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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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So Dier says he wants a move abroad and then starts playing shit.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN!
Got you, but why would we not be looking at his EPL data at this point?
Last season:
Played all 38 / 10G / 4A
He's coming into bloom.
So Dier says he wants a move abroad and then starts playing shit.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN!
Sprinkle in a little injury dust and Conte acting like a bell-end......
= World class potential reinstated.
They might be guessing, but they also might be right. If you keep Kane, which is far from certain, who are the remaining assets who are worth more than what you might find reaching down into your couch cushions? Dier, Hojbjerg, Richarlison, and Kulu. Of those, you have to think Postecoglou would like Richarlison because he would fit his system. Hojbjerg's best skill is getting the ball back, but since Spurs plan on keeping the ball much more that's less important. Dier probably isn't a good fit to system. Kulu can contribute but if you keep Richarlison you probably have to let him go to raise some cash. Personally, I'd keep Kulu and let the other three go, but suprisingly Levy hasn't called me to ask my opinion.
I disagreed with two of the points.
1. We made more profit than Woolwich.
It took me two minutes to discover this is wrong by looking at official published accounts. Neither club made a profit last year. Tottenham made a bigger loss than Woolwich. Woolwich had a bigger operating profit than we did.
2. We charge more for tickets.
There is no evidence to support this claim. It seems we charge about the same but clubs don’t publish the information needed to evaluate this claim.
Why would a Spurs Twitter account post false things about our own club?
Because they’re trying to support an argument.
But even you,
Deuterz
dont think the problem is our lack of spending. The problem is how we spend it.Stupid tweets like this suggest the aim is to win the transfer market. By spending 100m we’ve done something meaningful and good. But most of our best transfers have been low to midrange purchases (Modric, Bale, Dembele, Vertonghen, Alderweirald, Alli, Son) and our most expensive ones have been poor or inconclusive (Richarlison, Ndombele, Romero).
So that’s why I disagreed.
Dier might be an absolutely horrendous Centre back but he's not an idiot. He knew/knows full well no other English team would allow their Centre backs to not tackle and pretend to be busy so he knows the best bet is to go abroad.So Dier says he wants a move abroad and then starts playing shit.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN!
It's like a bad movie. Opening scene with Pep surrounded by evil henchmen in an underground lair rubbing his hands together while he reads reports that Spurs are about to close a deal for Raya. "Get me Brentwood, then go to the vaults and bring me $30 million from petty cash".
Yes
my point is the level is starting to look as easy for him as it was in his last season in the Championship.
You really don't have a clue.
ah look the guy that says I'm on ignore quoting my post again.
Wait, they were offering Dier a new contract last month, what happened to that?
They must have did a complete U turn and realised that they're making a mistake.
Who knows might be Ange’s input, if he wants ball playing CB’s to pass out from the back then Dier ain’t one of them.
Maybe Ange was like ‘listen you flaming galah. I’ve got a pair of peepers and I can see this guy’s a rotbag- get rid!’
I disagreed with two of the points.
1. We made more profit than Woolwich.
It took me two minutes to discover this is wrong by looking at official published accounts. Neither club made a profit last year. Tottenham made a bigger loss than Woolwich. Woolwich had a bigger operating profit than we did.
2. We charge more for tickets.
There is no evidence to support this claim. It seems we charge about the same but clubs don’t publish the information needed to evaluate this claim.
Why would a Spurs Twitter account post false things about our own club?
Because they’re trying to support an argument.
But even you,
Stupid tweets like this suggest the aim is to win the transfer market. By spending 100m we’ve done something meaningful and good. But most of our best transfers have been low to midrange purchases (Modric, Bale, Dembele, Vertonghen, Alderweirald, Alli, Son) and our most expensive ones have been poor or inconclusive (Richarlison, Ndombele, Romero).
So that’s why I disagreed.
Cool story bro.
Hate this debate but if we cut the fluff and BS.
Spurs and Woolwich have similar revenue and profit/loss. At least ball park.
They have the balls to chase 100m players from the top shelf. Every time we try for a player on the top shelf, miraculously it doesn't come off.
Nobody, with any level of intellectually honest debate, can argue the position that woolwich aren't showing more ambition than Levy and ENIC.
You can come back with some waffle if you like, I'll ignore it and deep down we will both know why.
Is there any point having this conversation? fuck no because Levy operates the way he does and we may as well enjoy the club for what it is.
Ange ball is going to be more fun than endless fucking debates about ENIC's fake ambition.
Oh no not the leadership committee!!!!
Reading between these oh so definitely ITK lines.... Skippy has already been dropped from the LC.
How about Dortmund or Brighton but without the selling bit?
The release fee? I'm sure we would have happily paid that if there was any chance of him coming here.
