The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Pinball Wizard on DEADLINE DAY!

[eddiev14]

Always a glimmer of hope until jetset confirms we have called it a day

Yeah once JJ calls time I’m getting my coat!

 

[stonebrow]

Always a glimmer of hope until jetset confirms we have called it a day

Thought he would have done that by now!

 

[Dillspur]

Hahaha

Hercules: summer will be a different matter

5 minutes later

Hercules: don't expect a big net spend

 

[Rob]

Can we start life-banning people who can't be arsed typing a players name and we end up with posts that read like

"DL wanted FD but JM said he wanted GvD. RL being lined up for summer if CD can't be got".

we’re definitely considering it!

 

[Hakkz]

No one wanted any of the options being talked about, but now they aren't coming, everyone is upset?

This place in a nutshell.

 

[Danny1]

No one wanted any of the options being talked about, but now they aren't coming, everyone is upset?

Tottenham fans.......


and......


Nutshell.......

 

[benski]

You’re not wrong in fact I think your’re ABLE

Able is an anagram of Bale are you ITK?

 

[Metalhead]

That is possibly the most damning ITK on DL i've heard in years.
If true, the fans have been sold a giant lie. Rather than give us more financial freedom, the stadium has put us under forced austerity by banks.
Quite frankly this should be splashed across the sport pages.

Are you talking about A&C's last post?

 

[cider spurs]

That is possibly the most damning ITK on DL Daniel Levy i've heard in years.
If true, the fans have been sold a giant lie. Rather than give us more financial freedom, the stadium has put us under forced austerity by banks.
Quite frankly this should be splashed across the sport pages.

Not happening...Rose has left for Newcastle.

 

[Hercules]

Burn bum time was Giroud in main. Due to it being chavs ?

 

[DFF]

Are you talking about A&C's last post?

Blue background innit.

 

[tony0379]

I guess the £25m for Poch et al has hurt us a bit more than expected.

Yet window after window we are left short by baldy bollocks and he's still in a job

 

[Scott Spur]

LISTEN OUT PLEASE!

we are heavily governed by our banks, and the credit we already drawn down, and have with them. Reality is; we will spend sensibly. We have auditors etc, under agreement watching how we spend every penny. The bank want to protect their asset, which is the stadium. Unless we have an investor to come in, pay off everything, we have to be creative and frugal. I rather that than false hopes. So don’t expect summer to see us rack up 150m in purchases Net spend. We thought we would of had more sponsors:naming rights etc.

I don’t like it, but that is how it is.

I get the feeling Levy has dropped the ball on that front.

I totally understand that we have to cut our cloth on signings, we can't just drop £100M on a striker with crazy wages. But teams like United & Liverpool have maximised commercial revenue so that they can spend that kind of money. I'm not saying that we have anywhere near their international exposure/fanbase, but we were in the Champions League final for goodness sake, surely a stadium sponsorship deal could have been done when everything was looking good?? I suspect DL wanted too much £££ and turned away decent offers.......and here we are.

Finishing mid-table with no european football will clearly help secure the kind of deal he wants and so it will roll on

 

[Deleted member 27995]

Burn bum time was Giroud in main. Due to it being chavs ?

It'e been bum bum time for me all day, I feel fucking rotten.

Surprised we got as close as we did.

 

[chelmyid]

LISTEN OUT PLEASE!

we are heavily governed by our banks, and the credit we already drawn down, and have with them. Reality is; we will spend sensibly. We have auditors etc, under agreement watching how we spend every penny. The bank want to protect their asset, which is the stadium. Unless we have an investor to come in, pay off everything, we have to be creative and frugal. I rather that than false hopes. So don’t expect summer to see us rack up 150m in purchases Net spend. We thought we would of had more sponsors:naming rights etc.

I don’t like it, but that is how it is.

EDITED: Nett spend of 150m. Should say can’t see us spending 150m, unless there is couple sails, new investment etc. Opinion

The only thing I don’t like with this is the point of at the stadium was to avoid these sorts of scenarios
I understand finance and position however it’s starting to feel a little like there will always be an excuse......

 

[GobbyJJ]

Even though i know we weren't going to do anything on deadline day, it keeps drawing me back. Probably in hope more than expectation. Looks more likely I'll be tuning into Sky News and Brexit at 11 tonight rather than Sky Sports News . Bitter? Who me?

 

[joelstinton14]

Remember when levy said the new stadium wouldn’t affect us in the transfer market. Good times lol

to be fair it hasn’t really. What have we spent in the last two windows? £150m ? Plus a loan option for a further 40 million

 

[ARMASPUR]

Get this Club out of my Club ?

 

[Good Doctor M]

we’re definitely considering it!

Great to hear, if I wanted to spend my days working out cryptic transfer themed word puzzles I'm sure I'd be able to find a website where I could do just that.

 

[stov]

No one wanted any of the options being talked about, but now they aren't coming, everyone is upset?

I think it's the fact that the options were bargain basement and lacked imagination and any semblance of risk taking. Even then the transfer team could not get any of those over the line. To be honest it's very disheartening.