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Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembélé, Sissoko, Llorente are not young.We have a young squad and most young players get better with age. Especially when they have a coach like Poch
Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembélé, Sissoko, Llorente are not young.We have a young squad and most young players get better with age. Especially when they have a coach like Poch
If Poch and Levy thought they could conquer the league /cups with the squad that looked I'll equipped last season then they are deluded.
All the season ticket holders that spend vast sums to see a great team in this great stadium being built have been duped. We have a good team but absolutely by no means is it a great team to grace such a great stadium.
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I didn't buy a season ticket because a compete stranger said on the internet that Tottenham would change their tactics after nearly 20 years.This doesn't affect me directly so I would accept a correction , but the ugliest part of the summer TW seems to me to be Club manipulation of ITK . The initial ITK was incredibly positive . Am I right in saying that season ticket renewals occur in this initial phase ?
If so , this would run fraud fairly close surely.
Feels like we have been saying forever that we have a young squad that will get better.
I'm talking in a general sense. It does feel like we have been talked about as having a young, improving squad for quite a while. I would love us to win something, even if just a league cup so that we can be seen as more than just a work in progress.Still waiting on that Kane lad to come good?
Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembélé, Sissoko, Llorente are not young.
I don't even think we can afford to lose Sissoko at this stage, central midfield is obliterated enough as it is.Levy didn't want to sell cheap therefore he can't buy before selling due to squad places and HG quotas. We might offload players abroad now (VJ/LLorente/Sissoko/GKN) and buy in january ... but if you have money to spend why bothering about selling cheap ? A part of me think it is all about Levy's pride but can't see a businessman mixing personal feeling and business intelligence...
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Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembélé, Sissoko, Llorente are not young.
There were so many noises we had money we were targeting martial Zaha etc. I can’t believe all the ITK was wrong. Imo I think they had their targets which were probably quite specific and limited like martial and a top CM. When those deals didn’t happen you then have to say is it worth buying next level down CM for £35m. Basically you’re then talking players like drinkwater or cook. And is that really better than dembele/winks/Onomah not really so why waste the money. My only quibble is you could upgrade Llorente for £20m. I’d have taken rondon or ings. Trying to be optimistic if the money was there, next summer we should have at least £200m to spend ?
So farWe held onto Toby.
That's a win.
You can understand the reluctance of these players and their agents to sign on for long periods of time when they see the hash we make of our approach to both buying and selling players. I doubt they'll extend their contracts for fear of being stuck when Levy demands ridiculous prices or clubs simply won't deal with him.
You can understand the reluctance of these players and their agents to sign on for long periods of time when they see the hash we make of our approach to both buying and selling players. I doubt they'll extend their contracts for fear of being stuck when Levy demands ridiculous prices or clubs simply won't deal with him.
They do increase the average age though....6 players don't make up a squad.
They do increase the average age though....
Yes they do. They're all squad members. If they don't make up a squad then we might as well release them all from their contract.Yep, but they don't make up a 'squad'...
Yes they do. They're all squad members. If they don't make up a squad then we might as well release them all from their contract.
They don't constitute and entire squad, but they are 6 players usually found on a 17 man match day squad, often the starting 11.
Ergo, we don't have an exclusively young squad.