ITK Discussion The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 3rd January

BringBack_leGin said:

Same shit every window?

Granted last window sucked but the previous window saw us sign Lucas, who has contributed heavily to our thus far excellent season.

The window before that saw us sign Sanchez and Foyth, thank fuck we have both of them given the injuries and contract situations surrounding the Belgians.

The January before that was blank, but the summer before that saw Wanyama (who proceeded to have a sensation season) and Sissoko (who is currently having a sensational season) arrive.

The summer before that saw Alderweireld, Trippier, Son and Wimmer arrive. The former three are still currently in our best xi, the fourth was pivotal in us finishing 3rd and qualifying for the champions league for the first time since 2010.

The January before that? Dele Alli, who made immediate impact and is one of our most important players still. The summer before that? Ben Davies and Eric Dier, the former finishing last season as the league’s top assisting defender, the latter making an immediate impact and to this day remaining a first choice player via a multitude of international caps.

Same old shit every window? We’ve had one bad summer, and other than that have been very successful throughout Pochettino’s tenure, with no fewer than 12 players across 8 windows before last summer who have made significant contributions to our magnificent improvement as a club,

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Paolo10 said:

You can't gamble on a player, have that gamble fail and still expect to recoup the majority of a transfer fee. It's pretty simple.

How long has this deadwood been in the squad now? 4 windows? 5?

People mention Dortmund and other European sides as examples, when they don't have the same squad imbalances we have so can take more gambles on players that we miss out on and will continue to miss out on until we can shift the deadwood in the squad.

It's depressing seeing the same shit every window from the club a lot more than from the fucking fans tbh.

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Archibald&Crooks said:

Sigh

It looks like I'm going to have to start modding again. Still, every cloud and all that.

*removes wrapping from brand new banstick

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BringBack_leGin said:

Same shit every window?

Granted last window sucked but the previous window saw us sign Lucas, who has contributed heavily to our thus far excellent season.

The window before that saw us sign Sanchez and Foyth, thank fuck we have both of them given the injuries and contract situations surrounding the Belgians.

The January before that was blank, but the summer before that saw Wanyama (who proceeded to have a sensation season) and Sissoko (who is currently having a sensational season) arrive.

The summer before that saw Alderweireld, Trippier, Son and Wimmer arrive. The former three are still currently in our best xi, the fourth was pivotal in us finishing 3rd and qualifying for the champions league for the first time since 2010.

The January before that? Dele Alli, who made immediate impact and is one of our most important players still. The summer before that? Ben Davies and Eric Dier, the former finishing last season as the league’s top assisting defender, the latter making an immediate impact and to this day remaining a first choice player via a multitude of international caps.

Same old shit every window? We’ve had one bad summer, and other than that have been very successful throughout Pochettino’s tenure, with no fewer than 12 players across 8 windows before last summer who have made significant contributions to our magnificent improvement as a club,

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acky99 said:

Didn't we buy Aurier in Jan 17 window????

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Derryank said:

This. This is a concern.

Don't be so naive to think we couldn't have done more to get these ideal targets over the line. We offered our terms, and they rejected us. Tough reading and a concern moving forward. These are legitimate players to improve our starting eleven, and they turned our project down. A concern

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JonnySpurs said:

Absolutely brilliant post.

Nobody linked to the club wanted to see us sign nobody last summer but there's no changing the past, we need to let go of that now and recognise that it hasn't actually held us back this season. We're still performing above all our expectations. Not even the most optimistic of Spurs fans would have expected us to be in 3rd, 2 points off 2nd and 6 points off 1st with 21 games played.

January is a notoriously difficult time to sign anyone so again, our expectations should be that we'll sign nobody. If we go another summer with no new players in then it will absolutely be cause for major concern but right now we need to have a little perspective as @BringBack_leGin has kindly provided above.

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Krafty said:

Interesting stuff from the ITKs. I am not worried if some players are turning us down, and also I'd rather not sign a GKN type player who we then can't shift. However, it would be nice to shift the real dead wood, and if we cannot sign any first XI type players, would be great to look at some young British talent - either internally or down the leagues.

Can't want us to give academy players a chance AND want us to sign players all the time. If we cannot get players for the now and tomorrow, then lets create them and that can be our USP

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TheAmerican said:

We haven't sold any deadwood in a few windows. It's honestly concerning at this point, as Poch has reiterated that we must sell to buy. I really think we need to show some humility and let a few of these players go at a severe discount, as other clubs do.

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mike_l said:

So would you say you're concerned? I'm concerned about you, this is a concern, concern, could you alleviate my concern please?

Concern.

It's really not that concerning, happened for years and will continue to do so, we've gotten by so far, just means we miss out on the mercenaries.

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JJetset said:

Pulisic we met with him and we didn't complete a deal due to a better deal from Chelsea, which we suspected was already complete so we felt being used by his agent and were right in our assumption. He had his worth.
These transfers are never as straightforward as they appear and i respect all of your positions at your work or study but we are looking at a 100 million pound investment when you include the wages and transfer fee. Its a very big commitment and financial responsibility that CP isn't worth.
De Jong is worth it but he turned us down.
This is just exclusive for this sites information and not to be broadcast

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