The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 14th January

Misfit said:

Seemingly the only way this club scouts players. God forbid they paid some slightly overwieght men to go and watch these guys occasionally. Before they make their big moves to a European club and start banging in goals.

I can scout Willian, Leandro etc and I know sweet FA.

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Living Legend Colm G said:

raphael honigstein ‏@honigstein
Szalai to Arsenal? He'd be very much a squad player/moneyball signing. Not at a top club level yet & not consistent enough, imo

So not good enough for us either.

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steventhfc said:

Now people are mentioning some guy called Adam Szalai who is shit! 17 goals in 52 games.

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King of the Lane said:

Tottenham TW's are embarrassing

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robbiedee said:

Plan B Misfit...Plan B.

Patience is a virtue

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steventhfc said:

Roll your eyes all you want but while people who have been right in the past say he's a target, I'm not impressed. Does 17 in 52 strike you as the kind of striker we need?

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nedley said:

It's very narrow minded of you to just dismiss a player just on his goals to game ratio.

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coopsieyid said:

Is that just league goals? I only ask because before this season, Defoe had only scored 15 goals in his previous 47 matches.. That added to this season puts him on 25 goals in his last 69 games. Is Defoe shit too?

How about Adebayor? 25 goals in his last 68 matches. Is Adebayor shit too?

What kind of service is this Szalai fella getting? Is his team creating the 30+ chances per game that we created against Villa & Reading etc? Is he getting the same sort of quality service that Lennon & Bale provide on a weekly basis?

I think it's far too easy to say a player is shit, just because his stats don't suit your personal taste, or his stats don't suit your pallet.

By the way, there's this one player I really like. Between 2003 & 2007 he scored 13 goals in 100 appearances. Then between 2008 & 2011 he scored 15 goals in 103 matches. So that's a pathetic 28 goals in 203 matches but I'd be mad to want him because, based upon what you use to judge a player, he's shit!! Fair comment?

By the way, that player is called Michu.. Get my point mate?

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dirtyh said:

then by definition we're more virtuous than god we've been more patient than rip van winkle's landlord.

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steventhfc said:

Roll your eyes all you want but while people who have been right in the past say he's a target, I'm not impressed. Does 17 in 52 strike you as the kind of striker we need?

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nedley said:

I remember Harry saying the same thing 18 months or so ago.

He rated Pav above Suarez.

I fucking hate Suarez.

But I'd bloody love him at Spurs.

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Sum Monsterism said:

Nope. They paid (or are paying, if reports are to be believed) half of what we were (allegedly) quoted.

plus he's been awful, and injured since. not ridiculous that OM would accept far less and be eager to get the deal done.

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shelfboy68 said:

And very very long

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south kent yid said:

So Liverpool have got Sturridge hes got 2 in 2, Chelsea got Ba hes grabbed a couple, Newcastle look like their getting Remy for £7m he looks decent at that price, what will we get...........................Nish nada zero zilch Levy i think it time to put up or do one.

Last window in jan you gave us Saha and Nelson i think your taking the piss old chap.

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steventhfc said:

Roll your eyes all you want but while people who have been right in the past say he's a target, I'm not impressed. Does 17 in 52 strike you as the kind of striker we need?

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Rogmeister said:

Quite true. I bet most people here would give Torres a run on the cheap and his record must be terrible at the moment!

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