The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE LAST MINUTE OF THE LAST HOUR OF THE LAST DAY 31st August 2012

[Studdsy]

Sky still waiting for Moutinho

Keep on waiting you fucking idiots.

 

[moomin]

We've gone from top 4 to a mid table squad

talk about dramatic.

we signed 3 of the hottest prem players last season (dembele, dempsey, siggy), as well as the player of the year in the dutch league (verts) as replacements for players who were 100% gone (modric, vdv, king) while still turning a profit. brilliant work by levy. it just seems bad because we thought we had mouts 100%. if you think our business or lack thereof turned us into a mid table club you are an idiot plain and simple.

 

[big_bear_jol]

For god sake SSn dont do this to us!

 

[greg007]

Sky sports are still tweeting that the Moutinho deal is in balance..... Very strange?

 

[plastikpaddy]

what a joke

 

[Mikegold]

ITS STILL ON SSN!

 

[KaNoUtE9]

Moutinho might still be done according to SSN

 

[stov]

moutinho is not a dead deal...levy and avb still there trying to get it to work

 

[iluvsteffenfreund]

It mite not b over!!!!!!!
Moutinhho

 

[Cyspurs]

COME ONE!!

 

[mpickard2087]

SSN think Moutinho deal may not be dead yet... not getting excited though.

 

[Mr Pink]

woohooo, he's sexier anyway....come on lol

 

[BH_spurs]

don't do this to us! this is torture.

 

[JAYSTAR]

Or moutinho in midfield still?!?!?

 

[Mattspurs1982]

Just to clarify, from what's been said it seems the problem with the Moutinho transfer wasn't his wages. That was probably agreed weeks ago. What the club couldn't get sorted is how much Porto should have been paid and how much this 3rd party owner should have been paid. 'Porto sold 37.5% of the player's economic rights to a third party, Mamers BV, for €4.125 million.' That will have been the issue. Not personal terms!

An spurs didn't know all this till today??? Bollocks!! Profit.

 

[we_all_loved_freund]

Clint Dempsey reminds me of the type of signings we used to make; average players hitting a bit of form, ala Danny Murphy

 

[SpursSince1980]

COME ON!!!!

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

No it's not. SSN are speculating on the basis of nothing to keep us tuned in.

Come on guys don't let yourself be built up again. Did you hear any evidence aside from Levy not coming out to say it didn't go through? He didn't come out and state we didn't get Llorente etc.

 

[thinktank]

SSN still think Levy is on the mouts deal...just stringing viewers along methinks.

 

[jackson]

SSN saying Moutinho may still happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Essexyid07]

Fuck me sideways there's still a chance according to SSN just now!!! Come on Danny boy

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Saying no in business can bring you a lot more sucess than saying yes

 

[steve]

Ryan, does it occur to you that sometimes a managers wish list may not be compatible with reality. In those circumstances I'm sure what happens is other options get discussed and chosen within doable parameters. I doubt Levy has made many major (i.e. immediate first team intended) signings without at least saying we can't get our first choice option but these are are other options, what do you want to do ?

As we have seen, managers have been backed. Redknapp spent at least 80-100m in the first three/four windows on players of his choosing. Most of them turned out to have shelf lives of 12-18 months. That impacted the subsequent windows. We are still shedding his, and other managers/DOF's mistakes.

I'm pretty sure none of our signings would have been made without some form of consultation. Maybe you should question the grasp of reality that some of our managers have. Bullshit like "Tevez was getable" is a typical example.

Are you happier with our first 11 and squad than you were last season?