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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window

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scarletjim said:
But you made absolutely no effort to explain what was supposedly 'wrong' in what I said. I was merely explaining to you what words mean - I'm not sure how that can be 'wrong as usual' - unless I've misunderstood the definition of the word 'fact'.
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I didn't to make an effort, you were wrong and I pointed it out. DIdn't really take a lot of work to point out the obvious.
 
GDG said:
Long post sorry!!

What really concerns me about potential transfers this window is that we try to do too much too soon and end up with sub-par players.

Taking a scout of the forum, I think collectively I’ve seen a request for a new player in every position save maybe GK.
That sort of broad need is going to make us panic and buy the wrong sort of players.

If (and it’s a big if) we had 80m to spend this window, we would be well served giving the lot to Brighton for Bissouma (now cleared of potential criminal charges) and Lamptey.

Both would:-

- Significantly improve our starting XI

- Have PL experience meaning there’s almost no risk of being a bust (outside of injury)

- Be good enough to be a fixture within the side for the next 5 years.


If we try to sign a CB, CM, RWB and backup striker with that same money, we’re going to spend 20m on each and end up with high-risk players who have zero PL experience (Royal, GLC etc), or average players running down their contract (PEH).

This is what has killed us over the last 5 years.

Pay the right money for the right player, a scattergun approach is going to give us more of the same; a bloated squad full of mediocre talent.

Players such as Kusalevski and Romagnoli have as much chance of being worse than our current crop of players, as they do of improving the side.
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I believe Winks + cash would get us Bisouma. The most marketable of our dire midfield, if we can voodoo them into a Doherty plus cash for Lamptey….
Would be an absolute robbery.
 
moo said:
When was the last successful transfer for Spurs?
Im guessing Hojberg or Reguilon or maybe Lucas Moura in 17/18
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Do any clubs have a decent track record of successful signings in the last five years?

Manure's scouting team is dictated to by online polls
Dippers haven't done much and when their aging players' bodies stop responding to the totally legal "asthma treatment" they will be mid table
I see a few suck off Leicester but they are bottlejobs of the highest order
Chavs have spunked so much on strikers alone. I'd be investigating the clubs who buy chav players as to where they get that sort of money which keeps chelski within FFP. But then again a club that is happy to run up a 1.4Bn IOU to a Russian mobster is hardly going to be squeaky clean.

Villa perhaps?
 
lumimuyiwa said:
I believe Winks + cash would get us Bisouma. The most marketable of our dire midfield, if we can voodoo them into a Doherty plus cash for Lamptey….
Would be an absolute robbery.
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They have the most structured scouting and data department in the league. If you think there’s even a remote chance they take Docherty you need your head tested.

They deal in cold hard cash a la Ben White. 50M for Lamptey and 60M for Bissouma secures CL this season
 
Son Spurs said:
Thing is most of those clubs have their squads sorted out. Could they do with strengthening? Absolutey, but they can also compete for their goals with no January additions.

We on the other hand, have serious issues with the squad. Nobody is expecting a full overhaul this month but we have no depth at rwb or forward positions. On top of this we have incredibly difficult January fixtures that could end up being the difference between having Champions League football or not (given Uniteds form we also have been handed our best chance in years at getting back in).
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Except greed, I don’t think mancity need any players, they didn’t need Anieti when he was still a footballer, before someone says they need a striker.
If they did, they wouldn’t have gone all out for Grealish.
 
John Thomas said:
I think all this melting at this stage of the window is absurd.

Levy has only had 21 years. We should wait at least until the Summer transfer window 2030 slams shut before we judge him.
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Even if he does not perform , he can offset the bad with the good like a carbon credit

Shit trophy count , offset by new lockers in the recently acquired golf club

Embarrassing the club with tacky video, offset by new golf club lockers

Outraging the fans with a greedy super club scheme, offset by a new place to store your clothes whilst playing at our golf course

Making us a laughing stock , offset by us being lucky that lockers are better than at Alan Sugar’s golf club. Be careful what storage you wish for
 
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NewZealand_Spur said:
Do any clubs have a decent track record of successful signings in the last five years?

Manure's scouting team is dictated to by online polls
Dippers haven't done much and when their aging players' bodies stop responding to the totally legal "asthma treatment" they will be mid table
I see a few suck off Leicester but they are bottlejobs of the highest order
Chavs have spunked so much on strikers alone. I'd be investigating the clubs who buy chav players as to where they get that sort of money which keeps chelski within FFP. But then again a club that is happy to run up a 1.4Bn IOU to a Russian mobster is hardly going to be squeaky clean.

Villa perhaps?
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Leicester won the league and an FA Cup
Are you sure you are not from Mars rather than New Zealand
 
Zomb said:
Success? I don’t see it.
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He is one of the better players on our team, LB is one of the few areas that doesn't need improving right now.

How is that not a successful transfer?

Every transfer doesn't have to be 10/10 with a world class player to be successful, especially at the price it took to buy him.
 
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