The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 12th July 2017

[Gb160]

I'd rather that the club refrains from publicly replying on any media reports linking our players away from us. Let the buying club have a false perception that there is a possibility that we may sell the subject player to them, until it gets too near to the closure of the TW and the buying club then ends up paying an overinflated price for a second choice player from another club.

That'll teach them or at least, I hope it does.

We should do this for all players that we want to keep and not only for Dier.

Thats what we normally do...which is why i found our earlier press briefing re Dier a bit odd.

 

[SpartanSpur]

I'd rather that the club refrains from publicly replying on any media reports linking our players away from us. Let the buying club have a false perception that there is a possibility that we may sell the subject player to them, until it gets too near to the closure of the TW and the buying club then ends up paying an overinflated price for a second choice player from another club.

That'll teach them or at least, I hope it does.

We should do this for all players that we want to keep and not only for Dier.

The only downside on this is that constant links and speculation away fpr numerous key players can put a negative/destabilising air around the club.

If we do indeed fully intend to keep Dier, the ideal solution is to resolve it behind closed doors.

 

[jurgen]

Dier is the kind of classy, adaptable player with good leadership that pretty much all top clubs who win things have in their squad. Hence why Jose is desperate for him. Not sure why someone who's watched us would call him an expendable backup.

 

[ryantegan]

Dier is the kind of classy, adaptable player with good leadership that pretty much all top clubs who win things have in their squad. Hence why Jose is desperate for him. Not sure why someone who's watched us would call him an expendable backup.

Spot on

 

[KidCOYS]

I thought his dad was an Everton fan?!?!

My mates dad, not Eric's, my bad.

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

Sell Dier, we can prepare ourselves for Dele and others to seek a move. Would be a terrible mistake for the club to make.

 

[buttons]

It's funny how every time one of our players are linked with a move away they suddenly become the weakest link in the team. Dier is one of the most important players in our team.

And the dressing room (i sense).

 

[not_tenth-again]

I don't see Dier going but Martial and Fosu Mensah subsidised to our level of wages would make me feel better about. At that should be our opening position. He aint going, this is line in the sand time for Levy

 

[diamond lights]

Walker is older, expendable and I get the feeling Poch would let him go for the right money. Dier is synonymous with Poch's Spurs and I can't see him being allowed to go anywhere.

 

[St José Dominguez]

Any sale of a regular first teamer to a rival at this current time is a disaster in my eyes. Be it Dier or Walker, not only does it make us weaker as a first team and strengthen a rival as a club it makes us look extremely weak and feeble. From a commercial sense that's really poor, it makes us look like we're still the club who are going to struggle to keep players, makes us look small compared to other clubs.

From a player perspective Walker was one thing but if Dier went too we might as well give up hope of growing as a team and keeping players. We'd basically be confirming we're an unsuccessful Dortmund who will lose key players consistently and have to rely on constant recruitment.

 

[rossdapep]

That hard to beat and determined mentality that Poch has been so focused on would be destroyed by selling him

 

[Derryank]

Keeps reading Hertyids itk..."no f**kin chance"

.....Walks back from the ledge

 

[Hot Spur]

Any sale of a regular first teamer to a rival at this current time is a disaster in my eyes. Be it Dier or Walker, not only does it make us weaker as a first team and strengthen a rival as a club it makes us look extremely weak and feeble. From a commercial sense that's really poor, it makes us look like we're still the club who are going to struggle to keep players, makes us look small compared to other clubs.

From a player perspective Walker was one thing but if Dier went too we might as well give up hope of growing as a team and keeping players. We'd basically be confirming we're an unsuccessful Dortmund who will lose key players consistently and have to rely on constant recruitment.

Until we start paying wages closer to the big clubs and start winning things, we will ALWAYS struggle to keep good players. The better players want to be paid the going rate and they want to win trophies, spurs have and are doing neither !! Until at least one of those things change, your kidding yourself if you think we will keep top players for very long.

 

[rebrab]

Expecting to finally start seeing the crescendo build up now before the first inbound transfer of the summer

 

[SDogg]

Got to be foyth

 

[Ben1]

Got to be foyth

I'd say Pau permanent deal, the McGee sale was always going to go through once a deal was close I think

 

[CrouchPotato]

Pau Lopez step Foyth ohMcGee I'm excited.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

People that think Dier is nothing more than a backup CB/DM and is in any way expendable, have clearly never played a team sport to any decent level or simply don't understand the finer intricacies of sport at all.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Expecting to finally start seeing the crescendo build up now before the first inbound transfer of the summer

As McGee left today, Pau?

 

[k33pster]

As McGee left today, Pau?

Yes lad - McGee to Portsmouth.

No news on Pau