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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - Or is it? 28th July 2014

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ButchCassidy

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We should take advantage of their need for players to get the ones that we want. They take a couple of million off the asking prices for Schneiderlin and Rodriguez and we send them a player or two on loan for the season.
I'd love to see Carroll go there and get some consistent gametime, but I think Saints are too proud of their own academy to spend time developing our players for us. They'll bring through some youth, spend a bit of the cash they're currently rolling in on some Eredivisie and bottom-half Prem players, and pull themselves back to mid-table mediocrity.
 

arunspurs

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Assuming Rodriguez goes to his usual LWF position, it would be between one of Ade & Soldado for starting spot. I believe game time for Kane will be reduced.

Loan to Soton would be good.

Cash + Townsend sale + Kane on loan = Schneiderlin + Rodriguez ?
 

Shadydan

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Assuming Rodriguez goes to his usual LWF position, it would be between one of Ade & Soldado for starting spot. I believe game time for Kane will be reduced.

Loan to Soton would be good.

Cash + Townsend sale + Kane on loan = Schneiderlin + Rodriguez ?

That will leave us incredibly short, in a season where Ade is going to the ACN as well, I think 3 strikers is enough.
 

easley91

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Assuming Rodriguez goes to his usual LWF position, it would be between one of Ade & Soldado for starting spot. I believe game time for Kane will be reduced.

Loan to Soton would be good.

Cash + Townsend sale + Kane on loan = Schneiderlin + Rodriguez ?
We need to keep Kane. Even for one spot between 3 strikers. Injury can happen at anytime to Soldado, Ade too and so we'll need a 3rd striker.
 

Shadydan

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:D I appreciate your point about Porto but they bought him for €8M a year ago so if Kono is £13M I think it's possible.

dealing with Porto's chairman is like dealing with Levy on acid, they charge top dollar for their players because they don't need the money.
 

Drexl

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When i read about the chaos going on at Southampton and the asset stripping it makes me realise how lucky we are to have Levy

He makes mistakes but he has the club and its wellbeing at heart
 

neogenisis

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Someone has told my man early this morning this is now asset stripping as the owner is ready to sell the club. He knows more than he is telling me mind you. J Rod and Morgan are on the way as of late last night.
 

spurs9

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dealing with Porto's chairman is like dealing with Levy on acid, they charge top dollar for their players because they don't need the money.
I think it is partly because they rarely own their players in full (3rd party owners) so want more for their % to make it worthwhile in selling them.
 

Keith Morris

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Someone has told my man early this morning this is now asset stripping as the owner is ready to sell the club. He knows more than he is telling me mind you. J Rod and Morgan are on the way as of late last night.
What is your assessment/understanding of J Rod injury/recovery?
 

arunspurs

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During WC, Deschamps apparently told MS that, if he wants a future at national team, he has to move to A list club, playing regularly in Europe (CL or EL). I guess this could be the factor in choosing us over Arse. Its possible he is not convinced he would be automatic starter in midfield of Arse - not that he is not good enough but may be because Wenger may play Ramsey or Wilshere ahead of him.

Regardless, if we get him, it could be signing of the season for us. IMO put Schneiderlin along with anyone of Capoue, Dembele, Paulinho, Nabil, Mason - I believe we will be hard to break down.

If Schneiderlin is agreed & suppose we dont sign any CBs, this will be my XI v west ham

Lloris,
Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Davies,
Schneiderlin, Capoue
Eriksen, Lamela, Kane(till JR is fit)
Soldado
 

Col_M

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So Danny Ings been dismissed as fluff or is there something in it?

Was he MoPo's budget striker?
 

arunspurs

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So Danny Ings been dismissed as fluff or is there something in it?

Was he MoPo's budget striker?

I don't think he is a target for us now, if we are going to land Rodriguez. He could have been a target when he was in Soton - at least no ITK here mentioned him till date.
 

arunspurs

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Regarding GreyFox ITK on CBs - I guess we are after Hector Moreno (ITK linked him during WC). May be we are waiting for him get back fit from his leg fracture and go back in Jan.
 

dwaynedibley

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Regarding GreyFox ITK on CBs - I guess we are after Hector Moreno (ITK linked him during WC). May be we are waiting for him get back fit from his leg fracture and go back in Jan.
We go into the season with what we have at centre back then we will be out of the race for fourth by January, we needs ch now and I would happily take vlaar, need some grit at the back as vertonghen is a ponce who needs a kick up the arse!
 

Archibald&Crooks

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Just so people know (and by now they really ought to)

Media links go into the relevant player threads where they can be discussed at great length. It is what they are for.

This thread is for the discussion of utterances from ITK.

It really isn't that hard. Honest.

Put yourselves in my shoes. Having to repeat, time after time, this most basic of differences. Immense frustration.

Paulinho chat, the merits of Danny Rose and ll the other stuff that we keep harping on about again and again…..Does it not bother you that some of you are giving the impression that you're a tippy toe away in the evolutionary scale from camel snot?
 
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