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Sign expensive foreigners...not got enough premier league experience.
Sign defender with premier league experience....unambitious.
Nonsense, the summer where we signed Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches, Lamela, Chadli and Eriksen showed great ambition, there were risks and chances taken and true not all of them paid off.
The signing of Trippier seems unambitious to me as it seems like the typical 'safe' ENIC signing, young, inexpensive, potential to be a great player but if he doesn't turn out well then it's no problem as he can just be sent packing without THFC losing face.
With this transfer window (imho) I won't be impressed unless ENIC with advise from Pochettino and his staff reinvest again in a mixture of players with varying levels of experience in the top leagues of football (I'm not talking about one season in the prem with a side that got relegated)
Personally I would like to see Spurs sign Bacca (Great in EL and 28 goals to his name last season), Alderweireld (Experienced playing in Europa and won three back to back titles with Ajax 2010-2013, wasn't half bad at Southampton either) and a holding midfielder.
Not sure how that summer showed ambition when all we did was spend the Bale money. Surely ambition would be them spending out of their own pocket and not just using the sale money?Nonsense, the summer where we signed Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches, Lamela, Chadli and Eriksen showed great ambition, there were risks and chances taken and true not all of them paid off.
The signing of Trippier seems unambitious to me as it seems like the typical 'safe' ENIC signing, young, inexpensive, potential to be a great player but if he doesn't turn out well then it's no problem as he can just be sent packing without THFC losing face.
With this transfer window (imho) I won't be impressed unless ENIC with advise from Pochettino and his staff reinvest again in a mixture of players with varying levels of experience in the top leagues of football (I'm not talking about one season in the prem with a side that got relegated)
Personally I would like to see Spurs sign Bacca (Great in EL and 28 goals to his name last season), Alderweireld (Experienced playing in Europa and won three back to back titles with Ajax 2010-2013, wasn't half bad at Southampton either) and a holding midfielder.
It was ambitious cause we took a gamble on a few players that aren't the type we normally sign, I would go on about what I think of ENIC but you've already heard it a thousand times.Not sure how that summer showed ambition when all we did was spend the Bale money. Surely ambition would be them spending out of their own pocket and not just using the sale money?
There's not that many good right backs in the premier league at the moment - as good as Walker has looked in the past he always seems to have a mistake in him, I think Trippier will be a starter for us.
I don't get the ambitious signing stuff, he clearly wants to play for Tottenham and we need more players like that in the squad than your Capoues, Paulinhos etc. Are people basing his signing as being unambitious due to the value, the club he came from?
Ive seen him play around 7-8 games, I have a 'friend' from Burnley and he is obsessed with them.How many times have you seen him play?
Are you insane? Can you get even more unambitious?Ive seen him play around 7-8 games, I have a 'friend' from Burnley and he is obsessed with them.
Trippier is actually really good, hope we get more players like him by which I mean a very hard worker, strong in the tackle and can put in a decent cross, just like Kane, Mason, Bentaleb, Dier - I think Wimmer will be in the same bracket too!
I've seen Walker enough to know it's a position we can improve in, and we've gone after this guy quickly so I'm keen to see him in a spurs shirt and give him a chance.How many times have you seen him play?
Im sorry that he didn't cost £50 Million - Just remember 3 years ago Schniederlin wasn't a big name, Southampton and Poch made him the player he is today.Are you insane? Can you get even more unambitious?
Im sorry that he didn't cost £50 Million - Just remember 3 years ago Schniederlin wasn't a big name, Southampton and Poch made him the player he is today.
He'd probably run the wrong wayI can see Trippier starting too. Then again, I thought Davies would start and Rose flew out the blocks. Saying that if Walker was to try and race out the blocks, he'd hurt himself.
It's funny 'cos it's true.He'd probably run the wrong way
Totally agree, lets get another Paulinho or 2 because thats what Poch wants, most players with no Prem expierince but because they cost more money it must mean they have a desire to exceed, unlike players like Harry Kane, Bentaleb, Rose, Mason & even Trippier because why would they want to prove themselves with a big club like Tottenham?If you put our 'best XI' on paper against a 'second XI', I'm willing to bet we spend less on wages and spent less on transfers on the best.
But of course, lets spend £30m on someone because we've got extra TV money to spend.