The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 21st August 2014

LexingtonSpurs said:

@Cheltenham Spur what do you dislike mate? I think thats a fair description of how Levy runs the club - responsibly, even if as fans we always want more/better players. You won't find anyone on this board who wants us to find a way to bring in Schneiderlin, Musacchio, and even a LW/striker more than I do - but when I sit back and look at this from a business perspective, and think about what motivates Levy, its hard to argue with the decisions he makes - by taking a fans emotion out of the equation.

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sloth said:

The position he plays is key to his system, not that MS is the key. I agree that having him would be great, but his system won't collapse without him, and we have decent analogues already at the club.

Not at you particularly, but there's an awful lot of emotional transference which goes on on this board at this time of year, where players whom the coach would clearly like to have, become absolutely essential in our minds, which then becomes absolutely essential to the coach, which then becomes a disaster when we don't pull it off.

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Indisguise said:

A few more "footballing" decisions made in conjunction with business decisions, rather than purely "business" ones may well have made this club a lot more valuable than it is now. It's all very well maintaining the status quo but unless you're prepared to take an educated risk and improve prospects, what's the point in buying a football club in the first place.

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dwaynedibley said:

The only 2 players I actually think are quality from our squad are loris and eriksen, I think many way overrate our players.

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dagraham said:

Are Saha and Nelsen still available?

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ryantegan said:

Looks as though Vlad is off for sure according to my media friends.

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goughie1966 said:

Geezzz.... I just got home from a shit shift at work and fire up the laptop to see if itk could cheer me up. That was a mistake! Now I hear Vlad my be off too..... and Liverpool have had a £16 million bid accepted for Balotelli. Can my day get any worse

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iluvsteffenfreund said:

How people are happy to see "how we go" "give people more time" and all that bollocks is beyond me, when do we say right this is our time ? When do we say let's have a go at this and go challenge the big boys ? Let's be honest we are nowhere near those big boys and if they continue to get stronger and we continue to sit still we will be sat here in 2 years saying the exact same thing. I love peoples optimism on here but maybe a bit of realism would be handy ? Poch is good but he can't get the one player he really wants in ms, what chance has he got.

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Vwbottom said:

...... is it up or across the wrist?

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Blockbuster said:

Spurs could be about to play a Europa League qualifier and it's not being shown on TV or Radio....oh wait....!!!

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iluvsteffenfreund said:

We know what happens here anyway. We JUST miss out out on our targets, we do ok until just after the window shuts then get a few injuries in key positions our strikers can't score and we have to consolidate until jan when we get a loan in ! We finish 6th or 7th and lose jan and Hugo and then we start the rebuild. Oh but at least we have a new stadium to look forward to. All too predictable

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jb_1986 said:

i really don't see the logic in this.. i feel both him and holtby have been victimised.. the Man Utd game shows what Vlad is capable of..

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WiganSpur said:

Said it before and i'll say it again. Two centre backs needed if Vlad goes. Leaving ourselves with a lot of work to do...

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Gaz_Gammon said:

I would guess that any ITK potential signing has been studied by Baldini or Broomfield for more than ninety minutes at the start of a season. You may not have been impressed with the player on Sunday but it is farcical to suggest that he's a busted flush especially as our new manager see's him as such an important player for his system.

Your last paragraph defies logic. Do you really think that Poch wants players at the club who "throw in the towel"? The players Twitter feed told you a month ago how he truly feels about still being at the Saints.

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haydsmith said:

This is the propaganda that perpetuates mediocrity and lack of ambition. 'we can't spend because we'll do a Leeds.' Rubbish.

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LexingtonSpurs said:

Well, to be fair to Levy, we took a number of calculated risks last summer. Given that those investments have not yet paid off, I can understand why Levy wants to see more from those investments before taking more risks.

Every business is about taking risks. The bigger the risk, the bigger variance on the outcome - could pay-off big, or could fail spectacularly. Generally speaking, successful businesses, over the long run, manage those risks. Its not always about no-risk, and I don't think Levy is about no-risk. I think he is conservative by nature, and want to slowly, and methodically, build a lasting foundation.

We are going to be short of cash-flow over the next few seasons when we have to play in a smaller stadium, so every dollar we spend now, is a dollar we can't spend in the next couple of years. We can't afford to overspend on players and blow the budget, when we know we are going to see decreased revenue.

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