The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 7th August

marion52 · Aug 7, 2018

I thought I read a while ago it was we had to sell first, so guessing as we’ve sold absolutely no one that’s who we’ll buy?

mil1lion · Aug 7, 2018

dtxspurs said:
It might be 25 players, what's the point of posting it if in their educated opinion it isn't true.

Finchyid said:
I somehow doubt that. ‘Might’ would still be questioned and it would be people guesssing which 3 it is and not being happy with that

Yeah I'm not sure you really get my point but nevermind

septicsac · Aug 7, 2018

Looks ominous, igi rarely if ever wrong and no other itk hearing anything since to contradict igi itk, so much for the 150 million War chest, being brave etc and yet still there is time for baldy to turn it around, got to think he has to really give it a go if he wants to hold on to our best manager in decades.

Rout-Ledge · Aug 7, 2018

freeeki said:
It’s not that we’d do a better job.

It’s that every other Premier League club has managed to do a better job thus far, many of them far less attractive prospects to potential signings than us.

This is it really. We certainly don't think we could do a better job than Levy ourselves, but we expect Levy to be doing better than this. You do not need to 'be able to do a better job yourself' than someone at something to be able to offer valid critical insight. It's the same mistakes repeated again and again. Some will disagree and claim that we have to wait until the end of the window to make the great deals (of which there have been very few). But he has two days to turn it around. So I will shush until then.

Wig · Aug 7, 2018

We're at 19 pages on today's thread now with negligible ITK and majority panicing/whining. For the love of god please can we all chill out and wait till we hear some solid news? There's really nothing more to be said (in this thread at least) until then.

LeSoupeKitchen · Aug 7, 2018

freeeki said:
It’s not that we’d do a better job.

It’s that every other Premier League club has managed to do a better job thus far, many of them far less attractive prospects to potential signings than us.

For the £100K a week Levy pays himself we have every right to demand better.

Exactly. I agree that we should hold off on pitch forks but it’s frustrating when the “you couldn’t do any better” line comes out. If that’s the case then there would be a very narrow field that I could comment on. I wouldn't be allowed to say that Karius is shite or criticise Boris Johnson which would make me sad.

BringBack_leGin · Aug 7, 2018

aussie spur said:
That's pretty similar. Of course stuff can change, but he said this window, which goes beyond the usual what's coming up next stuff he posts. If anything it is more concerning that his source would express a view on that, esp this close to the end.

Actually they are pretty much opposites. I think you are confusing infer with imply.

I agree that for igi it wasn’t the usual type of post, and accept that we probably won’t get anything announced today, but I felt it worth giving people the non-wrist slitting interpretation of his post as this place was unbearable in its’ over the top aggression and angst.

U.S. Spurs Fan · Aug 7, 2018

FWIW Gards out with a depressing statement as well. Everything pointing in same direction unfortunately.

Lilbaz · Aug 7, 2018

Not looking good. Tic toc.

Trix · Aug 7, 2018

In reply to Hertyids view on my synopsis.... I wasn't saying we didn't have cash to spend, or that Levy was refusing to spend it. From what I have heard we were not seriously in for him this window.

DiscoD1882 · Aug 7, 2018

It feels like a scooby doo show in here. Levy is gonna get caught at the end and they are gonna pull his mask off to reveal Arsene Wenger.

alternative ending its still Levy. he just likes wearing masks of himself.

Lou3000 · Aug 7, 2018

lazypoodle said:
So Levy is a numbers guy, and there is a prevailing thought that the transfer market is in a bubble, inspired in large part by the massive Neymar sale.

This is my theory, so take it with a big salt mine of salt. Many are trying to determine if this is the new normal, or just a volatile moment in the market.

While I agree caution is necessary, lets remember that a "numbers guy" goes on more than gut feeling. Every other number in world football has been on the rise as well. We're building a stadium that would more than double our matchday revenue (based solely on attendance numbers). Our kit deal went from £10m a year to £30m a year. 10 years ago Mansion was paying just £8m a year to be our shirt sponsor, whereas AIA pays in excess of £16m. Add in the monster TV deal, worldwide merchandising, and a host of other marketing opportunities; and you could easily reach a conclusion that everything in football has doubled, if not tripled in the last 5-10 years.

Neymar is an outlier fueled by shady middle eastern politics, but it's not unrealistic to think Zaha is easily £70m when Lamela was £30m in 2013. This is the new normal.

Lily White Lady · Aug 7, 2018

U.S. Spurs Fan said:
FWIW Gards out with a depressing statement as well. Everything pointing in same direction unfortunately.

Feels like some of those ducks lined in a row have flown off... the fireworks have fizzled out...the seatbelts have been unfastened before the ride took off....etc etc etc

doctor stefan Freud · Aug 7, 2018

Trix said:
In reply to Hertyids view on my synopsis.... I wasn't saying we didn't have cash to spend, or that Levy was refusing to spend it. From what I have heard we were not seriously in for him this window.

Sorry, Trix- who do you mean?

Styopa · Aug 7, 2018

doctor stefan Freud said:
Sorry, Trix- who do you mean?

Zaha I think..

absolute bobbins · Aug 7, 2018

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freeeki said:
It’s not that we’d do a better job.

It’s that every other Premier League club has managed to do a better job thus far, many of them far less attractive prospects to potential signings than us.

For the £100K a week Levy pays himself we have every right to demand better.

You don’t have the right to demand anything though. Your unimportant, uninformed, premature opinions entitle you to the square root of fuck all.

But by all means prattle on, spam the thread to hell and get banned two days before deadline day

samspurs92 · Aug 7, 2018

It feels like complete and utter negligence to not strengthen the CM department this summer.

This was supposed to be a statement summer going in to the new stadium and instead there’s a bit of a poisonous atmosphere.

LexingtonSpurs · Aug 7, 2018

I choose to look at the bright side - we are going to have one hell of a transfer kitty next summer...

Rout-Ledge · Aug 7, 2018

LeSoupeKitchen said:
Exactly. I agree that we should hold off on pitch forks but it’s frustrating when the “you couldn’t do any better” line comes out. If that’s the case then there would be a very narrow field that I could comment on. I wouldn't be allowed to say that Karius is shite or criticise Boris Johnson which would make me sad.

I'm pretty sure you could still criticise Bojo mate

dfree · Aug 7, 2018

Is anybody actually surprised? Quite how Levy expected to do 3-4 deals in the last week, especially when other European clubs are at a massive advantage is either incredibly stupid or incredibly arrogant

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