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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 18th June

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jay2040

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Uh, yeah, the World Cup is exactly why they won't announce a signing or contract. People here seem to think the niche hardcore fans that frequent this forum are Levy's motivation for waking up every day :facepalm:



It's time for another "This Is Not About You (or us)" reminder:

Announcements are made to fill media lulls, retain fan involvement, and drive PR and online traffic. When the club has this much fodder from the WC in what is usually a news-less time of year, the last thing they need to do is inform us Eriksen and Alli have signed new deals. From a purely marketing perspective, it would be moronic to announce anything right now.

Spurs have 12 players at the World Cup—you know, the daily event that EVERYONE is watching? This isn't the time the club needs to present some kid from the Championship with long hair and weird socks. This is the time for our players to show the world how great they are, and by association, their club.

Hard to believe, but some people weren't familiar with Harry Kane was until this week. Maybe now they might watch a game or two of his after the World Cup. Then they might go buy his shirt. Maybe they'll fly from South America to London next year just to see him in the flesh at this brand new stadium they've been reading about. That's essentially how I became a fan over a decade ago, and now look at me, wasting my time on here.

Users on this forum already have shirts, go to games (some at least), follow THFC on twitter, and watch every damn video the club posts. Levy already has us in his pocket and doesn't need anything more than to not seriously piss us off. And even then, most stick through it anyway. Because if you haven't noticed, he dictates this entire site's happiness and could break everyone here like a toothpick without batting an eye. And then you, years later, in some dark alley of your soul, have the fleeting memory that maybe you actually chose this path...

(In short: you aren't going to get what you want from the club right now, but to be honest you wouldn't in June with Levy at the helm during any other summer anyway.)

I would not say you are wasting your time being on this forum! In fact you should be thankful that you are given a platform for your views !
 

rawhide

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Its weird. I understand marketing etc but to believe that the WC would take away from our announcing a signing is nonsensical.
For example, the current Football page on the BBC website has only World Cup stories. There are no stories of any signings, even though Wolves have apparently signed Portugal’s first choice keeper and Arsenal and Leicester have made signings. No exposure to casual fans whatsoever...
 

Vitur15

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We all want that player to arrive on 1st of July and for that to happen we needed to make a signing before 1st of July.We all know how much poch emphasis on players adapting to his method-we signed moura in Jan and poch still believd he wasn't ready to start games in May.

I agree with your overall point but the Moura comparison isn't great, the guy played only ~100 minutes in the first half of the season at PSG before moving to us. He likely had a lot of work to do to get into Poch's definition of match fit.
 

jay2040

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Could a contributory factor to the delay in signing be simply down to us not wanting to pick up wages for a player and club in holiday mode as even a delay of 2 weeks would save c.100k.
 

Vitur15

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If only there was a general thread in this part of the forum where we could discuss such... Like that summer wishlist thread where we could all just discuss potential signings or anything related to future signings... BUT it keeps getting locked around this time of the year... Why it cant be brought over to this end?

Then we wouldn't fall foul of A&C. :cautious:

I think this would be beneficial, having a "stickied" thread on the transfer rumours section to just talk about anything transfer related might cut down on non-itk talk in this thread. Specific player threads don't cover everything people want to talk about when it comes to transfers so the overflow often ends up here (which is clearly not what the mods want). It wouldn't hurt to try it.
 

Finchyid

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The club has gone holiday till after the world cup....

I dont see why the world cup should overshadow any signings
 

Keefo

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Maybe some people have better things to do that read through pages and pages of drivial to find the odd bit of information?
Not really that deep..If you follow the itks profile you'll get notification that he's posted something.
 

dondo

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Not really that deep..If you follow the itks profile you'll get notification that he's posted something.


Thought that was what the itk read only was for but that’s doesn’t seem to be used anymore
 

Keefo

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Thought that was what the itk read only was for but that’s doesn’t seem to be used anymore
Don't know but I always get a notification or just go through herc's/Trix profile once every 4-5days.
 

E8spur

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I hate to mention actual ITK in here, but remember when Val said “building up”..? That means there is some good stuff still to come. A bit of patience is what we need. The up might be after the cup, but if people can manage not to die of anxiety in the meantime, it will come.
 

Spurs_Bear

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ValenciaYid was regarded ITK a few years ago but is he still? Can someone confirm? I thought he was just having an opinion.
 

Spurs_Bear

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He said something was building up and poch signed a new contract that day.

So I’ll ask the question again...is he ITK or was he having an opinion? He’s historically been a man of few words and a load of ‘...’ after a post, not sure if that was a chance muttering. He hasn’t been regarded ITK for a long while.

Edit: just seen @Rob response. Ta
 
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