The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st May 2017

dondo · Jun 6, 2017

tiger666 said:
Vorm is 34 this year. Lopez is the future.

34 is not that old for a keeper.
Vorm has the potential to be a great no 2 for 4/5 years

razzmaster · Jun 6, 2017

wiggo24 said:
Sessengnon wouldn't be a 'household name', but I think he's exactly the kind of player we should be trying to sign.

Our current policy is working - no need to change it imo.

topper said:
He is in the Sessengnon household! Does that count?

Only counts if they can spell Sessegnon correctly

razzmaster · Jun 6, 2017

dondo said:
34 is not that old for a keeper.
Vorm has the potential to be a great no 2 for 4/5 years

4/5 years is a long time for Lopez to wait just to become our number 2 though

DanielJohnCosta · Jun 6, 2017

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DanielJohnCosta said:
Looking to bring in only one house hold name for me is not good enough

Unpopular comment, just to clarify unless the household name is a lemar or Costa a sole signing of Barkley would not be a successful
Summer

Jamturk · Jun 6, 2017

A successful Summer can only be judged the following Summer

GetSpurredOn · Jun 6, 2017

I'd guess Sessegnon would count as a young player.
Household name, Barkley since he's an England player, (or Veltman, from Ajax - e.g. household cleaner???)

I think we're close, so a couple of young talents in areas we'd like more depth, plus one or two upgrades elsewhere, winner.

JayB · Jun 6, 2017

stevenurse said:
Has anyone shone any light on what constitutes a "household name"? By that are we talking a Costa or Alves etc? I'd argue that Lemar isn't exactly the most well known to the average guy on the street, yet he'd be excellent.

I don't read "household name" literally, I'm guessing it's interchangeable with "marquee signing" or "statement of intent." For me Lemar would fit the bill.

doctor stefan Freud · Jun 6, 2017

JayB said:
I don't read "household name" literally, I'm guessing it's interchangeable with "marquee signing" or "statement of intent." For me Lemar would fit the bill.

Yes, 'household name' by our gloriously deranged filters. We're not talking George Clooney 'household name'

dondo · Jun 6, 2017

razzmaster said:
4/5 years is a long time for Lopez to wait just to become our number 2 though

Not if we don't sign him

Hoddle&Waddle · Jun 6, 2017

dondo said:
34 is not that old for a keeper.
Vorm has the potential to be a great no 2 for 4/5 years

The smaller GK's dont tend to play on as long as the bigger GK's though, although I agree he's still got a few years in him.

lol · Jun 6, 2017

household name is gareth bale. YEEEEEHAWWWWW

dondo · Jun 6, 2017

Hoddle&Waddle said:
The smaller GK's dont tend to play on as long as the bigger GK's though, although I agree he's still got a few years in him.

Not sure about that?? Remember our own brad not being that tall for a keeper and he's even older than me ( possibly). Boffon. Only a couple of examples but I'm struggling to remember many older keeper

dagraham · Jun 6, 2017

allatsea said:
That is completely ridiculous and shows clearly football in England is financially out of control.

Agree, but the upside is it has come at the right time for us as it will help us to finance the new stadium.

faze_coys · Jun 6, 2017

More squad players

nailsy · Jun 6, 2017

Can we stop calling our reserve keeper a number two? I bet A&C is loving this thread with all the talk about shiting on heads and number two's.

Hoddle&Waddle · Jun 6, 2017

dondo said:
Not sure about that?? Remember our own brad not being that tall for a keeper and he's even older than me ( possibly). Boffon. Only a couple of examples but I'm struggling to remember many older keeper

Brad was 6ft3" he was a big GK., Vorm is 6ft. Basically my point was that the keepers that rely more on their agility, like the smaller ones, are not going to play as long as the bigger GK's that fill the goal easier. Look at all the GK's that have played into their late late 30's early 40's, they tend to be the bigger ones.

Lilbaz · Jun 6, 2017

Hoddle&Waddle said:
Brad was 6ft3" he was a big GK., Vorm is 6ft. Basically my point was that the keepers that rely more on their agility, like the smaller ones, are not going to play as long as the bigger GK's that fill the goal easier. Look at all the GK's that have played into their late late 30's early 40's, they tend to be the bigger ones.

Shay given is 41 and still playing.

dondo · Jun 6, 2017

Hoddle&Waddle said:
Brad was 6ft3" he was a big GK., Vorm is 6ft. Basically my point was that the keepers that rely more on their agility, like the smaller ones, are not going to play as long as the bigger GK's that fill the goal easier. Look at all the GK's that have played into their late late 30's early 40's, they tend to be the bigger ones.

I looked up brad and read he was 6.0" could be wrong

Fair point never looked at it that way

ItsBoris · Jun 6, 2017

spurslenny said:
Not getting the yearning to spunk 40/50million on player X.

Surely we've proven time and time again that this policy is not only risky, but unproven when it comes to our previous big money purchases (soldado, paulinho, sissoko etc).

We've had the most success with paying moderate (relatively) for young,coachable prospects (Alli, eriksen, walker, rose etc), than we have spunking huge amounts of coinage.

It's futile for us to be in the arms race with City, Chelsea, and Utd for the big money players, so let's not even bother.

That's kind of like telling a kid on Christmas that they should be happy without any big, shiny presents because the money you put in their university fund will be a better long term investment. Definitely true but also not so satisfying lol.

doctor stefan Freud · Jun 6, 2017

Lilbaz said:
Shay given is 41 and still playing.

So is my todger

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