The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st July 2012

[SpurSince57]

It will say more about the inflated transfer market and running the club in a fiscally prudent way.

Ths 'showing ambition' nonsense cracks me up every time.

 

[Misfit]

Levy needs to show some ambition. Slap down £40m for Henderson. Double what Pool paid for him. How's that for big hairy round ambitions!

It would really really help if AVB could pluck some unheard of little Portuguese gem out of the air. Even as squad depth out wide etc. Come on Andre, get the lead out.

 

[Indisguise]

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I'm not going to make any friends by saying this, but that is the silliest, funniest, most entertaining post that I have ever seen on here!

 

[Blake Griffin]

I have a sneaky feeling that it could well be Dzagoev....one of them.

a player in a position we have no need for? i hope not.

 

[AB27]

Watford have just signed Almunia, alongside a host of other players.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19060497

I suspect that means the 'Carlo to Watford' rumour no longer has legs, and he may well be staying another season with is.

jazz15c, why the dislike? I'm just passing on relevant transfer related news.

My first ever negative rep

 

[Mr Pink]

a player in a position we have no need for? i hope not.

He would be excellent on the right hand side of a three...give us real options as we don't have an absolute ideal fit for that role...and I wouldn't read too much into AVB's quotes about not changing the system before you come back with that.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

Levy needs to show some ambition. Slap down £40m for Henderson. Double what Pool paid for him. How's that for big hairy round ambitions!

It would really really help if AVB could pluck some unheard of little Portuguese gem out of the air. Even as squad depth out wide etc. Come on Andre, get the lead out.

Like Christian Atsu, perhaps...? Check his thread out for some new-ish info and good profile of the kid. Apparently AVB is interested and Tony Yeboah (yes, I presume that one) has said he should come to Spurs.

 

[SpurSince57]

Well that's great, Bill, but is he an ambitious signing?

 

[Blake Griffin]

He would be excellent on the right hand side of a three...give us real options as we don't have an absolute ideal fit for that role...and I wouldn't read too much into AVB's quotes about not changing the system before you come back with that.

sticking dzagoev there is no different to using vdv or siggy on the right, would be a complete waste of money when there are positions that desperately need filling.

 

[Misfit]

Like Christian Atsu, perhaps...? Check his thread out for some new-ish info and good profile of the kid. Apparently AVB is interested and Tony Yeboah (yes, I presume that one) has said he should come to Spurs.

Cheers mate. Just saw that thread in fact. I love these kind of signings. Like Azza. Yeah, he was young and raw and nothing more than potential but he quickly made his mark. Same with Hudd.

 

[Misfit]

Well that's great, Bill, but is he an ambitious signing?

Indeed. Not one liked by the "Messi or GTFO" brigade.

 

[Mr Pink]

sticking dzagoev there is no different to using vdv or siggy on the right, would be a complete waste of money when there are positions that desperately need filling.

Nah, he's much quicker across the ground and more direct at taking people on - a more natural fit in that position for sure. A striker has to be the priority, at least one, but I could see us being interested in this guy for sure.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

Well that's great, Bill, but is he an ambitious signing?

As my wise old Grandfather used to frequently say to me before he died in 1976, "Any signing ambitious enough for Tony Yeboah is ambitious enough for me."

He was a great man, my Granddad. Bit weird, but a great man.

 

[The Watcher]

As my wise old Grandfather used to frequently say to me before he died in 1976, "Any signing ambitious enough for Tony Yeboah is ambitious enough for me."

He was a great man, my Granddad. Bit weird, but a great man.

And a visionary by the sound of it, Yeboah was 10 years old in '76...

 

[Bill_Oddie]

And a visionary by the sound of it, Yeboah was 10 years old in '76...

That's nothing. I was born in 1980.

 

[jazz15c]

jazz15c, why the dislike? I'm just passing on relevant transfer related news.

My first ever negative rep

Shit, no sorry, I was disliking the fact that it meant we'd be keeping Cudicini...nothing against the info at all chief

 

[AB27]

Shit, no sorry, I was disliking the fact that it meant we'd be keeping Cudicini...nothing against the info at all chief

Gotcha! Cheers for explaining.

 

[mil1lion]

/ejaculates in trousers

I wish I could share your enthusiasm for the Russian, but they don't have a great record here. Would he do better here than Arshavin?

 

[Misfit]

I wish I could share your enthusiasm for the Russian, but they don't have a great record here. Would he do better here than Arshavin?

Dunno. We'd never had a foreign coach do much of anything with Spurs before BMJ. I'm not one to dwell on generalisations. Individually, he's a busy little player. Would fit into the pressing game and 4-3-3 of AVB well I think.

 

[Annabel]

Excellent, Pienaar's gone back to Everton. Surely this will kick off the transfer merry-go-round!

/lol

Anyhoo, Hopefully the lack of juicy ITK over the past few days means we're closing deals. Either that or are waiting on answers to offers.