The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st August 2015 THE CLOCK IS TICKING!

[Dean]

Plays Papa Roach - "Last Resort"

The amount of strikers on the planet.

Jesus.

Just get one of them!

 

[not_tenth-again]

...28hrs to go. Keep your nerve.

I've lost my nerve... I'm off to bed now.hopefully I can sleep though the rest of the window

that last ITK was depressing. Wanyama ahead of Witsel - ridiculous. Keeping tabs on Austin - pathetic

 

[robin09]

It all feels a little chaotic. I hope things are considerably more focused at Tottenham Towers than the scattergun approach we appear to be taking on transfer targets.

 

[Hot Spur]

I wouldn't be too upset at Austin. The guy is a goal scorer and that's what we need. He's scored one in two or better at every level he's played at. He will score goals if he comes.

 

[sloth]

Re ITK at the end of the window.

It's worth bearing in mind that the situation is very fluid/volatile at this business end of the window; players who were previously unavailable suddenly come onto the market and the same the other way around. It is the reason, after all, that we wait until this time to do a good proportion of our business.

In other words info given in good faith really is a snapshot now, and with a very limited shelf-life. So, more than ever, no wrist slitting or premature euphoria!

 

[cookiemonster]

It all feels a little chaotic. I hope things are considerably more focused at Tottenham Towers than the scattergun approach we appear to be taking on transfer targets.

What we are doing is exactly how I play my championship manager game

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Its hard to sign strikers, there's very few good ones about, we got lucky with Kane coming through our academy. Very lucky! Austin may not be first, second or third choice but he has scored goals, even if we signed him just to play him in the cup's and Europa League surely that's better than a completely fatigued HK going at it all season and then we can keep him fresh for the League, Just a thought I am not completely against the move.

 

[yankspurs]

Hahahaah. I've figured we'd be getting Austin for a while now

 

[Hercules]

Its hard to sign strikers, there's very few good ones about, we got lucky with Kane coming through our academy. Very lucky! Austin may not be first, second or third choice but he has scored goals, even if we signed him just to play him in the cup's and Europa League surely that's better than a completely fatigued HK going at it all season and then we can keep him fresh for the League, Just a thought I am not completely against the move.

Got 15m? Madness

 

[Parkie]

Only need a ford and we'll have a garage full

Shame we missed out on the Morgan.

On that subject, interesting that Wanyama has not gone on international duty and stayed in UK...

 

[Mr Pink]

Re ITK at the end of the window.

It's worth bearing in mind that the situation is very fluid/volatile at this business end of the window; players who were previously unavailable suddenly come onto the market and the same the other way around. It is the reason, after all, that we wait until this time to do a good proportion of our business.

In other words info given in good faith really is a snapshot now, and with a very limited shelf-life. So, more than ever, no wrist slitting or premature euphoria!

So true mate. And this is why we leave it late, the psychology of a deadline has a massive impact. Sometimes it can work beautifully, other times not so much.

Here's to hoping we have a strong finish.

 

[Blackrat1299]

Its DEJA VU again. We have known since last season that we would want a ST/CF and without doubt a DM. here we are 28 hours before the window closes and all our plans seem to be going haywire. If DL is more concerned about a net spend then we will never achieve what we or the manager wants until such time the stadium is built and we have bums on seats.

 

[fletch82]

Personally I don't mind Austin could be worse imo
Could be no body at all

 

[ryantegan]

Switch off Ssn. Close down Twitter. Wait for @JJetset

Its the only way to stay sane

 

[yankspurs]

Got 15m? Madness

You got 25m+ for Berahino, whose price just seems to keep rising with every offer we put in.

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

If Witsel is Plan B and Wanyama is Plan A I'm seriously hopeful that Southampton have shut up shop for this window!

We will not get either.

 

[Parkie]

Switch off Ssn. Close down Twitter. Wait for @JJetset

Its the only way to stay sane

Helps to be in a darkened room. Rocking slightly is also a good sign.

 

[WiganSpur]

To be fair you can at least understand us wanting to be updated on Austin, even if he may be 5/6 players down the list, because we really need to sign someone up front, even if it's just for Europa League and cup games or when Kane is injured.

Hoping it's to do with us actually being organised rather than the opposite.

 

[rossdapep]

FFS...relax, remember JJ's info from earlier. If we are keeping tabs on Austin, we may be keeping tabs on others and even then it may be the final resort.

 

[fletch82]

Its DEJA VU again. We have known since last season that we would want a ST/CF and without doubt a DM. here we are 28 hours before the window closes and all our plans seem to be going haywire. If DL is more concerned about a net spend then we will never achieve what we or the manager wants until such time the stadium is built and we have bums on seats.

What exactly has gone haywire ?
How do you know it has ?
Would you like to borrow some prozac?