
yeah moutinho
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Not sure I buy this, why would Levy mess with the one transfer that our entire window depends on? The domino effect would have a potentially ruinous effect on not just deals in the pipeline, but squad morale too! He may be a tough negotiator, but he always seems to look after the best interests of the club, so this smacks of Croatian/Spanish bullshit to me, trying to make us look bad because their darling Rat Boy didn't get everything his own way, kind of like Stimac was trying to do last week! Assholes
I agree mate. Nothing on the spanish websites and AS and Marca have been updated on Modric in last hour. Still saying he's coming on Monday.
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Maybe in a parallel dimension?
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well if Levy has made a Error playing Hardball and "moving the goalposts" and this costs us then my goodness he will really have fucked things up for the club and AVB....it really couldn't get any worse if this is true...we are getting a v.bad name when it comes to Levy and transfers, While i agree i like the way he does his v.best for the club in negotiations its starting to have a v.bad light on the club ive read twice now from different itk that clubs simply refuse to deal with us? i don't know if this is true but its not good. we need some clarification on this piece of news!!.
and this costs us then my goodness he will really have fucked things up for the club and AVB....it really couldn't get any worse if this is true...we are getting a v.bad name when it comes to Levy and transfers, While i agree i like the way he does his v.best for the club in negotiations its starting to have a v.bad light on the club ive read twice now from different itk that clubs simply refuse to deal with us? i don't know if this is true but its not good. we need some clarification on this piece of news!!.
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I don't remember, but trying to get a player cheaper is a whole lot different to pulling the rug out from under the most critical point of the TW. I don't know the inner workings of DL or THFC, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
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Correct. The man has done a good job. But I think his penny pinching has gone too far. Maybe he should of gone when Harry did. Fresh start. Because the manager must of wished he went to s club that sign players they need. No words can describe how shit we act in the transfer windows.
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He will make the progression from second striker to Lone man in the same way Van Persie and Rooney did imo, i.e. once established and developed his all round game he will move up top
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I admire your confidence in Defoe. I'm certainly not anti-Defoe but I just don't see him fitting into AVB's overall team ethos. Adebayor is significantly better suited, and if he's not available we need someone of a similar style.
I think your point about Sig is an important one though. Looking forward to seeing how he links up with VDV and Bale. Hopefully he'll prove to be another big source of goals.
I still think there has been a lack of planning when it comes to our current situation. I think AVB is putting a brave face on it, but I reckon he's far from happy with the strikers he has available to him.
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Have to wonder about some fans, Real and Luka tried to fuck us good and proper this summer. At no point have they showed that they're negotiating in good faith. Past the strike and the derisory offers and the Sahin to scum rumours and the Sahin to scum almost completed shit and the leaked acceptance of the original derisory bid. Expecting Levy to be a nice little chairman and take one up the backside is incredibly wishful thinking.
I've defended Levy to the hilt - and have the neg rep to prove it - but i'm starting to lose faith in him.
It's one thing that we continually seem to be chasing people we can't afford but now the constant disruption over Modric? I can't see how this can be good for business, squad building or team morale.
Last season Chelsea offered us £35m, cash. Who knows, maybe we could have ended up with Oscar at a sensible price.
I won't ever question Levy's abilities but i'm starting to wonder about his strategy. If I was him i'd be losing sleep,feeling ill at the way things seem to be going.
It's one thing that we continually seem to be chasing people we can't afford but now the constant disruption over Modric? I can't see how this can be good for business, squad building or team morale.
Last season Chelsea offered us £35m, cash. Who knows, maybe we could have ended up with Oscar at a sensible price.
I won't ever question Levy's abilities but i'm starting to wonder about his strategy. If I was him i'd be losing sleep,feeling ill at the way things seem to be going.
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Has anyone stopped to consider that perhaps Real's deal was taking the piss, and levy's protecting our interests and trying to ensure that Villas Boas has some meaningful cash to spend on players. I mean, if the price Madrid had offered was £25 million and Levy has said actually stick up your bollocks, if you really want Luka come back with something above £30 million is there so much wrong with that?
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Doesn't anyone else find it odd that Mourinho would be the one to pull the plug or be furious because of Levy's negotiating ? Surely, if true, it would be the RM director negotiating who would be getting annoyed. Mourinho wouldn't give a shit as long as he got his player would he ?
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I wouldn't worry mate. Your girlfriend never put out, your job was shit, and we all know that money can't buy you happiness. You're probably better off unemployed, skint and celibate.
(Agree with you about Juande though.)
Mourinho would want/need to know who is in his squad. He's probably not bothered about monetry amounts though.
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