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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Yeah him and Rodrygo
And maybe Isak , dependant on whether Levy can sell his spare deathstar in time to raise the funds
It was a straw man, and you're actually supporting my point with it, because the original thing was that we used to finish 8th or higher with worse squad. The rebuttal was:
So the argument was that this side doesn't have "two of the greatest PL attackers in their prime". People then go on to point out other players that are also not that. Van der vaart was miles off it. Bale was just one player. Berbatov was a wizard but gets no where near the list of 'greatest PL attackers'.
So the point still remains that having "two of the greatest PL attackers in their prime" was nothing to do with our previous finishes either. The absolute core of this team finished 5th a couple of seasons ago. For most of last season people were adamant it was injuries that were the main cause of our league form.
And now, some kind of Mandela effect is in place to suggest that we never had a top-8 side in the first place, and I guess the implied cause is that the players are too crap for that. I have no idea if that's some kind of mental gynastics to let ange off the hook, but people were reeling off stats where we would have won the title with romero and vdv fit not too many weeks ago
Did Liverpool overtook us by mindless spending ? NOPE
Did Woolwich overtook us by mindless spending ? NOPE
They did overspend on 1 or 2 quality players once in every 3 windows...which I welcome and want it at Spurs too.
Top 4 with just 2 additions
Lack off originality of the arguments.
The Chelsea game was, effectively, the one where the whole league saw through it. We basically played a 2-7-1 tactic, and it seems people can't see how you can have the best defenders in the world with that and still have the perception of an awful defence.
It depends how much we could get for him and who we would be buying to replace him, I think he is a very good player when fit, its just he never seems to stay fit (for us) I remember the same conversations around GLC, maybe if we had a good player in mind to replace Sonny then it wouldn't be so risky to keep Richie.
My worry is the Sonny replacement is Tel , who hasn't done anything yet to show us he is even fit to Lace Son's boots, don't get me wrong he might still come good but I would have rather taken the risk on Moore last season and seeing what he could do instead of Tel.
The usual. People moaning about people moaning.
We had no attackers the best sides feared last season. Maybe Kudus changes that.
Yes - its a done deal!
Why don't you like the idea of 'stars'??
Maybe you should support a smaller club, mate
Top 4 with just 2 additions
Let me remind again, we already outscored Villa last season in a shite of a season. We already outscored every one bar Liverpool in Feb, when we gave up on PL.
So, lets not pretend we are utter shit side. We are not. We have been mismanaged for last 2 yrs on so many front.
On defensive side, let me say none of you would want us to spend on our back5 replacement....Porro, Romero,VDV,Udogie,Vicario is still majoritys back5....we needed depth and we have it in CB. We wont play suicide football, so we dont need explosive LCBs.
If defensive side of things is also more than ok , the problem to address is midfield.
So, yes 2 proper signings in midfield will improve this side a long way.
Personally I want a better no6 than Paulhinha. But if its him, I dont have a big issue
Stop moaning about people moaning about other people moaning about people moaning, please!
better than tel
What an awful post.
Bullshit. You're comparing two completely different era's you clown. The market prices then are incomparable to the market prices today.
Stop running the club down and belittling our past magnificence.
.... Where 'To dare is to Do' actually meant something
We used to be trailblazers in the transfer market. In fact we smashed the all time British transfer record to sign Jimmy Greaves. In his absolute prime
Imagine the excitement that would have given our fans who were around at the time.Bazali ?
Imagine this cuntsmashing the British transfer record
..or beating off Alex Fergusons Man Utd to sign the mercurial talent that was Paul Gascoigne lol
The only records he smashes are boardroom salaries and chairman bonuses
Liverpool and the Scum have both overtaken us and spent a lot of money on fees and more importantly wages.
They spend on 1 player, what we spend on 3 or 4 so do fuck up.
All three managers had their superstars though.
Redknapp had the Modric/VDV/young Bale combo
AVB had an absolute world class Bale
Jol had a prime Jermaine Jenas
We've been blessed
Imagine Sonny a few years back on the left and Kudus on the right..........
Losing Sonny is going to be just like losing Kane all over again, still least we got to see him lift a trophy with us, as to replacing him who knows