The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 8 August 2011

BringBack_leGin said:

Diarra may be better than Palacios, but Palacios is 4th/5th choice at our club. He is probably better than Huddlestone, but Huddlestone is pretty good anyway and is 3rd choice. 1st choice are Modric and Sandro, neither of whom Diarra is better than. So we will be making a net loss (a pretty large on I'd imagine) to bring in a high wage earner to improve our strongest, most in depth part of the squad, on the one part of the pitch which one could say our starting two is as good as any other anywhere barring Barca.

Then you have Rossi. Very good player, far better striker than we have, but unless you think VDV is about to lose his place (which he isn't, by the way) then what is the point of signing a striker who cannot play alone. We have 4 of those already. Rossi is a superior version (based on last season alone and no other, by the way) of Defoe. However, he is also as useless to the system we are most likely to regularly use as Defoe. That's a pretty big waste of £30m. Obviously he's a top striker, but he's just not what we need and while I hope he rams those words down my throat, I can't see it happening unless he's paired with a big man (probably Crouch). That means either VDV on the right, or VDV not in the side, both of which are ridiculous suggestions.

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Krafty said:

I reckon Harry thinks he can convince Rossi to come. Villareal sold Cazorla to Malaga, and Villareal are a pretty small club so Rossi might feel they are on the way down and he might as well move now. Harry's job would be to convince Rossi we are on the way up and Villareal are on the way down, and we are the better short term and long term choice. Then show him the money!!!

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HailKingLevy said:

When does the 25 man squad list need to be submitted.

Will it have any bearing on transfers, EA, For example. If he doesnt get a squad place at citeh then it must make him a tad more gettable ?

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storts said:

Very serious. We wouldn't be pursuing if we didn't think we had a chance. However as has been said it's a very hard sell, will drag on, wouldn't say it's likely though.

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storts said:

I did.

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BringBack_leGin said:

Diarra may be better than Palacios, but Palacios is 4th/5th choice at our club. He is probably better than Huddlestone, but Huddlestone is pretty good anyway and is 3rd choice. 1st choice are Modric and Sandro, neither of whom Diarra is better than. So we will be making a net loss (a pretty large on I'd imagine) to bring in a high wage earner to improve our strongest, most in depth part of the squad, on the one part of the pitch which one could say our starting two is as good as any other anywhere barring Barca.

Then you have Rossi. Very good player, far better striker than we have, but unless you think VDV is about to lose his place (which he isn't, by the way) then what is the point of signing a striker who cannot play alone. We have 4 of those already. Rossi is a superior version (based on last season alone and no other, by the way) of Defoe. However, he is also as useless to the system we are most likely to regularly use as Defoe. That's a pretty big waste of £30m. Obviously he's a top striker, but he's just not what we need and while I hope he rams those words down my throat, I can't see it happening unless he's paired with a big man (probably Crouch). That means either VDV on the right, or VDV not in the side, both of which are ridiculous suggestions.

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Mr Pink said:

In a nutshell yes...

I mean if we are seriously going to put in a bid for him we must have had some sort of feedback from Rossi's camp that the proposition will be seriously considered.

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Paolo10 said:

BBLG I know what you're saying, but a speedy, quick, intelligent forward would be just as beneficial to our style of football as much as a big target man type. We just need someone to finish chances. To be fair from our targets and previous ITK it seems we're after a big man, a little man, an all-round central midfielder, a centre back and a winger that can score those infamous goals from the side and cover for Lennon and/or Bale.

I don't think Rossi is the only target by any means...wasn't there talk of breaking our transfer record 2 or 3 times over to show Luka the club's ambition? Things appear to be heating up.

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Hot-Spur said:

Not quick enough for my liking, running out of time.

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Hot-Spur said:

Not quick enough for my liking, running out of time.

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chrissivad said:

23 days and just over 30mins. Still plenty of time :grin:

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Hot-Spur said:

That 30 mins could be crucial :razz:

I'm just thinking say the Rossi bid is true these big deals take ages to complete, why not slap a bid in on the 1st of July? I'll never understand this transfer thing, it seems so simple but people make it so hard.

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BringBack_leGin said:

Also, is it just me or is the trendy ITK caveat this summer 'but I don't expect him to come'?

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Hot-Spur said:

That 30 mins could be crucial :razz:

I'm just thinking say the Rossi bid is true these big deals take ages to complete, why not slap a bid in on the 1st of July? I'll never understand this transfer thing, it seems so simple but people make it so hard.

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