They need to show intent though...
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Let's take Seymenyo for example. He's out of our reach now, but had we gone with a no nonsense 80 million in the summer we'd probably of got him.
I just don't understand it, it would of been a huge transfer for us, properly replacing Son. It was obvious he had the quality and elite skill set to be one of the top performers in the PL.
But yet we'd rather take the risk with 60 million on players who look decent, but not elite...or haven't even graced the PL.
Doubt Bournemouth would have sold him as well as the other players they lost, they gave him a new contract with a release clause in it now so he's destined for someone bigger than us and probably was seeing beyond us last Summer anyway.
Penny-wise
Pound-foolish
Tel and Odobert combined are a Seymenyo.
Same money, give or take. But no, we always do this.
£80m for Seymenyo and we could probably either win things and/or flip in a few years for £100m+
We will be lucky to get £30m for both Tel and Odobert combined. Genius.
How can they show intent when they haven't had a window yet, and even then, expecting them to do a summers worth of dealings, in January, when its hard to get anything done.
It took the whole month to get Porro.
As I keep saying, all we can do is wait, and see what they do.
It's an example. Who knows but you get the point I'm making.
We've never really pushed the boat out enough.
And he would have got injured or been shite or both and we would be sat here saying why the fuck did we overpay for Semenyo. Honestly, most of the fans on here were lording up our window... Kudus a real sign of intent, Palhinha just what we need, Simons from under the Chavs noses BOOM, RKM - how the fuck did we manage that. Roll forward 2 months and they have all been disappointing even Palhinha, which I know will upset a few on here who think he's prime Kante.
Unless it’s on his own thread
And the mess we are in, it's going to take years.
I'm trying to say that even though the Jan window is relatively small, at least try to make an effort to show intent for summer..as you say, Wait and see...
The issue with Saturday, is that it was the same performance as almost every game against Chelsea for 6+ years under 6 managers.
Sure, it was similar to other home games this season, but I'm at the stage where us losing to Chelsea is as routine as us beating City.
It's an anomaly whereby we can be the form team and they can be in all sorts of array, and we just don't show up. It happens so often now.
Yeah that is fair and unfortunately our games with Woolwich seem to be going down the same route now. We just fold against them regardless of all circumstances. Such a spineless group of cowards.
He's not
I completely agree, and I think they will.
It's like trying to predict if Frank will be great for us or not. You can't say one way or the other until you know.
All you can do, is give him time, get behind the team, and encourage them as much as you can.
And the Lewis family need to step up. This £100 million, is a nice step in the right direction.
This was so apparent on Saturday watching from high in the South. Players simply did not move to create angles. It was so obvious and therefore frustrating. Frank must be tearing his hair out.
Maybe he is telling them to play in such a way that their natural instinct to create an angle is secondary to making sure they don't lose their man even though we have the ball... that's what defensive coaches do... even in possession they are worried about the turnover.
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I must say the game was so squeezed on Saturday. There was no space, both teams were playing so safe and waiting for the other to make a mistake. A few more long balls into the channels was required but Chalobah had Richy in his pocket. He was their MOTM for me. I hope he gets a look in the England squad as he looked a really good defender.
Precisely!
Fans aren't stupid, we know there are no attacking options beyond Kudus and Johnson when he's on it. Fans would understand that against certain sides we need to be pragmatic until reinforcements arrive.
Spurs support as a whole and historically are too focused on style of play. This goes for media as well.
No one wants to see suicidal losing football.
It's not any more entertaining to throw everyone forward and fail to score than it is to play a low block and try to get a point. I would rather see us align with two banks of four men and get a point than losing in any style. Losing is not entertaining.
Style is not the point, results are the point - What can we achieve today. Style did not win us the Europa final.
Nothing succeeds like success. Get results.