The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Weekend Edition 3/4 August 2013

[AX-Spur]

Bale did not train with Tottenham yesterday and stayed behind as the team travelled for today’s friendly with Monaco. And Bale - who has made it clear he has no intention of playing for Spurs again - expects chairman Daniel Levy to conclude a deal with the Bernabeu giants’ president after the weekend.

Did I miss the fact that Bale has made it clear he won't play for Spurs again or that's some creative writing again from the Star?

Creative writing is one way to say it, compiling utter bullshit is another.

 

[atlSPURSfan]

As an American, here is where I must make a tough decision. It's currently 2AM. Do I stay awake for a few more hours to get some early morning ITK or go to bed now so I can wake up earlier for my fill of ITK?

Fuck it, time for another all nighter.

 

[spivmaster]

As an American, here is where I must make a tough decision. It's currently 2AM. Do I stay away for a few more hours to get some early morning ITK or go to bed now so I can wake up earlier for my fill of ITK?

Fuck it, time for another all nighter.

Go to sleep. When you wake up it's like a tiny Christmas morning

 

[melih69]

Go to sleep. When you wake up it's like a tiny Christmas morning

Agreed. Nothing has felt better then to wake up to see 'player x' thread has had a 50 page increase since I've been asleep. Then I go make my self a cuppa, sit down, put some soft piano music on in the background, and read away.

 

[vdv112]

As good as he is I think pursuing Suarez is a waste of time, much rather us go for Lamela or someone equivalent.

 

[moomin]

As an American, here is where I must make a tough decision. It's currently 2AM. Do I stay awake for a few more hours to get some early morning ITK or go to bed now so I can wake up earlier for my fill of ITK?

Fuck it, time for another all nighter.

go to bed so you can wake up in time for the monaco game thats what ill be doing here myself as soon as i can pull myself away from the computer screen....


ah fuck it that isn't happening, i guess ill be pulling an all nighter too

 

[Mullers]

As good as he is I think pursuing Suarez is a waste of time, much rather us go for Lamela or someone equivalent.

Ninety five reasons not to talk about Suarez.

 

[atlSPURSfan]

go to bed so you can wake up in time for the monaco game thats what ill be doing here myself as soon as i can pull myself away from the computer screen....


ah fuck it that isn't happening, i guess ill be pulling an all nighter too

I'll be hosting a Monaco watch party at our new ATL Spurs bar! Hopefully we'll get about 20-30 guys showing up.

 

[agrdavidsfan]

Hopefully Andre does a pre match conference

 

[Locotoro]

I really want to put things in to people perspective for those people that seem to flood these threads with Bale "will he won't he" posts.

To date we have had no, that is zero, quotes or confirmations from the club or Bale of a bid, of talks or of contact. Thus so far the entire media circus is a complete fabrication. Lets not allow this thread to descend into a hundred pages of assumptions and guess work.

My tuppence worth is that we seem to have a strong team capable of challenging for top 3 as it stands, we won't be signing a ball player for the midfield but more so for the back line which is possibly why we're interested in vlad to suit AVBs tactics.

 

[spursfan77]

Hopefully Andre does a pre match conference

Hopefully but I doubt he's looking forward to it!

 

[teok]

After religiously f5'ing all week waiting for the soldier to sign I had to be out all day thursday and friday and fucking missed it. Feels great having a huge striker signing for spurs.

I just can't wait for that first team sheet on the 17th. Reading other message boards, other fans are genuinely scared of us which is some thing I'm not used to at all.

 

[haslemereyid]

i really want to believe the ITK that bale is staying and i really want to believe we are a victim of a near global media conspiracy.

But I cant help but feel thats pure denial and that at other clubs SC equivalents the 'lets all laugh at tottenham' thread will be growing longer by the day

 

[andyp8080]

As an American, here is where I must make a tough decision. It's currently 2AM. Do I stay awake for a few more hours to get some early morning ITK or go to bed now so I can wake up earlier for my fill of ITK?

Fuck it, time for another all nighter.

i think it will a slow day for ITK today......just a gut feeling

get some sleep i reckon

 

[andyp8080]

I really want to put things in to people perspective for those people that seem to flood these threads with Bale "will he won't he" posts.

To date we have had no, that is zero, quotes or confirmations from the club or Bale of a bid, of talks or of contact. Thus so far the entire media circus is a complete fabrication. Lets not allow this thread to descend into a hundred pages of assumptions and guess work.

My tuppence worth is that we seem to have a strong team capable of challenging for top 3 as it stands, we won't be signing a ball player for the midfield but more so for the back line which is possibly why we're interested in vlad to suit AVBs tactics.

indeed you are right. The only real confirmation that Madrid are even trying is Ancellotti confirming talks. Quite what talks mean is anyones guess. 'Can we buy Bale?'........'No...fuck off'.........they are talks.

I respect and agree with the clubs stance that we don't comment on media speculation. However sometimes there has to be exceptions and i think this is one. Lets be honest if Bale stays he is likely to be signing an improved deal to do so. That should have happened now if it was clear cut he is staying.........it clearly is in the balance. And i think this circus is damaging the club and someone needs to make the position a bit clearer

 

[Locotoro]

indeed you are right. The only real confirmation that Madrid are even trying is Ancellotti confirming talks. Quite what talks mean is anyones guess. 'Can we buy Bale?'........'No...fuck off'.........they are talks.

I respect and agree with the clubs stance that we don't comment on media speculation. However sometimes there has to be exceptions and i think this is one. Lets be honest if Bale stays he is likely to be signing an improved deal to do so. That should have happened now if it was clear cut he is staying.........it clearly is in the balance. And i think this circus is damaging the club and someone needs to make the position a bit clearer

I agree with most of what you say with the exception of who is being damaged by this media circus. I think the club's stance is exactly what it should be. Last two seasons we came out with statements regarding Modric not being for sale and the media played on them and the fact we had "rentaquote" as manager. The public statement didnt stop the frenzy, in actual fact it made it worse.
This time we hold all the cards and those cards are being kept close to our chest. We wont comment and we won't set a price publicly. We won't slam the tactics used by Real and we won't admit defeat. If we know what we're doing that is good enough for me.

What this debacle is showing is the full array of tricks and underhand methods that Real are willing to use to get a player and it is that which is starting to leave a sour taste in the mouth of the common football fan, of their own fans and hopefully in UEFAs too. Real were my second team but this ks leaving me decidedly disappointed in their actions and I'm not the only one who feels that way.

 

[mark87]

Ninetyfive. Back in ninetyfive I was 8 years old, when I turned 8 I said to myself "Damn, this shit just got real" I know what you're all thinking, why is he swearing at 8 years old? It was because back then I was inroduced to Snoop Dogg and that completely opened up my vocab and found hoes and bitches.

 

[mark87]

...back to ITK though, really hope we hear some positive ITK about our boy Gareth, but fear we won't

 

[wishkah]

Help me.

 

[wishkah]

Help me.