The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 1st September 2015 DEADLINE DAY!

[BoringOldFan]

One of the WHUFC directors just said there's "one more to go" which narrows it down to Antonio, who is having a medical at present, or Adebayor.

This is from the BBC:

We have not seen this line anywhere yet in the British press, but Turkish outlet Fotospor claim that West Ham are set to make a £6.6m offer for Galatasaray striker Burak Yilmaz.

 

[fletch82]

no one else will be coming in.

Well that's that then you mods close this down I'll phone sky and let them know not to waste any more time.

See you all later chaps take care byee
Missing you all already
So long fair thee well
Goodbye.

 

[spids]

Can't believe some people are defending us if we don't get a CDM.

It's almost as crucial as bringing in a striker imo - Dier, Mason, Alli, Bentaleb is nowhere near good enough for a top 6 side.

Not sure where the DM's coming from though, now that the Witsel links have dried up...Hopefully some DM ITK is incoming

It's not the major panic you make out - we have lots of midfielders ... Dier (in his new role), Mason, Bentaleb, Dembele, Alli, Velikovic, Carroll, Winks ... We only need to play two in there. I personally accept we cannot compete for the top 4 until we have built the new stadium, so we're playing for top 6.

 

[lukadownthelane]

Looks like Cheik Tiote is the PL DM Gards was talking about.

Really wouldn't be surprised is we end up with him and papiss cisse

 

[spursintheblood]

On the striker front I don't think either Son or N'Jie have really been signed to player there, and N'Jie in particular is likely to take a while before being a regular starter.

As for midfield, Bentaleb isn't a defensive midfielder for me, and Veljkovic and Dier are converted centre backs, neither of which is good enough in that position for us to rely on for the whole season.

And it's not as if it's just us fans being short-sighted on those positions. It's clearly something Poch feels we need as well.

While I agree that it is not ideal and we would definitely like to get in a new striker and a DM, there are options we have available that will tide us over better than splurging money on future dead weight. Milos, Dier and Bentaleb and Dembele to an extent are all able to operate effectively in a more defensive role. We have enough midfielders for the roles, just not quite the polished article for immediate reassurance. The striker role will probably rotate with Kane and in cups Chadli or Son. Both are better out wide I agree, and again ideally that will be the case as I feel SB will happen. Dum spiro spero... however we still have Lamela, who did quite ok compared to Eriksen in the stats dept. If he were not the record signing he was, then people would be much happier with him. We also have N'jie and Townsend for the flanks. While not ideal and I can see the Levy detractors all revving up, we are a smaller, younger, more effective 1st team than last year.

We're Spurs for goodness sake, the anticipation of glory and the dread of failure is the spice of life. No humdrum win all the time or lose all the time for us, we have potential for both success and disaster. The wonder of supporting Tottenham Hotspur for over 30 years has led to my inner child over developing and learning to count by looking at the grey in my hair. Wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[longtimespur]

I guess we'll be getting Sky's rock star introduction to Jim White this evening. I see BBC2 has a deadline day programme, but it's on during the afternoon. Still, the DDG saga is providing endless amusement.

Might be because that's when the tw shuts

 

[WalkerboyUK]

No new signings and now my car won't start.... Great day!!

 

[KingNick]

We don't pay the whole fee up front... This would just cover the initial payment.

Exactly. And it's only an overdraft. We may have a nice little nest egg in the account already

 

[jbstarr14]

Is anyone else concerned that we haven't (seemingly) done anything to inject some creativity or passing vision into our midfield? A midfield selected from Mason, Bentaleb, Dier and Dembele is a beige as it gets and is much more of a concern to me than signing Berahinho.

Apart from Ali and Pritchard...?

 

[cookiemonster]

Really wouldn't be surprised is we end up with him and papiss cisse

That's awful

Or it could be Tom Huddlestone and Jermain Defoe

 

[Monkey boy]

Right ladies and gentleman, as some stupid split arse in my office accepted a meeting request on my behalf for 2pm today I shall bid you farewell. Hopefully ill be able to log back on for the remaining half an hour or so. Good luck everyone.

 

[Mr Pink]

How many pages this thread hit last year on deadline day? Feels pretty quiet in and around here for deadline day.

 

[wishkah]

Proof of funds, I would imagine.

.....no

 

[SpartanSpur]

How many pages this thread hit last year on deadline day? Feels pretty quiet in and around here for deadline day.

We could really do with something breaking regarding Berahino and/or Witsel, I think it's the fact its so quiet that is making everyone get on the verge of meltdown (or breakdown).

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

Ali Z, Jasper, Ghostfarmo, BEN, Hertyid etc all keeping quiet elsewhere?

 

[spursintheblood]

As long as he's not a ginger - don't want Poch's mission to put some soul back in our club disrupted.

Please let the Transfer window be the drama in here and not some silly need to pick a fight. None of the preceding posts were particularly edifying or worthwhile. There are many other things to be funny about.

 

[JAYSTAR]

Witsel while you work
Levy is a berk

*funny rated*

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Overdraft confirmed by the Goat.

From The Goat: We've just had it confirmed that we have in place our regular deadline day overdraft of around £40m.

We've got 99 problems, but money ain't one

 

[Wellspurs]

I assume its a little like a mortgage in that you have to be able to prove you can pay

When you take out a mortgage you have to show you can pay it back not show you have the full amount in readies?

Anyone thinking Ayew and Song mortgage free?

 

[Scutch]

Ali Z, Jasper, Ghostfarmo, BEN, Hertyid etc all keeping quiet elsewhere?

Ghostofarmo said this morning we were still talking to WBA with regards to Berahino.