The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE LAST DAY! 1st September 2014

[robertgoulet]

Never heard of him. Prob most haven't. Hope he's not another stop gap. No MS now.

FFT did a good writeup about him. I'll post in the player thread.

 

[TheGreenLily]

Nastasic - To us - Rumour - BBC
Stambouli - Spurs - Confirmed
Jese Rodriguez - To Us - Rumour ITK (Gards44)
Jay Rodriguez - To US - Rumour ITK (Various)
MS - To US - Rumour ITK (Various) - We are trying

Welbeck - Unknown - rumour he left training for England (added as we have been linked in media and ITK)

Coulibaly - Bari - Confirmed
Gomelt - Bari - Loan confirmed
Holtby - HSV - Loan confirmed
Fryers - Palace - Close to completing - Skysports
Obika - Swindon - confirmed
Naughton - Swansea - Confirmed interest
Lennon - Unknown - rumour - Skymeh
Sandro - QPR - 6 Million - Unconfirmed
Townsend - Southampton - rumour
Soldado - Monaco - rumour

Updated

 

[THFCSPURS19]

@Hoddle&Waddle said this in the Welbeck thread - I hope this happens:

Wellbeck's agent was just on talksport, seems its a perm deal there trying for now, sounds like its going to be us.

 

[Keith Morris]

It is piss poor the attitude around stambouli signing, just because he is relatively unknown..still think MS could be a late one, but one shitty result and performance on Sunday and the tide turns..work in progress remember!!!

 

[Mr Pink]

@Hoddle&Waddle said this in the Welbeck thread - I hope this happens:

Well that would definitely perk me up!!

 

[Blackrat1299]

No one's forcing you to sit in this thread you know.

Oh yes there is its our heritage.............had to write something

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

Would just be nice to make a signing that excited people. Very ordinary, unspectacular signings so far.

 

[paulcumpstone]

It is piss poor the attitude around stambouli signing, just because he is relatively unknown..still think MS could be a late one, but one shitty result and performance on Sunday and the tide turns..work in progress remember!!!

don't know anything about stambouli so certainly not judging him, just common knowledge it usually takes time to adjust to the prem and from what we saw sunday we need much more.

 

[felmani26]

Welbeck will make a big difference to our first team - especially in the big matches.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

We seriously lack creativity if Lamela or Eriksen get injured/tired.

It's a long season and after selling both Siggy and Holtby I don't think we'll cope creatively atm - need to sign an attacking player who can make things happen now, but no real links to any, which is worrying.

Been thinking this for a while, I would so much rather see a 3rd creative player on the left rather then a wing forward. We just don't creat enough at the moment, one reason Ade drops deep so often. Which we would be looking at one but as u say it no links. Not sure Jay Rod or Danny W are the answers.

 

[Garethspur]

Keith Morris - Totally agree. We didn't play well on Sunday (obviously) but one day we're going to have to get over this short-termism and accept that to build something decent we're going to have to go through some ups and downs, especially when the manager's only been here five minutes.

As for Stambouli, there's no need for the negativity but perhaps some people are just a bit confused about some of the players we're allowing to leave. I genuinely have no idea about Stam. All I know is he's a now a Spur and that means he's got my backing.

 

[Mr Pink]

Welbeck will make a big difference to our first team - especially in the big matches.

Totally agree mate.

If we sign him on a permanent I'll be very pleased. Really think he'll be a cracking piece of business for us in Poch's system.

 

[robertgoulet]

Keith Morris - Totally agree. We didn't play well on Sunday (obviously) but one day we're going to have to get over this short-termism and accept that to build something decent we're going to have to go through some ups and downs, especially when the manager's only been here five minutes.

As for Stambouli, there's no need for the negativity but perhaps some people are just a bit confused about some of the players we're allowing to leave. I genuinely have no idea about Stam. All I know is he's a now a Spur and that means he's got my backing.

Just posted a write-up about him in the player thread. Good stuff.

 

[TH1239]

If someone would've said three months ago we'd sell Sandro, sell Sigurdsson, and loan Holtby to Hamburg, while only bringing in Benjamin Stambouli, people here would've been incredulous. Even though there is time to bring in another attacking player, I don't feel we've upgraded the starting XI at all this window, which was what everyone was calling for in May ("quality instead of quantity"). We've done nothing to this point to address the squad's inability to score goals against the top 4 sides (in fact we've gotten worse to this point having sold two attacking players in Holtby/Sigurdsson).

The other issue is losing Sandro, Sigurdsson, and Holtby is going to impact the quality of our Europa and domestic cup sides. We don't have an easy EL group and rolling out Townsend and Lennon as starters is going to potentially result in an exit for us early in the knockout stages.

 

[Good Doctor M]

Would just be nice to make a signing that excited people. Very ordinary, unspectacular signings so far.

True... but we don't need spectacular players. We need strong, inteliigent players to give us a strong core. Man Utd have scored themselves a couple of Hollywood players, but they've got a piss poor and physically weak team. If we're making signings, I want to see players filling the gaps we have and some enforcers who can come in a not get bullied like our midfield and defense did on Sunday. We do that and it's a good window.

If we signed Di Maria for example, so what? Our problems would still remain the same and we'd still get dicked by Liverpool if we played them again in the morning.

 

[jurgen]

Been thinking this for a while, I would so much rather see a 3rd creative player on the left rather then a wing forward. We just don't creat enough at the moment, one reason Ade drops deep so often. Which we would be looking at one but as u say it no links. Not sure Jay Rod or Danny W are the answers.

Personally I think Danny W might give more direct running and pace, which is a bit different to our other guys.. I think if we add another creator out there, we might not be able to stretch the play quick enough..

 

[THFCSPURS19]

If someone would've said three months ago we'd sell Sandro, sell Sigurdsson, and loan Holtby to Hamburg, while only bringing in Benjamin Stambouli, people here would've been incredulous. Even though there is time to bring in another attacking player, I don't feel we've upgraded the starting XI at all this window, which was what everyone was calling for in May ("quality instead of quantity"). We've done nothing to this point to address the squad's inability to score goals against the top 4 sides (in fact we've gotten worse to this point having sold two attacking players in Holtby/Sigurdsson).

The other issue is losing Sandro, Sigurdsson, and Holtby is going to impact the quality of our Europa and domestic cup sides. We don't have an easy EL group and rolling out Townsend and Lennon as starters is going to potentially result in an exit for us early in the knockout stages.

Fazio, Davies and the "attacking player" are all potential starters...

 

[lol]

BS might be a dier kind of signing. in poch i trust

 

[Scott Spur]

If someone would've said three months ago we'd sell Sandro, sell Sigurdsson, and loan Holtby to Hamburg, while only bringing in Benjamin Stambouli, people here would've been incredulous. Even though there is time to bring in another attacking player, I don't feel we've upgraded the starting XI at all this window, which was what everyone was calling for in May ("quality instead of quantity"). We've done nothing to this point to address the squad's inability to score goals against the top 4 sides (in fact we've gotten worse to this point having sold two attacking players in Holtby/Sigurdsson).

The other issue is losing Sandro, Sigurdsson, and Holtby is going to impact the quality of our Europa and domestic cup sides. We don't have an easy EL group and rolling out Townsend and Lennon as starters is going to potentially result in an exit for us early in the knockout stages.

But.....you forget the biggest signing we have actually made, Pochettino himself.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Bloody hell... Just so nobody else asks the bloody question..............

Holtby to Hamburg is A LOAN DEAL