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Archibald&Crooks

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Morning all! Apologies for the lateness of today's thread. I tried to log on to my computer this morning but it wouldn't let me in. I shouted to my wife, "Babe, have you changed the password on the PC?" "Yes honey." she said.......
"What is it?", I asked........."It's the date of our anniversary."....................Bitch.

I'm afraid I have some bad news for you all. Yes, today folks, we're passing around the begging bowl! More on that soon........

Here's something to pass the time with...….Some new, some rehashed.

THE GREAT ITK DROUGHT OF JANUARY 2014

Levy was a worried man. He'd sacked the Ginger Ninja and his decision to replace him with Timmykins had left him under pressure.

Just then Sherwood walked into the office, Levy motioned for him to take a seat. ‘As you know Tim, the decision to give you the job has put me under the cosh a bit'…..Sherwood shifted uncomfotably in his seat."I know I wasn't the popular choice" he muttered. 'Popular?' said Levy, his voice reaching high pitch, 'lets just say i've had secretaries who have gone down better'. His secretary blushed. 'Yeah, that's right' ranted Levy, 'the noshes better start picking up around here!'

‘Anyway' Levy went on. ‘What's this I read on Spurs Community that you're selling Holtby and that other fella, whatshisname, hong kong phooey’.

'Capoue' said Sherwood. 'Whatever' Levy replied 'what the fuck are you on?'

'I told you…….don't get ahead of yourself, you've got the job until the summer and that's that'

Just then his secretary walked in. Levy’s head bobbed up and down as he watched her massive tits bounce. He had an uncontrollable urge to grab her tits and swing from them, doing a tarzan yell before slipping her a large one in the executive box. She handed him a sheet of paper. He took it and looked down at the latest report on ITK utterings.

‘Mind you, every cloud has a silver lining’ laughed Levy. ‘Spurs Community are going insane talking about this’

Sherwood laughed. Levy pointed at him and shouted 'You only fucking laugh when I tell you to!, remember who's in charge here and remember who picks the team and who we sign. you ****'

'Me and Franco?'

Levy rolled his eyes. 'No, that's what we want people to think. That's just a front, i've fucking explained this how many times now?'

"You tell me boss" replied Sherwood

"That's better, now we're getting somewhere"

Levy smiled. Now fuck off while I make some money. He picked up the phone. 'Lewis, it's not working out………'

MORE LATER!

MEANWHILE!

HAVE YOU DONATED THIS MONTH/YET/AT ALL?

As you all know, SC relies on your donations to be able to provide a unrivalled coverage of ITK, if it wasn't for you guys, the server would crash left right and centre and we simply couldn't afford to be as awesome and sexy as I am, I mean we are.

In the summer transfer window we ran a poll asking when people thought we'd sign Benteke. The poll got an astonishing number of votes, over 600 of you took part.

Six bloody hundred. And that's just the yokes who bothered voting. Whichever way you slice it that's a lot. If everyone slung just three or four quid in the pot we'd be sorted for quite a while, so if you've never donated before, please consider doing so now.

Now, when it's donation drive time, which it is i'm afraid, where are you? *Goes all Delia* where aaaaare yoooooou? Let's be having youuuuuuu!

I reckon we've about 500 or more lurkmeisters, so come on guys, if you're one of them and you enjoy SC's coverage of the Transfer Window (and lets face it, you do because you're here right?), then please chip in. It doesn't have to be a massive amount. A monkey will do. Nah i'm kidding.......Why not a long 'un? Or even a pony? hehe, seriously though, a cockle would be great or even a lady. In fact whatever you can stretch to.

And if you happen to be a Spurs mad gazzillionaire, cough the fuck up. Or if you're a famous Spurs fan, then send me a PM, you might be able to help us. And if you're Daniel Levy, fucking hell shortstuff, put your hands in your pockets. And get the BSoDL to chip in too.

But A&C, where does the money go?

Outgoings: The server costs £390 per month. Forum software purchases/licenses/misc comes to around £500 a year. So currently, the cost of SC is about £5k a year.

Incomings: Advertising/Affiliates can sometimes cover the costs during the transfer window (January, July, August) but thats sometimes. The rest of the year that falls well short. Its difficult to give an exact figure because the numbers don't stay the same but i'd say £100 a month during the quiet months. Donations during the quiet months come to about £50pm if we're lucky.

Rob will know better than I do, but I reckon we're short by about £2500 a year.

If one month we raise more than is needed, it stays in the pot as it won't be long before it IS needed. The shortfall is made up out of Robs pocket. I'll repeat that.......It comes out of his pocket. Think about that for a minute. I reckon he pays an average of £50 a WEEK.

This is why i'm often cajoling, nudging, outright begging and open to bribery during the transfer window. It's when the most of you are about and our last big donation drive raised enough to cover costs for a couple of months or so.

Any excess raised stays in the pot until its needed when donations/income goes right down. Absolutely nothing goes on anything other than SC's running costs.

The reserves we built up in the summer are pretty much gone. SC IS SKINT.

So, if you'd like to donate, there's a donation link on the front or home page of the site. We use Paypal but you don't need an account with them, you can use your card in the same way as making any other online purchase. If you want to send a postal order/cheque, please PM myself or Rob.

All donations are very much appreciated. Thanks.
 

Hoopspur

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It's our anniversary! Anniversary of no decent player incomings ITK from last year too.

Bye bye Younes (with any luck), I appreciate what you've done for us (others may laugh) but it's time to pack the old bags then. Leave a space in the squad.
 

Monkey boy

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£5 in the pot, I know it's not much sorry guys but every little helps right? I'll chuck some more in when I get paid next week.

Great site guys, worth every penny.
 

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Before it gets out of hand who the captain is has nothing to do with this thread.
 

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Before it gets out of hand who the captain is has nothing to do with this thread.

Technically, if the ITK is about the Captain of the team being sold....?

I've now read elsewhere that Hugo and SEA are both vice-captains, so that's solved anyway I guess
 

AB27

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£10 donated for the coffers boys. Try to spend at least some of it on the servers and not hookers, eh?

On an ITK related note -- about time for Kaboul to leave. Bring in some hungry youth or an experienced CB, I don't care -- just somebody who'll get their head down and play with no attitude.
 

Gbspurs

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Kaboul going works for all parties really. I have no issue with Ade staying till the summer if he is willing to play. We could do with him against Burnley totomorroto give Kane a rest.
 

lemony snickets

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Kaboul going works for all parties really. I have no issue with Ade staying till the summer if he is willing to play. We could do with him against Burnley totomorroto give Kane a rest.

I have an issue with Ade staying or ever playing for us again. He's a useless toerag, embroils our team with negativity & bad juju. I'd play Soldado instead everytime. Kane does need a rest. Ings @ 8,9 mil is a no brainer. 2 young, progressive, english strikers at our beloved club for years to come................yes please Matron !
 

Gbspurs

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I have an issue with Ade staying or ever playing for us again. He's a useless toerag, embroils our team with negativity & bad juju. I'd play Soldado instead everytime. Kane does need a rest. Ings @ 8,9 mil is a no brainer. 2 young, progressive, english strikers at our beloved club for years to come................yes please Matron !

Agree with ings. A perfect window would see Ade go and ings come in before Soldado leaves in the summer.

Alas, when was the last time we had a perfect window!?

Any solid links as to who might take kaboul?
 

lemony snickets

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Agree with ings. A perfect window would see Ade go and ings come in before Soldado leaves in the summer.

Alas, when was the last time we had a perfect window!?

Any solid links as to who might take kaboul?

Everton has been mooted for Kabouls new home. Regarding the perfect window, in terms of quality bought & for excitement, i'd go for when Klinsmann, popescu, dumistrescu & barmby signed for us that summer. Jokes aside, we've had the many shite windows that the law of averages dictates we're due a good'n......(y) To be perfect we'd need to shift Azza Blud, Vlad, Kaboul & AnDROS, then sign Ings & McCarthy.
 

yido_number1

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There were reports of Besiktas looking at him yesterday but who knows? Sad to see him go as always liked him, but this season he was especially poor and seemingly bad attitude behind the scenes. I think we need someone with lots of experience that could communicate well and set an example for some of the other players.
 

TEESSIDE1

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There were reports of Besiktas looking at him yesterday but who knows? Sad to see him go as always liked him, but this season he was especially poor and seemingly bad attitude behind the scenes. I think we need someone with lots of experience that could communicate well and set an example for some of the other players.

Haven't Besiktas said the clubs are miles apart in terms of valuation? Kaboul's 29, contract coming to an end, injury plagued and in awful form... Levy's having a laugh if he's asking anymore than £2m for him... He's not even worth that at the moment.
 

CockOnBall

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Kaboul pre-injury was a good defender but even then he relied on his pace and strength to get him out trouble. So, unlike Ledley who read the game brilliantly, Kaboul's performance was always going to decline drastically when he lost his pace. He was given more than enough games to recover his best form but Arsenal aside, he's been not just poor but a liability.

I am shocked Beskitas want him. He must have told him to play particularly bad in Turkey to earn his move as he was dreadful that evening.
 

montylynch

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I can see someone like West Ham going in for Ings, in fact i can see us getting strumped for any player we may go for. Schniederlin is now everyone's flavour and i can see him at Arsenal before too long.

I know it's the same every year and we put ourselves through the wringer every window, we never learn do we......
 

TEESSIDE1

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I can see someone like West Ham going in for Ings, in fact i can see us getting strumped for any player we may go for. Schniederlin is now everyone's flavour and i can see him at Arsenal before too long.

I know it's the same every year and we put ourselves through the wringer every window, we never learn do we......


Big Sam has said the Spammers are skint and it looks like other clubs are too. Naughton wants out yet Leicester have reportedly only offered an insulting £3m when he's easily worth £5-6m.

Just because Ings plays for Burnley, people are assuming he isn't good enough for us. Try watching him for both Burnley and the U21s, he's a very good player, and it's no surprise that Burnley's form has improved since Ings has returned from injury. Considering Levy hates net spend, Ings is perfect for us. People dreaming of Benteke, Lacazette etc can keep on dreaming as they're never going to happen.
 
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