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Transfer Rumours transfer thread fact and fiction

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by remembercolinlee, Feb 1, 2017.

  1. vimhawk

    vimhawk Well-Known Member

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    Is that a Fab from a box of Fabs, or a selection box including Nobbly Bobbly and Toffee Crumble? I must say I enjoy the variety pack.
     
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  2. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Fab box!

    Not had a Nobbly Bobbly in years. Not sure I’ve ever had a toffee crumble though.
     
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  3. vimhawk

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    F A B DH...
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

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    Here's something I don't get: three weeks ago the reports said that he was indispensable, and earlier in the season he was making Godin surplus to requirements. And now apparently he can go

    There's ways this 180 would make sense, either he's kicking off about wanting to leave or there's a clause in his contract that entitles him to a wage bump that he's getting close to triggering, but I've seen no suggestion that either is the case
    Remember back in january I was suggesting that we'd likely be looking to buy a different type of centre back going forward

    Poch preferred centre backs who are capable of playing out from the back so we would begin our vertical press from there, which is exactly what Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Sanchez and Foyth are capable of
    The ubermensch, on the other hand, usually sets up one CB whose job is to sit back and mop up anything that comes their way be it Terry at Chelsea, Samuel at Inter, or Ramos at Los Ladrones (and was trying this at Man Utd, but none of Smalling, Jones, Bailly or Lindgard turned out to bee much cop) so Skriniar obviously ticks that box

    The obvious question has to be what formation we'd be using, though, because with Alderweireld, Dier and Sanchez already at the club adding Skriniar is a bit FM noob because we'd never get all four playing regularly - but if we play 3ATB we'd certainly get a lot out of the four while also being able to rotate in Davies, Tanganga and potentially Foyth...and, **** it, there's a place for Kim Min-jae too, dammit!
     
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  5. humanbeingincroydon

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    Warm up the sirens...?
     
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  6. The Huddlefro

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    It’s a ‘here we go’ from Fab, get the sirens out lads.
     
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  7. The Huddlefro

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    I see you too are a connoisseur of football journalists on Twitter.
     
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  8. humanbeingincroydon

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    Nope, just looking for somebody to quote that isn't the Mail or Express

    Kim Jong-un doesn't do transfer talk, does he?
     
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  9. The Huddlefro

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    So it was him who was telling me that Pyongyang FC had signed Messi
     
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  10. humanbeingincroydon

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    I wouldn't be too quick to rule out Duncan Castles reporting that...
     
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  11. humanbeingincroydon

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    Doherty Watch
    Alisdair Gold reports he's having his medical tomorrow, which means that if things work out we'll be getting the film crew in Sunday for a player reveal on Monday

    Rakitic Watch
    Mundo Deportivo report that we've been offered Ivan Rakitic for €10m, but aren't willing to pay that

    Because it's definitely not his weekly wages of £229k that's the stumbling block, and anyone who would think that's the obvious stumbling block clearly doesn't know what they're talking about...
     
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  12. PleaseNotPoll

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    I wonder if he'll be at the Birmingham game?
     
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  13. maggie blanchflower

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    And many happy belated wishes to you Audrey. Incidentally, I still have the newspaper from the day Elvis died. He still gives me goosebumps when he sings 'Glory, Glory Hallelujah'. Looking forward to your new batch soon.....;)
     
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  14. Diego

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    Lingard was never going to make as a CB but hey, that's Jose for you.
     
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  15. humanbeingincroydon

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    Lindelof, Lindgard - either way, they're more likely to play CB than the Berk in Mykonos
     
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  16. Diego

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    :grin:
     
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  17. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    I think Utd are the major interested party but we have been linked by btec sources in recent days.

     
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  18. audrey.s.thackeray

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    I was driving through California when the news came on the car radio. They interviewed a florist in Memphis. They asked him if he had had requests for floral tributes from all over the world. "Oh yes," he replied, "From all over the world! I had calls from Boston, from New York, from Seattle, from New Orleans, from Pittsburgh, from Chicago*....... All over the wortld!"

    Seemed to me to sum up the US concept of "the world"!!!!

    ps Thanks for the birthday wishes: it's never too late!

    * These place names may not be absolutely accurate, but the country they're in, and the general point, certainly are!
     
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  19. KingHotspur

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    Utd or Barca, another one that is out of reach for Spurs unfortunately
     
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  20. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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