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Offline PeterWithe

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7140 on: September 18, 2020, 09:20:00 AM »
I cant see Dele Alli joining a team not in CL, and I cant see us paying him anywhere near what others would.

Id rate our chances of buying him at zero.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7141 on: September 18, 2020, 09:30:49 AM »
I reckon we must be in for another striker if Samatta goes. No way do we risk Watkins being injured for a period and only having Davis as backup.

We said something similar last year...

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7142 on: September 18, 2020, 09:48:17 AM »
I reckon we must be in for another striker if Samatta goes. No way do we risk Watkins being injured for a period and only having Davis as backup.

We said something similar last year...
This is true.I can't see them allowing that situation to happen again. Does anyone know how far off Wesley is from returning to training?

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7143 on: September 18, 2020, 10:07:17 AM »
I reckon we must be in for another striker if Samatta goes. No way do we risk Watkins being injured for a period and only having Davis as backup.

We said something similar last year...
This is true.I can't see them allowing that situation to happen again. Does anyone know how far off Wesley is from returning to training?

I agree... I just couldn’t resist in! Anyway, we’ve done no centre backs and no centre forwards, must be a different position this year. Definitely won’t be no goalkeepers.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7144 on: September 18, 2020, 10:16:00 AM »
You could almost say we have cover everywhere atm. Although how good that cover is is open to debate.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7145 on: September 18, 2020, 10:18:48 AM »
Éduardo - could be the one - but it depends how Dean will set up the team?

I think Watkins is the main man now. At one point I did think Watkins wide and Éduardo in the middle but Watkins looks the real deal.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7146 on: September 18, 2020, 11:10:31 AM »
A dream return for Ross McCormack is off, sadly.

He's joined Aldershot.

Shame.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7147 on: September 18, 2020, 11:26:03 AM »
I cant see Dele Alli joining a team not in CL, and I cant see us paying him anywhere near what others would.

Id rate our chances of buying him at zero.

I don't particularly want him either. He's like the last throws of a Roman Candle now ...just before the flame burns out.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7148 on: September 18, 2020, 11:38:05 AM »
We are definitely going to need another striker if Samatta goes.  Wesley shouldn't be rushed back and we wouldn't be able to rely on Davis as the only back up.

Think we will get another in.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7149 on: September 18, 2020, 11:41:17 AM »
Dean Smith:
"My role [in recruitment] is pretty much the same. As soon as Johan came into the club we sat down and profiled the positions we needed and then it’s a case of me adding some names I liked in those positions. Then it’s down to the recruitment department, headed by Rob and with Johan’s input, to come up with players that a) fit the profile, b) fit the personality profile and c) are actionable. They come up with a list and I sit down with the coaches and decide the best ones.”
We’re very fortunate to have the owners we do. They’ve invested an awful lot of money already and now it is going to be down to the strategy of the people they have employed. It’s not just about the finances they have because we want to make it a sustainable club. We signed an awful lot of players with potential last season and they have to go on and fulfil their potential."

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7150 on: September 18, 2020, 11:51:17 AM »
A dream return for Ross McCormack is off, sadly.

He's joined Aldershot.

Shame.

They went kaput in 1992. He did in 2017. Hope they resurrect in hell..er, or something.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7151 on: September 18, 2020, 12:03:14 PM »
Seems to have gone quiet in terms of rumours and links.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7152 on: September 18, 2020, 12:08:31 PM »
I cant see Dele Alli joining a team not in CL, and I cant see us paying him anywhere near what others would.

Id rate our chances of buying him at zero.

I don't particularly want him either. He's like the last throws of a Roman Candle now ...just before the flame burns out.
Whilst I don't necessarily disagree that he'd not be a good signing, that's a bit harsh - he's only 24. Plenty of possibility, if the motivation is there, for him to get back to his previous level.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7153 on: September 18, 2020, 12:09:00 PM »
A dream return for Ross McCormack is off, sadly.

He's joined Alder shot.

Shame.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7154 on: September 18, 2020, 01:35:40 PM »
I cant see Dele Alli joining a team not in CL, and I cant see us paying him anywhere near what others would.

Id rate our chances of buying him at zero.

Fingers crossed that zero is correct :-)

Personally I think he is the biggest ‘all fart no shit’ player out there...there is obv a bit of talent in there but at no point in his career has he ever shown it in more than flashes.

Having watched the Spurs doc there is no doubt in my mind that he will want out as they painted him as a complete simpleton - think his edited highlights were starting a debate in physio room about top 3 chocolate bars / having a bit of verbals about having verbals with Dier / being called lazy in a team mtg by Mourinho / announcing that in lockdown he learnt to cook baked beans in a microwave’didnt realise it was so easy’ :-(
« Last Edit: September 18, 2020, 02:44:33 PM by Gareth »

 


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