What the pundits & media are saying about us

[shelfmonkey]

United will not win the title. Who have they signed that would seriously get into our first XI? They have better depth than us but our XI is better.

I've tipped us third but I can understand why pundits would put us lower because of the Wembley factor. At least he's not said "Spurs haven't signed anyone so this'll be a disaster".

Wembley is a concern, but if we can beat the Chavs then I think we'll be OK and Wembley won't be a problem, lose however...........

 

[Roynie]

God I'm a silly arse...

And I'm a fucking Engineer!!!


Time for a career change eh?

Or, like me, you're an old git and overdue for retirement!

 

[Roynie]

It's actually 545 square meters

WHL = 100x67= 6700
Wembley = 105x69 = 7245

Yeah but, no but ...... The Wembley pitch is bigger than the PL recommended one and, IIRC, we have asked that it be reduced accordingly.

 

[Ionman34]

Or, like me, you're an old git and overdue for retirement!

In my defence, which is pretty weak, full of holes and about as strong as a lace doily, I posted the first one at 2am, after being up since 4:30am, so I was a bit tired.

It's weak because the follow up was after a good nights rest.

Sod it, I'm calling Johnny Cochrane, he can use the Chewbacca defence for me.

Sorted.

Plus I'm not 50 yet so it's not old age...

It's a misspent youth full of substance abuse!!!

 

[Roynie]

In my defence, which is pretty weak, full of holes and about as strong as a lace doily, I posted the first one at 2am, after being up since 4:30am, so I was a bit tired.

It's weak because the follow up was after a good nights rest.

Sod it, I'm calling Johnny Cochrane, he can use the Chewbacca defence for me.

Sorted.

Plus I'm not 50 yet so it's not old age...

It's a misspent youth full of substance abuse!!!

Meh, guilty. Do you want any TIC's?

 

[voxy28]

Graeme Souness has told The Times he believes Tottenham Hotspur have scored a major own goal by failing to sign any players on the before the Premier League season begins.

Spurs have not made any additions and Souness believes it is going to get harder for them to do so in the final month of the campaign.

The former Liverpool player and manager says that Spurs risk being priced out of players as clubs sense their late urgency and they could stagger into making poor decisions.

He said: "The time for them to buy big players is now, when they are on the up. If they wait until they are playing catch-up, two outcomes are likely: the first is that they rush in and buy the wrong players; the second is that they pay inflated prices because the market senses their desperation.

"Daniel Levy may argue that the market is already overpriced and he may be right. But this is a fact of life that applies to all Premier League clubs when courting talent from the continent."

Souness added that as it stands he does not expect Spurs to challenge for the title and believes if the club do not show ambition then their best players will eventually get fed up and quit.

"The likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli are already on the radar of big clubs in Europe. They won’t hang around for ever waiting for the next wave of Spurs youngsters to help the club reach the promised land."




I think he is right....

 

[Dundalk_Spur]

Graeme Souness has told The Times he believes Tottenham Hotspur have scored a major own goal by failing to sign any players on the before the Premier League season begins.

Spurs have not made any additions and Souness believes it is going to get harder for them to do so in the final month of the campaign.

The former Liverpool player and manager says that Spurs risk being priced out of players as clubs sense their late urgency and they could stagger into making poor decisions.

He said: "The time for them to buy big players is now, when they are on the up. If they wait until they are playing catch-up, two outcomes are likely: the first is that they rush in and buy the wrong players; the second is that they pay inflated prices because the market senses their desperation.

"Daniel Levy may argue that the market is already overpriced and he may be right. But this is a fact of life that applies to all Premier League clubs when courting talent from the continent."

Souness added that as it stands he does not expect Spurs to challenge for the title and believes if the club do not show ambition then their best players will eventually get fed up and quit.

"The likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli are already on the radar of big clubs in Europe. They won’t hang around for ever waiting for the next wave of Spurs youngsters to help the club reach the promised land."




I think he is right....

Does he name any of these players, are they available, do they fit the Poch ethos, and are the financials viable???

Answers on a postcard.

 

[stov]

Wages. We don't have the income to attract players that would improve our first team. If we do splurge 200k a week on an unnamed world class player then all the existing players will be looking for a wage rise.
Players. I honestly can't think of any available player who would improve our first team. There are plenty of players that could improve our depth but will they be happy to play second fiddle to our first eleven?

 

[greaves]

Graeme Souness has told The Times he believes Tottenham Hotspur have scored a major own goal by failing to sign any players on the before the Premier League season begins.

Spurs have not made any additions and Souness believes it is going to get harder for them to do so in the final month of the campaign.

The former Liverpool player and manager says that Spurs risk being priced out of players as clubs sense their late urgency and they could stagger into making poor decisions.

He said: "The time for them to buy big players is now, when they are on the up. If they wait until they are playing catch-up, two outcomes are likely: the first is that they rush in and buy the wrong players; the second is that they pay inflated prices because the market senses their desperation.

"Daniel Levy may argue that the market is already overpriced and he may be right. But this is a fact of life that applies to all Premier League clubs when courting talent from the continent."

Souness added that as it stands he does not expect Spurs to challenge for the title and believes if the club do not show ambition then their best players will eventually get fed up and quit.

"The likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli are already on the radar of big clubs in Europe. They won’t hang around for ever waiting for the next wave of Spurs youngsters to help the club reach the promised land."




I think he is right....

I think he is a dinosaur.

 

[Shadydan]

Graeme Souness has told The Times he believes Tottenham Hotspur have scored a major own goal by failing to sign any players on the before the Premier League season begins.

Spurs have not made any additions and Souness believes it is going to get harder for them to do so in the final month of the campaign.

The former Liverpool player and manager says that Spurs risk being priced out of players as clubs sense their late urgency and they could stagger into making poor decisions.

He said: "The time for them to buy big players is now, when they are on the up. If they wait until they are playing catch-up, two outcomes are likely: the first is that they rush in and buy the wrong players; the second is that they pay inflated prices because the market senses their desperation.

"Daniel Levy may argue that the market is already overpriced and he may be right. But this is a fact of life that applies to all Premier League clubs when courting talent from the continent."

Souness added that as it stands he does not expect Spurs to challenge for the title and believes if the club do not show ambition then their best players will eventually get fed up and quit.

"The likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli are already on the radar of big clubs in Europe. They won’t hang around for ever waiting for the next wave of Spurs youngsters to help the club reach the promised land."




I think he is right....

If we would have gone out and bought Barkley already we would have paid over the odds for him, his price will come down towards the end of the window just like 100's of other players, why don't people understand this?

 

[1882andallthat]

Wembley is a concern, but if we can beat the Chavs then I think we'll be OK and Wembley won't be a problem, lose however...........

What if it ends in a draw ?

 

[absolute bobbins]

Wages. We don't have the income to attract players that would improve our first team. If we do splurge 200k a week on an unnamed world class player then all the existing players will be looking for a wage rise.
Players. I honestly can't think of any available player who would improve our first team. There are plenty of players that could improve our depth but will they be happy to play second fiddle to our first eleven?

This is what everyone in the ITK thread fails to realise

 

[spurslenny]

www.skysports.com/football/news/15205/10973956/paul-mersons-season-predictions-man-city-for-the-title-arsenal-to-miss-out-on-to

Merson with his PL table predictions.

 

[topper]

www.skysports.com/football/news/15205/10973956/paul-mersons-season-predictions-man-city-for-the-title-arsenal-to-miss-out-on-to

Merson with his PL table predictions.

Pretty sensible amazingly!

 

[Shadydan]

www.skysports.com/football/news/15205/10973956/paul-mersons-season-predictions-man-city-for-the-title-arsenal-to-miss-out-on-to

Merson with his PL table predictions.

That would be my top 6 more or less as well tbf.

 

[TaoistMonkey]

Pep is getting sacked next season.

 

[leffe186]

If we would have gone out and bought Barkley already we would have paid over the odds for him, his price will come down towards the end of the window just like 100's of other players, why don't people understand this?

Because of Sissoko. Most of our decisions have been excellent, and then you look at the Sissoko transfer and wonder if we really know what we're doing. It's the most conspicuous fly in our ointment.

 

[Shadydan]

Because of Sissoko. Most of our decisions have been excellent, and then you look at the Sissoko transfer and wonder if we really know what we're doing. It's the most conspicuous fly in our ointment.

Exception rather than the rule IMO, generally in this regime our purchases have been very good.

 

[shelfmonkey]

What if it ends in a draw ?

Then, Meh!!

 

[hellava_tough]

In summary, all these arguments concern (i) identification of players who will improve the squad, (ii) the valuation of those players in both transfer fees and wages, and (iii) the negotiating strategy used to aquire one or more of these players.

I can see the pros and cons in all of these arguments that have been made over the last month or two. And to be honest, I don't think any of them are particularly outlandish or ill thought out. Much of the time they involved risk appetite and the preceived attitude to how much of a 'hit' Tottenham Hotspur can take, if the transfer doesn't work out.

We'll just have to wait and see which strategy was the best in hind-sight, and whether we chose it or not.