archiewasking
Waiting for silverware..........
- Jul 5, 2004
- 7,864
- 11,692
Sure, I get that. But he has huge experience and several recent FA cups as well as all the rest.
*note to self; why on earth am I in AW's corner??!!*
What do we need to win ‘titles’ ?
- Thread starter lukespurs7
- Start date
Sure, I get that. But he has huge experience and several recent FA cups as well as all the rest.
*note to self; why on earth am I in AW's corner??!!*
archiewasking
Waiting for silverware..........
- Jul 5, 2004
- 7,864
- 11,692
Maybe I'm being dim, but why the Messi picture?
Gaz_Gammon
Well-Known Member
- Apr 16, 2005
- 16,047
- 18,013
Would rather he goes Shitty way. No chance of catching them, so it's better 'Pool don't have a strengthener defence.
archiewasking
Waiting for silverware..........
- Jul 5, 2004
- 7,864
- 11,692
Yeah???
archiewasking
Waiting for silverware..........
- Jul 5, 2004
- 7,864
- 11,692
Truth be told without at least a couple of worldies, obviously not Messi, we are not getting to league winning level anytime soon. Our best hope is the FA cup or failing that the League cup. We really don't have the clout financially to outmuscle the current top 3 even with the new stadium.
shelfboy68
Well-Known Member
- Jun 14, 2008
- 14,566
- 19,651
Well he has gone to Liverpool now so we don't need to concern ourselves with it I would rather the team just finish above them.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
- Nov 24, 2013
- 25,401
- 38,409
I mentioned the FA cup a little while ago and was informed that we should be aiming higher. Realistically, what is a better trophy that we can aim for than the FA cup at this point? Forget the league and the CL is a massive ask. Were we in the EL then possibly but it's such a long, drawn out competition.
lukespurs7
Well-Known Member
- Feb 21, 2006
- 4,833
- 4,259
- Thread starter
- #129
Agreed. We need to go for League cup and FA Cup as a start, once we’ve won something we will have belief we can win bigger things like the league and CL.
Obviously we need to aim to win them all but realistically the two domestic cups are our only real chance.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
- Nov 24, 2013
- 25,401
- 38,409
I know that some fans consider top 4 a trophy and obviously qualifying for the CL is important but if anyone thinks that the top players at the club will consider a top 4 finish as a trophy then they are definitely mistaken.
tiger666
Large Member
- Jan 4, 2005
- 27,978
- 82,216
Top players want to play in the Champions League. Top players also want wages the Champions League income helps pay for.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
- Nov 24, 2013
- 25,401
- 38,409
They certainly do and part of staying at Spurs is CL football but they also want to win silverware and they won't consider CL qualification as being equivalent to a trophy even if some fans do.
tiger666
Large Member
- Jan 4, 2005
- 27,978
- 82,216
I'm not so sure that applies to all players. I'd say some would rather have a champions league campaign than a league cup.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
- Nov 24, 2013
- 25,401
- 38,409
Of course but eventually a player like Kane, Alli (admittedly he's done little to earn a move to a bigger club so far this season), Lloris, Vertonghen etc. will want proper silverware.
Mr Pink
SC Supporter
- Aug 25, 2010
- 55,029
- 100,052
Agreed.
Players dream of major trophies, league's and CL really.
Not sure the carobona cup qualifies in that bracket lol
Everlasting Seconds
Well-Known Member
- Jan 9, 2014
- 14,914
- 26,616
Cue being proper. Let's got 5 years back. Who remembers the past five winners of the caribou cup? How many CL and PL winning teams do you remember in the same period?
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
- Nov 24, 2013
- 25,401
- 38,409
Fair enough, let's win some league titles instead.
tiger666
Large Member
- Jan 4, 2005
- 27,978
- 82,216
How can we take the league any more seriously?
Agreed.
No 3 is for me the key. If we had one more playmaker and 2 more striker/attacking wide men options, it would make all the difference. We could push the defences back, stretch the play, really go for it.
And the crazy thing is that I think it's not that difficult to do.
Barkley would take Dembele's first team spot. That would give us, Barkley, Wanyama, Dier, Winks, Sissoko & Dembele for three positions. Alli, Eriksen and Lamela can all drop back into midfield if need be.
Zaha. I really really like him and have done since before he went to ManUtd. He's strong, direct, can and does take defenders on, doesn't give away the ball easily, happy to strike and can score.
Moussa Dembele. not quite as strong as Zaha but faster.
That would give us, Lamela, Son, Alli, Zaha, Dembele for the 2-3 positions behind Kane, and enough flexibility to rest Kane and play a 3-5-3 with no orthodox striker.
Barkley is unlikely to cost more than £5-10m at most if anything as he's free in 6 months.
Dembele is apparently £20m and Zaha would be £30m+
But we can almost certainly get about £20m back for Sissoko who is proving his worth.
So for around £40m we can bring in three players, all young enough, all experienced and proven in the PL and all needed.
