The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 29 January 2011

[Azrael]

No, but you were generally subscribing to the whole 'we want success and we want it 5 minutes ago' school of thought. We have one excellent and two very good strikers who haven't been on best form of late. Anyone of us could go and spend 20-30m on a striker, put him on 150k a week, easy.

But maybe he doesn't fit into the team, maybe he can't adapt to the EPL, maybe he disrupts the whole team spirit we seem to have at Spurs or maybe he turns out to be over-rated.

I personally don't feel qualified to make decisions like that that's why Levy didn't make me manager when Ramos left. You may feel qualified but Levy wasn't knocking on your door either.

HR is the one making the calls and I respect his judgement. If we are gonna spend money then it has to be someone who HR wants who is gonna improve our forward line, which is still good.

DL and HR don't have to answer to us they just have to do the best they can for the club and I believe they are doing that.

You have a complete misunderstanding of what I was saying, which is, and only is, that we should still be able to question the people in charge, even if we have had some recent success, since success in football is an ongoing process if you want to be a top club.

I am not a sheep who will sit down and bask in adulation for Harry and Levy and then start moaning like a baby if it all goes to shit and its too little too late. No, if, in my opinion, they are making a mistake about something, then I will bloody well say so, whether or not sensitive beans such as some people in this thread, like it or not.

 

[voodoo]

Mystery, Im slightly confused here......

you say

Just been called up by someone who has a contact inside the board.

We are now in advanced talks with Benzema for a loan deal. Jose isn't happy since their striking options are already limited. We will need to pay a loan fee, said to be around £2m and also need to pay 100% of his wages, I'm unsure as to what his wages may be.

There have been reports that Forlan has pledged his future to Ath. Madrid, don't listen to everything you read in the press. We are confident that ATLEAST one deal will be successful, but we would prefer the both of them.

Take this as you will

and then you also say

It's not to do with Hulk. Basically you're all on about our Carrol bid, it would be in our best interest to have our fingurs in many pies... HR wants the best for the club, and DL wants to make money, it would be foolish for us not to get a striker in by Monday. Look how much relies on this, everything! We are in SERIOUS talks with two players, I know one of them is definately a striker, not sure about the other, and no, it's not Carrol... The fee for the striker we are chasing is around the £20M mark.

I'll let you all know who the striker is, as soon as I'm 100% sure from my source.

Cheers

so does that mean we are in for a loan for benzema + talk of a purchase/loan of another player that may or may not be a striker
AND
we are bidding 20M+ for another striker (which based of your 2 posts has to be Forlan)

or is the first quote just updating the 2 players in the second post... ahhhhhhhhhh im sooooooo confused.... thanks for the info though. lol

 

[bubble07]

So when Harry said Gallas isn't on a great deal(wages-wise) he was lying?

very good point. He said that on numerous occasions

 

[smithym]

iv missed something, why the pic of robbie?

 

[Bofbro]

Adie my friend, Sometimes you need to respect other people as well as you're source mate.

From SC to here http://triffictottenham.co.uk/levy-furious-with-harry/ next stop the papers

I know its not true, and its also not fair

my god lets hope Levy or Harry don't see that
pissing on our on chips springs to mind

 

[Azrael]

WRONG!!!

Edinson Cavani has expressed his delight after joining Napoli in a big-money move from Serie A rivals Palermo.
The Uruguay striker, who had been linked with Tottenham Hotspur, has cost Napoli a fee in the region of €17million (£14.4m) after opting to leave Palermo.
He believes it was the right time to move on from Palermo and is hoping the fans will understand his decision to join Napoli.
"I've signed," Cavani told Stadionews.it. "I'm really happy with this choice.
"I don't want to talk about a jump in quality, but for me it is a new experience. I needed new motivation and I hope to be able to do good things in Naples.
"Palermo and their supporters gave me a lot. I'm sorry if they will insult me for this move.
"It was time for me to turn the page. I wanted to change, but Palermo also understood that it was the moment to sell me. It has been a decision by mutual agreement."
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis added to Radio Marte: "The negotiation with Palermo had been opened for a month.
"We knew of the interest in the player from some of the most important teams, but we never lost hope of signing him."

Link?

 

[Mystery]

I had the first lot of info passed to me, then moments later another lot. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. I'll keep you updated, just need to finish 3 more holes on PGA 11

 

[aws_young]

WRONG!!!

Edinson Cavani has expressed his delight after joining Napoli in a big-money move from Serie A rivals Palermo.
The Uruguay striker, who had been linked with Tottenham Hotspur, has cost Napoli a fee in the region of €17million (£14.4m) after opting to leave Palermo.
He believes it was the right time to move on from Palermo and is hoping the fans will understand his decision to join Napoli.
"I've signed," Cavani told Stadionews.it. "I'm really happy with this choice.
"I don't want to talk about a jump in quality, but for me it is a new experience. I needed new motivation and I hope to be able to do good things in Naples.
"Palermo and their supporters gave me a lot. I'm sorry if they will insult me for this move.
"It was time for me to turn the page. I wanted to change, but Palermo also understood that it was the moment to sell me. It has been a decision by mutual agreement."
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis added to Radio Marte: "The negotiation with Palermo had been opened for a month.
"We knew of the interest in the player from some of the most important teams, but we never lost hope of signing him."

I thought I was right when I said he was sold, then checked Wikipedia (first mistake) and it says loan. Loan to buy perhaps, but those quotes are pretty nailed on.

 

[Gbspurs]

Creative journalism at its best. From the mouth of 1 idiot to the eyes of thousands.

 

[3Dnata]

Adie my friend, Sometimes you need to respect other people as well as you're source mate.

From SC to here http://triffictottenham.co.uk/levy-furious-with-harry/ next stop the papers

I know its not true, and its also not fair

Great post an ITK that I believe.
i still would have liked to see Saurez in a Spurs shirt but I'm not onvinced we were that far down the road with him as some sources say.

 

[aws_young]

I had the first lot of info passed to me, then moments later another lot. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. I'll keep you updated, just need to finish 3 more holes on PGA 11

Priorities!

 

[voodoo]

I had the first lot of info passed to me, then moments later another lot. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. I'll keep you updated, just need to finish 3 more holes on PGA 11

perfect thanks mate... i was just sooo confused.... maybe i read the wrong part first... then got all confused. :bang: lol

 

[drthfc]

iv missed something, why the pic of robbie?

He's had his hair cut!

 

[Azrael]

iv missed something, why the pic of robbie?

He was caught today in a hairdressers in Cockfosters by a SC members who claims he said he was off to Spam.

 

[jushin3]

Me clutching at straws, mystery striker = Lisandro Lopez? Not starting the game for Lyon, overshadowed this season by Gomis.

 

[kdspur]

that chamberlain lad looks a player, remind me why we not bid??? get in by way

 

[jurgenthegerman18]

You have a complete misunderstanding of what I was saying, which is, and only is, that we should still be able to question the people in charge, even if we have had some recent success, since success in football is an ongoing process if you want to be a top club.

I am not a sheep who will sit down and bask in adulation for Harry and Levy and then start moaning like a baby if it all goes to shit and its too little too late. No, if, in my opinion, they are making a mistake about something, then I will bloody well say so, whether or not sensitive beans such as some people in this thread, like it or not.

That's fair enough mate, but all my point is, is sometimes you have to just have faith in the people who have earnt that faith. IMO HR has earnt faith enough to let him get on with it, we all want CL next season and HR is the best person about to do that so I will trust in him for now. He, we and DL know we need a striker and they will do their best to get the right one.

 

[Mystery]

Me clutching at straws, mystery striker = Lisandro Lopez? Not starting the game for Lyon, overshadowed this season by Gomis.

Apparently we tried in the summer, was a no-goer though

 

[smithym]

whos byway and why should we get him in?
you tube clip?
bayern in for byway?

 

[jurgenthegerman18]

I had the first lot of info passed to me, then moments later another lot. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. I'll keep you updated, just need to finish 3 more holes on PGA 11

Playing golf with HR and DL?

:wink: