The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 25th August 2017

[Spursmad321]

Thanks as ever big guy

That's a bit personal mate!!!

 

[Ron Burgundy]

If the difficult one is Sancho you do have to wonder what the hurdle is. Very odd given how close it all felt yesterday

 

[Hot Spur]

Fair point. Hope Hot Spur comes back in and doesn't take yesterday's mayhem to heart. (mostly) all in good spirit.

No I won't. It wasn't in good spirit. This is the last post I will ever make on here. This place is full of idiots, and that includes a couple of the staff. I found it all very offensive.

 

[eddiev14]

I tried looking this up last week and got the same 'not trackable' response. Must've been locked down very close to you suggesting it.

If we end up with Aurier, Sanchez, Foyth, Barkley and maybe Sancho, only losing Walker from serious core first team, it'll still be a success of a window for me. Nothing marquee level, but some very clever business. Adding contract extensions as suggested yesterday morning for Dier and Toby, fantastic. I'd guess there'll be other players new contracts to follow too, based on past form.
Anyone else incoming, the left field super signing Trix alludes to, would just be a bonus.
Just got to sit back and hopefully chalk them off the shopping list. Fingers crossed boys and girls.

IMO, if we end the window without adding pace and/or another option in attack that Pochettino can trust (*cough*Janssen*cough*), then I would not call it successful at all.

Even if we sign the 3 defenders, I look at that bench and can't see anything there that can drag us back into a game and get us a goal.

It's the one hole (before Walker was sold) that we could all see we needed to fill. Yet here we are at the end of August and there is very little to suggest we are prioritising that issue in our activity. I find it genuinely disappointing.

 

[yido16]

If we are led to believe that we raised the price on Walker at the last minute, I imagine they will make it as hard to play ball with them too

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Right, in the last few minutes we've had

1: People referencing media stories that have already been correctly posted in player threads and are being widely discussed therein.
2: Images posted
3: People bringing in media news from other clubs that might tie in with a 'guess'

There's less than a week to go now and i'm reluctant to ban anyone but now that i've posted this you can bet both your bollocks that I will if I have to.

So just stop it.

 

[Lily White Lady]

Right, in the last few minutes we've had

1: People referencing media stories that have already been correctly posted in player threads and are being widely discussed therein.
2: Images posted
3: People bringing in media news from other clubs that might tie in with a 'guess'

There's less than a week to go now and i'm reluctant to ban anyone but now that i've posted this you can bet both your bollocks that I will if I have to.

So just stop it.

Anyone else just highlighted this to see if there's a hidden cryptic in it again....just me? I'll get my coat.

 

[Trix]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

 

[SonicSarr]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

Good, exactly how I read it and glad club taking that stance.

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Kind of what I was expecting. They have no real need for money, they would however like some of our key players. Easier to find another Forward target than unsettle our current squad in my opinion.

 

[RobjDerby]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

LIKE!! LIKE A LOT!!!

 

[THFCjosh]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

I'd rather keep what we have tbh. Martial a great player but feel Rose or Dier are both more integral.

 

[glacierSpurs]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

We can give them Wimmer, their CBs sux anyway. Can throw in Sissoko too!

 

[dagraham]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

Hardly surprising.

I just hope we have another similar target lined up.

 

[jackson]

Hertyid about the Sancho deal hold-up on COYS:


(Dans info was some random bloke on Twitter saying we'd given up on trying to sign Sancho, I'm not sure how reliable this Dan guys info would be )

This 'Dan' guy, his last name doesn't happen to be Ashcroft does it.....?

 

[Primativ]

Oh and forgot re Martial......

"His agents were pimping him around, but Yanited have no want or need to sell. The only way we get him is by giving them something they want/need, and they don't need money. Last I heard we were not prepared to give away the family silver".

That is exactly as it was worded to me.

That sounds the truth for sure and makes perfect sense. Why would United sell a rotation option who is performing for them, to a rival... They wouldn't just for money, they are loaded. They'd want a key player in return. Martial is not worth that.

 

[Insomnia]

Having read through the various players threads on the players we were supposedly close to signing (Aurier & Sancho) I'm feeling very pessimistic. Add to that how quiet JJ has been (arguably the best ITK out there) I preparing myself for disappointment & in the fall out , not hearing who these players were that we were so close to signing etc... De ja vous anyone?
I've had my kids for my school holiday week so it may be that that's worn me down but no Walker & no Aurier coming in fills me with dred dred.

 

[GetSpurredOn]

I hope we turn a couple of these close/very close deals into done as soon as possible. We still have a pretty big list to get through, lots of different plates spinning, so getting a couple over the line now allows us to place greater focus going into the last week on the last bits. Couple off announcements today/this weekend would go a long way to making us all a lot more confident I'm sure.

 

[Jamturk]

I hope we turn a couple of these close/very close deals into done as soon as possible. We still have a pretty big list to get through, lots of different plates spinning, so getting a couple over the line now allows us to place greater focus going into the last week on the last bits. Couple off announcements today/this weekend would go a long way to making us all a lot more confident I'm sure.

I don't think it will be more than the 4 stated by Poch.

 

[scat1620]

This 'Dan' guy, his last name doesn't happen to be Ashcroft does it.....?

No, it's Dan Kilpatrick, a journalist for ESPN. Apologies if this straightforward factual answer punctured your joke in any way.