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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Chew Barker Edition 29th July 2013

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dwayne-mooney

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Mate my nephew went on a birthday party tour, 8 kids all with a parent/gaurdian. I was itching to be with him but his grandad took him instead, they were there saturday, there are photos on a phone, just not my phone. club shop was shut tho.
I believe you, sure it came up on my twitter from OS though.

Anyway, we digress...
 

EllenAlex

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He has said a number of times he was born to play for spurs whenever he does comment on it. If things change I'm sure he would say, but as most of us suspect nothing has changed and its all media bollox. I'm inclined to share his optimism on the matter.


I too agree that he has more humility than is being portrayed.

In reality, the newspapers are dominated by supporters of teams that play in red shirts:yuck: We are building something pretty strong here, with AVB and Lloris, Verts, Sandro and Bale at the core. People are worried, naturally.
 

leffe186

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Just had a bt sport leaflet through the post and Bale doesn't feature on a single page! Van Persie and chamberlain are the main focus but bale doesn't even get a little picture! Hope I'm not reading too much into this but could it be that bt have got info on him leaving and therefore removed him from all new advertising??? I would be devastated if this was true, as up to now I was the one saying that he's never leaving this season, not even a chance. But with all the news and lack of comments from bale and even levy or anyone from spurs, I worry that we are considering parting for the right cash, hence why we are quiet ATM... Someone please tell me bale is staying! Or Spurs will be no more! People under estimate just how much bale did carry us last year!


That is a quite spectacular level of paranioa :LOL:
 

Pedro

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I too agree that he has more humility than is being portrayed.

In reality, the newspapers are dominated by supporters of teams that play in red shirts:yuck: We are building something pretty strong here, with AVB and Lloris, Verts, Sandro and Bale at the core. People are worried, naturally.
I was talking about potl, but yeah Gareth is a good lad (I think)
 

EllenAlex

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There's still some nagging doubt for me that terms can be 'agreed' but there are still things to 'iron out'. To me that isn't an agreement. Aside from that, this is a good update from POTL in regards to the contract terms. And it does give you a bit more confidence that this deal will finally get over the line.


True. Apparently Barnett and RM have an agreement; doesn't mean Levy will sell.
 

SpursSince1980

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Is there anything like the life of a Spurs fan? On one hand we hear of the imminent arrival of the striker we've been desperately seeking for years... and on the other hand we hear of the potential departure of our super star. WTF?

That said...

I don't see Bale leaving this window. He may be angling for a move, but Levy won't let it happen for anything less than the figure he has in his mind. If that's 100M, so be it. Bale seems like a good professional who won't pull a modder or berba and spend the rest of the season in a perpetual huff.

Many may hate Levy for his transfer policies -- but when it comes to getting the most from letting players go, there's no one like him in the world. Bottom line: it's a cold day in hell that we get take the bum end of an outgoing transfer.
 

Savage7

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That is a quite spectacular level of paranioa :LOL:

I'm not denying that! That's what these bastards do to you!
But at the same time if we'd have left bale off our advertising then people would be understandably suspect. Bale is bt's biggest signing yet they've left him off the leaflet. May be down to some kind of crazy marketing aiming certain players tI certain regions (I'm from Nottingham though...) but bt leaving bale off their advertising is like barca leaving messi off theirs (or us leavIng bale off!) you just wouldn't do it without reason!

Time for someone from bt sport to give us some itk! Lol
 

Moonie

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Before I stumbled upon this forum a couple of years back (my main spurs feed was newsnow which meant I read Harry Hotspur/vital spurs/triffic tottenham etc...) it always seemed to me that POTL was a joke, I know the blue and yellow thing didn't work well (did he ever confirm what that meant?) it's only since being in here that POTL is clearly the oracle of ITK'S! Maybe it's the mystery with his name "Phantom of the lane" that gives him a mystique if you will, and he doesn't post that much. I'm sure I read somewhere before that he is/was Lennon's agent, however I think agents have better things to do than go on spurs forums to give cryptic clues out!!

I wonder if every team has their own POTL? I.e POTE (phantom of the emirates) or POTC (Phantom of the cottage) hmmmm....
 

Speedy

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I'm not denying that! That's what these bastards do to you!
But at the same time if we'd have left bale off our advertising then people would be understandably suspect. Bale is bt's biggest signing yet they've left him off the leaflet. May be down to some kind of crazy marketing aiming certain players tI certain regions (I'm from Nottingham though...) but bt leaving bale off their advertising is like barca leaving messi off theirs (or us leavIng bale off!) you just wouldn't do it without reason!

Time for someone from bt sport to give us some itk! Lol

Not Itk but different campaigns by bt might not include bale. Ie, targeting gooners. All they need to do is email the leaflet company and order all different ones, send them out at different times etc
 

spursfan77

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Re bale and bt. He wasn't in any of the tv adverts at the end of the season either. I don't think it means anything.
 

ajspurs

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The prospect of Soldado was more exciting when the Bale stuff wasn't so much in the air, still doesn't take away from the quality of the signing though, obviously. To sign Paulinho and Soldado would really just be fantastic, the prospect of them in the team with Bale and (hopefully) a slightly further forward Dembele is incredibly exciting.
 
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