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Chirpystheman
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Your post has a clear bias as you clearly don't like Mourinho. Im talking In the bigger scheme of our transfers. I know not solely down to hitchen but if you look at the purchases of llorente and sanchez for instance. We were not a side that got crosses into the box. We relied on movement and link up play up top. Llorente was not about that as he rarely got the ball under control and then played a pass etc. Our CB were all ball playing and comfortable driving out from defence with the ball. However he is not and we spent 42m on him. Sissoko is another one who does not fit our style of play. We were crying out for a dembele style of player. A player comfortable on the ball with a bit of guile (i believe he wasnt hitchens fault but the committee)
So there is 3 examples of poor recruitment and for the tune of nearly 100m. Coupled with that the lack of due diligence on clarke and Ndombele transfers. I dont know whether its down to the constraints from above but even when you look at our scattergun approach for a forward this window surely questions have to be asked of the head of recruitment just to what his search has consisted of as none of the current 6 or 7 targets were linked in January. When we were linked to 3 or 4 different strikers. To have held an interest in 10 different forwards in the space of 2 transfer windows and still not signed one is baffling and shows a lack of decisiveness and planning. That falls at the head of recruitments doorstep.
Its clear there is no real planning in our current set up. We are one of the biggest clubs in world football. Have the best training facilities in the world as well as the stadium. Were champions league finalists not so long ago and the guy talks about how he hates the January transfer window as you cant plan for it. You have 4 months to plan and surely you are in constant dialog with the manager to as what he needs. The fact you are not concerned by someone who failed to recruit a player for 18 months being head of recruitment of our football club is worrying.
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Finally.
kent brockman
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Dont forget Deeney.
noiseboy55
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heading into Ryan Nelson and Louis Saha territory now.
The price is right, even Levy won’t haggle over £5.5m.
The positives for me is that he is a massive aerial threat and will cause Prem defences big problems. He could solve our lack of creativity in midfield issue if we just go all Ajax Semi final with him and pump the ball long and let the talent work off the knock downs and mayhem he causes.
The other positive is he is a good enough goal scorer to get us through early cup games. £5.5m means it barely a gamble and if we can get something better next summer then were not exactly lumbered.
The positives for me is that he is a massive aerial threat and will cause Prem defences big problems. He could solve our lack of creativity in midfield issue if we just go all Ajax Semi final with him and pump the ball long and let the talent work off the knock downs and mayhem he causes.
The other positive is he is a good enough goal scorer to get us through early cup games. £5.5m means it barely a gamble and if we can get something better next summer then were not exactly lumbered.
GetKaned
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In Hindi, Dost means Friend. One of the 3 most important things in football. It a yes from me.
SecretLemonadeDrinker
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Haven't bothered to read the thread beyond page one but perhaps this latest list of worrying links (I say worrying but don't know anything about the likes of Dost or Sorloth....I'm going by everyone else's reactions) is the club's way of making those fans who were underwhelmed by the prospect of signing Carlos Vinicius all of a sudden thrilled by it? 
Seriously, though, Vinicius was apparently our top target only a few days ago, has been so for quite some time and, as far as I'm aware, none of the itks have suggested that that has changed in any respect - particularly not JJ.
So I call bullshit on all these random media links.
Seriously, though, Vinicius was apparently our top target only a few days ago, has been so for quite some time and, as far as I'm aware, none of the itks have suggested that that has changed in any respect - particularly not JJ.
So I call bullshit on all these random media links.
TheCheeseRoom
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That's one step away from Frazier Campbell territory.
leemason2302
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This waiting around while everyone else has brought strikers in, seems to be really paying off 
spursfan77
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Yep he’ll do. A
Exactly. I’m sure it’s just another one of those, but I’m starting to get so bored of this striker search and am pretty convinced we won’t get one in so he’ll do.
Exactly. I’m sure it’s just another one of those, but I’m starting to get so bored of this striker search and am pretty convinced we won’t get one in so he’ll do.
FibreOpticJesus
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I think the media just like pissing us all off?
Spurs_S.A.
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Cant help us as we don't deliver crosses into the box.
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Saha was a quality player who is a scapegoat of the period of "Sandra, I'm getting the Englund job". Despite the stick he gets, I'm sure he got as many open play league goals in 10 games as Janssen and Soldado did some 80 or 90 between them.
spursfan77
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Yeah he wasn't all bad, just injured or seemingly played with an injury all the time. At the top of his game he was a formidable striker. The problem was of that window that Redknapp passed on Suarez and the rest is history.
