The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 24th January

[AZ1974]

the guardian saying we're in for mehamed diame :dead:

No he is poo no better than any of our first team midfielders.

 

[Syn_13]

I read somewhere that AVB's preferred system requires nothing more from the striker to score goals and have a high work rate. If he thinks Hooper could do that then let's give him the benefit of the doubt.

Well that's Adebayor fucked then.

Jokes aside, I can see the point of it. It may be a very simple, but effective, strategy. Even if not technically gifted, if the striker worked bloody hard and never gave up, combined with the ability to shoot and have some composure when needed, we could see them bag loads of goals.

 

[SugarRay]

Nothing against the two but I am quite looking forward to the day Damiao and Moutinho announce their retirements!

Damiao has been linked for the past 5 windows now? It's beyond ridiculous.

Mind you, by the time these two retire we will probably still be getting linked to Hooper!

Never ending circle.

 

[Mr Pink]

No he is poo no better than any of our first team midfielders.

He's better than at least two, and he certainly isn't poo...

 

[thejames]

This Hooper thing smacks of the one-time clamouring for Kris Boyd!

 

[$hoguN]

Whats your thinking behind that mate? Not having a dig would just like to hear more from people that have more knowledge on Hooper.

After watching bits and pieces of Hooper I think he does one thing really well and that is put the ball in the back of the net, which is the primary thing AVB seems to want his strikers to do. Whereas after watching a fair bit of Negredo I think he is just average at everything. In my opinion he is a decent finisher, his movement is fair but not great, his hold up play is decent but not top notch, just everything about him is fairly average.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

I read somewhere that AVB's preferred system requires nothing more from the striker to score goals and have a high work rate. If he thinks Hooper could do that then let's give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yes, AVB might prefer the more mobile type of front man even if he plays 1 up front. I remember Brendan Rodgers saying he prefers the more mobile type in his system, AVB might prefer that too. Alot of people seem to think we need a physical presence, that can hold the ball up ect ect, but there are other ways of playing the 1 upfront system. When you look at the Spanish league, you dont see many big 'target men' about.

 

[marvel]

Nothing against the two but I am quite looking forward to the day Damiao and Moutinho announce their retirements!

Damiao has been linked for the past 5 windows now? It's beyond ridiculous.

Mind you, by the time these two retire we will probably still be getting linked to Hooper!

Never ending circle.

Damiao is only 23, could be linked with him for another 20 transfer windows at least

 

[nedley]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

 

[Mr Pink]

After watching bits and pieces of Hooper I think he does one thing really well and that is put the ball in the back of the net, which is the primary thing AVB seems to want his strikers to do. Whereas after watching a fair bit of Negredo I think he is just average at everything. In my opinion he is a decent finisher, his movement is fair but not great, his hold up play is decent but not top notch, just everything about him is fairly average.

That's my opinion of Negredo as well to be honest.

 

[tony0379]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

Says it all really mate!

 

[Syn_13]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

City surprises me. I thought they'd be spending like fuck to catch up with Utd. Particularly for defenders.

 

[AZ1974]

He's better than at least two, and he certainly isn't poo...

Which 2 are you referring to.

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

Porto's scouting system is impressive I agree, but I think Portugal is a big attraction to these South American players. The climate, the language and also the league, whilst being technically good, its not the toughest league. So I think its a great first stepping stone into Europe for these players. Coming to Spurs is a totally different challenge.

It's also straight forward to pick up Brazilians/Argies cos of the way their work permit system works. An untried 18/19/20 year old from South America wouldn't get a work permit to move to Spurs - that's generally why we and other teams then have to try and take them from the likes of Porto, Benfica

 

[Misfit]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

Which tells us a great deal, imo.

 

[only1waddle]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

 

[nedley]

City surprises me. I thought they'd be spending like fuck to catch up with Utd. Particularly for defenders.

Sorry I meant the big ITK cheeses.

My bad.

 

[tez1503]

After watching more than 8mins 30secs of you tube clips, of both negredo and hooper, I feel negredo is the better option as he appears to have the ability to create something himself as we'll as finishing off chances the team creates.

I feel you all should follow suit in this opinion as I have obviously spent excessive amounts of time researching this.

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Hoping the ITK refers to two new players, not including Holtby. Diame link has resurfaced. So for not much over £5m we could pick up Diame and Holtby, then rest of the budget for a forward. I think Levy will try to stiff Sevilla for Negredo on the cheap, last day deal for a reasonably reputable striker from a big league. If he pulls it off great, if not it'll be a last ditch punt on a lesser name like Hooper ,or Bony who is known to be available for €9m, or maybe Szalai who we were linked with last week for about £3m. Possible deadline day loan from RM too.

 

[Sum Monsterism]

I cannot believe how quiet the big cheeses have been this window.

well cheeses navas is a right winger, and we've got one of those, whilst the only other big cheeses is hibernating until armageddon - or next thursday as we now call it - we're three mins and one week from the deadline everyone..!