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UbeAstard

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Heres Pochettino's take on it

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...nfluenced-tottenhams-lack-of-summer-transfers

I suspect it wont make a difference to the fans who are expressing their dissatisfaction and they will dismiss it as Pochettino disguising his disappointments. If the cost of the stadium spiralled then of course we have to understand things in that context, better to not spend at all than spend crazy.
COYS, COYS, COYS..........
 

littlewilly

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Those will be a distant memory in 2 years.

We'll be lucky to play Young Boys in front of 20k fans by 2019/2020 and will get the joys of losing at home to West Ham regularly again.
Every time I see your username Matt, both here and on Skyscraper City, I get this morbid fear that you're about to slash your wrists. Cheer up.
 

shelfboy68

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Heres Pochettino's take on it

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...nfluenced-tottenhams-lack-of-summer-transfers

I suspect it wont make a difference to the fans who are expressing their dissatisfaction and they will dismiss it as Pochettino disguising his disappointments. If the cost of the stadium spiralled then of course we have to understand things in that context, better to not spend at all than spend crazy.
COYS, COYS, COYS..........
You need to understand that poch is very professional in his dealings with the media so unlike mourhino will not spout off shit just for the sake of it, but away from the camera and microphone will he be happy with the lack of transfer activity of course not.
If poch has ambition of winning the league and cups this has put a serious dent in that and so while he retains his dignity and respect for the club I would not be surprised to see him leave at the end of the season.
 
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rupsmith

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Well cheer up lads. Its season kick off time. And everyone in this video is still with us. We should have a good season. If we are less injury hit, we will have decent players in all positions. Enjoy the vid and COYS!

 

Japhet

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Well cheer up lads. Its season kick off time. And everyone in this video is still with us. We should have a good season. If we are less injury hit, we will have decent players in all positions. Enjoy the vid and COYS!




Hopefully we get through the European window without losing anyone, especially Dembele since were so thin in midfield.
 

davidmatzdorf

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I'm not sure I'd describe us as "thin in midfield", as we have seven first-team players who are familiar with playing central midfield - Wanyama, Dier, Eriksen, Winks, Alli, Sissoko and Dembélé. Foyth also has experience as a midfielder, arguably more than he has in central defence. And there are a couple of academy players who acquitted themselves well in the USA.

We're missing a creative attacking midfielder to back up Eriksen's preferred role, which I think is what they had in mind for Jack Grealish, but that's been so for 2-3 years. Otherwise we've got central midfield pretty well covered.
 

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I'm not sure I'd describe us as "thin in midfield", as we have seven first-team players who are familiar with playing central midfield - Wanyama, Dier, Eriksen, Winks, Alli, Sissoko and Dembélé. Foyth also has experience as a midfielder, arguably more than he has in central defence. And there are a couple of academy players who acquitted themselves well in the USA.

We're missing a creative attacking midfielder to back up Eriksen's preferred role, which I think is what they had in mind for Jack Grealish, but that's been so for 2-3 years. Otherwise we've got central midfield pretty well covered.

With our new system, we have:

Dembele, Dier or Wanyama and even Winks who can play the CDM / holding midfielder role.

Eriksen, Alli, Dembele, Sissoko, Winks and even Lamela who can play as the ACMs

Which leaves Son, Kane, Moura as the front three with Lamela and Alli as the only real back ups. Eriksen can play further forward, but his natural play is to pick the ball up in midfield. This is why we were going for the likes of Zaha and Martial imo. We want three out and out attackers and 2 ACMs who will build and join the attack and chip in defensively when needed, exactly like City.
 

davidmatzdorf

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@BehindEnemyLines found this on a Man Utd fan forum. It's on the money - right on the [insane amounts of] money:

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I think spurs will be fine. The only thing unhinged is the transfer craze that a large portion of the fans are goaded into by the [un]scrupulous media. They have a very young squad and they have addressed their weaknesses in time by adding Sanchez and Moura. They could have used a budget option forward I guess, but other than that I just don't see these "glaring weaknesses" that everyone else is bleating about. Pochettino will actually have constant headaches over who to pick on the wing, now that Lamela has finally recovered.

They look like a solid, settled side.

Glaston is as humourless, relentless and strident as ever, but on the main point right.

His point about the obsession with "strengthening" through expensive transfers being a craze provoked by news media is what I have thought for years. And said here a few times. The other clubs are definitely buying ludicrously overpriced players, but they might or might not be strengthening. They might be weakening or unbalancing their squads or disturbing established squad harmony, as we found when we spent the money from selling Bale too quickly, too imprudently and focused on acquiring individuals instead of building a team.
 

shelfboy68

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@BehindEnemyLines found this on a Man Utd fan forum. It's on the money - right on the [insane amounts of] money:



His point about the obsession with "strengthening" through expensive transfers being a craze provoked by news media is what I have thought for years. And said here a few times. The other clubs are definitely buying ludicrously overpriced players, but they might or might not be strengthening. They might be weakening or unbalancing their squads or disturbing established squad harmony, as we found when we spent the money from selling Bale too quickly, too imprudently and focused on acquiring individuals instead of building a team.
David you are one of the best posters this forum has to offer you are reasoned and articulate and sometimes I agree with you and other occasions not.
And on this occasion I feel I have to disagree with you in that I feel we needed to had made 2 maybe 3 at the most decent signings to help strengthen and lift the squad whilst keeping people on their toes.
I can see us on our knees come May with again another knackered Kane with llorente seemingly struggling to cope with our game last year and son who I love but he is inconsistent at times, yes we will never win the league but I thought with additions we might have closed the gap which I can live with whilst not being able to be winners of anything.
I maybe wrong but I think the club have missed a trick not supporting the manager and this gamble may blow up in their faces, however I support spurs for good and bad and whilst I remain dissapointed I hope the team do well this year and shut those dissenters up but honestly I cannot see any repeat of top four but of course stand to be corrected (y)
 

rupsmith

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David you are one of the best posters this forum has to offer you are reasoned and articulate and sometimes I agree with you and other occasions not.
And on this occasion I feel I have to disagree with you in that I feel we needed to had made 2 maybe 3 at the most decent signings to help strengthen and lift the squad whilst keeping people on their toes.
I can see us on our knees come May with again another knackered Kane with llorente seemingly struggling to cope with our game last year and son who I love but he is inconsistent at times, yes we will never win the league but I thought with additions we might have closed the gap which I can live with whilst not being able to be winners of anything.
I maybe wrong but I think the club have missed a trick not supporting the manager and this gamble may blow up in their faces, however I support spurs for good and bad and whilst I remain dissapointed I hope the team do well this year and shut those dissenters up but honestly I cannot see any repeat of top four but of course stand to be corrected (y)

I don’t disagree with any of this. However the challenge is who can we strengthen with? I would not have minded Gulfi Siggurdsson and Jack Grealish for an overly of depth and creativity but besides that we have almost all positions covered.
 

davidmatzdorf

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I guess this belongs here, too, as we seem to have the same conversation going on in two places:

"Daniel must be brave" could equally mean "Daniel must trust me when I tell him that our young players can step up".

Fans make very predictable assumptions, largely driven by the clichés promoted in the press, especially online media, which have a vested interest (clicks) in high-profile, drawn-out transfers.

One of those assumptions is that "supporting the manager" means blowing great wads of money on new players, particularly established, high-profile players. It doesn't mean that. It means "trusting the manager's vision for the squad and his decisions to achieve his vision". That vision might be centred on player transfers - it certainly is if you're name is Jose Mourinho. Or it might be centred on promoting youth and fostering team spirit - subjects that Pochettino has emphasised many times in public.

When there is a good deal to be done for a young player with potential, we do it. We have Sanchez, Moura, Trippier, Alli and Eriksen to show for that. The inference follows from that evidence that, if we haven't done any deals, it is because there were no value-for-money deals for young players with potential.
 

rupsmith

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Really looking forward to seeing Lucas Moura this season. Seems really up for it and has a brilliant touch and movement.
 

shelfboy68

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I don’t disagree with any of this. However the challenge is who can we strengthen with? I would not have minded Gulfi Siggurdsson and Jack Grealish for an overly of depth and creativity but besides that we have almost all positions covered.
I don't think it was a case of being nobody being available as most players are available at and for the right price I think it's more a case of we just didn't want to deal for whatever reason that maybe.
Still it's all over now time to get on with it I just hope that we don't lose tomorrow as this starts off anger and resentment which stirs up a heap of trouble which again we don't need.
 
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