The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Oh My Lord Edition 12th December

[Bus-Conductor]

some 'rock solid' info from cabinessence on ftl:
Nothing special but Sherwood was sounded out around 4 or 5 weeks ago about whether he would take over. It might even have been before the City match! DL told him he was thinking of a change and Sherwood wanted assurances he wouldn't be ditched completely when the new man was appointed. As said in my earlier post, DL found AVB stubborn and arrogant as well as intransigent, particularly over the playing Ade issue. Here was a team struggling to score and they had "potentially" a solution who was costing the club God knows what a week and he point blank refused to play him. DL felt this was bad man management. DL's view was "yes his attitude sucks, but get the best you can out of him until we can get rid" -like any good man manager would. And don't take his ambivalence on the training ground personally. Think most of us thought that as well didn't we?
He also according to DL, got a bit too big for his boots in the summer after bringing home a record points haul and started asking for improved terms (buoyed no doubt by the supposed interest in him from PSG et al - my view here not Rock Solid's). As of the date of his last chat with DL a couple of weeks ago, he has no one specific in mind as a long term replacement which suggests his opinion of AVB was so low or of TS so elevated, that he didn't mind doing the change now rather than waiting for the season to finish. Absolutely no other info on situation as of now.

I'm a fan of a fit and firing Adebayor. But if he's not turning up to train, or not training properly, it's not great man management to be seen to be to weak to deal with it. Before you know it, you've got every **** taking liberties. I can't think of a single top class manager who would swallow that kind of bullshit, and if he did it would almost certainly bite him in the arse.

 

[Snarfalicious]

I'm a fan of a fit and firing Adebayor. But if he's not turning up to train, or not training properly, it's not great man management to be seen to be to weak to deal with it. Before you know it, you've got every **** taking liberties. I can't think of a single top class manager who would swallow that kind of bullshit, and if he did it would almost certainly bite him in the arse.

Probably just Sherwood letting everyone just battle it out to start. It's good man management to simply tell the players it's a clean slate: work hard, train well and you're in contention to start. In time, if Adebayor or anyone else for that matter would show poor training habits, Sherwood (hopefully) would address it by being a dickbag to the deserving player.

 

[sweetness]

I would like someone young

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/rick-torres/profil/spieler_170016.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/mariusz-stepinski/profil/spieler_210363.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/shawn-parker/profil/spieler_89659.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/timo-werner/profil/spieler_170527.html
http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/veton-berisha/profil/spieler_181985.html

all have potential

Interesting. But are they SK certified?

 

[SuperPav]

Seydou Doumbia from CSKA Moscow would be an ideal replacement for Defoe. He is such a brilliant striker. And we have been linked with him in former windows. Also read he is looking for a way out in CSKA.

 

[Breezer]

There's a pic of him arriving at training today so I assume this happened in the afternoon...

My cousin sent me the pic at 17.48 so yes late afternoon.

 

[Lilbaz]

A Greek friend of mine reckons we're in for Mitroglou of Olympiakos.

But not really ITK so I'll run and hide.

 

[chinaman]

My cousin sent me the pic at 17.48 so yes late afternoon.

Who went there?

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Hoddle..... REALLY? he talks a good game but so did Andy Grey!

Would be the biggest mistake in our history.

It's obvious that the media are pushing him into the frame considering every "fan" they speak to seems to want him. But they are just crazies!

Seriously how do they manage to find so many people randomly walking around in full spurs merchandise!? Always found that strange

No, it would be the second biggest mistake in or history after just getting rid of the first biggest mistake.

 

[not_tenth-again]

I would like someone young

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/rick-torres/profil/spieler_170016.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/mariusz-stepinski/profil/spieler_210363.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/shawn-parker/profil/spieler_89659.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/timo-werner/profil/spieler_170527.html
http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/veton-berisha/profil/spieler_181985.html

all have potential

Werner is the standout for me... but I'd hate to take a player off Stuttgart for cheap - they're my second team.

Offer 6 or 7m and pat yourself on the back, he'll be worth 3 or 4 times that if he keeps progressing.

 

[Pedro]

A Greek friend of mine reckons we're in for Mitroglou of Olympiakos.

But not really ITK so I'll run and hide.

your friend doesn't live near white hart lane does he?

 

[Ossie85]

I would like someone young

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/rick-torres/profil/spieler_170016.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/mariusz-stepinski/profil/spieler_210363.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/shawn-parker/profil/spieler_89659.html
http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/timo-werner/profil/spieler_170527.html
http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/veton-berisha/profil/spieler_181985.html

all have potential

Prefer this one over all of those

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/michy-batshuayi/profil/spieler_179184.html

 

[TheAmerican]

Prefer this one over all of those

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/michy-batshuayi/profil/spieler_179184.html

Arsenal are being linked with him, very strongly.

 

[ravo]

Prefer this one over all of those

http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/michy-batshuayi/profil/spieler_179184.html

Another Belgian... can't be a bad thing. Unless he hands in a transfer request after six months.