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Eye on him also. No talks etc. Few to choose from, by all accounts. Please God, not Johnny Evans
We aren’t signing Evans. The article in the Telegraph sounds like it’s written by his agent!
Eye on him also. No talks etc. Few to choose from, by all accounts. Please God, not Johnny Evans
The hype is he's an ROI machine for websites having now been linked with City and Arsenal plus a former United player and his agent knows it (or knows enough). Those articles circulate quick through social media outlets and search algorithms which up views. Toby with his links now to just about every top team in the PL and Europe means a ton of stories will continue about him because they're just too profitable and low impact. Combined they are basically a web manager's wet dream.It's funny, I don't really understand where the hype from Jonny Evans has come from in past year or two. To my mind he's always been a pretty bog standard CB whose level is very much of the WBA's of this world, maybe better considering they'll be relegated but certainly no better than a mid-table prem side.
I tell you what as well, this is saying something considering that he and I have the same name. I should be pulling for this signing simply so I can see my own name on a Spurs team sheet
Where is your evidence for this?
The hype is he's an ROI machine for websites having now been linked with City and Arsenal plus a former United player and his agent knows it (or knows enough). Those articles circulate quick through social media outlets and search algorithms which up views. Toby with his links now to just about every top team in the PL and Europe means a ton of stories will continue about him because they're just too profitable and low impact. Combined they are basically a web manager's wet dream.
ok if you say soNo evidence. Just being realistic.
And based on the ITK from the last window + asking price + the bigger clubs have their eyes opened for Sessegnon - we're not getting him. Our chance has passed i'm afraid.
Not disputing nor indending to say he was. I was trying to explain why he gets hyped and discussed so much in the media, not why he gets signed or pursued by clubs. Those reasons are incredibly boring and obvious, he's english, he's been at a major club, hasn't been too shite lately, a cheap risk for depth option, etc. etc.Guardiola didn't try to buy Evans for City because he was tricked by Google.
Not disputing nor indending to say he was. I was trying to explain why he gets hyped and discussed so much in the media, not why he gets signed or pursued by clubs. Those reasons are incredibly boring and obvious, he's english, he's been at a major club, hasn't been too shite lately, a cheap risk for depth option, etc. etc.
Apologies, foreignor ignorance. Should have just said home grown qualified.Irish
Not disputing nor indending to say he was. I was trying to explain why he gets hyped and discussed so much in the media, not why he gets signed or pursued by clubs. Those reasons are incredibly boring and obvious, he's english, he's been at a major club, hasn't been too shite lately, a cheap risk for depth option, etc. etc.
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If Toby goes, Evans would suffice but Mawson would be a lovely shout (and future proof against Vertonghen’s age).I think replacing non HG reserves with HG options where we can should be a priority.
If Toby goes, Evans would suffice but Mawson would be a lovely shout (and future proof against Vertonghen’s age).
Replacing Sissoko with any talented home grown number 8 would be wise, and I’m not one of those who thinks he can do no right. The big question is who? Onomah and Winks just don’t seem likely to push on enough and, against, we need to future proof against Dembele getting old.
If Rose did leave then only someone HG, Shaw potentially.
At least one of Gazzaniga or Vorm should be replaced with an HG. If none within are good enough I’d definitely take back David Button. Going for whichever of Heaton or Pope Burnley don’t want could be prudent.
I don’t see any point in touching the front 4 positions, that includes persisting with Llorente because, frankly, we do need a target man alternative to Kane and nobody will do better with the minutes Kane’s back up gets/ be happy with it.
Johnny Evans is so average. He’s become massively overrated purely because he’s not as shit as people initially made out.
He is a bloody good player who is massively underrated imo
Can you tell why do you think so? I don't know much about him these days.He is a bloody good player who is massively underrated imo
If Toby goes, Evans would suffice but Mawson would be a lovely shout (and future proof against Vertonghen’s age).
Replacing Sissoko with any talented home grown number 8 would be wise, and I’m not one of those who thinks he can do no right. The big question is who? Onomah and Winks just don’t seem likely to push on enough and, against, we need to future proof against Dembele getting old.
If Rose did leave then only someone HG, Shaw potentially.
At least one of Gazzaniga or Vorm should be replaced with an HG. If none within are good enough I’d definitely take back David Button. Going for whichever of Heaton or Pope Burnley don’t want could be prudent.
I don’t see any point in touching the front 4 positions, that includes persisting with Llorente because, frankly, we do need a target man alternative to Kane and nobody will do better with the minutes Kane’s back up gets/ be happy with it.
To expect an 18 year old with 8 Bundesliga starts to his name for the league’s worst club, having scored twice, to be anywhere near the standard needed to back up Kane, would be folly. Additionally, it would completely stunt his development to play that role as he’d never play. He seems a talent but to develop he needs top level football, not to be a barely used reserve at a top club. If we signed him I’d hope we loaned him out for a season.If we were able to get Arp in as Kane backup from Hamburg he wouldn't count against the quota due to his age.