Christian Eriksen claims Tottenham don't need to spend big like their rivals

[TottenhamMattSpur]

If you wanna look at it from one slant yeah, but there's plenty of players that counter that, as with all signings it's hit and miss

Seeing you mentioned city aguero, de bruyne, David silva and yaya are a few examples of expensive signing that worked out well

I bet if we brainstormed and came up with every big money transfer since the premiership started then the successes would be the minority.
Half the time clubs just sign them to increase their image in world football.
Look at Chelsea, they sell a decent English kid (Chalobah) for £5m and blow £40m on Bakayoko who is older, players the same position and not home grown. Is he any better? Some say not.

But the papers love a £40m signing, their fans (since Abramovic) love it and buy up shirts and go to more matches and more of them become Nu-Chavs so the club actually make money through pissingit up the wall.

 

[Yido1989]

Hopefully the whole squad feels the same, Eriksen is a class act on and off the pitch

 

[yawa]

He's not far off though.

I think hes spot on to be honest, even if he is a right tosser. We didn't run away with the league last year and there were times when we were seriously stretched. There's a big difference between spending big and not strengthening at all.

We need to get some people in the door that add some depth to the squad.

 

[Shadydan]

I think hes spot on to be honest, even if he is a right tosser. We didn't run away with the league last year and there were times when we were seriously stretched. There's a big difference between spending big and not strengthening at all.

We need to get some people in the door that add some depth to the squad.

Yeah he'd be spot on if it was 1st September though, people including him need to chill out.

 

[Yido1989]

I think hes spot on to be honest, even if he is a right tosser. We didn't run away with the league last year and there were times when we were seriously stretched. There's a big difference between spending big and not strengthening at all.

We need to get some people in the door that add some depth to the squad.

Yh your right we do need some depth, I'm confident we'll add aleast two. Ross Barkley got to be one of them and hopefully someone else who can compete.
Apart from that I'm happy to have a go using our youth even more.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

We missed players we already have last season. We had an unusually high number of longish absentees. (Lamela, Rose, Winks, Kane twice, Alderweireld and Vertonghen at times)
We can only name 25 players in the squad. Chelsea just sign 200 players so their rivals can't get them. Most get loaned out to teams that aren't a threat to them.

 

[tototoner]

Another view..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4722852/Tottenham-t-afford-smug.html

and he'll be the 1st to complain that the top teams aren't developing and promoting from within

these hacks cannot have it both ways

 

[Japhet]

I think sponsors want to see big signings as much as the fans (some) do, to be honest. As has been said before, I'm sure a lot of big signings effectively join for very little at the end of the day.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

and he'll be the 1st the complain that the top teams aren't developing and promoting from within

these hacks cannot have it both ways

This is so spot on. We have it every summer - "oh so and so are not showing any ambition, they are not signing any big names blah, blah, blah" and then on the other hand we get the constant whining that our "young English players are not getting enough chances in the first team"....that they're are being denied opportunities by "overpriced carlos kickaball" types...

 

[Yido1989]

@leachy

Was that spam intended mate, if so care to explain why?

 

[nedley]

There's nothing smug about the being sensible and showing patience. The article is just unecessary filler and absolute bollocks, does he not realise that teams are spending big because they absolutely NEED to as they have holes in their first team, we don't.

First 11's don't win trophies.

Squads do and ours have holes in it.

My onions.

 

[Shadydan]

First 11's don't win trophies.

Squads do and ours have holes in it.

My onions.

And the transfer window hasn't closed yet, now is not the time to be bemoaning our lack of transfers.

 

[yawa]

Yeah he'd be spot on if it was 1st September though, people including him need to chill out.

Why is it wrong for him to write this? It's just a reaction to all the player statements at the moment and that we haven't signed a single player.

 

[nedley]

And the transfer window hasn't closed yet, now is not the time to be bemoaning our lack of transfers.

I get that. I understand our position. We are waiting for others to do their business; its Levy's strategy and its the right way to go in the current climate.

However i dont believe for one minute that Poch is happy to fill to go with youth promotion instead of buying players to challenge the first 11.

I'll refrain from losing my shit until the morning of the 1st of Sept as always.

But I have lost my shit before on the 1st Sept.

 

[Shadydan]

Why is it wrong for him to write this? It's just a reaction to all the player statements at the moment and that we haven't signed a single player.

The player statements are just an indication to the kind of mentality in the squad and the reaction to what's happening in the transfer market, we don't NEED big money signings nor do we NEED massive upheaval in the squad. Samuel thinks that we're arrogant because we haven't gone out and spent silly money but I the reality is that we're not desperate and doesn't take into account that there's still a long way to go in the transfer window, it's just premature filler i.e utter bollocks.

 

[yawa]

The player statements are just an indication to the kind of mentality in the squad and the reaction to what's happening in the transfer market, we don't NEED big money signings nor do we NEED massive upheaval in the squad. Samuel thinks that we're arrogant because we haven't gone out and spent silly money but I the reality is that we're not desperate and doesn't take into account that there's still a long way to go in the transfer window, it's just premature filler i.e utter bollocks.

I dont think its implied we're arrogant at all. This sums up the article perfectly and i dont see how anyone can disagree.

Now, Tottenham have an excellent squad. Tottenham's first XI is up there with any in the Premier League. Tottenham have young players who continue to improve and others, like Harry Winks, who may now be first-team ready. Yet the fact remains, they couldn't get past Leicester, and then they couldn't get past Chelsea.

And Chelsea have made what they hope will be improvements on a team who set the record for Premier League wins. Do Tottenham have, right now, players coming through their ranks who are at the same level as Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata? If not, then it will be very hard to overtake Chelsea this season.

This is not about breaking up Tottenham's starting XI or blocking the pathway of promising young players; this is not about buying just anyone, but of providing options.

No denying there's a long way to go in the transfer window but any reporter or media outlet can only work with the facts as of the time they write the article and at the moment we've not signed anyone.

 

[Shadydan]

I dont think its implied we're arrogant at all. This sums up the article perfectly and i dont see how anyone can disagree.

Now, Tottenham have an excellent squad. Tottenham's first XI is up there with any in the Premier League. Tottenham have young players who continue to improve and others, like Harry Winks, who may now be first-team ready. Yet the fact remains, they couldn't get past Leicester, and then they couldn't get past Chelsea.

And Chelsea have made what they hope will be improvements on a team who set the record for Premier League wins. Do Tottenham have, right now, players coming through their ranks who are at the same level as Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata? If not, then it will be very hard to overtake Chelsea this season.

This is not about breaking up Tottenham's starting XI or blocking the pathway of promising young players; this is not about buying just anyone, but of providing options.
No denying there's a long way to go in the transfer window but any reporter or media outlet can only work with the facts as of the time they write the article and at the moment we've not signed anyone.

Well the headline implies that we're arrogant in thinking that we don't need to sign anyone.

So he's willing to reference the fact that we couldn't get past Leicester and Chelsea right? so what about Utd who have spent over £250m in the last two seasons yet have finished outside the top four twice? How about our other rivals who have spent significantly yet they have finished below us? Chelsea have spent around £130m in this transfer window alone because they can afford to take risks, what does he think we should do? Every player that we buy will get scrutinised because we cannot afford to take risks, look at Janssen and Nkoudou for example.

You and me could write articles saying that we haven't signed anyone, it doesn't take a genius to work it out but if he actually looked into the situation he'd write WHY we are so relaxed on signing players because we're not in desperate need to fix holes like our rivals are...but I suspect he knows already and is filling column inches which is his remit, as I said the article is premature filler, we haven't signed anyone YET so the over scrutinising of our transfer window is pointless.

 

[thekneaf]

And Chelsea have made what they hope will be improvements on a team who set the record for Premier League wins. Do Tottenham have, right now, players coming through their ranks who are at the same level as Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata? If not, then it will be very hard to overtake Chelsea this season.

We do not need to improve on Rudiger, we already have 3 CBs better than him. I would argue that all 3 of our CBs suite the formation both we and Chelsea play better.

Morata is in to replace Costa. He will need to explode into the league not to be a negative impact on their league position.

Bakayoko should improve them. But I'm confident we'll sign someone on that level. He's a good player. He's not Zidane.

I would say that Chelsea are about par with the league winners from last year, expect they are dealing with losing their Kane. We don't have that problem.

 

[yawa]

We do not need to improve on Rudiger, we already have 3 CBs better than him. I would argue that all 3 of our CBs suite the formation both we and Chelsea play better.

Morata is in to replace Costa. He will need to explode into the league not to be a negative impact on their league position.

Bakayoko should improve them. But I'm confident we'll sign someone on that level. He's a good player. He's not Zidane.

I would say that Chelsea are about par with the league winners from last year, expect they are dealing with losing their Kane. We don't have that problem.

I am not doing a like for like comparison for players. I am simply saying we need to improve and at the moment we've not.

I don't see it as a negative. Just a matter of fact.

 

[thekneaf]

@yawa I agree we need to improve. But when the players other teams sign are brought into it, it's important to think about how much they are improved. I honestly don't think Chelsea are improved yet. The depth in defence and a stronger mid offset by the loss of Costa.

City however are actually improved I think.

This whole discussion, for me, revolves around not how good our youth players are, but how improved our young first teamers will be. Will Kane and Alli continue to grow? Will Dier?

We achieved title winning form last season for a great swath of the season. Should we click back into that again we'll win the league no matter who anyone else signs.

Still wouldn't sniff at Isco or his ilk, though...