Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 35 minutes ago
I would stay well away from Zaha. I think he is say overrated and for what Palace would demand not worth it at all. Werner would definitely be a good signing.
We need 2 midfielders. A destroyer/box to box and a creative CM. We need new fullbacks. Rosr does not seem to be able to play every game anymore? And we all know how gash Davies & Trippier are. Also think we need to think about a new goal keeper pretty soon too.
For me:
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele/Rabiot & Isco (I can dream)
Defence: Meunieur
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Can you afford to add four non-homegrown players to the squad? You'd have to cull some others wouldn't you because I think you're full registered.
I'm assuming those would be Janssen, Llorente and two others.
Wouldn't leave you much wiggle room or, I would expect, a big kitty remaining if you needed to replace one or both of Aldeweireld and Eriksen though.
I'd think Levy will be looking at bolstering the squad with more affordable British talent and hanging on to funds to replace departing big names and pay for contract renewals.
If he's going to keep Spurs in the CL spots medium-term, he's going to have to review your wage policy.
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele
Defence: Sessegnon
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 35 minutes ago
I would stay well away from Zaha. I think he is say overrated and for what Palace would demand not worth it at all. Werner would definitely be a good signing.
We need 2 midfielders. A destroyer/box to box and a creative CM. We need new fullbacks. Rosr does not seem to be able to play every game anymore? And we all know how gash Davies & Trippier are. Also think we need to think about a new goal keeper pretty soon too.
For me:
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele/Rabiot & Isco (I can dream)
Defence: Meunieur
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Can you afford to add four non-homegrown players to the squad? You'd have to cull some others wouldn't you because I think you're full registered.
I'm assuming those would be Janssen, Llorente and two others.
Wouldn't leave you much wiggle room or, I would expect, a big kitty remaining if you needed to replace one or both of Aldeweireld and Eriksen though.
I'd think Levy will be looking at bolstering the squad with more affordable British talent and hanging on to funds to replace departing big names and pay for contract renewals.
If he's going to keep Spurs in the CL spots medium-term, he's going to have to review your wage policy.
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Dembele left so that’s one space added
Then Llorente, Vorm & N’koudou all moving in is another 3.
We’ve got to register Kwp next season so he’ll become another homegrown player which will add a further foreign spot.
Plus I expect Aurier & Wanyama to move on too.
Should be enough wriggle room to be ok
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 41 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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Trippier cannot cross a ball either, Don, and is much, much weaker than Aurier. Aurier has hardly been given a chance.
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted 11 minutes ago
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele
Defence: Sessegnon
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How would Sessegnon improve Spurs defence, he is currently part of the worse defence in the Prem?
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 43 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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If I had to keep one then it would be trippier but purely as the back up
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
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Tbh I would mind moving Lamela on this summer. He’s to inconsistent and injury prone.
If he stays fit we might be able to get a decent fee for him this summer.
comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
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Tbh I would mind moving Lamela on this summer. He’s to inconsistent and injury prone.
If he stays fit we might be able to get a decent fee for him this summer.
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Yeah I wouldn't mind if we moved him on now. Had a good start and this is his best season stats wise but still isn't up to the quality we were expected to get when we paid a record fee for him. And it's 6 seasons later.
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.
I rate Zaha but not sure he is cut out for playing at a top club and is better off being a big fish in a small pond.
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 57 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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Walker is quality going forward, not as good as defensively, but his pace is frightening. Aurier is no comparison to Walker imo
Thanks MK
Adding another homegrown player to the list in itself doesn't help you though.
The potential problem is that you've got a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players that you can register, full stop.
Then you can make your squad up to 25 with homegrown players.
If you let Trippier, Rose and Davies go, you'd have Alli, Kane, Dier and Winks left I'd guess. Which would leave you with a squad of 21 and zero wiggle room to bring in any non-homegrown players.
If you've got talented youngsters ready to step up from your academy that's not necessarily a problem; otherwise you're looking light on personnel.
If I were Levy, I'd be hanging on to the British squad players, actually looking to sign more to bolster the numbers, and saving the non-homegrown spots for players who would improve the first XI.
There aren't many cheap, homegrown like-for-like replacements for the likes of Rose or Trippier. The other option, of course, is trying to get ahold of the same top young English talent that everyone else wants and parent clubs are desperate to keep. But I cannot see Levy getting into bidding wars over those kind of players.
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.“
And there is the losers Spurs mentality in a nutshell in this post. Why are people always saying, we can’t spend this amount on this player because he will be a sub? it’s just so ridiculous. Werner or a player of that sort will get games as he can interchange. We can’t go throughout our whole existence saying we can’t get anyone that great just because of Kane. Yes, we should be going for a Werner or a Zaha no doubt about it, ridiculous to think otherwise.
Given all of the above, Wan-Bisakka would be a good signing for you guys if you could get him at a decent price.
All of United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs might be in for an RB this summer though
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 7 minutes ago
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.“
And there is the losers Spurs mentality in a nutshell in this post. Why are people always saying, we can’t spend this amount on this player because he will be a sub?it’s just so ridiculous. Werner or a player of that sort will get games as he can interchange. We can’t go throughout our whole existence saying we can’t get anyone that great just because of Kane. Yes, we should be going for a Werner or a Zaha no doubt about it, ridiculous to think otherwise.
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Disagree mate. Money is tight, we need to be looking to improve the areas of weakness.
Right back and CM are currently not good enough for a top 4 side. These are the areas that need to be prioritised.
As we have seen in recent weeks Son/Llorente have provided decent cover for Kane.
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
For me no excuses this summer. 60 mil bid down for a Werner or Zaha. Get in that quality up top we need when the inevitable happens and Kane picks up his annual injury. Get in a quality defensive midfielder. Bring in a decent young attacking midfielder. Possibly a right back if we can, retain our key players and we are good for a title challenge next season.
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 3 minutes ago
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
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We lost v Chelsea because we were missing 3 of our best players.
Would have been fine if it was just Kane missing as we showed last year at Stamford bridge.
I would much rather improve the first team than the squad. Say we were going into Dortmund with a top right back and CM I would feel confident. If we had Werner or Zaha I doubt that would have much impact.
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 4 minutes ago
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
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Well City have several quality attackers, and they are supposedly challenging for the title, but they are behind Spurs in the table.
Sandy, City win stuff and win leagues, Spurs don’t big difference
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 18 minutes ago
Thanks MK
Adding another homegrown player to the list in itself doesn't help you though.
The potential problem is that you've got a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players that you can register, full stop.
Then you can make your squad up to 25 with homegrown players.
If you let Trippier, Rose and Davies go, you'd have Alli, Kane, Dier and Winks left I'd guess. Which would leave you with a squad of 21 and zero wiggle room to bring in any non-homegrown players.
If you've got talented youngsters ready to step up from your academy that's not necessarily a problem; otherwise you're looking light on personnel.
If I were Levy, I'd be hanging on to the British squad players, actually looking to sign more to bolster the numbers, and saving the non-homegrown spots for players who would improve the first XI.
There aren't many cheap, homegrown like-for-like replacements for the likes of Rose or Trippier. The other option, of course, is trying to get ahold of the same top young English talent that everyone else wants and parent clubs are desperate to keep. But I cannot see Levy getting into bidding wars over those kind of players.
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Rose and Davies will stay ( thought Davies counts non homegrown in Europe ).
Kane, Winks, Dele, Rose, Davies, KWP plus wan-Bissaka & zaha we’d be set.
Plus maybe the like of Onomah will be given a chance next season too.
There should be just about enough wriggle room.
Although we probably just go another summer without buying anyone
Think we'll end up with just ONE that great West African CM called Fakin Nowone.
Koke ,Isco, a new striker,Grey from Liecester.
Outs
Llorente
Janssen
Nkoudou
Eriksen will go to Madrid.
Aurier.
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posted on 3/2/19
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 35 minutes ago
I would stay well away from Zaha. I think he is say overrated and for what Palace would demand not worth it at all. Werner would definitely be a good signing.
We need 2 midfielders. A destroyer/box to box and a creative CM. We need new fullbacks. Rosr does not seem to be able to play every game anymore? And we all know how gash Davies & Trippier are. Also think we need to think about a new goal keeper pretty soon too.
For me:
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele/Rabiot & Isco (I can dream)
Defence: Meunieur
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Can you afford to add four non-homegrown players to the squad? You'd have to cull some others wouldn't you because I think you're full registered.
I'm assuming those would be Janssen, Llorente and two others.
Wouldn't leave you much wiggle room or, I would expect, a big kitty remaining if you needed to replace one or both of Aldeweireld and Eriksen though.
I'd think Levy will be looking at bolstering the squad with more affordable British talent and hanging on to funds to replace departing big names and pay for contract renewals.
If he's going to keep Spurs in the CL spots medium-term, he's going to have to review your wage policy.
posted on 3/2/19
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele
Defence: Sessegnon
posted on 3/2/19
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 35 minutes ago
I would stay well away from Zaha. I think he is say overrated and for what Palace would demand not worth it at all. Werner would definitely be a good signing.
We need 2 midfielders. A destroyer/box to box and a creative CM. We need new fullbacks. Rosr does not seem to be able to play every game anymore? And we all know how gash Davies & Trippier are. Also think we need to think about a new goal keeper pretty soon too.
For me:
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele/Rabiot & Isco (I can dream)
Defence: Meunieur
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Can you afford to add four non-homegrown players to the squad? You'd have to cull some others wouldn't you because I think you're full registered.
I'm assuming those would be Janssen, Llorente and two others.
Wouldn't leave you much wiggle room or, I would expect, a big kitty remaining if you needed to replace one or both of Aldeweireld and Eriksen though.
I'd think Levy will be looking at bolstering the squad with more affordable British talent and hanging on to funds to replace departing big names and pay for contract renewals.
If he's going to keep Spurs in the CL spots medium-term, he's going to have to review your wage policy.
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Dembele left so that’s one space added
Then Llorente, Vorm & N’koudou all moving in is another 3.
We’ve got to register Kwp next season so he’ll become another homegrown player which will add a further foreign spot.
Plus I expect Aurier & Wanyama to move on too.
Should be enough wriggle room to be ok
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 41 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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Trippier cannot cross a ball either, Don, and is much, much weaker than Aurier. Aurier has hardly been given a chance.
posted on 3/2/19
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted 11 minutes ago
Striker: Werner
Midfield: Ndombele
Defence: Sessegnon
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How would Sessegnon improve Spurs defence, he is currently part of the worse defence in the Prem?
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 43 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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If I had to keep one then it would be trippier but purely as the back up
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
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Tbh I would mind moving Lamela on this summer. He’s to inconsistent and injury prone.
If he stays fit we might be able to get a decent fee for him this summer.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
Zaha would be a good addition. Extra pace and trickery to take on players in the box. Moura may improve further next season but as it stands Zaha would be a better option than him and Lamela.
And of course if we could get Vardy I'd be happy.
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Tbh I would mind moving Lamela on this summer. He’s to inconsistent and injury prone.
If he stays fit we might be able to get a decent fee for him this summer.
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Yeah I wouldn't mind if we moved him on now. Had a good start and this is his best season stats wise but still isn't up to the quality we were expected to get when we paid a record fee for him. And it's 6 seasons later.
posted on 3/2/19
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.
posted on 3/2/19
I rate Zaha but not sure he is cut out for playing at a top club and is better off being a big fish in a small pond.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 57 minutes ago
Not for me Sandy mate. Aurier just seems a disaster waiting to happen and can’t cross a ball. He’s exactly why I never use to rate Kyle Walker who by the way isn’t actually that rated up at Mancity. A lot of City supporters think he’s a liability, which is what I was saying for years when he was at Spurs. Anyway, getting slightly off topic there, but my point is Aurier has similar traits.
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Walker is quality going forward, not as good as defensively, but his pace is frightening. Aurier is no comparison to Walker imo
posted on 3/2/19
Thanks MK
Adding another homegrown player to the list in itself doesn't help you though.
The potential problem is that you've got a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players that you can register, full stop.
Then you can make your squad up to 25 with homegrown players.
If you let Trippier, Rose and Davies go, you'd have Alli, Kane, Dier and Winks left I'd guess. Which would leave you with a squad of 21 and zero wiggle room to bring in any non-homegrown players.
If you've got talented youngsters ready to step up from your academy that's not necessarily a problem; otherwise you're looking light on personnel.
If I were Levy, I'd be hanging on to the British squad players, actually looking to sign more to bolster the numbers, and saving the non-homegrown spots for players who would improve the first XI.
There aren't many cheap, homegrown like-for-like replacements for the likes of Rose or Trippier. The other option, of course, is trying to get ahold of the same top young English talent that everyone else wants and parent clubs are desperate to keep. But I cannot see Levy getting into bidding wars over those kind of players.
posted on 3/2/19
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.“
And there is the losers Spurs mentality in a nutshell in this post. Why are people always saying, we can’t spend this amount on this player because he will be a sub? it’s just so ridiculous. Werner or a player of that sort will get games as he can interchange. We can’t go throughout our whole existence saying we can’t get anyone that great just because of Kane. Yes, we should be going for a Werner or a Zaha no doubt about it, ridiculous to think otherwise.
posted on 3/2/19
Given all of the above, Wan-Bisakka would be a good signing for you guys if you could get him at a decent price.
All of United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs might be in for an RB this summer though
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 7 minutes ago
Absolute nonsense calling for Werner or similar strikers. No way will we be spending £50m on a back-up for Kane, and nor should we be. The benefit of having a quality striker to play if Kane is injured is simply not worth the money - Son can lead the line, and get a cheaper Llorente type player for the cups and crises.
We need players to improve the first XI.
Wan-Bisakka is young, proven quality and would see us as a suitable step up. £40m would be money well spent.
A ball-carrying, athletic CM is the other priority. Doucoure or Loftus-Cheek would fit the role perfectly, although can’t see us getting RLC. Have heard good things about Ndombele and Diawara, haven’t seen them play enough to know whether they’d fit the mound however.“
And there is the losers Spurs mentality in a nutshell in this post. Why are people always saying, we can’t spend this amount on this player because he will be a sub?it’s just so ridiculous. Werner or a player of that sort will get games as he can interchange. We can’t go throughout our whole existence saying we can’t get anyone that great just because of Kane. Yes, we should be going for a Werner or a Zaha no doubt about it, ridiculous to think otherwise.
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Disagree mate. Money is tight, we need to be looking to improve the areas of weakness.
Right back and CM are currently not good enough for a top 4 side. These are the areas that need to be prioritised.
As we have seen in recent weeks Son/Llorente have provided decent cover for Kane.
posted on 3/2/19
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
posted on 3/2/19
For me no excuses this summer. 60 mil bid down for a Werner or Zaha. Get in that quality up top we need when the inevitable happens and Kane picks up his annual injury. Get in a quality defensive midfielder. Bring in a decent young attacking midfielder. Possibly a right back if we can, retain our key players and we are good for a title challenge next season.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 3 minutes ago
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
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We lost v Chelsea because we were missing 3 of our best players.
Would have been fine if it was just Kane missing as we showed last year at Stamford bridge.
I would much rather improve the first team than the squad. Say we were going into Dortmund with a top right back and CM I would feel confident. If we had Werner or Zaha I doubt that would have much impact.
posted on 3/2/19
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 4 minutes ago
Lamela, yes against weaker sides, but when we have come up against better sides we have lost. Chelsea a prime example. We need someone of quality in attack, I been saying it for years. We have to sign a quality attacker if we want to challenge the title.
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Well City have several quality attackers, and they are supposedly challenging for the title, but they are behind Spurs in the table.
posted on 3/2/19
Sandy, City win stuff and win leagues, Spurs don’t big difference
posted on 3/2/19
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 18 minutes ago
Thanks MK
Adding another homegrown player to the list in itself doesn't help you though.
The potential problem is that you've got a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players that you can register, full stop.
Then you can make your squad up to 25 with homegrown players.
If you let Trippier, Rose and Davies go, you'd have Alli, Kane, Dier and Winks left I'd guess. Which would leave you with a squad of 21 and zero wiggle room to bring in any non-homegrown players.
If you've got talented youngsters ready to step up from your academy that's not necessarily a problem; otherwise you're looking light on personnel.
If I were Levy, I'd be hanging on to the British squad players, actually looking to sign more to bolster the numbers, and saving the non-homegrown spots for players who would improve the first XI.
There aren't many cheap, homegrown like-for-like replacements for the likes of Rose or Trippier. The other option, of course, is trying to get ahold of the same top young English talent that everyone else wants and parent clubs are desperate to keep. But I cannot see Levy getting into bidding wars over those kind of players.
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Rose and Davies will stay ( thought Davies counts non homegrown in Europe ).
Kane, Winks, Dele, Rose, Davies, KWP plus wan-Bissaka & zaha we’d be set.
Plus maybe the like of Onomah will be given a chance next season too.
There should be just about enough wriggle room.
Although we probably just go another summer without buying anyone
posted on 3/2/19
Think we'll end up with just ONE that great West African CM called Fakin Nowone.
posted on 3/2/19
Koke ,Isco, a new striker,Grey from Liecester.
Outs
Llorente
Janssen
Nkoudou
Eriksen will go to Madrid.
Aurier.
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