The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 29th June 2015

[Indisguise]

Irons in the fire methinks!


DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 8h8 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter who is plan c for CM if we miss out on MS and imbula?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter plan A not plan C ;0)

DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 7h7 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter as in MS still possible? or as in better than MS!? any hints?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter ha ha not yet ;0)

 

[Twizzle]

I'm OK with plugging the leaks after what has happened in the past.

Just give me some signings otherwise its rehab.

 

[PT]

Could do with these ITK people keeping ear to ground re trade outs too as this squad is approaching critical.

 

[Yid1987]

Irons in the fire methinks!


DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 8h8 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter who is plan c for CM if we miss out on MS and imbula?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter plan A not plan C ;0)

DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 7h7 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter as in MS still possible? or as in better than MS!? any hints?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter ha ha not yet ;0)

Pls

Plan A is Toby IMO. I seem to remember a few years ago JJ posted similar (Plan D) before we signed Dembele & Dempsey.

 

[dagraham]

I'm afraid I'm not as excited as everyone else about signing yet more defenders. We did that last window and it got us nowhere. As has been said many times, unless we buy the best set of defenders in the world we will continue to leak goals until our manager can organise them into an effective unit.

I do hope we're not spending too much on Toby and a DM, because with money at Spurs always being very tight it doesn't give us much scope to fix the problems in the squad at the other end of the pitch.

 

[atoubasrightfoot]

Irons in the fire methinks!


DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 8h8 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter who is plan c for CM if we miss out on MS and imbula?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter plan A not plan C ;0)

DJ THFC ‏@danieljohn4 7h7 hours ago
@jetsetyid @Adam79Suter as in MS still possible? or as in better than MS!? any hints?

The original JJetset ‏@jetsetyid 7h7 hours ago
@danieljohn4 @Adam79Suter ha ha not yet ;0)

Oh bloody hell, that's got me excited. I suppose there could be any number of reasons we've not tied up a Plan A player, perhaps they're still on holiday or they are playing in the Copa America thing.

 

[arunspurs]

I'm afraid I'm not as excited as everyone else about signing yet more defenders. We did that last window and it got us nowhere. As has been said many times, unless we buy the best set of defenders in the world we will continue to leak goals until our manager can organise them into an effective unit.

I do hope we're not spending too much on Toby and a DM, because with money at Spurs always being very tight it doesn't give us much scope to fix the problems in the squad at the other end of the pitch.

If there is a end that needs fixing - that's defense. We gave away as many goals as Hull & Burnley. I am happy that we are looking at defensive signings. In attacking end, thanks to Kane, Eriksen & Chadli we have three10+ goals scorers - not many PL club could say that last season.

 

[$hoguN]

Could do with these ITK people keeping ear to ground re trade outs too as this squad is approaching critical.

Well we had ITK that Holtby is pretty much gone abd Paulinho looks close too

 

[dagraham]

Well if Plan A is in fact not MS then it flies in the face of everything we've been led to believe re targets.

 

[atoubasrightfoot]

If we do sign Toby is that going to piss off Southampton to the point that we can kiss goodbye to any MS deal?

 

[arunspurs]

As others said, according to JJ, Plan A could just be Aldeweireld ...

 

[Stoof]

Please don't get so carried away, team.

Patience innit.

It never ceases to amaze me that SC is full of John Nash-types. Reading so much into little snippets of conversation and wildly blowing them out of proportion.

So much stuff is created just by willing it to be there.

The "plan A" could simply be a reference to the fact that there are a number of people within the same class as MS that we are in advanced talks with (which sits with the other info we have had on our approach), and that losing out on MS wouldn't necessarily mean a Plan B or Plan C player coming in instead (as in "of lesser ability").

 

[dagraham]

If there is a end that needs fixing - that's defense. We gave away as many goals as Hull & Burnley. I am happy that we are looking at defensive signings. In attacking end, thanks to Kane, Eriksen & Chadli we have three10+ goals scorers - not many PL club could say that last season.

Fair enough. I think anybody would agree that the defence needs fixing. I just don't think the answer is always buying defenders. A good coach can organise a defence full of half decent players into more than the sum of their parts.

It's a little harder to do that at the other end of the pitch where individual match winners play a bigger role.

 

[the yid]

Yep like William...

Nothing is as good as got until it's announced, I would have thought we had learned this already

Who's William ....... sorry couldn't help my

 

[dagraham]

As others said, according to JJ, Plan A could just be Aldeweireld ...

Ah yes, good point. This makes the most sense.

 

[Greenspur]

If there is a end that needs fixing - that's defense. We gave away as many goals as Hull & Burnley. I am happy that we are looking at defensive signings. In attacking end, thanks to Kane, Eriksen & Chadli we have three10+ goals scorers - not many PL club could say that last season.

To really fix the defence, we need a DM.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Please don't get so carried away, team.

Patience innit.

The entire nature and foundation of this site is for its users to get carried away, especially in the ITK threads.

 

[Greenspur]

Yep like William...

Nothing is as good as got until it's announced, I would have thought we had learned this already

'Announced' is not enough. Nothing is to be believed until we get the Stoof stamp.

 

[Stoof]

The entire nature and foundation of this site is for its users to get carried away, especially in the ITK threads.

Yeah but it gets really tiresome cleaning up all the mess you guys leave. I mean blood, faeces, semen and that's just A&C's trousers.

 

[dagraham]

To really fix the defence, we need a DM.

Yep. That and some damn hard work on the training ground to get us organised. With our full backs just bombing on, as soon as we lose the ball the opposition just has a free run at our back four.

 

[Mr Pink]

Fair enough. I think anybody would agree that the defence needs fixing. I just don't think the answer is always buying defenders. A good coach can organise a defence full of half decent players into more than the sum of their parts.

It's a little harder to do that at the other end of the pitch where individual match winners play a bigger role.

Also, the whole team needs to do more off the ball and defend better as a team, that should start from the front. Until we see more of that our defense will continue to be brittle regardless of the personnel.

That said, I hope we are in for him TA, I rate him and the fact that he's played with Jan is a big plus IMO. Understanding and harmony between players is greatly undervalued IMO.