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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - Conan the Barbarian! 3rd July 2014

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Archibald&Crooks

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Bom dia everybody!

So there I was, in our local park. Well, in the bushes of our local park to be precise. Waiting for erm, well, wildlife to appear, yeahs why I was there. Anyway……You'll never believe this, but I spotted a rare specimin of butterfly (nineteenus blonde bigtittus) and as I slowly crept backwards I bumped into someone else. Frightened me soft it did. "I'm only here checking out wildli….…." I shouted as a turned only to be met with the site of this exceedingly short fellow, dressed from head to toe as Conan the Barbarian.

Eyes gleaming, he removed his helmet "Fuckoff you sick ****, this is my patch" he exclaimed in this high pitched Joe Pasquale-like voice. I looked him up and down (which didn't take long) "What the fuck are you dressed up like that for?" I asked. Suddenly his mood changed and he was all smiles "I'm here as part of the historic battles re-enactors club, we're re-enacting the battle of Thermopylae, i'm dressed as King Leonidas….what are you doing here?"

"Erm"….My mind raced. "You're lying, you're Conan the fucking Barbarian…..fucking re-enactors, that's just madness" He looked up at me "This isn't madness, this is Spartaaaaaaaa" and with that he kicked me in the bollocks and was gone, great handfuls of wet wipes falling from his pockets as he ran.

Well, needless to say, I went down like a sack of shit and by the time i'd recovered there was no sign of Conan. So I did my flies up, which had somehow become undone during all the fuss ummm.gif and went to sit on a bench to recover fully. A few minutes later I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Psssst!" I looked around and it was Conan, only dressed in a smart suit with two burly minders in tow. I knew straight away who he really was. Daniel Levy. Fuckabaaaaat, that Conan get up really had me fooled.

"Psssst!" he said. "I know who you are" he said. "Well that makes us even Danny" I said. "What were you doing in there?" I asked.

"Don't be a ****" He replied. "I was doing exactly the same as you, searching for ITK"

Even I had to laugh at that one. "What? Dressed as Conan?….who's going to give ITK to some dwarf dressed as fucking Conan?"

"King Leonidas" shreiked Levy.

"Conan" I replied

"Look A&C, lets stop fucking around. I want all your files on all your ITK's and I want them now, otherwise i'm bubbling you up for lurking in the bushes and wanking"

"Yeah like that's a crime…..You'll get fuck all from me" I said, "Molon Labe, Danny boy"

He pulled an iPad out of his pushchair, which in his hands looked like a 42inch TV. A few taps later he handed it to me. I took one look and went pale. "Yes, tell me everything you know or this becomes public"

"You wouldn't"

"I fucking well would"

Well, I had no choice did I? I mean, if that got out i'd be finished. Levy smiled, he knew he had me. ****.

"I'll give you 24 hours to hand over your ITK files. I want to know everything" and with that he got back in his pushchair and was wheeled away by his henchmen.

End of Part 1

So there you have it. Fuck knows what i'm going to do. I might have to go into hiding and hope he doesn't find me. Wish me luck guys. I'll be back.
 

FreddieYid

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Morning all!

I know we can't compete, but it's frustrating seeing players like Sanchez being linked with the bin dippers and Arse***.

I long for the day (if to ever be seen again) that the club pull off a Klinsmann esq signing from completely left field or to a lesser extent a VdV.

Happy Thursday peeps
 

DiscoD1882

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ok. im going to kick this off. Is this OP some kind of cryptic? Or just more warped ramblings of a mad man? Discuss.
 

VegasII

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Now I've got an image of a Lego Levy.

Let's face it, all Lego figures are short and bald so it's not much of a coincidence.
 

mark87

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Won a £10 bet from someone at work after saying England won't get put of the group stages, will be directing that same £10 to SC later today.
 

Gb160

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Ali Z and Trix from COYS re Lovren & JRod:

Ali Z, on 03 Jul 2014 - 09:40 AM, said:
Very hard to do a deal, they have raised the money they need too, we have real interest in Lovren and Jay but Saints asking silly money, Poch would prefer a CB who has played in premiership.

Ali Z, on 03 Jul 2014 - 10:02 AM, said:
Trix I know somebody spoke to Southampton on Tuesday, at the moment they are asking silly money for him, he wants to come but as far as I know no deal even close.


To which Trix replied

Trix, on 03 Jul 2014 - 10:13 AM, said:
Don't know anything re the Spurs end, but the exact words I was told this morning were "He has put in a transfer request, and is yet to exert any pressure".

He wants to come and work with Poch and will start playing up shortly if Southampton start taking the piss.

Also Ali I am glad to see you have heard the same re J-Rod, been told if we can get the price right we would def take him now injury or not.
 
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StanSpur

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I hope Lovren can be sorted as i was very impressed with him last season and looks to have the right mix for a prem CB. At 24 he is also a great age to invest a few quid.

Jay Rodriguez is a funny one. About to turn 25 so plenty of years in him, also being a brit he adds to our very thin quota of home growns. My issue is that he had one good season in the top flight and even with that only averages 1 in 3 and with the injury is it too much of a risk given how much Southampton are likely to want.

Davies i'm not familiar with enough to make a view. £6m plus Sig would be a lot of money but better investing in a LB with time on his side than a midfielder that wont ever play so maybe we take the hit Mr Levy.
 

Lufti

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I hope Lovren can be sorted as i was very impressed with him last season and looks to have the right mix for a prem CB. At 24 he is also a great age to invest a few quid.

Jay Rodriguez is a funny one. About to turn 25 so plenty of years in him, also being a brit he adds to our very thin quota of home growns. My issue is that he had one good season in the top flight and even with that only averages 1 in 3 and with the injury is it too much of a risk given how much Southampton are likely to want.

Davies i'm not familiar with enough to make a view. £6m plus Sig would be a lot of money but better investing in a LB with time on his side than a midfielder that wont ever play so maybe we take the hit Mr Levy.

It was 15 goals in 30 starts in the league actually, with 2 of them coming from CF. The rest were all from LW, not bad at all
 

mpickard2087

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As I have said before, I can see why we would go in for Rodriguez. If Pochettino is looking to employ a similar set-up that he had at Southampton then that position/role was quite a demanding one; it was effectively a striker/wide player hybrid role, playing fairly advanced, often getting ahead of the target man and offering pace and a threat in behind defences for through balls etc and to score goals. From this role Rodriguez often led the pressing high up the pitch, but he was also expected to fill in on the left hand side ahead of his fullback.

A demanding role which asks a lot of a player. I don't think we have a player currently in the squad with the ideal skillset, Chadli is possibly the closest but I'm not sure he is adept at looking to get in behind the defence, he'd rather get involved deeper and power at the defence. Lamela doesn't really have the threat in behind in my opinion. All the other options currently are either more of a playmaking type (Eriksen, Sigurdsson, Pritchard) or wingers who aren't really goal threats (Lennon, Townsend). Based on the little I have seen on him, Ceballos would also have some of the attributes for the role but doesn't really work hard enough from what I have seen and who knows if he actually has a future with us.

It's hard to find a player to tick all the boxes so can see why Rodriguez would be seen as a good buy to come in and fit the role... Will he be the same player after injury though?
 

JonnySpurs

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If we can do a deal for the right price and not get mugged off like Liverpool have with Lallana then I'd happy take J-Rod. Kid has clearly got talent, still young, adds to english quota and is a proven goal scorer in the Prem.

Why wouldn't you do that deal.

Lovren goes without saying. Would be the perfect CB partner for Verts.
 
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