kd2000
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Happens all the time on here. We would be shit at the numbers game on countdown
Eberechi Eze
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Those might not seem that sexy, but alongside Ødegaard and Rice they had a press and determination miles above us.
We can put up all the sexy names we want up front, but if there are no large leap in our midfield/attacking press, we will fall short again.
The press of Bisouma, Maddison, Jhonson and Son at times was appalling last season.
Surely not… with emerson going we have a transfer profit and still have 4 more players to shift, if we sell richie too they must be enough money for all 3
Insomnia
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So we're getting 9 then
Nick-TopSpursMan
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The press wasn’t the issue, we were statistically one of the strongest pressing sides in the league.
Our primary issue in attack was lack of quality in possession technically, lack of ball retention and lack of 1v1 ability.
theShiznit
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You are correct.
So just Lidl and Vikram.
It was a joke btw...
I also don't believe Daniel is trying to locate where Eazy e is buried...
THFCSPURS19
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Tottenham confident of signing £65m Dominic Solanke
Forward scored 19 league goals for Bournemouth last season and has £65million release clause, which north London side may have to fund by selling Richarlison to Saudi club
www.thetimes.com
Although Tottenham like Eberechi Eze, they do not want to meet Crystal Palace’s demand for the bulk of the £60million release clause to be paid up front, which has complicated a possible move.
WiganSpur
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When you say strongest pressing do you mean press frequency or press effectiveness though? Big difference between a proper coached and structured press to just barking at players to chase down more. I felt last season at times it was lacking and we allowed opponents to counter attack us too easily. However, better ball retention in theory means you have to do less pressing, so if tiredness was the cause over organisation then that is easier to address.
robertgoulet
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I don't think this one is dead yet. If Saudi pays us in a single installment for Richy I can see us either triggering the Eze release or the money being there forcing CP to the negotiating table.Tottenham confident of signing £65m Dominic Solanke
Forward scored 19 league goals for Bournemouth last season and has £65million release clause, which north London side may have to fund by selling Richarlison to Saudi club
Although Tottenham like Eberechi Eze, they do not want to meet Crystal Palace’s demand for the bulk of the £60million release clause to be paid up front, which has complicated a possible move.
- Jan 14, 2004
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This. This makes sense to me. I can’t understand why we’d sell Richy otherwise but if we get a big up front sum then we can do a big upfront sum for Eze and be more creative on the other moves in the meantime.
mil1lion
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No we're getting a 9 (Solanke)So we're getting 9 then
What Lies Beneath
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no they have no reason to come to the table pay it or move on unless we offer them something stupid.
ButchCassidy
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Don’t fully agree - there may be things they would like that are outside the scope of the release clause. For example, we could potentially really hamper them if we make our bid too late for them to spend the money well. If they got the feeling it’s inevitable we are actually going to trigger the deal, they may feel it’s worth it to negotiate (slightly, not dramatically altering the structure) in order to have some control over aspects like timing.
Still don’t think Levy will bite on this though.
What Lies Beneath
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The answer from parish was no ! We have tried the above through intermediaries and offered more like I have said they don’t want to lose eze . The promise to him was he can go if they get there RC !
SpartanSpur
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Sounds like this is proper dead then. I wonder if this was the trigger for the Solanke move more than the Saudi interest in Richy.
ButchCassidy
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Right, but it seems like they know we won’t actually trigger the clause (probably because parish knows levy better than that!) and keeping Eze is their best case scenario - if they really thought we were going to do it no matter what, they would be incentivized to negotiate on small things to end up with a deal that would be better for them than just 65m on deadline day.
absolute bobbins
Am Yisrael Chai
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No, I haven’t.
You are assuming that the release clause is effective right up to the end of the window.
The lawyer who drafted the clause would presumably not have been so negligent as to allow that to happen.
Wheeler Dealer
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Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly
One thing is "pressing" high, but if you move 1 -2 second after the ball has passed it is already to late. this happened all the time.
How do you explain all the goals we let in, over double of Arsenal, is it our back 4 then, that is bad? If you want to play a high line, the press must be on point.
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