The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 5 July 2011

[StartingPrice]

What if the reason that we did not qualify for CL next season was because we kept a disgruntled below par Modric rather than spending £40m/£50m on a committed replacement?

I also just dont get this whole DL now cant change his mind thing. If we were offered enough money to enable the new stadium to be built then surely DL should be allowed to say 'for the long-term good of the club' etc etc - things change and for DL to do his job properly he has to be given flexibility - no-one is going DL a weakling if he sells a player who doesnt want to stay for £100m+

Now i know we are unlikely to receive such an offer but i am just trying to illustrate that the never never approach will not stop other clubs trying and could end up with us taking the wrong decision just to keep face

I hope and pray we can convince Modric of the merits of our/his club and ensure he WANTS to stay.

1) I seriously do not believe Modric would be massively under par if denied a transfer...especially if promised a revue next year, and particularly if we don't qualify for CL.

2) I never said Levy can't back-track, I said he will lose a hell of a lot of credibility if he does. Well...qon't he?

3) No matter how good the deal offered, if he backtracks he will lose a massive amount of credibility.

4) In a more general sense: I think it is about time something was done about these players (if Modric's attitude is all as reported). He signed a six year contract which included a very big increase in wages...if he was pretty much decided that he would want out, A) after a year, B) if we didn't qualify for CL, he should have made that clear - we could have just not bothered paying him the extra wages and put the money saved towards paying for a replacement we definitively knew we would need. This is colouring my attitude. Again, if true, I would contact all Chairman and ask them to help affray the cost of forcing him to train with the Academy for 5 years, effectively ruining his career, and then maybe players wouldn't sign these lengthy 'bumper' contracts they knew they would be trying to wriggle out of as soo as poss. Essentially if is getting a top-up on your wages under false pretences. /Rant:grin:

We might not have any ****'s but we have plenty of pussies.

Would they be busy ***** :shrug:

Does anyone here think Levy would hold out if we were offered 40 mil?

:hump:

Everyday the mods say take Luka chat elsewhere and everyday this thread is full of the same Luka shit.

See below.

to be fair there has been ITK on him...

There was Modric ITK yesterday, there has been Modric ITK today.
I asked A&C at the start of the thread about this, as certain posters and the Mods are complaining about it (and I sympathise, I would prefer to not discuss the situation - but it's hard not to respond to try to stop the doom-mongering). There was no response. If the Mods make it clear that no mater what the ITK is on Modric it is only to be discussed on the Modric thread, even though it is ITK, and then enforce that across the board, fine. But posters moaning about other posters discussing ITK when there has been no official directive from the Mods is a bit unfair. I would like any ITK involving :shrug: Aguerro (just as an example) banned, can I get that done?

'tapping up' rossi is okay then?

:hump: It's...different...

On a lighter note, SP is often mistaken for Kaka

 

[jimtheyid]

But it's the same old shit. The situation hasn't changed.

 

[haslemereyid]

1) I seriously do not believe Modric would be massively under par if denied a transfer...especially if promised a revue next year, and particularly if we don't qualify for CL.

2) I never said Levy can't back-track, I said he will lose a hell of a lot of credibility if he does. Well...qon't he?

3) No matter how good the deal offered, if he backtracks he will lose a massive amount of credibility.

4) In a more general sense: I think it is about time something was done about these players (if Modric's attitude is all as reported). He signed a six year contract which included a very big increase in wages...if he was pretty much decided that he would want out, A) after a year, B) if we didn't qualify for CL, he should have made that clear - we could have just not bothered paying him the extra wages and put the money saved towards paying for a replacement we definitively knew we would need. This is colouring my attitude. Again, if true, I would contact all Chairman and ask them to help affray the cost of forcing him to train with the Academy for 5 years, effectively ruining his career, and then maybe players wouldn't sign these lengthy 'bumper' contracts they knew they would be trying to wriggle out of as soo as poss. Essentially if is getting a top-up on your wages under false pretences. /Rant:grin:


SP for you that was indeed a rant

one of your key criticisms of others is that they believe they know whats going on in others minds - you have just done the same speculating on modrics state of mind

DL wont lose a lot of credibility if he sells Modric for over £50m espicially as the only reason he has done it is because he doesnt want to play for us any more

 

[steventhfc]

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Ok this may be absolutely nothing but a mate who works at Spurs just posted on his facebook that we have signed Rossi and he has a medical tommorrow...as quick as his post appeared it was deleted by him...he won't respond to any questions the sod but i will get something out of him if i can.

http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/transfer-news/21301-giuseppe-rossi-new-thread-17.html#post436642

 

[hughy]

http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/transfer-news/21301-giuseppe-rossi-new-thread-17.html#post436642

99% sure that has to be a WUM after all the ITK recently saying we're nowhere near signing anyone, and that we have to sell first to buy.

 

[steventhfc]

Well he's a moderator and admin for the website so I wouldnt think a person like that would be on the WUM.

 

[StartingPrice]

But it's the same old shit. The situation hasn't changed.

Like I said, I sympathise. If I knew, absolutely, that the Mods would stamp on any (ANY) Modric talk, whether ITK based or not, I wouldn't even attempt to respond. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened and i find it impossible to just leave the thread to the Null Hypothesis Merchants.

SP for you that was indeed a rant

one of your key criticisms of others is that they believe they know whats going on in others minds - you have just done the same speculating on modrics state of mind

DL wont lose a lot of credibility if he sells Modric for over £50m espicially as the only reason he has done it is because he doesnt want to play for us any more

I never said I knew what was in his head. I said I don't believe he would perform significantly below his best. I was speculating. My speculation was base don my assessment of the situation. There can be alternative speculations with alternative conclusions. Just happen to believe the probablity of my conclusion is accurate. This is a standard thang:wink:

DL will lose credibility as someone whose word can 100% be relied upon, and someone who absolutely will not buckle under pressure. If we are ever in the same situation again, the player involved will know 100% absolutely for certain that Levy's 'no' doesn't necessarily mean 'no' - and, therefore, it will be virtually impossible for us to retain players and build a team.

 

[hughy]

Ahh we'll see. Strange that SSN hasn't picked up on it - as they seem to know more about Spurs than Levy or Harry do...

 

[agrdavidsfan]

:lol: here comes hysteria wave 3 WERE SIGNING ROSSI AHHH SCREAM

Wave 4 will kick in tomorrow - give my gun I want to die wheres rossi

 

[marvel]

*gets Rossi tattooed on face* WOOOO

 

[mitch34]

:lol: here comes hysteria wave 3 WERE SIGNING ROSSI AHHH SCREAM

Wave 4 will kick in tomorrow - give my gun I want to die wheres rossi

That made me laugh out loud at work. Have some rep.

 

[Spurger King]

*gets Rossi tattooed on face* WOOOO

Just the face? Amature :snooty:

I'm getting a life-size tattoo of Rossi over my entire body.

 

[Schitzophonic]

Blue and yellow... there is more talk on that forum now, apparently some bloke was told to come back at 'around 9pm, something might be happening' by security, as well as being told he can't speak to a camera man who is still there.

 

[marvel]

Just the face? Amature :snooty:

I'm getting a life-size tattoo of Rossi over my entire body.

I already have that of Fabiano mate

 

[Gbspurs]

I'm not sure whether to get the tattoo of his face above or below my one of rivaldo

 

[Spurger King]

I already have that of Fabiano mate

:lol:

Incidentally, I wonder if anyone has ever had a tattoo of a beard or a moustache?



**sprints off to google this

 

[Spurger King]

The results are in! Off to the 'useless without pics thread' to avoid further spamming...

Oh and to keep it on topic...I'll be shocked if that last itk turns out to be true. Seems far too early for Rossi to give up on a better offer.

 

[Super Tottenham]

i'm getting R tattooed on my left bum cheek and SSI on my right cheek

 

[Darrkespur]

The results are in! Off to the 'useless without pics thread' to avoid further spamming...

Oh and to keep it on topic...I'll be shocked if that last itk turns out to be true. Seems far too early for Rossi to give up on a better offer.

maybe we put a horse's head in his bed, Marlon Brando style.

 

[Legacy]

The results are in! Off to the 'useless without pics thread' to avoid further spamming...

Oh and to keep it on topic...I'll be shocked if that last itk turns out to be true. Seems far too early for Rossi to give up on a better offer.

It depends if he has a choice. Could be his club have given him a deadline for when he's allowed to move, so they have ample time to bring in a replacement.