The Summer Transfer Window POST MORTEM THREAD

ohtottenham! said:

What's not a pinch of salt is that, at a minimum, Poch wanted our CM area sorted, that's glaringly obvious to anyone, and he had a right to get that resolved, so we can watch the best Tottenham team compete at the highest level. It didn't happen! Would not be surprised that Poch's just a little bit pissed!

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Name me 5 better centre midfielders over the last 12 months that have been better than Mousa that were within a realistic budget, that wanted the wages that sit within what we offer a first time signer that fits Pochettinos culture and belief system which we all know is a very big deal to him as he tries to shape his style on the team.

The pool of quality is so small when trying identify this as well as trying to balance costs with a £1bn stadium investment, it really wouldn't surprise me if it was Grealish, Kovacic or nothing you know and even Kovacic was probably too far out of reach money wise if he'd become available.

I'm sure Pochettino wanted signings but I'm sure he means what he says when he talks about not spending money is better players aren't out there available to buy. I think we chose to keep Dembele rather than risk it for someone he wasn't too certain on at a pretty high cost. The last thing we'd want is another Sissoko on our hands and whilst it's an area of weakness, we've got more than enough depth in there should we need to move a couple of things around

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Name me 5 central midfielders over the last 12 months that have been better than Mousa that were within a realistic budget, that wanted the wages that sit within what we offer a first time signer and that fits Pochettinos culture and belief system which we all know is a very big deal to him as he tries to shape his style on the team.

The pool of quality is so small when trying identify this as well as trying to balance costs with a £1bn stadium investment, it really wouldn't surprise me if it was Grealish, Kovacic or nothing you know and even Kovacic was probably too far out of reach money wise if he'd become available.

I'm sure Pochettino wanted signings but I'm sure he means what he says when he talks about not spending money if better players aren't out there available to buy. I think we chose to keep Dembele rather than risk it for someone he wasn't too certain of at a pretty high cost. The last thing we'd want is another Sissoko on our hands and whilst it's an area of weakness, we've got more than enough depth in there should we need to move a couple of things around

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Ekmek said:

Dembele is 31 and cant play a whole season. So there should not be that hard to find someone, I could mention many thats to my liking but its hard for us to know what Poch wanted and wich skill set he wanted for a cm.

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allatsea said:

Love how the OS makes no mention of the Transfer Window lol

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Who then? Dembele may not be able to play a whole season but who's to say Winks won't step up again this year or that Skipp can't knock down doors like he has ripping up the u23's when he's still only 17 years of age? The only one I know genuinely excited me was Grealish for a CM/AM type of role but if you know of others that were within our wage bracket and transfer fee restrictions, as well as helped solve our nonHG issues I'll check them out and keep my eye on them

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DannyNZ said:

Last season we finished a distant 3rd in the league and were generally competitive in the cups, if we genuinely wanted to progress beyond that, then I think it is clear our squad needed strengthening and a couple of key man risks needed addressing. In particular we have been extremely lucky Eriksen has not had any serious injuries and in my view we have no real cover for him and he is also largely the only real creative player we have.

For me the only rational explanation for our total lack of activity in the TW is that we are under serious financial constraints - that is the stadium costs are going through the roof. Stories of poor contracting, ever changing requirements and contract management issues in relation to the stadium project have even found their way down to NZ. If it's not the stadium then hey we were just inept in identifying genuine gettable targets and executing.

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Who then? Dembele may not be able to play a whole season but who's to say Winks won't step up again this year or that Skipp can't knock down doors like he has ripping up the u23's when he's still only 17 years of age? The only one I know genuinely excited me was Grealish for a CM/AM type of role but if you know of others that were within our wage bracket and transfer fee restrictions, as well as helped solve our nonHG issues I'll check them out and keep my eye on them

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Name me 5 better centre midfielders over the last 12 months that have been better than Mousa that were within a realistic budget, that wanted the wages that sit within what we offer a first time signer that fits Pochettinos culture and belief system which we all know is a very big deal to him as he tries to shape his style on the team.

The pool of quality is so small when trying identify this as well as trying to balance costs with a £1bn stadium investment, it really wouldn't surprise me if it was Grealish, Kovacic or nothing you know and even Kovacic was probably too far out of reach money wise if he'd become available.

I'm sure Pochettino wanted signings but I'm sure he means what he says when he talks about not spending money is better players aren't out there available to buy. I think we chose to keep Dembele rather than risk it for someone he wasn't too certain on at a pretty high cost. The last thing we'd want is another Sissoko on our hands and whilst it's an area of weakness, we've got more than enough depth in there should we need to move a couple of things around

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blackburn said:

I think people are over complicating the situation. Its quite plausible that Levy and Poch identified targets that would improve the starting X1, whoever that may be. Once it became clear that those players weren't available, for any number of reasons, it was decided to stick with what we have rather than buy more Sissoko, N'koudo, Llorente, Jansen types.

I'm far more interested in what players play in what formation this season than having a pop at a bloke who has absolutely transformed our club. One or two of the youngsters on here have no idea of the dark days we've been through, September 15th is a massive day for me, I've got Daniel Levy to thank for that.

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voxy28 said:

From this saga, u know that no one wants to deal with Levy..... that’s why no one comes for our players and no one wants to sell to us. He is a liability for our transfer.

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