Lilbaz
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Mason was the one that pushed us forward. Before he came into the team we'd pass it sideways and backwards.
Spurs agree £10m double deal for unwanted midfield pair
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Mason was the one that pushed us forward. Before he came into the team we'd pass it sideways and backwards.
Japhet
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True, but even so they were hardly the dynamic duo offensively. We still do pass it sideways and backwards a hell of a lot.
millsey
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About 3 million. Peanuts in the premier league
Noringriis
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That suites me just fine, a lot of talk about Levy taking a hit on some of the players moving out, its important to remember that these players were pushed out of the starting 11 to bleed players such as Bentaleb, Mason and Kane.
Imagine if these signings had performed to a higher standard and we simply moved Kane and Bentaleb on? Surely that is a much greater hit.
I too had hopes for Stambouli but clearly Poch doesn't rate him. All the central midfielders must have been annoyed once Bentaleb and Mason became first choice. I'm pleased with our work in the transfer window so far. We've cut the dead wood and brought in Wimmer and Trippier. Bring in a couple more, maybe Alderwierald or McCarthy and above keep Lloris then it's just some support for Kane. I'm dreaming if I imagine we'll get big money for Chiriches, Kaboul or Soldado.
fortworthspur
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so lets see...we spend roughly 18-20 million for a pair of midfielders that are about Watford quality and sell them for roughly half in short order. someone in our scouting department isnt very bright.
Timberwolf
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Capoue cost £9.3 mil and Stambouli was £4.5. If we sell them for £13.5 mil then we're only losing 0.3 million - hardly a terrible loss. Even if we sell them for £10 million it's still much more than half what we paid.
deadlight
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but Mason and Bentaleb have both scored goals...
Japhet
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deadlight
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Oh, OFC. But 'didn't offer much going forward'?
GetSpurredOn
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I'm mostly with you there
Alderweireld in for Fazio (so the rumours say)
Rabiot (or similar) in plus Carroll returning, in place of Paulinho, Stambouli, Capoue
Pritchard returning and a LWF capable of playing CF, in place of Lennon and potentially Dembele
A new CF in place of Ade and Soldado
Happy days. Smaller squad but better balance. As you say, with more out than in, probably almost break even on fess, and definitely slash the wage bill.
Also, I found £10m for the pair a bit hard to believe since there was talk of £8/9m for Capoue on his own. The latest rumour of £13.5 seems a bit more credible.
vigospur
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Just can't see Tom Carroll featuring. Didn't see any progress while at Swansea or in the U 21s. Shame. He could probably play for Barca reserves but hasn't the physicality for EPL.
Japhet
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No, not really. Compared our competitors I think our CMs are both pretty static. They are mainly recyclers but I don't see much from them in the final 3rd. Very few goals, very few attempts on target and very few telling passes.
vigospur
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If you are going to play Eriksen, Chadli and sometimes Townsend then your CMs can't do much more than work their balls off to avoid the team being overrun.
