Paid Members Gus Mears Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) I'm genuinely hoping so, Butch. I could see him getting a fair amount of time in the Europa and cup competitions if he sticks around, but wouldn't be shocked if we loan him either. He needs minutes either way. All of these young guys do and I just hope the stars have aligned and we have both a manager and board willing to give a bit of time to young players and a type of football that isn't 100% expediency based. I think we can still finish top 4 while blooding some of these guys. Edited August 10, 2018 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) 55 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: They've got Wanyama, Dembele and Dier in central midfield. Rose and Davies at LB. You're talking £20m+ to marginally improve. I genuinely think they're the only club who get that. Obviously Levy is tighter than a gnat's chuff but he's not stupid. If it continues window on window when players get older and complacent then fine, criticise. But not spending for spending's sake for one window is sensible. They can improve by improving players too and learning from previous mistake. They have half a squad who are peak age to do that. Remember when that used to be how football worked? Poch doesn't seem to rate Wanyama anymore, Dembele's legs have gone and it's not nailed on that Harry Winks is actually good enough to fill those boots just yet, and Eric Dier is highly overrated (and in ny opinion we should have sold him to United for the boatload of cash they would have paid for him when we had the chance). I like Ben Davies and Danny Rose but Rose is probably going to find himself frozen out again this season because of his attitude during last year's pre season. Ben Davies is good, but not title winning good. On the right hand side we have Trippier and Aurier. We can probably get by with those two, with Aurier playing second fiddle to Trips (unless he shows some serious improvement in his decision making and learns how to operate as a good defender in a wing back role). Our central defenders are probably the best in the country,, that I'll concede. Dele Allli is great on his day, but his days are not consistent enough yet. Eriksen is great, Son is good although I believe we could easily improve on him. We didnt see much of Lucas Moura last season, but I was excited by what I did and hope he will be a first team regular this year. Kane of course is great, but we have nobody that can produce anywhere near his level of end product should he get injured or need a rest. We we lack really anyone off the bench that can come on and change a game for us. So there you have it: at least three positions in our first team that could be improved upon, and that's without even making improvements to squad players. Hey, I'll be overjoyed if we can win the title with the squad we have, utilising some of the likes of Amos, Kyle Walker-Peters, Josh Onomah and others. That would be wonderful - but so would winning the lottery and the odds of that happening are better than the odds of us winning the title this year.  Edited August 10, 2018 by SpursRiot2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, SpursRiot2012 said: not title winning good. You're not winning the title unless three others implode. Squad is good enough to challenge for the top 4 and maybe win a cup. Spend anything less than £100m on genuine game changers and it's still the same. IMO. I'd gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Well, that's my point. The club don't want to spend the money required to attract game changers. That's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 10, 2018 Author Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2018 The best thing about the return of the domestic season is the return of David Squires weekly in the Guardian.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/aug/10/david-squires-on-emo-jose-mourinhos-premier-league-2018-19-preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, SpursRiot2012 said: Well, that's my point. The club don't want to spend the money required to attract game changers. That's the problem. Of course not, you've got a stadium to pay for. Can't have everything. Ask Punky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Remember when Newcastle gave Pardew that massive contract? Seems like ages ago. It would still have two years left on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 We're going to do a Portsmouth. Can feel it in the depths of my stones, lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Top Six: City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, United. Relegated: Watford, Cardiff, Huddersfield. UCL: Bayern Munich Golden Boot: Salah Player of the Season: De Bruyne Young Player: James Maddison Best Signing: Keita Flop: Kepa Sacking: Wagner at Huddersfield Surprise Package: Newcastle Mourinho: Will last until March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamaras-Tash Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Top Six: City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, United. Relegated: Cardiff, Newcastle, Watford UCL: Juventus Golden Boot: Kane Player of the Season: De Bruyne Young Player: Sane ( would he count still? ) Best Signing: Kovacic Flop: Fred Sacking: Javi Gracia Surprise Package: Fulham Mourinho: Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 6 hours ago, SpursRiot2012 said: So there you have it: at least three positions in our first team that could be improved upon, and that's without even making improvements to squad players. Â Â And who are these players that could improve our first 11 that fit within our transfer policy and wage bill? Unless you can identify the players that fit in to this, then there is absolutely no point talking about coulda, woulda, shouldas.... I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid as someone mentioned earlier, I'm just being realistic. It makes me die to see these fans whinging about not buying anyone. It's fucking Spurs, what did they expect? "WHY DIDN'T SPURS GO FOR KOVACIC???" lolz. Until someone comes and buys the club, this is the way it operates. Levy and ENIC have taken us as far as we can. In my opinion, the stadium is Levy's legacy, and I have no doubt he wanted to get to this point and sell up (I mean, as much as he can) People should fucking deal with it, or don't go. @PunkStep That's terrifying about the Pardew contract. I think David Moyes United contract ran out not long ago as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Top Six: Man City, Liverpool, Man United, Spurs, Chelsea & Arsenal. Relegated: Cardiff, Huddersfield & Burnley. Champions League: Barcelona. Top Scorer: Harry Kane. Player of the season: De Bruyne. Young player of the season: Best signing: Rui Patricio. Biggest flop: Jefferson Lerma. First sacking: Warnock. Surprise package: None. When will Jose fuck off?: Next summer. Fulham have spent £105m. The only surprise will be if they somehow go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) 43 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: And who are these players that could improve our first 11 that fit within our transfer policy and wage bill? Unless you can identify the players that fit in to this, then there is absolutely no point talking about coulda, woulda, shouldas.... Gelson Martins, Alex Telles and dare I say Joao Moutinho. All would have improved your first team and/or squad and wouldn't have cost THAT much. Edited August 10, 2018 by Teedy Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: Gelson Martins, Alex Telles and dare I say Joao Moutinho. All would have improved your first team and/or squad and wouldn't have cost THAT much. that's hilarious. Absolutely none of them are getting in any top 6 team. There's a reason they're where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Didn't Martins go to Atletico, though? I know the free transfer made him more appealing, but they wouldn't have signed him if he couldn't improve their squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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