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mattspur1986

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So we signing Eze or what

Obvs not but suppose it looks like we are done then, if so good window in terms of cleaning out the squad and improving depth but would’ve liked that Eze type transformative attacking signing along with a LB and possibly CM (but can see why we might hold off on those 2 until Jan at least if the right opportunity doesn’t come up)
We’re ALWAYS holding off until the next window for key signings, then it’s rinse and repeat. Like you say, good window in terms of outgoings. 4/10 for incomings at very best. Couple injuries when fixture list piles up at Xmas and we’re fucked!
 

mattspur1986

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I don’t see how only signing one player over 20 can been seen as anything other than a failure.

We failed to obtain our two key targets, and we haven’t addressed the problem areas in our squad like the left side of defence or genuine quality on the wings.

Whatever the plan was at the start of the window, it’s not worked.
Agree 100%, okeefe on twitter says we’re done too. Negligent yet again. We never learn.
 

mattspur1986

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You could say that about any team.

We scored four unanswered goals last weekend without our new striker who picked up a knock four days previously.

Too much negativity around injuries, something every team suffers from during a season.

We have cover along the backline, midfield and now in attack (in Ange's system).
Against Everton. Just the week before we was outplayed by a newly promoted team for 45 mins.
it’s going to be another season of glimpses of greatness - but overall weakness being shown in key areas.

just like last season.
 

Kirito

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Against Everton. Just the week before we was outplayed by a newly promoted team for 45 mins.
it’s going to be another season of glimpses of greatness - but overall weakness being shown in key areas.

just like last season.

You mean we should have been 4-5 up before halftime but didn’t take our chances and it gave them encouragement. That kind of thing has happens now and again, even to the best teams. We weren’t great in the second half but lets not ignore that we were also really good and should have been clear in the first 45.
 

mattspur1986

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You mean we should have been 4-5 up before halftime but didn’t take our chances and it gave them encouragement. That kind of thing has happens now and again, even to the best teams. We weren’t great in the second half but let’s not ignore that we were also really good and should have been clear in the first 45.
Yrs we should have, didn’t take those chances and then fell apart as soon as they equalised. Like we did in many occasions last season.

if you let teams back in like that, you’re going to be punished.
 

coy-spurs1882

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You mean we should have been 4-5 up before halftime but didn’t take our chances and it gave them encouragement. That kind of thing has happens now and again, even to the best teams. We weren’t great in the second half but lets not ignore that we were also really good and should have been clear in the first 45.
"should have" means fuck all in reality.
 

thelak

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You mean we should have been 4-5 up before halftime but didn’t take our chances and it gave them encouragement. That kind of thing has happens now and again, even to the best teams. We weren’t great in the second half but lets not ignore that we were also really good and should have been clear in the first 45.
Coulda woulda shoulda - should be the real club motto
 

cunn1ngstunt

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Against Everton. Just the week before we was outplayed by a newly promoted team for 45 mins.
it’s going to be another season of glimpses of greatness - but overall weakness being shown in key areas.

just like last season.
It’s been two games ??? I appreciate modern football has changed but squads still have the capability to improve, learn, develop and progress without signings. Almost all have squads where there is one or two positions where an injury would be a massive headache. But to say that our season is written off after two games of which we have not lost is preposterous.
Anges philosophy takes time to imprint and the ability for players to truly embrace and replicate it on the pitch could take at least a season. Whilst strengthening a squad is important It still takes time for them to adapt to a new style and system which is not a common one that Ange uses.
Can we save the told you so’s till we have at least lost a match.
 

Kirito

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Yrs we should have, didn’t take those chances and then fell apart as soon as they equalised. Like we did in many occasions last season.

if you let teams back in like that, you’re going to be punished.
Last season we were top after 10 games and everyone got excited until the Chelsea game where it all went wrong. We’re only 2 games in now, so by the same token its not worth dooming until we have actually played a substantial number of matches. Early optimism or pessimism is kinda pointless as form fluctuates throughout a season. Just don’t think you can draw any conclusions from 180 minutes.
 

Albertbarich

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I will bite on this.

So you think we would compete by staying at the 36k capacity old stadium more than the new one?

A "flash" stadium, has brought in NFL, Boxing, Music Concerts and Rugby.

The Athletic (March 2024):
White Hart Lane would bring in on average £1m ($1.26m) per home game, and so until Spurs left, their annual matchday revenue would be just over £40m ($51m) per year. In the last SEASON at White Hart Lane, 2016-17, where Spurs made £45m
Compared to White Hart Lane, the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a gigantic 62,000-seater ATM. Tottenham make close to £6m ($7.5m) per MATCHDAY.
Over the 2021-22 season, the first back after Covid-19, Spurs made £106m ($134m) in matchday revenue, second only to Manchester United

Not caring about "flashy stadiums" is OK by me, but please don't think it's not an improvement even beyond Levy's wildest dreams. Almost 250,000 fans came to watch the Beyonce and Gun's N Roses concerts in 2022, (last accounts) show that Tottenham earned 15 million from those concerts. Currently no PL club can come near to matching this revenue (why do you think Ratcliffe wants Old Trafford re-developing?

"They want fourth" is nothing more than an opinion of yours. Listen to what Ange has said about CL qualification, he doesn't see that as a challenge or goal, or success.

The end of the day spending like City (and we can't) does not guarantee success, unless like Chelsea you spend a billion pounds, have a squad of fifty three players and finish seventh?

That to Spurs fans, Ange, and any PL fan is not success.

Ange is building a new squad, and aside from Davies, every player will have been shifted (LoCelso hopefully) from the Poch era in just two transfer windows, squad age lowered and a more exciting brand of football being played.

Call me old fashioned but as a fan and season ticket holder of thirty five years, see a lot more positives today than say, you do.
The point is despite the flashy stadium we aren’t challenging.

You’re not old fashioned, quite the opposite , your long post is typical modern Tottenham. Yes I know off the pitch daniel levy is the business equivalent of messi, that’s wonderful for him and his bank balance. Come back to me when that translates to the stuff we should be all here for “ the football team. Just 24 years and waiting so far..
 

HildoSpur

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If we fail to sign a left sided defender - preferably left back - that is highly negligent of the club. No question about it.

Do we really expect to play Micky in every game, every competition, without a break? It’s not going to happen.

Eze would’ve really put a marker down, but only Solanke as a senior signing isn’t anywhere near enough from the 8th richest club in the world.

The size of the squad hasn’t changed from last season, which is fine, but the amount of experience has. For instance, in Levy’s mind we have Porro, Spence, Romero, Dragusin, Van der Ven, Davies, Udogie & Reguilon - 8 players for 4 positions. To hell if they’re all suitable enough to play the football Ange wants.

That, my friends, shows a complete lack of footballing understanding..

Still a few hours to go. Time to right a few wrongs. What happened to Hermoso?
Bergvall, Gray and Odobert are all senior signings as well. Odobert went straight into the side and both Gray and Bergvall are getting regular minutes already and will both be starters soon. These are ready made first team players, they are not academy kids.

Some of the reactions in here are really dumb.
 

Albertbarich

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We've spently like 140mil on 4 players no?

Seems reasonable to me
Context.

Two teenagers and a striker that most would have baulked at before he signed.

So highest ticket prices, highest shirt prices, highest , will we be anywhere near the highest placed team this season off the back of this window?

I does this squad look anywhere near ready to challenge for four trophies?

And it’s not even the preparing for the future over the present that has irritated me. Despite the fact that’s all we ever do.

Leaving the defence so short and leaving the midfield so lightweight with gruelling europa league campaign is just negligence. That’s what winds me up, fine get the superstar kids in but at least cover the gaps in the swuad
 

HildoSpur

Likes Erik Lamela, deal with it.
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Context.

Two teenagers and a striker that most would have baulked at before he signed.

So highest ticket prices, highest shirt prices, highest , will we be anywhere near the highest placed team this season off the back of this window?

I does this squad look anywhere near ready to challenge for four trophies?

And it’s not even the preparing for the future over the present that has irritated me. Despite the fact that’s all we ever do.

Leaving the defence so short and leaving the midfield so lightweight with gruelling europa league campaign is just negligence. That’s what winds me up, fine get the superstar kids in but at least cover the gaps in the swuad
Dismissing Odobert (straight into the side) and Gray as 'two teenagers' is embarrassing. If you include Bergvall and Moore we have some of the best young talents in Europe and three of them are ready right now to play in the first team. I get a bit pissed off when people talk about them like they are nothing special just to down play a transfer window because we didn't sign a player they wanted. There's your context.
 

Guntz

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Injuries will be our downfall yet again IMO.

Our squad just isn’t big enough to compete with the big boys.
 
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