The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st May 2012

[Misfit]

Comes to something when the sum total of England's central midfield ability could be whittled down to Scott Parker and Michael Carrick as being a preferred pair!

The mind boggles. Plenty of sideways/backwards passing a go go - zero incisiveness in the attacking third.

Yep. Scholes was the last genuinely klarse CM we have produced. A player of enough quality to be in any international squad you'd care to mention.

 

[StartingPrice]

YES, FUCKING YES

Only saying it from an outside perspective but the transfers since Comolli back up the view I have that our scouting network outside of the UK is pretty pants.

The Luke/Luke...I thought Luka was gonna wait till after the Euros, I do expect him to leave this summer which is a real shame but these things happen

Maybe the club has decided to take total control of the situation and take the lead in selling him?

As a lawyer myself, I bug your office.

 

[RamsesV]

Yep. Scholes was the last genuinely klarse CM we have produced. A player of enough quality to be in any international squad you'd care to mention.

A shame Bale isn't an englishman, he could play well there

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

Do you think we could put in a cheeky bid for these two?

Could be the key signings of the summer!

 

[StartingPrice]

Modders should only be sold to a foreign team.

Personally, I would be happy to see him going to Citeh, for a massive, anally violating sum. They are gonna improve whatever. Either he will not get the game time he demands and get pissed orf, or one of their other Uber-players will be left out to accomodate him, and get pissed orf. For, say, a £20 million premium for selling to them scumbags, I could live with that.

 

[chrissivad]

the goat has posted

 

[Spurger King]

Yep. Scholes was the last genuinely klarse CM we have produced. A player of enough quality to be in any international squad you'd care to mention.

I'd include Gerrard. At his best he was one of the top midfielders in Europe.

 

[rawhide]

the goat has posted

Where? Not in his Gaff or on the RO...

 

[mattyspurs]

Where? Not in his Gaff or on the RO...

I agree with that, can't see it anywhere

 

[gilzeantheking]

It's got to be a top secret post.

 

[marvel]

tension

Come on JJ, hit us with dat good stuff

 

[StartingPrice]

Do you think we could put in a cheeky bid for these two?

Yup...and if it is buying just to prevent rivals from becoming a threat is the game, we should get Foy as well, though I can't see where he'd fit into our team

 

[$hoguN]

the goat has posted

Where?

 

[Clamour_Kid]

Yup...and if it is buying just to prevent rivals from becoming a threat is the game, we should get Foy as well, though I can't see where he'd fit into our team

Just in our penalty area; we'd never concede a penalty then.

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

This is the sort of thing that would have happened in our previous transfer policy's. Under Redknapp we have had one window as busy and effective as that and even then we were seeing the likes of Keane Defoe and Crouch coming in. Under Harry we are very unlikely to see that many players come in that 1. aren't already in the prem or 2. under 30 years old.

Levy looks like he's taking a much firmer hand on transfers now. That's why I have a bit more confidence this window. There's also the issue that we currently own no decent forwards at all.

Me too. But realistically, it's United or Madrid it seems. And at the end of the day, if we are honest with ourselves, sadly him going to United is fairly meaningless to us. It's not like Modric going to United means they might finally finish above us. Or that for once in 20 years, United will finally beat Spurs.

Now Chelsea have shopped elsewhere, I'm actually starting to think Modric might be here next season out of default.

United can't afford the £50m cash, don't have any deadwood that would interest us as makeweights, and are signing this Japanese guy anyway.

Madrid and Barcelona don't really need him yet - maybe in a year or two when Alonso and Xavi start winding down, but not now.

I'm not sure who is left who actually needs and can afford Modric.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Afellay is undoubtedly a very skillful player, but is nobody concerned by his injury proneness or indeed the fact that he is extremely diminutive and struggled physically in the Dutch league even ? Would be an exciting little purchase, but not without some rather large question marks.

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

I'd prefer Gerrard to Scholes, personally. Scholes tackling is too much of a liability to be part of a central midfield two (in my opinion) he'd be ideal in behind a striker though.

Gerrard's all action, in fairness to him. Not sure he's got the legs to lead England to glory this summer, but he'll certainly have a go.

 

[King of the Lane]

Would anybody like Marvin Martin? Not ITK but we have been linked to him

 

[dazherring]

i Cant see any posts from the goat????

 

[Dundalk_Spur]

Ok who kidnapped the fucking goat??