The thing that made his tactical philosophy no longer viable was the proliferation of pressball. He's never gotten a handle on how to operate in possession against teams that play that way, which exploded between 2015 and 2020.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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I’ve only ever listened to it on podcast in the car so no idea what any of them look like.
Yeah, he also just got older and wasn’t as able to connect to Millennials and Gen Z in the same way as his more old school guys like Terry, Lampard, Zanetti, Motta, etc.
Yeah there is something to that as well. I feel like there's a lot of that with Pep atm too.
Last min cheeky bid for MGW for a bit of bantz???
I cant remember the last time I was as excited about signings as I have been for Xavi, Muani and Kudus.
Maybe Eriksen and Lamela. Or VDV. When was the last time we bought such experienced and talented attackers?
Maybe Eriksen and Lamela. Or VDV. When was the last time we bought such experienced and talented attackers?
It’s more complicated than that. There are only to really profitable markets to sell to atm. The other Premier League Clubs, most of whom can’t be bothered with Levy and the Saudi league who it seems we don’t have the right contacts to access.
I didn't mention an 11... I meant first team squad...ony 4 of ours in their squad at best..
Chelsea seem to make a living selling players for 20m-25m a pop to european clubs.
Sure thing Arteta
OK rioch..Or are you too young for that one, it does seem like you've only been watching football for a short time, judging by your responses..
I'm a grown up so you telling me I'm a gooner means fuck all, I'm not swayed by anyone else's bullshit and I stand up for what I believe..and stand behind my opinions without any flip flopping just because of one cup...this is about the future of tottenham, and sustained success, which means without levy the parasite...nothings changed
There has certainly never been a time when such a large share of our flash and creativity in attack was brought by new signings.
That's a product of injury as much as anything, but still.
Danso,Palhinha, Simons, Kudus & Muani all look good buys
Tel & Takai not so good.
How good a window this is remains to be seen and we have to wait a few months to see how it pans out
Glad it is all over and I will not need to spend the time scanning this thread.
Notice some idiot has started the January thread. God knows why as until we see how it goes and what injuries we get we have no idea what is needed. Should be banned like threads for players not officially signed. Might look at that in January but not before. If all goes well we will not buy anyone and save the money to next summer when more top players are available.
Tel & Takai not so good.
How good a window this is remains to be seen and we have to wait a few months to see how it pans out
Glad it is all over and I will not need to spend the time scanning this thread.
Notice some idiot has started the January thread. God knows why as until we see how it goes and what injuries we get we have no idea what is needed. Should be banned like threads for players not officially signed. Might look at that in January but not before. If all goes well we will not buy anyone and save the money to next summer when more top players are available.
A better question would be how many of their players would get into our squad. My answer is none as we should never again have ex Gooner players in our squad. Never works.
looooooool
Or are you too young for that one, it does seem like you've only been watching football for a short time, judging by your responses..
I'm a grown up so you telling me I'm a gooner means fuck all, I'm not swayed by anyone else's bullshit and I stand up for what I believe..and stand behind my opinions without any flip flopping just because of one cup...this is about the future of tottenham, and sustained success, which means without levy the parasite...nothings changed
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End of window edit:
6/8/DP
Palhinha 5/10
30yo very one dimensional Palhinha the only add, Bentancur still here. Bissouma neither here nor gone. From this very important area of the pitch it's been a bad window.
Overall 3/10
Attack
Kudus 7.5/10, Simons 8.5/10, RKM 7/10, Tel 4/10
In isolation of this window alone, those three together are good business, possibly as good a business as we've ever done in one zone in one window. The fact that it's put us in the position that we should be in already somewhat tempers it. And we singularly failed to bring in a quality first team ready LF, despite shipping out Son, failed to ship out Richarlison or Johnson.
Overall 7.5/10
LCB
No one
Overall 0/10
LB
No one
Overall 0/10
If you were just rating our attacking recruitment this window, you'd say it was a very good window, trouble is, we've still managed to somehow not add a back up LB or LCB (or a hybrid who can cover both), we've only added a 30yo, fairly one dimensional, not so busy any more cunt to a midfield that lacked any press resistance or passing ability. We also didn't shift any of the dross, which is one of the reasons our net spend keeps looking high, because we never get any fucking money for our shitcunts like other top teams do. So overall, being realistic, I 'd say it was a 6/10.
