Player Watch: Victor Wanyama

[AX-Spur]

flew out of Nairobi for London on Sunday morning

So he flew to London on Sunday morning, but still had time to visit a National Park in Nairobi the same day... Must be an early bird!

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

So he flew to London on Sunday morning, but still had time to visit a National Park in Nairobi the same day... Must be an early bird!

He actually flew out and landed in London at around 4:30pm

 

[glospur]

You really need to engage your fucking brain sometimes. They were tailing about his physical presence not his athleticism:

Physicality is defined as the physical features of someone, or an intense focus on the physical body. An example of physicality is the way that someone looks. An example of physicality is an extreme interest in body building.

'Engage your fucking brain.'

This from the person who sincerely says that he would prefer Lesniak over Wanyama.

This from someone who says Kante lacks physicality.

Edit: And who can forget the 'Get Alli off and get a fucking midfielder on' call 5 minutes before he scored the winner and goal of the season at Palace.

The extent to which you engage your brain lies in your ability to type 'physicality,' 'squawka comparison matrix,' and '10 pretentious words I can use on a football forum to impress everyone' into the Google search bar and then post accordingly.

The irony, the hypocrisy of it all.

Keep clutching those straws though by typing the word into google and desperately using the first definition you can find; yourdictionary.com is a fucking incontrovertible source, eh

 

[branchie]

igijedi has spoken into the ITK thread ....

Calm yourselves, nothing to see yet ....

 

[DJS]

'Engage your fucking brain.'

This from the person who sincerely says that he would prefer Lesniak over Wanyama.

This from someone who says Kante lacks physicality.

The irony, the hypocrisy of it all.

Keep clutching those straws though by typing the word into google and desperately using the first definition you can find; yourdictionary.com is a fucking incontrovertible source, eh

Bit late to the party dude.

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

Don't think this will happen until Wednesday or even Thursday

 

[Deleted member 27695]

Who's Wotnot? Is he related to Niknak?

How can you dislike this? Come on, it took me ages to think it up

 

[Khilari]

Probably has Newsnow?

Probably.

He used to be part of the medical team.

 

[voxy28]

anyone spotted him doing medical?

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

This really isn't the problem I'm alluding to. I understand integration is rarely an instantaneous process. Kane only got his chance because the two first team choices ahead of him drastically - and I mean drastically - under performed. How is KWP - who is by everyone who's watched him's opinion an outstanding and rare talent in a very caught after position - going to ever even get ad hoc minutes with Walker and Trippier and then we purchase Yedlin too ? Adam Smith is proving that he is good enough to play EPL football, but he had to leave for exactly the same reason, we purchased not one, but two young FB's (the Kyles) as 2nd and 3rd choice. We purchased two AM's last season which resulted in Pritchard being sent on a ludicrous loan to sit on the bench of a team where he was ill suited. Are you seriously telling me that you believe Njie was ready to offer more to our first team than Pritchard had proved he was ? I could not disagree more.

I don't think KWP has the body strength for mens football yet and he won't be able to show his full ability if he is constantly being dispossessed or out-muscled in defensive duels. I also happen to think that Trippier was bought as a stop gap until KWP is ready - which could be this season or next.

Njie was clearly bought primarily to give us a pacy direct option in the AM's positions - which we didn't have before. I don't believe he was ever in direct competition with Pritchard. Pritchard was unlucky, in that after Poch had promised to give him a chance, he got injured and by the time he had recovered the team had momentum and it would have been hard to give him minutes. I reckon the thinking in sending him loan to WBA was that he had more chance of playing time there at that stage in the season, than he did with us. He was just a victim of circumstance rather than being deliberately forced out of the team/club.

Ultimately I trust in the coaching team we have now to get the development of our youth players right. Much more than I have any others before them. John McDermott has explicitly said that Poch pays more attention to our youth setup than any manager he has worked with and goes above and beyond to give the youth players a chance to succeed. Of course, mistakes will always be made but I think it is really difficult as fans who might only watch a sprinkling of youth matches to give an wholly informed opinion on who is ready to challenge for a first team spot and who is not.

 

[alex3]

Sky say medical today and will sign 4 year deal

 

[luRRka]

On sky sports spurs agree deal with Southampton between 11 and 12 million for wanyama

 

[PhezTHFC]

Sky sources understand Tottenham and Southampton have agreed a fee between £11m and £12m for Victor Wanyama to move to White Hart Lane.

We understand the player will finalise terms on a four-year contract and is due to undergo a medical today.

 

[thinktank]

Sky sources understand Tottenham and Southampton have agreed a fee between £11m and £12m for Victor Wanyama to move to White Hart Lane.

We understand the player will finalise terms on a four-year contract and is due to undergo a medical today.

Decent cover/competition for Dier (at least we can properly rest the poor sod now).

Now let's do the same for Dembele. The next two signings are critical.

Dembele and Kane must now get their 'shadows'.

 

[alex3]

For 11mln in today's market for a 24yrd proven premier league player this is a fantastic signing. Hope we don't sell bentaleb and have a midfield of dier/wanyama/dembele/bentaleb

 

[gloriousbillynich]

Will be an excelleng signing if/when completed to solidify our midfield.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

Decent cover/competition for Dier (at least we can properly rest the poor sod now).

Now let's do the same for Dembele. The next two signings are critical.

Dembele and Kane must now get their 'shadows'.

They seek him here, they seek him there.
Those policemen seek him everywhere.
Is he in Heaven, or is he in Hell?
That damned sh-a-dow

 

[PhezTHFC]

They seek him here, they seek him there.
Those policemen seek him everywhere.
Is he in Heaven, or is he in Hell?
That damned sh-a-dow

I recognise you! Your Del, Derek Trotter!

 

[PhezTHFC]

Decent cover/competition for Dier (at least we can properly rest the poor sod now).

Now let's do the same for Dembele. The next two signings are critical.

Dembele and Kane must now get their 'shadows'.

Yeah agreed there mate. Think Dembele is the hard one though, will it be Bentaleb or another signing? Kane will be Janssen or Batshuayi i think.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Sky sources understand Tottenham and Southampton have agreed a fee between £11m and £12m for Victor Wanyama to move to White Hart Lane.

We understand the player will finalise terms on a four-year contract and is due to undergo a medical today.

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...dfielder-victor-wanyama-set-for-spurs-medical

Lyall must be concerned when prisoners knew about this before him.