Spurs Banter Archive August 10 2012

10 Aug 2012 22:49:25
I was in amazement that we signed Gilfi and Jan quite quickly against the normal Spurs tradition of leaving it till the last minute BUT as it stands now we are still in DESPERATE need of a WORLD CLASS striker.

I have to wonder if its DL's stance on our very own Luka Modric that is holding up proceedings...

By this I mean that any potential targets are looking at our club and thinking Yes Spurs are a great side but regularly fail to live up to the hype and finish off with the goods, so therefore if I join and we win something then all is good, However if all ends as usual and Spurs fail again to deliver silverware, I will be held to RANSOM over a fee that no-one can afford.

Thus avoiding signing for our beloved club. So what do you think?

I honestly believe we need a MARQUEE signing and definitely before we kick a ball in our first game against the Magpies...

Whats with the CAPITALS? To highlight the bleeding obvious?

I am extremely concerned with the striker situation & am not impressed by the signings so far. If you consider Ledley & Modric, replaced by sigurdsson & vertonghen...

I think it is an artistic interpretation thing

Puzzled

10 Aug 2012 21:02:25
I was in amazement that we signed Gilfi and Jan quite quickly against the normal Spurs tradition of leaving it till the last minute BUT as it stands now we are still in DESPERATE need of a WORLD CLASS striker.

I have to wonder if its DL's stance on our very own Luka Modric that is holding up proceedings...

By this I mean that any potential targets are looking at our club and thinking Yes Spurs are a great side but regularly fail to live up to the hype and finish off with the goods, so therefore if I join and we win something then all is good, However if all ends as usual and Spurs fail again to deliver silverware, I will be held to RANSOM over a fee that no-one can afford.

Thus avoiding signing for our beloved club. So what do you think?

I honestly believe we need a MARQUEE signing and definitely before we kick a ball in our first game against the Magpies...

Whats with the CAPITALS? To highlight the bleeding obvious?

10 Aug 2012 20:40:12
Coubily (spelling) just scored again at Southend.
I'm hoping he gets first team experience this season.

10 Aug 2012 20:25:15
Can anyone tell me why we are the only team not signing anyone.
7 days to go till kick off and still no strikers on the way.
We can't blame Harry now, enic/levy will have a lot to answer too if no one comes in.
If no one signs the it's one of 2 reasons, either their targets are unrealistic at what we will pay
Or
They are selling. I know we have 3 weeks window left, but, we could be major points behind and our season could be stuffed by October.
We have quality in our build up but Defoe alone is not good enough
Come on levy, this is getting depressing now.

Neither are Sunderland. Hope to get Defoe if you get the forwards you are after. Dave 100% mackem

If we get the forwards we are after, then I will drive him there myself.

Something is happening, why would Sunderland even think they could get Defoe if it wasn't known we had something lined up ?

10 Aug 2012 20:17:51
Firstly congratulations to Livermore and Caulker on their England call ups. Caulker is going to be immense.
Onto the age old debates of Modric and our striker situation. Modric IMO will now stay until Januartu at the very least, with DL holding out for 40m, however i think it would be best to sell him for an acceptable price now as I don't think he will play any real part for Spurs this year and if sold in Jan his price will surely be lower than what is being offered now!

Strikers - with Damaio now being out of reach to pretty much everybody barring the Chavs, ManCs, Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Milans, who do we turn our attention to?. Got a horrible feeling it will be Ade, really hope it isn't though. I would like to see a £12m bid for sturridge and a £16-18m bid for KJH, I think these 2 with what we have would put us in a very good position squad wise. If Modric leaves before 11.59pm 31st August 2012, then in addition to these 2 I would also like to see another winger signed (one who can play both wings) ascompetition for Lennon and as for cover for Bale, not ure whose available someone like Affelay would be grate and if KJH signs him and VDV we would have a real dutch theme going on.

Come On DL get it sorted FFS, times ticking and we are already falling behind, we need to start the season with a bang.

THFC4EVER

KJH and Affelay I'd like to see, Selfish sturidge not so much.

Steed

10 Aug 2012 20:00:41
So many haters ..... -_-

Just because DL hasn't been stupid like some clubs and splurge doesn't mean guys that he's screwing us over ....

VDV - top class player got for a very small fee in comparison to what he's worth

Jan vertonghen - another smart low cost transfer ...

Siggs ... Will be a great player low cost hassle free

Coulibaly - looks a awesome prospect

Sandro - a great destroyer

These are all signings DL has all done personally now tell me again he's terrible
And he's not thinking of the club
.... Yes we need a striker
Yes we needed it last year or the year before ..... However the situation we are in now you are all panicking I'm a little nervous granted but DL is a man who is also feeling this as why should he throw more money than we need to at a player ?? Are we city or Chelsea ? No we aren't get real guys he is truly a great chairman and I bet you he will be sorting us a nice new striker out very very soon
In DL,AvB and spurs I trust

Bear yid

Yes , he has got some stonking buys in the past , and he is a good chairman but now his hard dealing is coming back to bite him and us on the ARSE !! To get CL football you have to invest . Its now time to clear out the crap , gallas , bentley , jenas etc for what ever price we can get even if its pennies ! Tell any club that this is Modders price , it stands for the next 5 days only so put up or sod off . Dont waste our money on Ade the mercenary , as he has proved that he doesnt care who he plays for as long as his pocket is filled . If he wanted to play for us , he wouldnt be f***ing about trying to screw everyone for as much as he can get .
We are desperate for a top striker , Defoe isnt good enough so even if its our only major purchase , spend some bloody money DL , please . Now , not on the last day as usual . By the time deadline day is here , we could be in the bottom three yet again , AVB will get the blame , when we all will know whose fault it is !!! We can do well with our existing squad once the crap is cleared and at least one GOOD striker is brought !!
Davo

I do agree with you somewhat .... Although Ade as much as he is a merc .... He's still a improvement on what we have and I wouldnt mind seeing him back ...

Right now it's hard not to think of too many strikers that would be an improvement on where we are currently to be fair.

10 Aug 2012 19:22:13
What does everyone think about Ki of Celtic as a possible Modric replacement? Haven't heard of any interest but he looks a good player without a ridiculous price tag like Moutinho. I know the SPL isn't the best, but as we saw with Jelavic in January there is some real quality in the league at good prices.

Seen him play for Celtic a few times he's not a world class player not even close

Steed

10 Aug 2012 16:20:50
I'm clucking more by the day and not like a proud cockerel, like a crazy one that knows it's in for a hard time. If we don't get a decent striker in (two in reality for the whole season, one will not be enough) then we are in deep trouble. If we are planning before the end of the window rather than the start of the season, that is another big mistake that we should've learned last year having been whacked 3-0 and 5-1 in our first two games without the new signings we needed - could argue that cost us 3rd as much as the poor New Year run!
If there is no 'live' plan in place that's close then we can't and won't afford to splash £20m+ on a gamble so it's do the Ade deal however we can, get Berbs back on a 2yr deal for £5m and a decent wage OR go for Huntelaar at a realistic £18m, not trying to never get him by offering £12-14m. Must be done or it's going to be a long season chasing the top five or six and the AVB appointment will be an immediate carve up. The above actually matters more than whether Modric stays or goes and even if he's not replaced directly we have a lot of midfield options.
4-6-0 with a high back-line anybody.....?!

10 Aug 2012 11:53:01
Jake Livermore is shocking, we should get rid he aint good enough.

Hour after you write this.. boom straight in the eng squad..

He's in an England squd picked by Roy Hodgson, nothing to shout about really.

Wow i assume you use that same mouth to say its jus a man utd squad assembled my fergie..

the manager would select the squad.. is kinda his job..

The difference is Fergie is a good manager whos opinions of players actually matter. Unlike Roy, who is just a joke.

10 Aug 2012 11:43:57
Stop speculating over big money moves, we all know levy is a tight arse. we will be lucky to sign one bog standard goalscorer and thats it. we all know damiao wont happen.

10 Aug 2012 10:27:50
Anyone else got the horrible feeling that it may of been Levy and not Harry who's f***ed up the last few windows??? Come one Levy sort it out! Get rid of modders, 2 new strikers and a creative midfielder!

10 Aug 2012 10:20:21
The way very poor teams in America got behind us was alarming.
Last night a better team did the same thing to us.
Play like that against Newcastle and we will be in bundles

Galaxy and NYRB are in the middle of their season. Don't read anything into preseason games, remember when we stuffed Roma 5-0 and went on to 2 points from 8 games

10 Aug 2012 09:34:40
Why is everyone getting bent up over a preseason friendly? The players and staff see these games as training, do u really think jeans and jake will be our central midfielders? Once our squad is fully assembled then we be fine. Didn't we smash Roma five nil at the lane a few years back and end up bottom at Xmas?? In AVB I trust.

Rufus

Lofl you were all banging on about chelsea loseing there pre season games and now you have its oh dont read to much into them there only used for training ......

Think you'll find it was only a few people on here saying about Chelsea the rest of us were saying not to judge a team on the pre-season

10 Aug 2012 01:16:12
Don't understand some of the negativity on here towards the possible signing of Sturridge. IMO he has great potential (quick, tall, skilled, good finisher and can see a pass) and would come at a good price. People forget he scored 8 in 12 playing as a central striker for Bolton at the back end of the season before last, and got 11 goals last season from a wide area, and in spite of the fact he was ostricised by Di Matteo at the back of end of the season. Him, Adebayor and a Modric replacement would put us in great stead for next season.

09 Aug 2012 23:11:12
Uh oh first loss .... Please don't All scramble for avbs head
Bear yid

You right. not just yet. But there needs to be things done. Highline (not working) Midfield (no creativity)


and check this out... ready... ready!!...

I WANT HARRY REDKNAPP BACK.