The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - IT'S TODAY ISN'T IT? 1st July 2012

[DaveTheYido]

Bad: Modric + Ledders retiring
Big: Stadium
3: Vertonghen,Moutinho and Adebayor.

 

[Lighty64]

well we didnt exactly need jj to tell us that hes dad has said that and it has been everywere online

but JJ posted his answer on Tuesday, didnt Sig's dads interview come out on Friday?

 

[spursirish]

Bad: Modric + Ledders retiring
Big: Stadium
3: Vertonghen,Moutinho and Adebayor.

them 3 would be a good start

 

[panoma]

Would be gutted if we lost out on Sig. For that kind of wages/price tag there is no one better out there

Would be an ideal cover/option for Rafa, or on the right side in a front 3.

 

[SpurSince57]

So, Rebrab going against the grain with Blanc then? Interesting, I've never found his ITK very convincing, so if he calls this right he could be up there with the big-hitters....

I really can't see who else it can be. The longer AVB has gone on without anything happening the more I've begun to doubt that it is him.

 

[RichieS]

When you say best pool of centre backs. Which players are you referring to?

Vertonghen
Kaboul
Caulker
Dawson
Bassong

You're kidding right?

Kaboul & Vertonghen are awesome, Caulker has potential but only 1 years prem experience, Dawson is injury prone and despite giving 110% effort isn't good enough and Bassong is useless - hence why he's been loaned out for pretty much the last 2 seasons.

If Ferguson considers Smalling and Jones good enough to play for United, then Caulker (better than both) is certainly good enough to be our first choice backup. Dawson is no longer one of our first choice centre backs, but is still good enough to be 4th choice. Bassong is far from useless, as he showed in the CL qualification season. Any player will look out of sorts when they go such long periods without playing, and CBs are probably worst affected in this regard.

 

[OneHotspur1988]

Parker new contract?

 

[dn013]

Would be gutted if we lost out on Sig. For that kind of wages/price tag there is no one better out there

Would be an ideal cover/option for Rafa, or on the right side in a front 3.

Especially to a team like Liverpool where he just wouldn't fit in with their traditional style of punt and bully play

 

[spursirish]

to much smoke now for it not to be AVB me thinks

 

[Beni]

Blanc will be our new manager in my opinion

 

[DaveTheYido]

Sigurdsson is over-rated; Lack of pace and un-proven.
I wouldn't consider it bad news if we miss out on him, Just like I wouldn't consider AVB as "good news" as he has a lot to prove.

 

[The Watcher]

On Update 157, POTL claimed AVB will be announced this weekend. It's not looking good for him...

Why? Are we executing for the offence of inaccurate ITK these days?

 

[kcmei]

where is JJ these days?

 

[fazza]

Losing out of Sig maybe

We've just had the 2 bad news, Ledders retiring is certainly bad news, and Modric leaving I would say is also bad news, Sig will be one of the 3 good news, Vertonghen and AVB the other I suspect are the other 2, The big news is most likely this investment stuff thats been doing the rounds, tie that up with the Stadium development.

 

[Welshiespursboyo]

Jacob on COYS:

Re: Modric

He's gone. 100%. STORM.


Some big big announcements coming soon... and some good news tied in amongst the bad.


Jacob

to Real Madrid from his Star of Real Madrid thing probably

What does STORM mean???

RM = Real Madrid?

Hope so (not that I want him to go but if so, to real madrid would suit me fine as I put money on Modric to RM at 11/1 a while ago)

 

[NorthSide]

Surely "a very big news" should be taken as "A Very Big news"? No

This poster can do grammer

 

[greaves]

Selamat Sore, apa kabar? Aku mungurti bahasa indonesia? or Malaysian?

What more can I say other than that maybe I agree....

 

[Stoof]

Bad - Modric + Ledders retiring
Big - Investment
3 - AVB, Sig, Vert

I think this would make the most sense.

 

[panoma]

Sigurdsson is over-rated; Lack of pace and un-proven.
I wouldn't consider it bad news if we miss out on him, Just like I wouldn't consider AVB as "good news" as he has a lot to prove.

He have been a big hit everywhere, even in Hoffenheim he banged in goals and got assist like few others. Voted Prem player of the month at the age of 22 in a mediocre side. Besides scoring a lot he's also a big threat on set pieces, and we desperately need to improve on those.

And on his pace, Rafa hardly the fastest guy out there either and he is still top quality.

 

[danielneeds]

Why? Are we executing for the offence of inaccurate ITK these days?

It surely would add an extra frisson of excitement to this place.

The unspeakable things that would have been done to Adiepf though...