I think most Spurs fans have been going on about our Striker situation for a long time now since the Keane, Berbatov times at least so it's not new. Bent, Pav, Defoe, Keane, Saha, Crouch, none have had the universal confidence of Spurs fans all have been thought to be below the standard required. Adebayor perhaps is the only one many of us thought be be of the right caliber and he could still return and provide the finish we need. although many have expressed lack of confidence in him as well. As I said before if we do not find such a 'New Striker' then we are wasting the millions we have spent upgrading the rest of the team.
when i said about getting rid of hudd, i meant earlier in this window. no one could have known he'd come back so poor, but it's happened now and we need to deal with it. It does make you wonder if AVB is secretly happy about this FA cup situation, as it means he's got an excuse to say to levy "well, we're only in 2 comps now. X,Y and Z aren't going to get games, so it's best you sell them before the end of the window!" then his plan might work! some of his own players!! We've ****ing desperate, wait for the panic buying! or Panic loans! misfortune wont make a difference mate. we've needed a striker for 2 years to help us push on. we don't bother signing one, and then wonder why we just fall short? the same problem everyone is having. website's buggered! re your last sentence: i nearly put something similar earlier. Obviously it'll be a new set of circumstances (no 'Arry/england), but once again we fall apart! it can't be anyone but Levy's. the coach has tried to make his preferred option work, but at least he realised it was never going to and did something about it.
Someone needs to tell Levy in clear terms that we have to spend on a new striker of top quality, but i'ts a big call for a new coach trying to consildate his position at the club. Spend 20 million and get it wrong and your job is on the line.
Don't know about everyone else but I think if we get Holtby in we should send Sigurdsson out on loan, it's just not working for him with us this season.
Yeah agreed. It's tough but then Levy made a big risk on sacking Harry and bringing in AVB. Now's the time for him to actually back his new manager, all managers under Levy's regime has had a solid financial backing and AVB deserves the same treatment. Every Spurs fan around the country can see there's a huge need for a good/ top striker and I think Levy will be stupid if he dismisses it.
Yeah agree, I'd sell him in the Summer too. He hasn't had much competition for a place and yet still seems down in the pecking order, with Holtby and hopefully a new striker coming in, his game time will be extremely limited and he'll just be another high earner sitting on the bench or even out of the squad, ala Bentley, Jenas, Gomes etc.
it's true, we do need to get that top striker, and it is likely to cost that. But AVB doesn't need to worry about saying something like that. - Levy makes all the ****ing decisions over the players we sign anyway. so it'll be levy's fault if we get the wrong person! AVB can just say "i said we needed top quality, it's your fault for not listening to me and wasting 20mill!"
Goal now reporting Holtby fee is FINALLY agreed! They've been fairly decent with info lately, far better than any other media outlet and ITK in my opinion. Here's hoping Holtby's done by today/ tomorrow.
If Levy is making decisions on who we should sign then that is a fundamental flaw. Deciding how much should be spent and when fine but the who has to be left to the football people. Harry I think suggested that he was asked before transfers took place so it would appear not to be the case.
it'll be now. yeah, it's all sorted. The "twit" confirmed yesterday that it was sorted yesterday and would be announced today. - He was right.
We've realised that AVB appears to have expensive taste, but there's no way he's chosen Clint Dempsey or Sigurdsson, to name 2. The former is not a player he'd go for, IMO. just doesn't fit AVB's mould.
Only the Fail but.... Lewis Holtby is heading to White Hart Lane in the next 24 hours after Tottenham finally agreed a deal to sign him now, rather than at the end of the season. The Germany midfielder is flying over to London to complete the deal, after Tottenham gave way over Schalke’s £1.5million asking price and also agreed to play a money-spinning friendly with the Bundesliga club at a date to be announced later this year. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tby-join-Tottenham-Schalke.html#ixzz2JGt2ERNa
Dempsey a definite no, that was a panic buy due to not getting Moutinho. Sig though I'm not sure. Sig mentioned that he did have a chat with AVB prior to signing, so it'd suggest that even if he wasn't a primary target ala Moutinho/ Willian, AVB may still have wanted him.
