The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 14th July 2017

[KILLA_SIN]

Would delete that bud. Just did the same thing before realising where I was posting

 

[panoma]

Trippier gonna be such a coup on fantasy this season!

Silver lining and all that

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Barkley and Pereira will be good transfers but if that's all, I will be more excited to see more of Onomah, Edwards, KWP or CCV.

If the ITK is all true I still feel we lack an 'explosive' player in the wide forward channel a Mane if you will. Last season that was perhaps our main weakness.

Pereira and Barkley are good though, glad it looks as though we have an instant replacement for Walker of it comes off.

 

[mark87]

Would delete that bud. Just did the same thing before realising where I was posting

And you should delete the quote

 

[danielneeds]

TBF, in what position do we really need a player that gets the pulse racing? Maybe a speedy, wing player (We wanted Mane last season and got Sissoko). But, who would you drop in a fully fit lineup? Eriksen, Dele, Son, Lamela? And that's not including developing players like N'Koudou, Edwards and Onomah.

It's like Fergie always said, the time to strengthen and freshen things up is after a successful season, to stop complacency setting in. If we want to keep performance levels high bring in players who threaten our current XI's places.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

And you should delete the quote

Cheers

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

If the ITK is all true I still feel we lack an 'explosive' player in the wide forward channel a Mane if you will. Last season that was perhaps our main weakness.

Pereira and Barkley are good though, glad it looks as though we have an instant replacement for Walker of it comes off.

Not sure how big a "weakness" that really was. Most of the time we don't use a wide forward. And when we do - will that forward out-produce what Son gave us last season? Seems highly unlikely.

I think its a crutch that people hold onto - this need for a wide forward. Think about what you have to take out of the line-up to put in that player...

 

[markiespurs]

It's like Fergie always said, the time to strengthen and freshen things up is after a successful season, to stop complacency setting in. If we want to keep performance levels high bring in players who threaten our current XI's places.

With wages and transfer fees getting ridiculously high, coupled with how good our starting 11 actually is and the new stadium being built, I'm not sure how realistic that is at the moment.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

This reminds me of the Dylan lyric, 'like the stillness in the wind/ before the hurricane begins'. I get the feeling shit be going down in the next few days

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

knowing levy he would have tried to get a good chunk of the walker money upfront, lets hope with the new perrira itk that levy doesnt do his standard lets move the goal post last minute jobby, allowing juve to swoop in as porto dont wanna deal with our levy

 

[Gb160]

It's like Fergie always said, the time to strengthen and freshen things up is after a successful season, to stop complacency setting in. If we want to keep performance levels high bring in players who threaten our current XI's places.

I suppose that's pretty easy when you're one of the worlds biggest clubs with almost limitless financial resources.

 

[TheChosenOne]

You may need to rewatch last season's home NLD game again ...

Trippy is a pugnacious little fucker.

 

[C0YS]

Not sure how big a "weakness" that really was. Most of the time we don't use a wide forward. And when we do - will that forward out-produce what Son gave us last season? Seems highly unlikely.

I think its a crutch that people hold onto - this need for a wide forward. Think about what you have to take out of the line-up to put in that player...

Not to 'put in' but someone who adds a bit more diversity isn't a bad idea. Having said that I'm not too bothered if its a winger or some other kind of player. What matters is Poch is on board.

As has been said before we will probably have 70m + to sign players. If we include Bentaleb (16m) as a sale, and assume that something has been agreed for Njie 6m then we have £66m ready to spend before factoring in other outgoings. With that we can already fill in our priority positions.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

knowing levy he would have tried to get a good chunk of the walker money upfront, lets hope with the new perrira itk that levy doesnt do his standard lets move the goal post last minute jobby, allowing juve to swoop in as porto dont wanna deal with our levy

I don't think so. Levy doesn't have to do desperate like before, there's more value in supporting Poch whereas previously there was always a tangible sense of our managers somehow treading water. The organ grinder is now the monkey and he must, surely, keep his peanuts to himself

 

[TheChosenOne]

people getting excited about Foyth - hes a kid and only played a handful of games in Argentina, there will also be a difficulty in obtaining a work permit.

were people excited when we signed rodrigo defendi?

Folk were ecstatic when we signed Ricardo Rocha and he was two bob. (3mill actually)

 

[danielneeds]

I suppose that's pretty easy when you're one of the worlds biggest clubs with almost limitless financial resources.

United weren't significantly richer than us in the 90s, just much better run, top to bottom.

 

[Hoopspur]

On a side note, the prices bubble in the PL is going to burst sooner rather than later. Viewing figures have gone down last year, and I'm not convinced that its just a blip. In a few years time there could well be a few clubs with crazy wages find themselves in a spot of bother.

But worldwide the figures soar. The Far East and elsewhere show the EPL is a winner.

 

[Phomesy]

ali z on replacements:
As i said weds club feel they have got Perrira

Not slagging ITK, but what the hell is going on with the spelling and grammar on some of these other sites?

We need to loan them our "what other club's fans..." thread for a bit to sort that shit out...

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

But worldwide the figures soar. The Far East and elsewhere show the EPL is a winner.

Don't know about world wide, but I am pretty sure viewership was down in the US this season.

 

[TheChosenOne]

But worldwide the figures soar. The Far East and elsewhere show the EPL is a winner.

In Irish sports shops there are usually just four EPL team shirts available.

United. 'Liverpool. Chelski. Arse. (But mostly Utd and LIv)