The Daily ITK Discussion Thread

Snarfalicious said:

NJie's injury (that's the most fun bad news phrase to say out loud) could possibly change how we operate, depending on the severity of course.

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spursfan77 said:

Having no back up to berahino is suicide if you ask me. It will put us in the same position as in the summer transfer window. I'm very sceptical we will manage to get our number one target so we should have a second. If we don't we will finish outside the top places when they are so close to our grasp.

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yankspurs said:

Exactly. This is what people continue to miss here when throwing out numbers wrt Berahino. His value will not have gone down much, if at all. Staying up is worth 60m+ now. Going up to around 100m in a year or 2. Plus, im not sure the exact rules on this as his birthday is in August, but he'll still be 23 at the beginning of next summer, meaning WBA might still get the developmental money when he signs elsewhere, which is likely to be around £15m since Ings cost Liverpool around £12 thanks to Levy offering that amount at the last possible minute to Burnley.

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Hoopspur said:

Danny Ings is said (massive rumour) to be costing Liverpool in the region of £10m when it's finally agreed. WBA could expect to receive that also for Berahino, although we will undoubtably argue about game time etc. Therefore I just can't see how we would pick him up for the £10m that some are suggesting. £15m, well probably and then shove some add ons if he performs? Kind of remember though the 'Sturridge is he good enough or not' sort of argument on places before he signed for the Scousers. A fit Sturridge is certainly good enough - let's hope Berahino would be also. He's waiting for us and we for him.

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Teddysmith said:

Just a quick one to share. I live in York and was on my works Xmas do in la Tasca when Kenny McEvoy (& his lovely wife) walked in. Had a chat and took a pic as usual. He said Poch is keen for players to get experience and he keeps in touch with those out on loan. Only piece of transfer related info was he reckons shaq will be joining Wigan on a perm but didn't know anything else. He said there is a real buzz at the club at the moment. Obviously passed on in good faith, it's not much but thought it was worth sharing. Kenny seems a nice lad who obviously was excited to be recognised!! He looks less like Bale now

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hakano said:

And also Dier is dead on his feet due to playing every single game so why not sign an additional player that not only keeps Dier on his toes but give us strength in depth in a critical position.

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mckenz said:

I think Dembele clicking with the team has made another midfielder unlikely.


I can sorta see why we looked at Witsel is we thought he might not stick around, but right now I'd be happy to stick to the development of youth... actually Mason and Carroll ain't that young. If Carroll is ever going to make it he needs to take his chance this year

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mckenz said:

Dier was a gamble as DM and it worked. He was played there in pre-season and took his chance. If we had bought Witsel then he would have played cup games as DM or CD. Benteleb being injured means he hasn't had much of a break.

Then you have Dembele, Mason , Benteleb, Alli and Carroll

Erikson, Lamela, N'jie, Son


all of which are or need to be established players


Then there is Onomah, Winks and Pritchard knocking on the door.


That's a lot of players and if you want to see anything from them then they need game time. This is the future for this club and It will not work smoothly all the time. We have put a lot of money and resource into developing out youth system and we need to implement it otherwise its simply an expensive waste of time (Chelsea?)

There is no other player in the squad like Kane and I still think we are looking but we have and could play without him. It's a different system but we do have the players to do it....again, it won't always work as our players are very young.



If we buy in 2 players who are we going to sell and who are you suggesting looses game opportunities?

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Insomnia said:

Last time you said that to me you had my balls in your hand. That was the day I found out you're not a real Doctor.

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Lilbaz said:

Was dier a gamble or does poch know more about these players than we do? Dier started out as a dm. Son has played cf on his own before. Maybe just maybe poch knows exactly what he's doing and the club isn't a shambles some of us like to think it is.

The budget is tight. It will be until they stadium is built. Not aimed at you mckenz just general.

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newbie said:

Budget is not as tight as we might think, we still have equitity in player like Fazio, Townsend, plus youth players, our wage bill is prob a hell of a lot lower. Also we have an academy which is producing talent so it's likely we can cash in on some squad players. Realistically we prob can make the odd purchase, but you right we do have a Jewish chairman with a 1st in biz at Cambridge you don't get much more shrewed.

I don't think we need to spend big just get a exp or young striker who can do a job with either exp or potential, who can fill in.

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Sweech said:

Can't totally rely on that wage bill being lower as we're also handing out several raises and new contracts to players like Kane last year, while the likes of Vertonghen, Eriksen, Chadli, Lamela, etc. are going to need new deals soon as well.

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heelspurs said:

Hey @razzmaster just wondering about your "disagree". Was I mistaken in my simple relaying of information that I looked up? Is it wrong and hence you disagree? If it is incorrect and you happen to have more accurate info I for one would be happy to read it. Just wondering as it seems a rather mild post for such a reaction. Odd.

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