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SpursSince1980

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That good news about N'Jie. Hard to say how much impact he will have this year. but nice to have options. frankly, i'm still most concerned about the DCM spot. watching some of our games last year, we would get overrun through the middle. I don't know if this was a question of talent... or tactics. it's A LOT to ask of young bentaleb and mason to carry the load. Alli might have potential and Dembele could fall back into that role if needed. but right now, i'd love to hear some good news on the DCM front!
 

Joshua

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That good news about N'Jie. Hard to say how much impact he will have this year. but nice to have options. frankly, i'm still most concerned about the DCM spot. watching some of our games last year, we would get overrun through the middle. I don't know if this was a question of talent... or tactics. it's A LOT to ask of young bentaleb and mason to carry the load. Alli might have potential and Dembele could fall back into that role if needed. but right now, i'd love to hear some good news on the DCM front!
Believe the ITK said we're still after one of the Germans or a new name that hasn't been revealed yet for CDM. I reckon we'll get one or two more after N'Jie now but towards the end of the window.
 

wpd659

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Not for the RO but not sure when you will hear about N'jie officially but its been agreed unofficially

Thanks JJ :D

I love the Late Night JJ show (y)

Nothing like the late night A&C show :shifty:
I cant forget that! No matter how much i try :sick:

Now just a DM before the last day. sven i will be happy :cautious:
 

Bus-Conductor

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Can anyone clarify who it was that JJ said Poch didn't want ? He said "Poch didn't want him" ? I can't figure it out from what was said previously.
 

dirtyh

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Thanks jj. You should have the nickname kalms cos god knows about 300 stroppy emotional stressed out shells of human beings can now relax and get some sleep :)
 

LexingtonSpurs

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Not sure this is quite as exciting as many may think - unless we bring in another striker/WF player, I would expect N'Jie to be a first team player on the Europa/Cup squad, and not in the League squad very often...
 

Ledleys Knee

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Not sure this is quite as exciting as many may think - unless we bring in another striker/WF player, I would expect N'Jie to be a first team player on the Europa/Cup squad, and not in the League squad very often...

Of course.

But Nigel will be the Wimmer to Berahino's Alderweireld

Although, with our new trim squad, he should be on the bench for most league matches
 

Parkie

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I take it from JJ's comments about Cabaye (not wanted) and Nigel (being bought) that Poch wants Nigel.
Reason I am saying this... French fans seem shocked we would bid/spend so much on him. Does this suggest Poch/Mitchell have seen something others have missed or are the frogs just bitter?
 

ravo

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Thanks JJ. Excellent news on N'jie (not that I know 4/5 of fuck all about him).

Wonder if Fazio will go the other way as part of the deal (there was chat about that in the player thread - from the press).

EDIT - this is in no way a question for JJ (before anyone gets all period about it).
 

danielneeds

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Well we'd better have someone good lined up for middle cos if Poch thinks Dier is a better centre mid than Cabaye, we're all done for.
 

Franchise60

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Maybe Poch thinks we need a proper DM, not someone like Cabaye?

Maybe we could have taken Cabaye (at the expense of Bentaleb/mason/dele), but we would still need a first xi DM to fix our midfield issues.
 

biscuitbeck

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Well we'd better have someone good lined up for middle cos if Poch thinks Dier is a better centre mid than Cabaye, we're all done for.

I appreciate where you're coming from but I think the nuance is slightly wrong. Poch may well consider Cabaye to be better than Dier for the immediate future, in the same way that he may consider Stambouli to be better than Dier, but he doesn't want to sign Cabaye if he doesn't particularly rate him because he will just become next year's deadwood. Better to pursue someone who we genuinely really want to buy, and use Dier as a stopgap temporarily, than buy someone for the sake of it who takes up a slot when we inevitably want to replace him next summer.
 
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