Man City complete £50m signing of Walker

[millsey]

I think Trippier has the potential to be better. At the moment, he's a good enough player to fill that position until we a) get someone else that's an upgrade or b) he develops well next year.

I think potential is right word. But unless we find a right back as good as Walker, we are weaker

 

[yiddopaul]

Don't see any slit wrists, but unless we sign 2-3 players next week, we won't have any new players on tour or pre season. The season starts in 4 weeks. Trying to bed in a new player 4-5 games in will piss me off. We have 50 mill burning our pockets. Champs league money too. We should have had our targets last season and gone for them. I'm expecting the normal scatter gun approach and see who we end up with hours before window shuts. Simple not good enough

I agree about leaving it til the last minute (we've all been through that drama too often!), but I have more trust in Poch and I think (hope) Levy trusts him to.

 

[millsey]

I agree about leaving it til the last minute (we've all been through that drama too often!), but I have more trust in Poch and I think (hope) Levy trusts him to.

Yes trust in poch, but I bet you he would rather walkers head wasn't turned and he still had him as right back

 

[yiddopaul]

You are correct, we are an incredibly good team. Best I've ever seen at the Lane and well worthy of our best Prem finish.

My point however is being missed - whilst I'm also sure we will improve on last season, that is also the case for every other side. And with those sides also making signings on top of that yearly progression they will either close the gap to us or steal a march.
So to the original point, we have to add quality to stay ahead and hopefully land a

I understand what you're saying. But every year us Spurs fans bemoan our lack of quality incomings and glance admiringly at the other top teams' high profile signings. And we're told EVERY year that we'll be lucky to get into the CL or top 5. Apart from Chelsea and Pool, none of the others have progressed at all (last season). I'm more concerned about Liverpool kicking on to be honest! Those teams that have bought a shed load of new signings have got to hope they work as a team. What we have, our stength – a proper team – can't be underestimated.

 

[yiddopaul]

Yes trust in poch, but I bet you he would rather walkers head wasn't turned and he still had him as right back

Do we know his head was turned? Could his attitude have had something to do with it, we know how Poch will get rid, no matter who you are, if things don't line up.

 

[14/04/91]

Well most on here suddenly thought trippier was better so maybe he has gone some improving to do eh

Don't really care what most on here think, only interested in what our manager thinks.
Do you mean 'got' some improving to do btw?

 

[14/04/91]

I think potential is right word. But unless we find a right back as good as Walker, we are weaker

Maybe poch & the club are looking beyond the immediate future, wouldn't be the first time and hasn't done us much harm in the last 3 years.
If they see Trippier (and/or walker's 'replacement') as potentially better within an acceptable time frame, they might live with being slightly weaker in the short-term (i.e. months)

 

[chico]

I'm a big Walker fan, he served us well. Good luck to him, now we have Trippier, Walker-Peters and probably a new right back. Players come and go. We know Levy runs a very tight ship. The older fans among us will remember the financials problems caused by the West Stand rebuild.
It's sad, but great business. If we sign the next Bale or Alli with the proceeds then it will be fine. Wembley, new WHL, Poch and a great team, are surely enough of a pull to get some great talent in?

 

[millsey]

Do we know his head was turned? Could his attitude have had something to do with it, we know how Poch will get rid, no matter who you are, if things don't line up.

Let's not try and make this look like poch didn't want the player and just wanted rid. He loved Walker till City came calling

 

[N17paradise]

This might give some bearing regarding our current right back situation, but remember at the end of last season Kane banged in 7 goals which were mainly due to Trippiers assists. I am sure Kane will benefit more from having Trippier out on the right than Walker.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

I think potential is right word. But unless we find a right back as good as Walker, we are weaker

Trippier made more assists in countless less games than Walker last season. If we wanted someone at least as good as Walker wouldn't we have kept him?

 

[millsey]

Trippier made more assists in countless less games than Walker last season. If we wanted someone at least as good as Walker wouldn't we have kept him?

Exactly,why didn't we keep him?

 

[N17paradise]

I'm a big Walker fan, he served us well. Good luck to him, now we have Trippier, Walker-Peters and probably a new right back. Players come and go. We know Levy runs a very tight ship. The older fans among us will remember the financials problems caused by the West Stand rebuild.
It's sad, but great business. If we sign the next Bale or Alli with the proceeds then it will be fine. Wembley, new WHL, Poch and a great team, are surely enough of a pull to get some great talent in?

I am old enough to remember ....I don't remember financials due to the West stand rebuild (the chairman at the time was Mr Richardson) 3,5 mil to build,

 

[Japhet]

Exactly,why didn't we keep him?

I can think of 50,000,000 reasons without raising a sweat.

 

[yid-down-under]

All the best Kyle- thanks for the service you've given to Spurs.

Now let's flog sissoko and use the money from both sales towards bringing back bale

 

[millsey]

All the best Kyle- thanks for the service you've given to Spurs.

Now let's flog sissoko and use the money from both sales towards bringing back bale

That will pay for his wages...

 

[chico]

I am old enough to remember ....I don't remember financials due to the West stand rebuild (the chairman at the time was Mr Richardson) 3,5 mil to build,

N17 This is an extract from "thefightingcock,co.uk"....... "Away from the pitch, however, the times were a-changing. The West Stand at White Hart Lane was demolished in 1980, but its replacement overran its budget, took fifteen months to complete and left the directors of the club struggling to retain control of the club. In November 1982, and with the club in £4m of debt – a very large sum by the standards of the time – it was time for a change. The old directors, led by the families of Sidney Wale and Arthur Richardson, were swept away and a new group, led by a thirty-five year old property developer called Irving Scholar and with a board of directors led by a solicitor called Douglas Alexiou, replaced them."
Altho' it is frustrating at times on our budget, you have to believe that DL will not blow us up?

 

[Spur4life]

Nice 50 million for a player who can't put on a good cross when he f**KS up and realises he is playing with John Stones everyweek then Toby covering his arse.

 

[sparkle]

Nice 50 million for a player who can't put on a good cross when he f**KS up and realises he is playing with John Stones everyweek then Toby covering his arse.

I must agree, if we lose one from eleven starters, it would be him.

Frustrates me when he cant put a decent ball in, he excites me when he goes forward, annoys me when he makes a costly mistake, seems a genuine bloke who has had his head turned by the doh!

A good price (maybe work record) and I really like Trips. Maybe with him and a fit Lamella who has pace or another youngster coming through? Walker was not in Poch’s plans going forward or we have a target in mind. I am still Ok with the deal.

 

[sebo_sek]

We didn't lose Walker. He didn't want to be here, he wasnt prepared to follow Poch's plans, therefore Poch deemed he could do without him for the right price. If the management still wanted him at Spurs then he would be here. This is not a Berbatov / Bale situation where he went on strike etc. We are now in a completely different place as a team to where we were 5/10 years ago.

I agree with the timing of our signings. The earlier the better. Unfortunately the chairman feels the need to be smart and make the signings financially viable, and hence sometimes the delays- the effect on the footballing side doesn't matter to him.

It's a question of Spurs fans being fickle as hell. When Levy is building the stadium, getting new sponsorship/ commercial deals, he's a genius. But come the transfer window and suddenly he's stingy, a fool, ruining the club, etc.
He's a shrewd operator, in constant communication with his manager and seeing our progress of the last few years, clearly on top of things.
Less knee jerking and more cool heads required on here.