The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The BEN HUR Edition 7th July 2012

[Roynie]

Let's make a proper spurs tv channel like some of the other teams have and get her presenting on there! win, win! That moutinho info is great as he's probably one of the few realistic names we could get to replace modders.

Agree 100%. ManU have their own channel which is available in Freeview (I believe). Why not try to increase the presence of Spurs by launching our own Freeview channel, rather that the Spurstv on the club's website. It is a question of income from our own station or presence from a freeview channel, maybe with a pay per view option for games.

 

[KingNick]

Good. I hope he's decent, in fact I hope Modric isn't fit to lace his boots.
I just worry that he's being held up as more than he can be.
I maybe wrong but i thought he didnt make the Portugal squad for the previous couple of tournaments?

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

 

[ParkySpur]

Long live the thread!

Hmmmm. I'll hopefully know at the medical stage if Gallas goes to Spammers. Defo nothing yet.

 

[Snuzzy]

Let's make a proper spurs tv channel like some of the other teams have and get her presenting on there! win, win! That moutinho info is great as he's probably one of the few realistic names we could get to replace modders.

Agree 100%. ManU have their own channel which is available in Freeview (I believe). Why not try to increase the presence of Spurs by launching our own Freeview channel, rather that the Spurstv on the club's website. It is a question of income from our own station or presence from a freeview channel, maybe with a pay per view option for games.

Great! Perhaps you could put together a business proposal and research revenue streams to enlighten the club about this profit-making opportunity they've been missing all these years.

 

[ParkySpur]

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

They will one day.

 

[Mr1r15h]

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

I think it's more of a risk assessment for those clubs. If they're going to spend big money on a player then they want to guarantee that he's going to be a success. Moutinho has been continually linked with Man Utd and I think they'll kick themselves if he does come to Spurs because I'm convinced he'd be well suited to the premier league and has what it takes to cut it at the top.

 

[tttcowan]

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

Man U are looking to sign him by the sounds of things on twitter... So yeah, know what you mean but Moutinho is hot shit too. If Chelsea didn't have Mata I imagine they'd be after him also.

 

[shaqTHFC]

Moutinho is definitely better than just a tidy player, he certainly makes the game look easy....sometimes this can get confused with all due respect. His passing is first class, and its certainly of the progressive sense. A bit more bite than Modric off the ball as well.

This is what I like the most about him as a potential Modric replacement. Ok, his passing may not be at Luka's level but there aren't many who are at his level, but his defensive workrate looked to be much better from what I saw in the Euros which could be very useful and make us very solid in midfield without really sacrificing much in terms of creativity as his passing is certainly good enough.

 

[SpurSince57]

Just been pondering the 'double session training' ITK and wondering who'd be up for it.

Keen:
Sandro (just loves fitness stuff/karate kid)
Parker (might get tired but has 'hearts-on-sleeves' rep to live up to and seems like a good soldier)
Walker (rumours of neg attitude to Redknapp 'run around a bit' style and is pretty fit and keen)
Bale (seems to want to match his hype, runs all day, hard worker)
Sigurdsson / Verts / Caulker (New boys, want to impress teacher)
Defoe (did extra homework before last season so must be keen)
Livermore ('trains his nuts off')
Young players (this is your time lads!)

Maybes:
Adebayor (could be wrong but just seems a horizontal kinda guy, rumoured to be part of Walker/Gallas anti-Redknapp no training clique)
BAE (As he emphasises: this is his job so should just do as told, but might not be too up for it, who knows)
VDV (Just seems like he might get a bit chippy but has winning attitude so might muck in)
Kaboul (the man's a wall and I've no insight into whether he's a keen trainer or not)


Fuck this for a game of soldiers:
Lennon (maybe but i'm only basing this on his crying off rep)
Thudd (surely can't fancy it)

Who else is there? Dawson, Gio, Bentley, Jenas?

Overall, think we'll be OK.
Any thoughts/insights?

This exercise has proven to me we need some more players, but they'll all be well briefed so all is OK.

Any thoughts/insight?

Although the squad is much changed, there seemed to be no problems with Ramos' boot-camp/manly-but-absolutely-not-gay- do-you-think-we're-a-bunch-of-whoopsies? bonding-in-the-surf-approach, as covered in embarrassingly graphic detail on the OS four years ago. Jenas and Woodgate (reportedly, one of the chief rebels later) certainly gave very supportive interviews when he took over. The real problem appears to have been that Juanque not only couldn't communicate his tactical ideas, he didn't actually have any to communicate.

I don't buy the idea that the players weren't being worked physically hard under Harry. I can buy the idea that not much tactical work was being done.

 

[Sum Monsterism]

Agree 100%. ManU have their own channel which is available in Freeview (I believe). Why not try to increase the presence of Spurs by launching our own Freeview channel, rather that the Spurstv on the club's website. It is a question of income from our own station or presence from a freeview channel, maybe with a pay per view option for games.

where to start..? This is a total no go. Better things to spend money on, like new stadium? Maybe you were joking. Hopefully.

 

[Roynie]

Great! Perhaps you could put together a business proposal and research revenue streams to enlighten the club about this profit-making opportunity they've been missing all these years.

A few years ago I could have done. However, I am now retired and don't live in the UK, so I'll leave it to you youngsters!

 

[MightyModric]

Let's make a proper spurs tv channel like some of the other teams have and get her presenting on there! win, win! That moutinho info is great as he's probably one of the few realistic names we could get to replace modders.

That's a bloody good idea. Maybe we could get her presenting it in the nude?

 

[vavaboom]

In regard to training under harry, I swear I read some ITK on here that stated that Harry was very much "hands-off" during training sessions, and would mostly just watch from the sidelines while Joe & co did most of the work.

Of course, that could be absoloute bull. It certainly seems that AVB likes to get involved though, and let's hope his training scheme promotes cohesive squad development rather than alienating too many players.

 

[vavaboom]

That's a bloody good idea. Maybe we could get her presenting it in the nude?

I hear Babestation are always hiring.

 

[monkeynick]

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

Ahhhh sanity at last!

 

[spud]

She's hardly going to say "I'm sick of it and can't wait to get out. Rafa is currently being denied clunge until we move back to Germany".

What she actually said was that she had nothing to do with the rumours, not that there was no truth in them. Which could be the same thing as you've said.

 

[McFlash]

Not all training involves running around and stuff, we're a forward thinking club with a forward thinking manager.
Our players will benefit from learning a bit about football too, who's to say that they won't spend a fair bit of time in the "classroom"?

And remember children, learning can be fun! *needs a winking, thumbs up smilie*

 

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

Moutinho is definitely better than just a tidy player, he certainly makes the game look easy....sometimes this can get confused with all due respect. His passing is first class, and its certainly of the progressive sense. A bit more bite than Modric off the ball as well.

Personally think having a good couple of games in the euros can influence people. I'm personally not that confused about him. He's a good player, just don't rate him much higher than that. He can receive the ball fairly well with people around him, although not as good as Modric at that, but I dont think he's got a change of pace in his game, with or without the ball. He's not worth more than £15m imo and it will be interesting to see if anyone else is in for him over that price.

 

[Roynie]

where to start..? This is a total no go. Better things to spend money on, like new stadium? Maybe you were joking. Hopefully.

Well, Spurs already have their own TV channel. The question is how much more money would be brought in to the club by having a much wider audience from a Freeview channel than from a pay to watch channel. Always remembering that it may be possible to have a pay per view for the games, and the wider audience would bring in more money form merchandising.

I really have no idea, it's just a thought!

 

[Woland]

I agree. I think it's just losts of people's way of dealing with the fact that we are losing one one Europe's best players.
If Moutinho was as good as Modders, Chelsea, Man Urd and RM would be trying to sign him and not Modders!

Well Chelsea, Utd, Madrid weren't frothing like mad dogs for Modric's signature when Levy himself went to Zagreb to pay the club's record fee for a 'oh-too-light-for-the-prem' lesbian lookalike Eastern European ratface.
We took a punt on Modric and we won. Who dares wins.
If it works for Moutinho, then you already know the score.