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Transfer thread for 2016-17 season

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by remembercolinlee, Apr 7, 2016.

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  1. LockStock

    LockStock Well-Known Member

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    Nice... and the first question?
     
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    We all knew that he was going, though. He was quite blatant about it.
     
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  4. The RDBD

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    Failed to Mendy the hole that Kante has left.
     
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    Difficult to say really. It's negligible.

    Mahrez and Vardy got the points.
     
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    But how can you call the Mendy signing a "panic buy" when we bought him two weeks before we sold the man he was destined to replace?
     
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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>

     
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    You panicked early.
     
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    Er...you knew he was going, perhaps? Just a wild stab in the dark!..
     
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    <laugh>
     
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    5 pts ahead exactly 12 months ago. 1 pt behind now. And you are talking about "ahead" ?? :)
     
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    ... I quote...

    "Kante allowed Ranieri to play the system he did," Lineker told BBC Sport.

    "He can't do that anymore. Kante was the most unsung of the big three players, but he was probably the most important."
     
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    Good luck man. I'm done. We'll see how it all turns out at the end. May the best team win and all that. <laugh> <applause>
     
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    I don't disagree with any of that. Apart from the "Kante allowed Ranieri to play the system he did" line, given that Amartey played the role to perfection last week.

    The trouble for me is that the big hitters have improved while we've maintained above the likes of Spurs, Liverpool, West Ham and the like.

    The league will go back to being a closed shop. Chelsea, United, Man City and Arsenal will be in the top 4. Only Arsenal will be close to falling out of it.
     
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    This remains to be seen. If you learned anything from last season, then surely it's that the Premier League is unpredictable?
     
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    You are seeing an admission of the "black swan" nature of last season, and that
    normal service will resume in the PL top 6 for the usual suspects.
     
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    You were just singing the praises of your point gatherers and you didn't mention Kante. Now you agree that he's the most important one? <laugh>
     
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    Ha! Then Liverpool. Then Leicester. Then who? Everton. Then Spurs right?
     
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    My predictions...

    Man City
    Chelsea
    United
    Arsenal
    Leicester
    Liverpool
    Spurs
    West Ham.
     
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