The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 1st December 2018

[Rob]

You forgot:

When will Levy open his wallet?

 

[chrissivad]

You forgot:

When will Levy open his wallet?

1st Feb to check everything is still there.

 

[HildoSpur]

Oh man I'm not ready for this again. Sod it let's do it anyway.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

You forgot:

When will Levy open his wallet?

And from the last time he opened it, out fell a white fiver, a used tram ticket from Bruce Grove to Edmonton and a lock of his great great great grandfather's hair, the last member of his family to sport a full head of hair. Old Jebadiah Levy went to America where he was the first in the family to perfect the art of haggling, he almost had it off to a fine art until he did a deal with some Nez Perce Indians where he got two ponies for a shiny mirror, a hardtack biscuit and a half a blanket, went back at the last minute to change the deal to a quarter of a blanket and got scalped for it. Ever since, for obvious reasons, no member of the Levy family has ever been scalped.

Once bitten twice shy, although there are rumours they even tried to haggle that saying down to 'once shy'

 

[worcestersauce]

Is the window open early this year?

Winter window is a short one so we tend to get ITK leading up to it.
I do get the impression A&C opens this section up sits back and thinks, right come at me you bunch of ....

 

[Col_M]

I’m already ITKonfused. Is Midnight on Tuesday 1st on Monday night or Tuesday night??! We can’t afford to lose a day when our biggest rivals are buying up superstars before Levy’s up for his bacon and he’s on New Years Day.

 

[Steffen]

"Nick likes Hudson-Odoi" but fuck that for a game of soldiers, it's obviously a clever play on words instead.

Jesus Christ. Get out the pair of you, have it away on your toes, while I'm still being nice.

Could I have been more optimistic? Lunchtime my arse

Well, as us buying Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea is as probable as me riding a leather-clad duchess Meghan around Hyde Park, I thought it maybe could be a play on words instead

 

[chinaman]

My son and myself buy quite a bit of stuff from Amazon.ca (Canada). Is it linked to SC and if so, can we do anything to benefit SC?

 

[Japhet]

I’m already ITKonfused. Is Midnight on Tuesday 1st on Monday night or Tuesday night??! We can’t afford to lose a day when our biggest rivals are buying up superstars before Levy’s up for his bacon and he’s on New Years Day.

I somehow doubt bacon is on Levy's menu.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

My son and myself buy quite a bit of stuff from Amazon.ca (Canada). Is it linked to SC and if so, can we do anything to benefit SC?

I'm not sure, but I'm sure @Rob will be around soon to confirm

 

[Rob]

My son and myself buy quite a bit of stuff from Amazon.ca (Canada). Is it linked to SC and if so, can we do anything to benefit SC?

It's only UK Amazon, sorry!

 

[robertgoulet]

ITK thread open!? A Festivus miracle if I’ve ever seen one. I see that the airing of grievances has already started, so when do we start feats of strength?

 

[yankspurs]

Oh dear. Here we go again.

 

[Lilbaz]

Appreciate the ITK but if we couldn't sign anyone in the summer, we aren't signing anyone this window, when everyone is more expensive. Soon we'll get news of deals being lined up for the summer, and then in the summer the market will be very difficult for us (but not most other clubs) with even higher prices. Repeat.

Begs the question of why you're looking in this thread then?

 

[Johnny J]

Begs the question of why you're looking in this thread then?

Apologies. Don't want an argument, sorry for posting a negative view.

 

[Lilbaz]

Apologies. Don't want an argument, sorry for posting a negative view.

Not trying to have an argument. Just bemused was all. You may well be correct.

 

[DiscoD1882]

Well. There goes Christmas. The silly season is back....

 

[archiewasking]

Deadline day is the wife's birthday. She's going to love being ignored until after 11pm .

As to Hudson-Odoi, the kid is a real talent. A lot of the Chelsea supporters I know are touting him as the heir apparent to Hazard. It would be a staggering coup.

 

[archiewasking]

My son and myself buy quite a bit of stuff from Amazon.ca (Canada). Is it linked to SC and if so, can we do anything to benefit SC?

Buy it from the UK site and pay the shipping. Tightwad.

 

[phil]

And from the last time he opened it, out fell a white fiver, a used tram ticket from Bruce Grove to Edmonton and a lock of his great great great grandfather's hair, the last member of his family to sport a full head of hair. Old Jebadiah Levy went to America where he was the first in the family to perfect the art of haggling, he almost had it off to a fine art until he did a deal with some Nez Perce Indians where he got two ponies for a shiny mirror, a hardtack biscuit and a half a blanket, went back at the last minute to change the deal to a quarter of a blanket and got scalped for it. Ever since, for obvious reasons, no member of the Levy family has ever been scalped.

Once bitten twice shy, although there are rumours they even tried to haggle that saying down to 'once shy'

I almost believed until you mentioned the Nez Perce. They were more likely to have been the victims of scalping by the US Army's Bannock scouts than the perpetrators. Throughout the battles and skirmishes on the Great March they were praised for their behaviour. General Sherman, head of the US Army and no friend of native Americans, said this of the Nez Perce:

They abstained from scalping: let captive women go free; did not commit indiscriminate murder of peaceful families, which is usual, and fought with almost scientific skill, using advance and rear guards, skirmish lines and field fortifications.