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

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

my last hope for the remaining hours is that this window has shown that some deals Stambouli and Fazio have come completely out of the blue because the leaks out the club have been halted. Perhaps we've been able to keep some others under the radar.

We're clearly making room for something is my opinion

 

[Drexl]

Stadium to pay for. We cant/won't spend money without balancing/ideally coming out making a profit.

I made peace with this after selling Modric and VDV and seeing dembele and Dempsey come in instead

Levy said that the stadium budget would not impact on the transfer budget

 

[Spurger King]

I agree to an extent but did Poch (rather than levy/Franco) get the players HE wanted? That was more my point.

Did the players we wanted fancy playing for Pochettino? Not exactly a big draw is he.

 

[felmani26]

Right, hit me with it - are we closing in on Isco?!

 

[Good Doctor M]

I can't wait until this stadium is built and fans walk into the first European night, sit down and quietly realise, once surrounded by 50,000 singing Spurs fans why we can't spend money right at this minute.

 

[monkeynick]

Net spend. Net Spend. Net Spend.

Can you get players on amazon

 

[nedley]

Failing to off load Andros Townsend to not upgrade our attacking options has left me more seething than I've ever been in any window.

Add to that we've sold Sandro. Fuck me.

Yep. Although the window is yet to close, it's shaping up to be a poor to average window again.

Shame really.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Fuck it. I've lost hope on any last minute signings.

It's all good tho. We've still got the HurriKane!

 

[kawa]

Right, hit me with it - are we closing in on Isco?!

Imagine that - everyone moaning about lack of signings, then Levy pulls Isco out of a hat.

Typical Spurs drama.

 

[hybridsoldier]

If anybody is disappointed at not getting Welbeck they have fallen for this Sky Sports Deadline Day bollocks hook, line and sinker!

I didn't expect us to make much movement today. The central midfield worries me a lot. People say we had too many but who is left? Bentaleb, Capoue, Dembele and Stambouli, of those the only one with any decent PL experience is Dembele and he hasn't been the same player over the last 12 months.

I don't have much hope for the season, finishing 6th would be pretty good with the quality in Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal and now Man United again too. We have a good squad and a good coach, quite simply we do not have the quality to compete with the sides I just mentioned.

 

[thinktank]

Levy banking on poch to work his magic. That's fine, baldy, as long as you give him the time to do so.

 

[EruditeWoman]

Can't wait for this one last big bid Trix hinted at...

 

[chinaman]

The reason why we haven't signed a striker is there's no one good enough for us.

 

[MyNameIsNicolaBerti]

I can't wait until this stadium is built and fans walk into the first European night, sit down and quietly realise, once surrounded by 50,000 singing Spurs fans why we can't spend money right at this minute.

Don't you men 500 singing spurs fans and 49,500 "fans" with iPads and digital cameras?

 

[mill]

Stadium to pay for. We cant/won't spend money without balancing/ideally coming out making a profit.

I made peace with this after selling Modric and VDV and seeing dembele and Dempsey come in instead

I realised the summer after we'd been in cl

 

[SandroClegane]

I am not one to usually moan too much (check my posts), but if we look at the sales:

Sigurdsson £10m
Sandro £10m reported
Falque £4m
Dawson £4m
Fryers £3m
Livermore £8m
Total £39m

vs. Ins:

Dier £4m
Davies £10m
Vorm £3m
Fazio £8m
Stambouli £4.7m
Yedlin £2.5m
Total £32.2m

So probably a profit of circa £7m when you throw into the mixer the small fee's for the likes of Obika!

It's kind of unacceptable considering the net profit last year also, increased TV money etc. when we have a glaring need to add creativity and goal scoring prowess and now Welbeck is off to Arsenal!

The squad at spurs is impressive, but we will finish no better than 6th/7th with this level of investment, and should not expect more.

Here's hoping we are surprised with MS before 11.00

And how do you pay the players on the team? Our wage bill is probably close to £100m so the increased TV money with the squad we paid for last year cancels out. People need to use their brains instead of complaining about nothing being done.

 

[archiewasking]

I can't wait until this stadium is built and fans walk into the first European night, sit down and quietly realise, once surrounded by 50,000 singing Spurs fans why we can't spend money right at this minute.

Where were all those fans last Thursday? So many spaces........

 

[sloth]

I am not one to usually moan too much (check my posts), but if we look at the sales:

Sigurdsson £10m
Sandro £10m reported
Falque £4m
Dawson £4m
Fryers £3m
Livermore £8m
Total £39m

vs. Ins:

Dier £4m
Davies £10m
Vorm £3m
Fazio £8m
Stambouli £4.7m
Yedlin £2.5m
Total £32.2m

So probably a profit of circa £7m when you throw into the mixer the small fee's for the likes of Obika!

It's kind of unacceptable considering the net profit last year also, increased TV money etc. when we have a glaring need to add creativity and goal scoring prowess and now Welbeck is off to Arsenal!

The squad at spurs is impressive, but we will finish no better than 6th/7th with this level of investment, and should not expect more.

Here's hoping we are surprised with MS before 11.00

As far as I'm concerned that's fucking brilliant. Our squad's got stronger, we've trimmed the fat, and somehow we've turned a profit! The only reason for concern would be if the shareholders were taking the profit out of the club, or if they were planning on investing it in something daft. Neither is the case, in fact we're generating profit to invest in making us stronger which means our ambitions have a better chance of being achieved.

Frankly if folk have trouble understanding this then they should ask themselves whether they really have the insight or the smarts to be commenting. I'd liken it your kid trying to offer an opinion on the way you manage the household finances.

 

[vonn]

Chin up lads. We'll have a good spend next summer with the Hugo, Verts and Eriksen money.

 

[lol]

only a 30m plus townsend for jrod and ms can turn this around

 

[MyNameIsNicolaBerti]

I can't wait until this stadium is built and fans walk into the first European night, sit down and quietly realise, once surrounded by 50,000 singing Spurs fans why we can't spend money right at this minute.

Don't you men 500 singing spurs fans and 49,500 "fans" with iPads and digital cameras?

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

Was that a dildo on SSN at Evertons ground

apparently it was jim white haha

 

[Greenspur]

That's possibly one of the funniest things I've seen

God love you, if that's the case. Have you never seen stand up comedy?

 

[markiespurs]

I love how all the usual suspects jump on any rumour and twist it to suit their nnegative view of Levy/Spurs.

 

[faulks]

Rubbish. Tottenham is a much, much bigger brand than Everton. They've brainwashed you- the club is in a strait jacket and what I find sad is so many supporters can't see it. Don't see Everton on this list, for example: http://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/

Whiles true, you should probably check the gap in revenue. We are the 6th biggest club in the country, with 5th taking nearly in an extra 100 million in revenue than us. It's a big deal.

 

[Snarfalicious]

The reason why we haven't signed a striker is there's no one good enough for us.

Alexander Lacazette is the type of player we should be looking at: young, nice physical attributes, versatile and coming from Lyon he'd likely come with a reasonable fee.