Starting to think someone is pulling his chain on that after watching tonight.
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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Starting to think someone is pulling his chain on that after watching tonight.
you must really rate solanke then if your name is jdefoe and alvarez is a rich mans defoe....
Packs of wotsits and monster munch from the club will have to do for now
He also said the scum want nico Williams and Neto is on their list too.
Fully agree
Tbh I’d have trusted Defoe to finish chances more than I trust Alvarez.
If we signed Alvarez he’d have gone the way of Sergei Rebrov. Sexy name but not really up to much
My worthless take on Solanke…. He’s a bit old for 65m, but if Lankshear is the future, I think we should sign Solanke play him for a couple years and then see if we can get 30m for him. Lankshear costs nothing so that leaves a net spend around 35m for Solanke. If we sell Richy this window or the next it’s even better business
Great post.Tough read last few pages with all the cunt offs and all the debate about “ambition”, who’s good and who’s shit.
I’ve deliberately refrained from posting over the last month or so because you can only really judge a window when it’s closed (or when the season starts at a push).
There’s still time to go, but I think whether you’reShadydan or
Tottenham Massive , we can all agree that 2 quality attacking players is a minimum requirement , and 3 should be what we want as fans.
All season, every cunt from ENIC in to ENIC out has astutely observed our lack of attacking quality and how it’s impacted our overall performance. To buy any less than 2 first teamers than can challenge in that area would be mismanagement.
Hopefully we all agree on that….
It’s been frustratingly slow thus far but let’s hope the next couple of weeks have more positivity in store for us. It’s too early to start throwing toys out the pram.
If we don’t make substantial improvements to the front line it’s going to be a rally really frustrating season though, the window is clearly not good enough thus far.
NB - for me Eze, a winger who can fucking beat a man and a CF would have me very very positive going into the season. It’ll be costly but it’s not beyond reality if we do want to be ambitious.
Not too impressed with being bracketed alongside
Shadydan
but other than that refreshing to read a good, honest appraisal from a bona-fide, well respected middle grounder when it comes to Levy / ENIC on our transfer window thus far
His price wouldn’t be too dissimilar if he came of an identical season in Spain/Germany/France, irrespective of him being HG or not
Been a great thread to read through today guys.
Some absolute bangin' posts and fantastic contributions with loads of common sense, insight and some good humour thrown in
Matt1882Raf
Jaynola
Jarritos
bk_spur
Shotgunofmichalebrow
Gazzapen
Rebrov_Likes skywalker68
thinktank Bouncer
scott (great to see you back, yiddo)
Col_McCafferty
yes
Brian Fantana nasm_f
VonnegutBusy
Doom Funk
tommyboyspurs
williams316
JDefoe SpursDNA
To name a few
Take a bow, Guys
If signing someone for a few seasons until Lankshear is ready is the plan, then I think Toney is the better option. Cheaper and more short term upside.
No one has said what? If you want to make a point, make a point. Don't hid behind a half baked statement.
But last year Maddison was the Eriksen replacement we've desperately needed for years!
He was incredible before the injury and pedestrian after. Like basically our entire squad, it was a tale of 2 halves last season.
Worryingly, if you had to place a bet I'd wager that has more to do with the common denominator - Ange.
Don't give a toss how much we pay for any player - not my job description. If they sign, I back them and hope they turn out great. If they don't sign, then fuck em.
Don't think Solanke is a world beater, but there don't seem to be many great strikers about these days anyway.
Ok Wise Guy. What about buying Solanke for 65 million do you rate as a good buy.
What is about Solankes ability that you don't think is up to snuff? What could he improve on?
Which games outside of playing Spurs, did you see him play and could you give us a tactical analysis?
Roma bought Artem Dovbyk for +-38 million Euro. (One of the top goal scorers in La Liga)
Same as the Johnson Buy. We spent 50 million on him when Woolwich spent R25 million on Trossard.
Sorry but buying Solanke will not take us to league winning form. I suppose some drool at every player we linked with.
But my point still stands.. the next top scorer was Bellingham.... Not a traditional no. 9
After that Lewendowski(elite, but past his prime) you get my point, there's a growing pattern
Budimir after them.( No one knows who he is)
It's like this across the top 5 leagues.
Experience forwards have a place in the game
Solanke is a lot younger than these guys and playing in the prem and doing well
I believe you need to give Ange some advice. It was Ange that said he wanted to challenge for the league.
It seems at least everyone (fans to the club) is aware that the team can't afford to go into the season with the same forwards as the last. Solanke and a proper upgrade on either wing is a decent start, if they can get it done. I'd expect by this time next season they'll be needing to move on at least two or three of these guys, unless there's a huge increase in form.