The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 16th July 2015

npearl4spurs said:

We did bring in Alli and Carroll...

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SargeantMeatCurtains said:

Makes me laugh reading people say 'Fuck Mccarthy, lets sign Rabiot'.

I reckon at least 90% of those people have never seen Rabiot play. Its just a classic example of people favouring a player over another because their foreign and play for a bigger club.

The fact that those people can form such an opinion on an overseas player yet fail to recognise how good a player Mccarthy is when he's right under their noses says an awful lot about how much they actually follow football and how much they just want to be seen as a football expert on an internet forum.

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SargeantMeatCurtains said:

Makes me laugh reading people say 'Fuck Mccarthy, lets sign Rabiot'.

I reckon at least 90% of those people have never seen Rabiot play. Its just a classic example of people favouring a player over another because their foreign and play for a bigger club.

The fact that those people can form such an opinion on an overseas player yet fail to recognise how good a player Mccarthy is when he's right under their noses says an awful lot about how much they actually follow football and how much they just want to be seen as a football expert on an internet forum.

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Francis Gibbs said:

yep agree bit like those 'I see something you mortals dont' who keep banging the drum about how good Lamela is because he came from Roma and is Argentinian but I wouldn't worry about it you get them in every forum and they are all entitled to an opinion....... personally I dont think McCarthy is what we need next to Bentaleb or let me put that another way Bentaleb and McCarthy are a pair that gives us solidity but next to zero creativity in the middle of the park and thats not for me.

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kitchen said:

I've only seen Rabiot play once and whilst he looked promising I wouldn't like to judge him based on that. I've seen Kramer quite a few more times however and he is considerably classier than Mccarthy. Mccarthy wouldn't get into the German national team. Kramer does, and that tells you a lot of what you need to know. Water carriers are vital to all successful teams however and Mccarthy is a decent one but we still won't finish above 5th with a player like him. Kramer however could be the sort of player that could push us into top 4 territory.

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Francis Gibbs said:

yep agree bit like those 'I see something you mortals dont' who keep banging the drum about how good Lamela is because he came from Roma and is Argentinian but I wouldn't worry about it you get them in every forum and they are all entitled to an opinion....... personally I dont think McCarthy is what we need next to Bentaleb or let me put that another way Bentaleb and McCarthy are a pair that gives us solidity but next to zero creativity in the middle of the park and thats not for me.

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JUSTINSIGNAL said:

But maybe Kramer doesn't want to leave a Champions League side to move to us...

I would suggest you are massively undervaluing McCarthy. Despite not being a big name it is very probable he has a lot of the qualities Poch is looking for to enhance the overall coherence of the team dynamic. And that's all that matters. If a player slots into the team and helps the rest of its functioning parts perform better. Poch knows what he wants from individual players and he might have a different criteria to what you deem a good player.

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npearl4spurs said:

Is there a sarcasm font I need to add to my posts?

Damn. Smileys aren't enough, are they?

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Francis Gibbs said:

yep agree bit like those 'I see something you mortals dont' who keep banging the drum about how good Lamela is because he came from Roma and is Argentinian but I wouldn't worry about it you get them in every forum and they are all entitled to an opinion....... personally I dont think McCarthy is what we need next to Bentaleb or let me put that another way Bentaleb and McCarthy are a pair that gives us solidity but next to zero creativity in the middle of the park and thats not for me.

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Sandros Shiny Head said:

Underestimating what Bentaleb can do going forward without the responsibility of being the main defensive guy imo

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Lilbaz said:

Hope @Stoof is warming his stamp up. Looks like the kaboul thread might be over in the next hour or so.

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PieNChips said:

An experienced Premier league player approaching what should be his best years > Than a 20 year old French kid with potential and no prem experience in my book.

The failures of so many of the so called magnificent 7 should tell us that.

McCarthy over Rabiot for me. We need tried and tested not an educated punt.

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Yiddo1982 said:

Ryan Mason went from a Swindon loanee to being capped by England in just over a year under Poch. I'm quite exited to see what he could do with McCarthy, who is clearly already a good player.

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