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    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2018/19

    Loaning Troy Parrott out at this stage in his development makes zero sense. Firstly, we need to control his playing time and the treatment he gets for inevitable injuries, to ensure he doesn't play too much at his age or get pressured to play through injuries. Secondly, we need him to become a...
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    Player watch: Josh Onomah

    Hercules wrote: We are not giving away Josh, and the other player of ours that they are interested in. And still wanting circa 30m for Sess, along with that. -------------------------------------- I agree with and support Levy here. Scott Parker was inside our club as a coach for long...
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    Player watch: Danny Rose

    I share that impression. But I don't want to speculate because I suspect there may be plenty we don't know. This "Lion" character spoke about some "clause in DR's terms". It's probably BS but, if its exists, I wonder whether it was an existing clause that kicked in at some stage in his...
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    Player watch: Danny Rose

    PSG and Juve battling it out for a Spurs LB? I never thought I'd see the day. :) The reality is that this transfer competition will set Danny Rose's market value. Then, Danny will have a choice: 1) get a big move away on presumably a much larger salary, and see if he wants to face the...
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    Gareth Bale

    You've spectacularly missed the point. I'm the son of a child refugee and have experienced many different cultures and heritages. Like many of your family members, I greatly value those experiences, and hopefully they have made my loved ones and me a more rounded and better human being. But...
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    Lets all laugh at Newcastle

    I thought Ashley, as an ace businessman (in his own wet dreams), was meant to understand his customers, not further provoke their contempt and hatred. Still, with Josh Onomah apparently on way out out of Spurs, maybe Bruce will make a sizeable offer.
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Giovani Lo Celso

    I agree. But teaching defensive positioning & body shape to block opposition passes is also one of Poch's fortes. We first read about this when Morgan Schneiderlin spoke of how Poch had massively improved this aspect of his game at SCBC, and you can see it in Winks' game. I'm confident Poch...
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    Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

    I like Toby. He's developed into an outstanding CB, with an excellent ability to read the game, and is a leader at the back. I'm not sure I buy the Arsenal links, but let's look at the pros & cons from his perspective. 1) Presumably he'd be paid a huge salary. But unless it would completely...
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    Dani Olmo

    I hear you, but I have a different take. It takes a lot of courage for a young player to leave the best Academy in the world and move to eastern Europe, and a country where he almost certainly doesn't speak the language, as a young teenager. The comfort zone option for Dani Olmo was to stay at...
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    Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

    I love the Return of Daniel Levy's famous Luka Modric line. Smells like victory! :LOL:
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    Sander Berge

    We know Poch likes strong, powerful, units in midfield and Berge is bigger and stronger than Fellaini. But from those clips, unlike Fellaini, Berge looks like he may have some actual footballing ability too.
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    Jack Grealish

    Yup. I think this is more likely, along the lines of if Spurs were ever to sell Grealish, Villa would have a contractual right to match any bid that we accepted. Then it would be down to the player to agree terms. But "buy back clauses" in their literal sense are what Barca and Real Madrid...
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    Jack Grealish

    I would be absolutlely astonished if Levy included a buy back clause for Villa. Even if it was £50m or more. He will want control of the player's future career, not the chance that if Grealish flourishes into a regular England international under Poch Villa can just trigger some clause and buy...
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    Jack Grealish

    Since Xmas, Grealish has been playing centrally next to the less gifted Hourihane in a 4-1-4-1, with a DM offering protection behind. As per last night's game, Grealish's starting position is deeper than that of a number 10. Essentially, his role for the last 6 months has been as the player...
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    Jack Grealish

    Remnds me of us under the Twat in the Overcoat, after he'd replaced Ginola with Sinton or some such tosh. Grealish subbed off for Iceland's finest. If that's his last game for Villa, he did his bit in an away win for a desperately poor team.
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    Jack Grealish

    Especially since he has the technical ability & confidence to receive the ball in tight areas.
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    Jack Grealish

    Villa are set up exactly as they were for the second half of last season, in a 4-1-4-1, with Whelan as the DM and Grealish central next to Hourihane. So, Grealish is playing as an attack-minded CM, with protection behind him, rather than a number 10.
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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 5th August

    Chavski must have about 20 non-HG players they can't register, so they loan them out. There is no insurmountable issue with having a couple of players like VJ and GKN who aren't registered for our CL & PL squads.
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    Mateo Kovacic

    Good on Kovacic for telling miserable Mourinho to stuff his anti-football. Hopefully Old Trafford will be feasting on Fellaini's exploits next season...
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Liverpool thread

    Lovren, who's just played in a World Cup final, should console himself by trying to find some VHS clips of Micky Quinn in action. He was worse than mediocre, and the only threats he posed were to the local boozer and pie shop.
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