The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE LAST MINUTE OF THE LAST HOUR OF THE LAST DAY 31st August 2012

[arctichotspur]

The only info we can truly "trust" is the info from official sources. And all official info at the moment regarding our targets is that we have not come to agreement with Lyon for Lloris...yet

 

[smudger]

Here we goooo all buckled up and ready to go its transfer deadline day or to give it it's official title.....daniel levy day

My poor blackberry aint gonna know what hit it lol

 

[dudu]

Agreed.
GK - Friedal is a year older, and while still a good pro, at his age that's not good...
Defence - King retired, Bassong and Corluka gone - Vertonghen in. -2
Midfield - Modric, Pienaar and Kranjcar out, Sigurdsson and Dembele in. -1
Attack - Saha out, nobody in. -1

Last night's ITK suggests Lloris will be done, and the hitch is minor.
Defensively, we are probably not that bad off, with Caulker and Naughton returning from loan, though I wouldn't be surprised to see Carvalho sign and Dawsin be sold. Talk of Rose being loaned to Subnderland bothers me though, with no natural LB cover for Ekotto.
I'm guessing at this point the VDV transfer holds the key to Moutinho, if he goes, the cash covers Moutinho who then joins. IF he proves too expensive still, then I can half see a late M'vila bid, though recent ITK has gone very cold on that one. Moutinho replaces VDV in creativity, but we need his goals too, so that must be addressed.
Talk of Willian coming in for the wide forward/attacking midfielder role has dies, price differences. Other's lined Dzagoev etc. Can't see this getting done, other than maybe someone to fill the gap on loan.
Striker is a must, and maybe this is dependant on finan ces being raised from fringe player sales, so will likely go doen to the wire. Maybe a loan, maybe nobody at all. Remy has again been linked, albeit dismissed by AVB, but a bit of gamesmanship there maybe... Wouldn't be my first choice, but better than no-one, and also offers alternative for the wide forward as well as CF.

GK, CM and CF at least. Anything less and AVB has been left high and dry. You can't expect him to elevate us as Levy wishes, without the tools to do the job. Time for Levy to show his hand, and back his decision to appoint AVB by making the required sigings, not making excuses at ten past eleven about how 'deals were tough', 'the market is tough', 'the goalposts were moved' etc etc. He runs the club well, we are stable and independant, not reliant on a sugar daddy, but he need to loosen the purse strin gs just a little bit in order to put us on a level playing field to compete for CL places. I'm a little disturbed about the fact we have trimmed the squad over the last window or two, gaining good fees in the process, without reinvesting sufficiently, when our contemparies have. Look at incomimg transfer fees over recent windows versus outgoing, and I'd guess we have made a profit each time. We need to take a bit of a hit and invest a bit now, to push on to the next level. All the clubs around us chasing the 4th spot have spent with little or no fuss, addressing the issues in their squads.

It is early, just under 15 hours to go still, and despite the mood of this post, I do actually feel positive and hopeful that Levy's actions today will match his ambitions for the club. Hero or villain, we'll see in just under 15 hours...

dude, absolutely no offence, but do you write a new one of these each time or do you have a dissertation you did on spurs over this transfer window that you keep cutting and pasting from. Im sorry i just dont see how 80% of this is pertinent to ITK

 

[Essexyid07]

Morning A&C and fellow SC'ers let's hope levy does the biz today
I'm hoping for
Lloris
Llorente
Moutinho
Doubtful I know but we can all dream!

 

[Gbspurs]

Stuck at work today so will only be checking in every so often. When I first check in at lunch I hope we have done some business. Otherwise it's going to be a long night!

 

[Scutch]

hertyid re: van der Vaart (nothing major, but worth posting I guess considering the day):

Dutch guy I works with was in Nobu last night, saw Rafa at the bar downstairs. Asked him what was going on...

"i have no idea"

Doesn't sound positive.

 

[gilzeantheking]

Hertyid on COYS re Rafa

Dutch guy I works with was in Nobu last night, saw Rafa at the bar downstairs. Asked him what was going on...

"i have no idea"

Doesn't sound positive.

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[Outnumbered]

If only the bar's had all the tv's on for transfer deadline day, they would make a fortune.

 

[Shanks]

Sticking my nose out, to say this thread won't need to get to 50 pages, until at least 7pm this evening when the real activity starts.

We know Levy loves a bargain, always last minute. It's how we roll.

 

[ryantegan]

No in-fighting today. Lets all be lovers.

Come on Levy get it done. I cant wait to get on with some proper football.

 

[Yid-ol]

hertyid re: van der Vaart (nothing major, but worth posting I guess considering the day):

It was reported this morning that AVB has told players who are not going to always be first team starters that if they want to move and play more first team games and a good bid comes in they can move if they want, but the 8 million being offers isnt any where near what we are wanting.

 

[KingSpur]

Could be an epic day for THFC. The build up suggests so, but will we end up disappointed?

Main question is what happens when we have to leave our 'puters/ phones/ devices for 5 minutes or so, and miss the 10-15 pages of updates.
Betcha that just when you leave, something will happen, the big ITK, the big scoop..........and you missed it.

Don't leave folks.......don't leave.
#epicdayforthfc

 

[danielneeds]

Gentlemen, can I just say it's been a pleasure knowing you all... Let's go to war.

 

[nialsy2005]

im working from home today. Personal laptop is fixed on here, work laptop is tuned into the BBC (sorry boss) and the ipad is on Skysports.com. In addition the TV is tuned into SSN. LETS DO THIS!!!!!

 

[spursfan77]

Hertyid on vdv on COYS. Not that positive but I guess he ain't going to tell a stranger anything.


Dutch guy I works with was in Nobu last night, saw Rafa at the bar downstairs. Asked him what was going on...

"i have no idea

 

[spursfan77]

hertyid re: van der Vaart (nothing major, but worth posting I guess considering the day):

Beat me to it!

 

[Buster18]

Just to clarify what this thread is it's gone a bit off topic the last few days

Is it just ITK? ...or just Spurs transfer news....or all transfer news...or just a big transfer free for all?

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Don`t worry about Left back, Naughton and Vertonghen can do a job there

This bit bothers me. Teams wanting to be competing should not be relying on 'can do a job'...
We should have two options for each position. One to start, and one to compete and/or cover, keep them on their toes...

dude, absolutely no offence, but do you write a new one of these each time or do you have a dissertation you did on spurs over this transfer window that you keep cutting and pasting from. Im sorry i just dont see how 80% of this is pertinent to ITK

Just beats doing any actual real work...
It's my take on what's going on, based on the ITk we have all seen.

 

[Rob]

Server might go down for maintenance briefly this morning to get us ready for tonight.

 

[KingSpur]

im working from home today. Personal laptop is fixed on here, work laptop is tuned into the BBC (sorry boss) and the ipad is on Skysports.com. In addition the TV is tuned into SSN. LETS DO THIS!!!!!

You could be me.........