The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - Cut & Paste 30th June 2015

[Everlasting Seconds]

Why do people assume JJ's CM he previously dismissed is Rabiot?

Isn't Linetty the more likely one, that people seem to have forgotten?

we have not forgotten Linetty at all. You are multiple hours, and quite a few pages about sushi and whether crisps are cooked food or not, too late.

 

[guate]

What other kind of craving for success would be palatable to you?

Everlasting seconds…….I feel Josua Maine's quote "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" sums up pretty much what I would call success. Spurs, with all their deficiencies, are closer now to being a consistently successful team than, IMHO, we have been over the last 40 years. I'm old enough to remember the Blanchflower teams when we were very special, the best of the best, but through bad management of our assets we became very mediocre over that time frame, apart from an odd cup win. During ENIC's tenure-ship we've gone from being a mid table team to one which consistently ends up in the top 6. With the academy, new training facilities and hopefully new stadium on its way, I believe we've become more stable than ever and as slow as it may seem for many younger supporters our success is becoming more sustainable than ever as our foundations are now solid. Hopefully with the new stadium and particularly should it also become the home of the first NFL franchise outside of the USA we will be in a position to compete with the big European teams for any player that's the flavour of the day, month or year.
Untd., Chelski and Citeh have gone about buying the league of late and it's worked, however, even though I'm not a particular fan of Enic or our bean counter, as I believe he should have loosened the purse strings during the Redknapp years when we were playing the best and most entertaining football that I've seen since the Billy Nic period, he's gone about it the right way as our relative success is more sustainable now than at any time during the previous 40 years, and can only improve.

 

[Ledleys Knee]

Because we were heavily linked in January, Jasper (I think) said we were still trying to do a deal and Trix said that if he were available then he'd jump high up the wanted list.

Rabiot visited the training ground in January - he's up for it.

But if PSG don't want to sell, then there's nothing in it. It wouldn't surprise me if they do though (as they have 4 better CMs anyway)

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Everlasting seconds…….I feel Josua Maine's quote "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" sums up pretty much what I would call success. Spurs, with all their deficiencies, are closer now to being a consistently successful team than, IMHO, we have been over the last 40 years. I'm old enough to remember the Blanchflower teams when we were very special, the best of the best, but through bad management of our assets we became very mediocre over that time frame, apart from an odd cup win. During ENIC's tenure-ship we've gone from being a mid table team to one which consistently ends up in the top 6. With the academy, new training facilities and hopefully new stadium on its way, I believe we've become more stable than ever and as slow as it may seem for many younger supporters our success is becoming more sustainable than ever as our foundations are now solid. Hopefully with the new stadium and particularly should it also become the home of the first NFL franchise outside of the USA we will be in a position to compete with the big European teams for any player that's the flavour of the day, month or year.
Untd., Chelski and Citeh have gone about buying the league of late and it's worked, however, even though I'm not a particular fan of Enic or our bean counter, as I believe he should have loosened the purse strings during the Redknapp years when we were playing the best and most entertaining football that I've seen since the Billy Nic period, he's gone about it the right way as our relative success is more sustainable now than at any time during the previous 40 years, and can only improve.

I simply think many people have too many rules for what is right and a wrong view for a Spurs fan. If you like Spurs, you wish the club well, you want the squad to lift a trophy, then who am I to suggest that this or that way of achieving it is so much more noble or sanctimonious than other approaches. Join in being a Spurs fan, and share your ambitions for the club however you see fit, I say. There are more than enough people who don't seem to be wishing the club well in any way, shape or form.

 

[L-man]

@PatBradley88 7h7 hours ago
@jetsetyid any word on Bentaleb's contract extension?

@jetsetyid 3m3 minutes ago
@PatBradley88 will be fine



@bsinghd 5h5 hours ago
@jetsetyid I know you can't confirm anything but is it likely that Poch will have the new players he needs in time for a decent pre-season?

@jetsetyid
@bsinghd not sure if for pre season

We've all seen how this one plays out.

Get rejected or can't complete deals for targets i.e. Martial, MS, TA

'Don't worry, everything's in place. [insert managers name here] will get his targets.

'We won't get them in time for pre-season'

'Unfortunately we tried our best but we couldn't quite get the deals done in time so will have to make do with Kane up front on his own and due to no incoming CM, we had to cancel the Paulinho deal so we have enough cover in midfield'

'Don't worry. Lessons have been learnt and we've got our targets for January and have started work on deals for next summer'

 

[TheChosenOne]

Everlasting seconds…….I feel Josua Maine's quote "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" sums up pretty much what I would call success. Spurs, with all their deficiencies, are closer now to being a consistently successful team than, IMHO, we have been over the last 40 years. I'm old enough to remember the Blanchflower teams when we were very special, the best of the best, but through bad management of our assets we became very mediocre over that time frame, apart from an odd cup win. During ENIC's tenure-ship we've gone from being a mid table team to one which consistently ends up in the top 6. With the academy, new training facilities and hopefully new stadium on its way, I believe we've become more stable than ever and as slow as it may seem for many younger supporters our success is becoming more sustainable than ever as our foundations are now solid. Hopefully with the new stadium and particularly should it also become the home of the first NFL franchise outside of the USA we will be in a position to compete with the big European teams for any player that's the flavour of the day, month or year.
Untd., Chelski and Citeh have gone about buying the league of late and it's worked, however, even though I'm not a particular fan of Enic or our bean counter, as I believe he should have loosened the purse strings during the Redknapp years when we were playing the best and most entertaining football that I've seen since the Billy Nic period, he's gone about it the right way as our relative success is more sustainable now than at any time during the previous 40 years, and can only improve.

Great post Guate, my sentiments entirely.

Succinctly put.

 

[Spursidol]

News on an outgoing - Paulhino's gone officially !

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/paulinho-transfer-complete-300615/

Did @Stoof give it a stamp ?

 

[Gbspurs]

Shame to read that Martial was really that close.

 

[scat1620]

News on an outgoing - Paulhino's gone officially !

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/paulinho-transfer-complete-300615/

Did @Stoof give it a stamp ?

So, so happy!!

 

[Spursidol]

So, so happy!!

I'm looking forward to being so so so so so so so so so happy - and that's just on the outgoings !

 

[nedley]

We've all seen how this one plays out.

Get rejected or can't complete deals for targets i.e. Martial, MS, TA

'Don't worry, everything's in place. [insert managers name here] will get his targets.

'We won't get them in time for pre-season'

'Unfortunately we tried our best but we couldn't quite get the deals done in time so will have to make do with Kane up front on his own and due to no incoming CM, we had to cancel the Paulinho deal so we have enough cover in midfield'

'Don't worry. Lessons have been learnt and we've got our targets for January and have started work on deals for next summer'

Whilst most of us can acknowledge that Levy has done some fantastic business for us in the transfer market which has enabled us to compete at a higher level to clubs of a similar size and stature, most of us can also relate to this statement.

 

[scat1620]

I'm looking forward to being so so so so so so so so so happy - and that's just on the outgoings !

Wait until we sell Soldado. People will need to man the lifeboats, such will be my happiness...

 

[nedley]

Shame to read that Martial was really that close.

But was it really that close? I'll guess we'll never know.

 

[jurgen]

Sigh...

 

[Hoopspur]

Sigh...

For so many reasons. As it happens your sighs are probably not the same as mine but I share the sentiment.

 

[Mr Pink]

But was it really that close? I'll guess we'll never know.

Close enough apparently. Levy's bid was only ten million shy.

 

[Gbspurs]

But was it really that close? I'll guess we'll never know.

Just basing it on the itk. Seems too specific to not be true.

 

[Davo99]

I wonder if we're just trying to shift as many as we can first before signing any higher priced players. We'd just have to accept any players - whom we would have liked to have signed ourselves - that move clubs in the meantime are no longer viable and only once we're content that enough deadwood has been shifted we'll begin assessing what's still available to sign from the pool of realistic, shortlisted targets?

 

[Matthew]

Only the ones that don't become great and sign for real

I don't think it's a case of becoming great, as opposed to showing some ambition in the transfer market! It's all well and good signing for the future but what future is there of we don't buy a couple of ready made for now! (Not slagging off the business this far) because I think it's been actually been ok!

 

[Bobbins]

Update 81: Yet again, neg reps given out to the poster due to the ITK content.

Three absolute morons giving @HappySpur Doh ratings merely for posting Hertyid's info.

When will these people learn? It can't all be fat fingers (maybe from the two veteran posters - I hope). One classic lurker with no posts too.