The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Tide Is High

[TheAmerican]

Giroud has played in CL doesnt that cup tie him? If so another mario advantage

Different rules this year. He can be registered for the knockout rounds now.

 

[Humbleone]

People don't change they are who they are

Born again Christians? Folks with near death experiences?

 

[ackie]

Good morning.
Let's go for balotelli till end of season.
Coz I don't see Chelsea selling to us.

 

[Bulletspur]

Good points and to some extent I agree with you but the candidates leave quite a lot to be desired. It'll be interesting to see what goes down tomorrow.

Plus the fact we would more than likely to get the quality striker we want in the summer TW, as clubs holding these calibre of players, wont want to release in January as they are in the middle of their respective campaigns.

 

[Humbleone]

Too much baggage. His shenanigans could damage an already fragile dressing room.

6 months, get a grip

 

[Humbleone]

It really is now going to be a massive anticlimax when we end up signing no one.

Isn't this reverse psychology, itk giving us players so bad that for once we will be happy to not sign any more?

 

[ackie]

Could the 4th striker referred by itks be Bournemouth forward Josh King.
Apparently MU failed in a bid.

 

[ackie]

I'm also wondering by Cavani is not part of our list.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

Could the 4th striker referred by itks be Bournemouth forward Josh King.
Apparently MU failed in a bid.

The ITK involving Hamlet from the other day...... Danish King (Eriksen) and a Norwegian 'King' involved in that story (don't tear me one if that cryptic got solved in the end and I'm barking up the wrong tree people)

 

[ackie]

The ITK involving Hamlet from the other day...... Danish King (Eriksen) and a Norwegian 'King' involved in that story (don't tear me one if that cryptic got solved in the end and I'm barking up the wrong tree people)

Apparently there was an answer and it was piatek... Polonius whatever...
And MU was also interested in Cavani... That the one I'd like us to go for.

 

[barry]

The ITK involving Hamlet from the other day...... Danish King (Eriksen) and a Norwegian 'King' involved in that story (don't tear me one if that cryptic got solved in the end and I'm barking up the wrong tree people)

Apparently there was an answer and it was piatek... Polonius whatever...
And MU was also interested in Cavani... That the one I'd like us to go for.

The answer was we're interested in doing loans. That's it.
'Soil upon' was an anagram for someone from Hamlet who said he like's doing loans, or some such shit. No specific player mentioned.
Shakespeare had a character for everything.

 

[Adam Zampa]

Balotelli is high risk, high reward, which is better then the high risk, moderate reward the other options are.

Balo could come in, bang 15 goals in, and single handedly carry us to the top 4, and the others, just don't have that kind of ceiling. Balos floor is definitely lower, but I'd take the punt.

 

[Strikeb4ck]

I can't believe how badly this season has fallen apart. End of August I was desparately hoping we could get Dybala over the line, now we're in January and I'm praying we sign Mario Balotelli.

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Balotelli is high risk, high reward, which is better then the high risk, moderate reward the other options are.

Balo could come in, bang 15 goals in, and single handedly carry us to the top 4, and the others, just don't have that kind of ceiling. Balos floor is definitely lower, but I'd take the punt.

Agreed 100%. Out of the 4 options he's the only one I think could go any ways to transforming our season just because there's so much raw talent and physical ability there. We need a miracle to make a run in Europe or for the top 4 based on what we've seen so far. He's a high reward player and in our situation it's not really that much of a risk. The other options (Llorente, Giroud, etc) are not going to do anything to transform our season. They'll just give us a long ball target. If Balo doesn't work then it's not going to leave us in a worse position than had we not signed him.

 

[Adam Zampa]

Agreed 100%. Out of the 4 options he's the only one I think could go any ways to transforming our season just because there's so much raw talent and physical ability there. We need a miracle to make a run in Europe or for the top 4 based on what we've seen so far. He's a high reward player and in our situation it's not really that much of a risk. The other options (Llorente, Giroud, etc) are not going to do anything to transform our season. They'll just give us a long ball target. If Balo doesn't work then it's not going to leave us in a worse position than had we not signed him.

Balo is probably the cheapest option too, I feel like you could throw 2.5 million euro at Brescia, and they'd take it. We'd probably have to spend 10 mill for Giroud, 25 mill for Jose, and too much on Llorente for a player we didn't want 6 months ago. It just makes sense, goals wise, and financially, I really hope the ITK is true on this one.