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Transfers January Transfer Thread 2024

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Ionman34 said:
Personally, I'd go for Wharton, but I've seen very little of the other 2, so the choice could be flawed.

There's just something about Wharton that makes me think he's playing well below his level with Blackburn. He reads the game superbly for his age, that's something that is innate not coached. He appears to have that 'picture in his head' of where everyone is, judging from how quickly he picks a pass when receiving with his back to goal. His weight of pass is incredible, and always seems to go into the strong foot of the receiver, or right into the stride of a runner.
He dictates Blackburn's play, despite being the kid in the team, and he appears to be extremely press resistant.

Whilst I know it is a league lower than ours, all of the above says to me that he has the tools to excel in the PL.

The other 2 may have the same attributes, but they'd have to be massive standouts to top Wharton's skillset IMO.
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Completely agree with this.

Also I think Hayden Hackney would be more of a 8 in Anges system whereas Wharton would be an out and out 6.

We have Sarr(already an excellent option for us)and Devine as young prospects for the 8 role.

We really don't have any great young prospects as a 6 currently who even train with the 1st team.
 
Skippa18 said:
Completely agree with this.

Also I think Hayden Hackney would be more of a 8 in Anges system whereas Wharton would be an out and out 6.

We have Sarr(already an excellent option for us)and Devine as young prospects for the 8 role.

We really don't have any great young prospects as a 6 currently who even train with the 1st team.
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Get them, loan them
 
Art Vandelay said:
I think you're missing the overall point with their non-football activities.
Title winners in England generally feature in the top 3 for wage bill spending.

That's the less spoken about other half to the 'transfer spending' discussion. Pay the big wages and attract the big stars, win silverware.

Where we are now and where we were when ENIC became owners is night and day.

In the ten seasons preceding their takeover under Sugar's ownership we averaged a 10.8 table position, or 11th essentially. That also included UCL/UEFA participation once, and that wasn't via league finish.

Under ENIC we have finished in that '11th' or below 3 times (from 24 seasons) and none since 2008. With UEFA/UCL participation in 15 of the last 17 seasons.

And yes none of that is a trophy, but it is steady and solid progress. As is developing the training facilities, and massively upgrading WHL into our magnificent stadium.

To wind back to the top to the overall point, all that is aimed at helping put Tottenham Hotspur into a position where our financial capabilities match and even outstretch our contemporaries.

That is a gap we are closing, and non-football ventures that you mock like NFL, Concerts etc are a pivotal revenue stream that is needed to achieve the end goal. Think otherwise that's fine, but without it we'd slowly drift back to the pack with the Everton and West Ham clubs of the world.

You must crawl before you can walk, unless you're Manchester City and enter a cheatcode instead.
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I get that and I appreciate more money should me a better FC. That said, Football is supposed to come first. But this hasnt been the case with us. It's been Real Easte first and Football second. Please explain why Woolwich has done nothing major for many seasons, yet they are able to compete in the transfer market.

You don't seem to measure how much money weve made how much value the club has gained, and compare it to gains on the field. We are not as good on the field as we are in the business department. That is all because of the greed of a certain Daniel Levy who's Empire is growing faster than the growth of his Football Team.
 
Jaynola said:
It ain't telling anything and I wasn't doing that to add fuel to any fire, my good man.

These guys in particular have been getting it from every angle, that's why I mentioned them.

Mentioning the attackers would've taken too long and I got a life outside TFC 🤣🤣
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It's Dutch door action. They've been stalking shady all week, getting in the personal digs. They have form for sly digs at a number of posters. Why don't they get a mention?

Whether you meant it or not, you've added fuel to the fire. Almost instantly we see the he/she in here playing the injured party, when the lemon is the biggest cunt off catalyst on the board, and goes out of its way to perpetuate that.

Your naming if them is telling because you're a neutral, and even you can pinpoint those specific names as people who'd rather see Levy fail than Spurs succeed.

TBH, I think it's beyond that though. Levy is just used as a vehicle to wind up the forum. Like I said earlier, for some the forum is more about personal vendettas than it is about Tottenham.
 
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