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

  1. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Ahhh, what’s €75m between big clubs and FFPriends.
     
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  2. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    He’d been on our radar for years, beginning from Poch’s reign, so we’ve only ourselves to blame for not snapping him up sooner.
     
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    KingHotspur Well-Known Member

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    Problem is finding the sweet spot to sign these sort of players.

    Go too soon and you don’t know if you’ve signed someone who won’t fulfill their potential but leave it too late and you can’t compete with other clubs who want them.
     
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  4. Lovearsenalcock

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    This Diaz lad at Porto

    He’s the one Levy is using in this years window to pull the ‘we tried’ stunt with

    can feel it in my bones
     
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  5. Billy The Spur

    Billy The Spur Well-Known Member

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    Levy up to his old tricks again, planting rumours into the media about marquee signings with no real intention of ever following through with any of it. He bids well below the asking price, knowing full well it won`t be accepted, but the rumours find their way into the public domain and gullible fans lap it up. These days though, most fans can see straight through Levy`s propaganda.
     
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  6. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    It looks pretty likely that it's one out of 'the Levy playbook'.

    He's been linked with a number of other clubs, who have more money and pull than us. Primarily he plays in Sonny's position, off the left, where Bergwijn can also play, so he's not a huge priority. Going into the window, nobody would have identified LW as a priority area, compared to our need on the right or centrally, in midfield or at centre back.

    Sporting have some financial issues, so we reckon we might get him on the cheap...but it's very unlikely that we'll be the only interested party. So, it'll run for a while and fall at the last...again.
     
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  7. Lovearsenalcock

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    sort your quotes out Bri

    It’s gonna be a long week
     
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  8. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    I'm cracking up, mate. <laugh>
     
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    it’s like a script. These sorts of deals used to be very very late where there wasn’t actually time to get them over the line, and levy had no intention. As soon as the fans saw the pattern and became pissed off, levy made some slight time adjustments, and it’s now always about a week before the end of the window when the news begins to break.

    the result? Still no marquee signing, but £20m spent on more dross to add to the growing list.
     
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  11. Lovearsenalcock

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    Brighton are monitoring Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli with a view to making a loan move for the 25-year-old, but Burnley, Everton and Newcastle are also linked with the Englishman

    Brighton would be a good move for this clown and he should be all over it if he can find time to save and exit his Fortnite progress
     
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    Oh wow another premier league club completes a transfer in January without dragging it into the final hours of the final day and making up excuses about how difficult life is in the transfer window.

     
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  13. Citizen Kane.

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    My level of excitement:

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  14. PowerSpurs

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    So over more than 30 transfer windows you have found six occasions when we failed. The only one which even plausibly fits your definition of what happened is Moutinho who has hardly set the world alight. Fernandes was clearly third in the pecking order behind Ndombele and Lo Celso and so depended on Eriksen being sold. Morientes categorically stated he didn't want to come to us and hardly proved himself a success at Liverpool. Dybala had image rights issues. Grealish I've covered many times...he couldn’t have been sold while takeover talks were happening. Ruben Dias had the option of Man City.

    It should be patently obvious to everyone that one fault the club manifestly doesn't have is an aversion to paying above value. We would actually be better off if we had signed cheaper players every year...we've overpaid all over the place.
     
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    OK Daniel
     
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    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    I'm a tad confused with this one as we have good wingers at the club. I can only assume hes being brought in to cover injuries/suspensions.
     
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  17. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Charlie Eccleshare says Tanganga will stay this month.
     
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  18. PowerSpurs

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    Thanks but I would prefer to hear why I am wrong....
     
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  19. Lovearsenalcock

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    I just wanted to say it tbh bro
     
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  20. PowerSpurs

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    Yeah the old material is always the best
     
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