Weird with Lampard's hair loss as a complete side comment. Always appeared to have a thick set for life, same as Roy Keane, who is also thinning.
My view is that if you don't lose your hair by 30,it's not a big deal.
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Transfers The Winter Transfer Thread - 25/26
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Weird with Lampard's hair loss as a complete side comment. Always appeared to have a thick set for life, same as Roy Keane, who is also thinning.
My view is that if you don't lose your hair by 30,it's not a big deal.
100% bang on. Look what £70 million for Sesko gets you. Look what £65 million for Gyokeres gets you.
Our manager is not up to it and our recruitment needs to improve massively. There will be times when you need to go big and spend a fortune like Woolwich done with Rice because that’s a game changer for them.
When I see what we’ve spent on Richy and Brennan is sickening. It’s such poor scouting. I think they don’t go and watch players and just sign players off data and stats which has proved to be fucking stupid.
I watched West Ham last night and the guy Taty who they signed for £25 million offers so much more than what I’ve seen from Sesko and Gyokeres. He works like fuck and held the ball up. There must be so many of those types out there but lazy scouting won’t find them.
Always get vibe with lampard at coventry its all about him and his ego.
Sadly I think football has somehow found a way to rehabilitate Frank the manager.
If he gets Cov up he is guarenteed legend status.
Premier League is their promised land.
They built the new stadium 20 years ago and it was completed after they were relegated.
It's been a disaster since then in all honesty.
Spurs are a much bigger club but it does put our problems into perspective.
This is probably the reason;
Following Atletico's recent signing of Argentine midfielder Thiago Almada from Brazilian outfit Botafogo, the Spanish giants have now exceeded the threshold of three non-EU players allowed within a La Liga squad. Gallagher could be the casualty, with the rule impacting English players since Brexit. There is believed to be more interest in the Englishman than in Samuel Lino, while Diego Simeone may want to keep Nahuel Molina at the club, according to a report by Cope in Spain.
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Not for one window but overall:
Current Squad:
Vicario - upgrade
Kinsky - keep as reserve
Dragusin - sell
Danso - keep
Palhinha - don't make permanent
Simons - keep (play in best position)
Bissouma - get rid
Richarlison - sell
Maddison - keep I guess and hope to fuck he can come back from his injury
Tel - 50/50
Udogie - keep
Gray - keep
Bergvall - keep
Romero - sell
Solanke - fuck knows. Who the fuck is going to buy him in this condition.
Kudus - keep
Kulusevski - keep
Porro - sell
Spence - keep
Odobert - keep
Sarr - keep
Bentancur - sell
Davies - presuming won't be long before he retires or moves on anyway
Van de Ven - keep
Muani - do NOT sign
Austin - whatever
Scarlett - keep
Vuskovic - keep and get him in the first team asap
Min-Hyeok - monitor on loan and hope he isn't shit
Takai - same (is he playing now?!)
Solomon - fuck off
Ashley Phillips - sell
Veliz - sell
Devine - keep
Buy:
Full-backs that can defend
Striker that can lead the line and fucking score goals
Left-winger that isn't shit
Right-winger that isn't shit
Promote promising youth
Current Squad:
Vicario - upgrade
Kinsky - keep as reserve
Dragusin - sell
Danso - keep
Palhinha - don't make permanent
Simons - keep (play in best position)
Bissouma - get rid
Richarlison - sell
Maddison - keep I guess and hope to fuck he can come back from his injury
Tel - 50/50
Udogie - keep
Gray - keep
Bergvall - keep
Romero - sell
Solanke - fuck knows. Who the fuck is going to buy him in this condition.
Kudus - keep
Kulusevski - keep
Porro - sell
Spence - keep
Odobert - keep
Sarr - keep
Bentancur - sell
Davies - presuming won't be long before he retires or moves on anyway
Van de Ven - keep
Muani - do NOT sign
Austin - whatever
Scarlett - keep
Vuskovic - keep and get him in the first team asap
Min-Hyeok - monitor on loan and hope he isn't shit
Takai - same (is he playing now?!)
Solomon - fuck off
Ashley Phillips - sell
Veliz - sell
Devine - keep
Buy:
Full-backs that can defend
Striker that can lead the line and fucking score goals
Left-winger that isn't shit
Right-winger that isn't shit
Promote promising youth
Brennan Johnson made 107 appearances and scored 27 goals for Tottenham Hotspur, resulting in a goal ratio of approximately 0.25 goals per game in all competitions.
I would say that return for a winger, bearing in mind not all of those were as a starter, is a more than decent return.
Compare that to other wingers, so whilst it was fair to say Johnson needed to add more, it's a one-way view of the player.
To use Johnson as an example of poor scouting, when I look at some of the players we have bought is rubbish.
Current Squad:
Vicario - sell
Kinsky - keep as reserve
Dragusin - give him a chance before sell
Danso - keep or sell depending on what Drag does
Palhinha - 50/50
Simons - keep (play in best position)
Bissouma - bin
Richarlison - give away
Maddison - keep I guess and hope to fuck he can come back from his injury
Tel - 50/50. I think he needs a run of games
Udogie - sell
Gray - keep
Bergvall - keep
Romero - keep
Solanke - fuck knows. Who the fuck is going to buy him in this condition.
Kudus - keep
Kulusevski - keep
Porro - keep
Spence - sell
Odobert - 50/50. Seen flashes but I think he’s not got the balls for premier league football
Sarr - sell
Bentancur - 50/50
Davies - free
Van de Ven - keep
Muani - do NOT sign
Austin - pointless
Scarlett - sell
Vuskovic - keep and get him in the first team asap
Min-Hyeok - monitor on loan and hope he isn't shit
Takai - same (is he playing now?!)
Solomon - fuck off
Ashley Phillips - sell
Veliz - sell
Devine - sell
Buy:
A new fucking manager that can make me go to games knowing it won’t be utterly shit for 90 minutes
Full-backs that can defend
Striker that can lead the line and fucking score goals
Left-winger that isn't shit
Right-winger that isn't shit
A centre mid that can dictate the tempo of a game and not a just a player that can get about the pitch.
Promote promising youth
I do think a lot of players are made worse by the fact we don’t build for a system or a way of playing. Take Woolwich, they have multiple players like Havertz and Ben White who with us would be no better than Danso or Richarlison but they totally fit what Arteta needs.
what is our squad built for?
Possesion football, counter attack football, pressure football? It’s more like a pick and mix. The reason Poch worked is he binned the like of Kaboul and Ade and fixed up the likes of Dembele, Rose and Walker players who had been mostly shit but perfectly fit what he needed.
Club needs to start from first principle.
1 what are we? As we are Spurs it means exciting football is a must. So start with a DoF, scouts and manager that suppports that.
2 ruthlessly sell/move on players that don’t fit the long term type and get in ones that do.
Look at Man United. They buy good players and these players turn to shit. They don’t have a plan, a goal, it’s just buy good players and hope it works. We are the same now sadly.
what is our squad built for?
Possesion football, counter attack football, pressure football? It’s more like a pick and mix. The reason Poch worked is he binned the like of Kaboul and Ade and fixed up the likes of Dembele, Rose and Walker players who had been mostly shit but perfectly fit what he needed.
Club needs to start from first principle.
1 what are we? As we are Spurs it means exciting football is a must. So start with a DoF, scouts and manager that suppports that.
2 ruthlessly sell/move on players that don’t fit the long term type and get in ones that do.
Look at Man United. They buy good players and these players turn to shit. They don’t have a plan, a goal, it’s just buy good players and hope it works. We are the same now sadly.
He had a ban looming and Milan wanted him out because of it.
He fucked up and probably didn't want to take the heat in Milan.
Completely different scenario.
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Disagree.
Of all his group that went into management, I think he is by far the best, aside from Arteta, and will manage another big club at some point.
Disagree.
Of all his group that went into management, I think he is by far the best, aside from Arteta, and will manage another big club at some point.
I only used him and Richy because of the money we spent. There’s been so many but there’s no way scouts go and watch them two and come away really impressed by them. If it’s going down the route of stats and data driven as you pointed out with Brennan’s stats then there will be continued mistakes made by recruitment teams.
A great man once told me before that you need to see a player play well,play poorly and play in games that they win and lose in before you can make a decision on them. He said it might take 4 games or it might take 15 games but you’ll see all the attributes they have,weaknesses they have and character traits you need to know if they are what you are looking for.
Stats and data hide so much of that. The eye test is the most important thing in scouting. Of course there is a place for stats and data but watching players closely over longer periods in different scenarios is a must.
Its a consequence of the swinging from one type of manager to another
And for not having a proper DoF
Flavs most recent podcast with the strategy guy nailed it
Our DoFs (if they even are that?) dont have a vision, an overarching strategy, theyre just opportunists
100% agree - I think this HAS to happen
Spot on. I think it was more a case of Milan telling him he was going than him choosing to leave.
He’d go back there in a heartbeat if he gets the chance.
Except we don't even do the buy good players part
I'm going to repeat this because I'm surprised more people aren't talking about it and I think its indicative of how badly run this football club is.
Tell me another supposedly "big" club. That would sell their top scorer from the season before (and make a loss) when they already have most of their forwards and creative players long term injured or suspended?
I'm not saying that BJ was a great player or that he shouldn't have been sold, but he was a player we could use right now as we are short and anybody who knows Spurs just knew that Kudus would get injured the moment we sold him.
But we have to question what the plan is here. Why are we selling players when we are short without getting replacements first?
This is my issue with this club, there is fuck all ambition. They are happy to sacrifice games for £££. We see this all the bloody time.
We our have probably our biggest game of the season at the weekend against Villa, our only chance of winning a trophy and fuck all players.
Plus we are going to be dropping points all over the shop in the PL and you can pretty much kiss goodbye to getting Europe next season.
All the focus is on Frank because people can't see the wood for the trees at this club and I'm just sick to death of it.
Tell me another supposedly "big" club. That would sell their top scorer from the season before (and make a loss) when they already have most of their forwards and creative players long term injured or suspended?
I'm not saying that BJ was a great player or that he shouldn't have been sold, but he was a player we could use right now as we are short and anybody who knows Spurs just knew that Kudus would get injured the moment we sold him.
But we have to question what the plan is here. Why are we selling players when we are short without getting replacements first?
This is my issue with this club, there is fuck all ambition. They are happy to sacrifice games for £££. We see this all the bloody time.
We our have probably our biggest game of the season at the weekend against Villa, our only chance of winning a trophy and fuck all players.
Plus we are going to be dropping points all over the shop in the PL and you can pretty much kiss goodbye to getting Europe next season.
All the focus is on Frank because people can't see the wood for the trees at this club and I'm just sick to death of it.
Frank is as much a problem as all else youve stated
Hes the front line, in some respects the easiest fix/quick win
That said - fully agreed we need a root and branch change at the club
He has no attacking players mate, and we've just sold one of them without getting a replacement. Its laughable.
I'm not convinced Frank is the answer and didn't even want the guy in the first place but got told he was a tactical genious by the same people that gave him 5 games before wanting him gone.
Its disgusting how badly run we are. Levy might gone but fuck all has changed.
Anyone feel we're being a bit too reckless on incomings so far this window?