The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 8 August 2011

ohwhenthespurs · Aug 8, 2011

steveb said:
Certainly seems clear from the info i got over the weekend and the ITK since that we will all be a bit frustrated througout the window regarding a possible new striker.

But when you take a step back and realise that we are now trying to negotiate with some real top top players then it shows how far we have come as a club over the past few years. I know some of you are that desperate we could sign some random unknown from abroad and you would all be over the moon, but you have to realise because of how far we have come, we can only buy players that are better than what we have and in order to do that we have to step up a notch, deal in bigger wages, transfer fees etc and this takes a lot of time. I personally think that Adebayor could end up at Spurs in the final moments of the window, when RM close the door and Man City realise that he is too much of an expense to keep. Have faith

Hmm you sound like Levy! Fills me with deja vu to the past couple of windows. Does it really show we've come such a long way to be chasing players who we've known from the get-go won't fit into our wage structure or their clubs won't sell at a price we're prepared to pay, leaving other deals until the end of the window in some sort of game of brinkmanship to knock prices down, and failing to get our dead wood out because we won't budge on prices?
No matter who you get linked with or set out to sign, if the end result is still a bloated, imbalanced squad that will struggle to achieve our publically stated aim of getting into the Champions League, have we come that far? Or are we playing out the same mistakes we made in previous windows?

Hot-Spur · Aug 8, 2011

andyp8080 said:
Hi All

Away in Spain but trying to keep abreast of everything.

So we think Diarra is done as seems conflicting info?

Any striker news?

Nothing to keep abreast of here, go back to the beach

bubble07 · Aug 8, 2011

So we have had recent ITK on Lavezzi (15m?), Diarra (15m?), Adebayor (loan?), Llorente (25m?) and Lenadro (15m?). Levy make it ALL happen and spend 70m on these 5 players

ray:

nailsy · Aug 8, 2011

Rob said:
GFTS is just as meaningless as "Blue and Yellow", it's far far too vague to start making guesses on and could be applied to virtually anyone.

I thought it was just meant as a reference to the sort of player we wanted, rather than an indication of a particular target. I'm sure he posted other clues for Mata.

razza · Aug 8, 2011

My dutch colleague who works in the media (Politics not Sport) just sent me a text saying they we are getting Brian Ruiz from Twente ..rates him very highly..

walton · Aug 8, 2011

bubble07 said:
Lavezzi would be a great signing.

Would he??? 37 in 146 is worse than any of our current crop by quite a long way - and that's saying something!!! I know he's hot and argentinian, but let's not let that cloud our judgement please.

ohwhenthespurs · Aug 8, 2011

stemark44 said:
Jesus if we field a team in the EPL that consists of Lavezzi,Mata,VDV,Modric,Lennon,Diarra,Ekotto and possibly Rossi........we are going to concede a bucket load of goals from set pieces and corners.

I wouldn't start losing too much sleep over that my friend.

Dare! · Aug 8, 2011

razza said:
My dutch colleague who works in the media (Politics not Sport) just sent me a text saying they we are getting Brian Ruiz from Twente ..rates him very highly..

Sweet. Cheers for passing on, mate.

blitz · Aug 8, 2011

well it certainly seems things are going to start moving, has there been any more info on the palacios/crouch double bid from stoke? or is it now just palacios?

it really does seem it is going to be 1 out 1 in at the very least for all our transfers. im sure our wages are formed as a fixed % of our turnover, which will be less this year as no CL

$hoguN · Aug 8, 2011

stemark44 said:
Jesus if we field a team in the EPL that consists of Lavezzi,Mata,VDV,Modric,Lennon,Diarra,Ekotto and possibly Rossi........we are going to concede a bucket load of goals from set pieces and corners.

Is this a cunning plan by Levy to save money because they will only need Large Boys size shirts and they are a bit cheaper to buy than the Adult one.

:lol: We will not sign Lavezzi, Rossi, Diarra and Mata this summer and if we did surely every team we played would just practice playing headers and volleys beforehand.

stemark44 · Aug 8, 2011

razza said:
My dutch colleague who works in the media (Politics not Sport) just sent me a text saying they we are getting Brian Ruiz from Twente ..rates him very highly..

Who is they?:shrug:

melih69 · Aug 8, 2011

walton said:
Would he??? 37 in 146 is worse than any of our current crop by quite a long way - and that's saying something!!! I know he's hot and argentinian, but let's not let that cloud our judgement please.

he isn't a striker! he is a wing forward.

Spursh · Aug 8, 2011

Bit more from Storts regarding Lavezzi (posted last night)...

I mentioned him at the start of the window, we have definitely shown an interest and discussed him with Napoli.

He's naffing class.

ravo · Aug 8, 2011

stemark44 said:
Who is they?:shrug:

I think that's probably an iPhone error and he meant 'that'.

$hoguN · Aug 8, 2011

Spursh said:
Bit more from Storts regarding Lavezzi (posted last night)...

I mentioned him at the start of the window, we have definitely shown an interest and discussed him with Napoli.

He's naffing class.

I don't want him as he can't keep Messi out of the Argentina side

Luka Van der Bale · Aug 8, 2011

walton said:
Would he??? 37 in 146 is worse than any of our current crop by quite a long way - and that's saying something!!! I know he's hot and argentinian, but let's not let that cloud our judgement please.

Mate, Lavezzi starts for Argentina. He would be close to our best player. He plays on the right or left of a front 3, which explains his goal return. He is a forward, but not a striker.

Cloud_Nine · Aug 8, 2011

Haven't Man City confirmed they are wanting Lavezzi? If so then :bang:

razza · Aug 8, 2011

stemark44 said:
Who is they?:shrug:

Sorry its a typo.. I am multi tasking so rush typing in the middle of a conference call, but wanted to pass on as soon as I heard...

$hoguN · Aug 8, 2011

Cloud_Nine said:
Haven't Man City confirmed they are wanting Lavezzi? If so then :bang:

They were trying for him before they got Aguero... CIty now have confirmed they are looking for a winger and a CM.

tttcowan · Aug 8, 2011

Right, who's "the chubby one"?

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