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Yep, they approach the world as it ought to be, not as it is. If Kane hadn't been injured this would have been a good window, with Bergwijn coming in unexpectedly.
But he is injured - not least because we run him into the ground for lack of rotational alternatives. That is the reality and that is the need they have to address in this window. But no, we're still farting around like we have all the time in the world and can afford to be extremely picky.
So if the curtain drops tomorrow night without us having signed a Kane replacement, Levy will have failed us. Indeed: Classic ENIC/Levy.
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Agreed, I had to mute him after the summer window as he was driving me potty. Unmuted him recently, probably gonna regret it
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I can't defend them for missed opportunities of yesteryear, but...
There are quite a few prem teams this window that are in need of a striker as a result of injuries.
United and Chelsea have equally struggled to secure a temporary fix.
Anyone really good will cost a packet, and those left are being overvalued. Giroud seems a reasonable price, but Chelsea might not deal.
Piatek overvalued.
Willian Jose...third party issues ??
Lampard said Chelsea need a striker the other day, they've struggled to secure and they got dollar.
I'll be disappointed if we don’t snaffle a striker, but will also remind myself that we've secured some pretty good talent this window. Add to this some decent loans out for some of the lads, moving on those who wish to be elsewhere, then all in all, far from worthy of a Levy/Enic bash.
SSN...linking us to Holjberg as I write.
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Its an endless cycle of papering over the cracks, not addressing deep lying issues,etc. It'll be the exact same in the summer where maybe we make 3 good signings but really needed 5 or something like that. Its never been enough to a. keep the level we were at and now b. get back to the level we were at.
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Can it be that hard to get a better striker than Lucas Moura? We’re not looking to upgrade on Kane ffs
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Chelsea wants a legitimate starting striker, not going to move in January and have actual backups they can play. United are a fucking mess and still brought in a player who would possibly fill their biggest need.
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Legitimate starting striker.
They were linked to both Piatek and Cavani
Two players some siugest we should've signed as back up for Kane.
They haven't signed either.
As for United. They might have filled a hole, but you fail to add how they vastly overpaid which is what I alluded to in my first post.
Richarlison €100 million bid from Barcelona. They failed to get their man.
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What do Chelsea & United have to do with us consistently not doing enough in the transfer market?
Piatek was there for the taking, Willian Jose seemingly there for the taking, Paco Alcacer there for the taking, anyone else I'm missing? All would have been perfectly acceptable backups at reasonable prices.
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their are people of sufficient quality, just we dont have the cash or not willing to spend
Hard to be too upset. Chelsea, Man Utd, Barca all need strikers too. What have they done? If we’re missing out on sure things or even legit options, of course these guys would have been in for them too. None of them had any interest in Piatek, Jose, Alacacer, etc. Heck, chelsea seem ok to get rid of Giroux.
Would have been nice to find a stopgap, but I honestly don’t think any of these guys would be the difference in top 4 vs not. I’m ok not getting sidetracked from the long term plan.
Of course the big caveat is that we need to get it done this summer after not getting it done for ever - along with DM, FB, CB, etc.
Would have been nice to find a stopgap, but I honestly don’t think any of these guys would be the difference in top 4 vs not. I’m ok not getting sidetracked from the long term plan.
Of course the big caveat is that we need to get it done this summer after not getting it done for ever - along with DM, FB, CB, etc.
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Which part of what i said disagreed with their not being quality options available this window? I was talking about those using lack of options as an excuse, i agree with what you are saying, we aren't willing to spend this window which will be to our downfall come the end of the season
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Firstly.
I said I could not defend their failings of yeteryear.
Secondly.
The reference to Chelsea and United is given as an example to show that not only Spurs are struggling in what is usually considered a tough window to do business in, and many are looking for the same type of striker. Namely a stop gap striker.
Finally.
Who says they were reasonable prices. What if the club thought differently to you. What if we only wanted a loan, but it came with an obligation. What if we had to commit £30 million on player X,Y or Z in the summer after an initial loan, would that see us forfeit upgrading the fullbacks in the summer.
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Like?
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Well ideally that would be Son...
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Financially I'm sure it will damage us and our players. The qualification money, Nike kit deal, Stadium naming rights and other sponsorship deals are surely tied to our Champions League performance.
Teams like Man United and Liverpool can afford to finish outside Europe for a couple of seasons because they can reassure they're sponsors with a massive global fanbase.
Teams like Chelsea can afford it because they too have a big fanbase thanks to recent success and because they have Abramovich backing them.
We are still trying to build our brand as one of the biggest clubs in the world. We won't have the luxury that Liverpool and Chelsea had a few years ago when they had no European football but still managed to sign players like Mane and Kante.
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