Black Eyed Boys

Fair enough there HH.

However, if we bring in both Pavlyuchenko and Smooth Bum can we return to a state of over optimism?

I think there is no doubt we will lose on Sunday, but hopefully at least we will have brought in some fresh fish that will be ready to actually mount a comeback...

Only 5 and a half days of newspaper spin to go and then we will know where the board are really pitching for us to get to this year.....

At least it will then be about the football (so lets hope the results pick up rather sharpish).

Are there any reports about Roman that are not based on a single really (really) rough / dodgy translation of a Russian website, or could it all be a hoax that all the papers have jumped on? Sorry but false dawns etc etc....

***cherry pops***

What the hell does that tortured piece of writing say?

Reply to BillyB:

Fair enough there HH.

However, if we bring in both Pavlyuchenko and Smooth Bum can we return to a state of over optimism?

I think there is no doubt we will lose on Sunday, but hopefully at least we will have brought in some fresh fish that will be ready to actually mount a...

BillyB - I mentioned in the alternative blog (LINK) that there are too many examples of extreme optimism and defeatism displayed on here. It can be a laugh to read, but I worry that some are jumping the gun again as they did pre-season.

Come end of play Monday, we'll undoubtedly be stronger than we are no - however I'm holding my breath to see whether we can be good enough. What I mean is not just to break in top4, but to consistently win and do it well.

Im particularly hoping the Huntelaar deal comes off. Not a fan of the smooth bum.
Either way its still not good enough. We are less of a striking threat than we ended last season.That includes the 'Possible' new boys. I wait with baited breath.

Pessimist extreme. You and I are not there so we do not know the nature of business and motivations behind every move, nor the problems that come with it. Leave the club alone to do their work and lets do what we can - support them. I cannot complain about any of the signings, i just have to wait till they all gel. kay

Reply to Trembly:

Reply to BillyB:

Fair enough there HH.

However, if we bring in both Pavlyuchenko and Smooth Bum can we return to a state of over optimism?

I think there is no doubt we will lose on Sunday, but hopefully at least we will have brought in some fresh fish that will be ready to actually mount a...

BillyB - I mentioned in the alternative blog (LINK) that there are too many examples of extreme optimism and defeatism displayed on here. It can be a laugh to read, but I worry that some are jumping the gun again as they...

I meant whilst Harry's been awol. someone suggested we use this LINK and have been discussing (in a slightly less tortured way - nice one Nayim) - what Harry has posted above.

Is this cryptic nonsense hiding a certain degree of pessimism, harry? If so, I suggest you get back on the boards, as they're full of news about signings coming in this week!

oi oi hazza,
Last year fifth spot lost 11 in a season, this year third and fourth will lose more then the measly 4-5 they did last time around. If we sign a hatchet in the middle, Charlie from the Moon, and The Hunter to go with Pavlova then we are considerably and justifiably 'opeful.
Ta da

Like most of us I was filled to the brim of hope for a top 4 challenge or maybe even more. Berby was already showing his colours by the end of last season and so I never really thought he would still be here. Get shot now I say at £20million if necessary, he is dragging us down. But the event that really put us back was the shock Robbie Keane departure. It tore the heart out of the dressing room and we lost the galvanising ingredient which would have enhanced the introduction of the new personnel. Instead we have the shambles which has been trying to buy top strikers when we should have been bedded down for the winter. I just hope we can sort this debacle out quickly and get our season going and quick.

Reply to Nayim:

What the hell does that tortured piece of writing say?

It says you've clicked on the wrong site No more clues.

Reply to BOF:

Is this cryptic nonsense hiding a certain degree of pessimism, harry? If so, I suggest you get back on the boards, as they're full of news about signings coming in this week!

The boards are wonderful if you can't get a copy og Closer, Heat or Now magazine I suppose...

I've spent too many years waiting for this moment to come where we look as if we can possibly make a challenge for the top four. We've made some excellent signings so far that just need a little time to settle down. I refuse to give up on the team I love & expect everyone (except the sulker) to give their all for the cause. It's glass-half-full time lads, let's show them what we can do. COYS!

yes we have lost robbie,berbs is a luxary we can ill afford,we need players who want to play when its tough as well as when its easy..watchd the sunderland game on sky and think we were very unlucky to not get a result they had 3 attacks, bently had at least 6 fantastic deliveries which on another day would have brought about 3 goals..balance aint right but we will get there ramos is no mug..lets get palu in and another and get behind the boys COYS

Reply to Trembly:

Reply to Trembly:

Reply to BillyB:

Fair enough there HH.

However, if we bring in both Pavlyuchenko and Smooth Bum can we return to a state of over optimism?

I think there is no doubt we will lose on Sunday, but hopefully at least we will have brought in some fresh fish that will be ready to actually mount a...

BillyB - I mentioned in the alternative blog (LINK) that there are too many examples of extreme optimism and defeatism displayed on here. It can be a laugh to read, but I worry that some are jumping the gun again as they...

I meant whilst Harry's been awol. someone suggested we use this LINK and have been discussing (in a slightly less tortured way - nice one Nayim) - what Harry has posted above.

Been busy too, so didnt see the alternative blog. Didnt have time to read through 500 posts on Harrys previous post.

There has been a lot of optimism which has been quickly replaced with defeatism. I just feel frustrated to be honest!

All the encouraging signs we showed in preseason havent got us any points yet. Berba situation has just been a nightmare. I can only hope come Monday we have some new faces in!

Having supported Spurs for decades I know where 'arry is coming from. Whatever we are getting is exciting because it is new for us and the numbers we are spending are big. But what we have lost is one of the most devastating strike teams of recent times in British Club Football whic had the added benefit of magic and intelligence. I think underneath all that lies the sad heavy irony that the team now under Ramos by Sep 1st would have been devastating with that strike pair.

COYS!

The pisser is, other than the protracted nightmare of Berba's Utd switch, is the fact our season will effectively start in a weeks time. Docked points by Levy's determination to hang out for a few more mil. That said with Pav and my prayer of Huntelaar up front, we can still finish fifth. At least none of the teams we're up against come the end of season, have stollen a march on us. Fucking funny to see the scum lose to Fulham too.
COYS let's bloddy sign Huntelaar, then at least we'd have two strikers...

Got ya HH, loud and clear. We need to get things done fast now. Time is running out.

Do you write anything in plain english anymore

Any news on Bentley ?

I prefer it when you pinch ITK from other sites and claim it as your own.

This stuff is just bobbins.

Reply to dewolf06:

Do you write anything in plain english anymore

sdg i fgkuadf;hg uorhaur ahogr

To be fair, that Russian Website is UEFAs official website. I'd be surprised if they hadn't quoted said player verbatim.

Maybe we should be pitching against Man City for the "Fat" Ronaldo

Reply to GetFLetcherorCarrickasPXEforSulkinnit:

Reply to dewolf06:

Do you write anything in plain english anymore

sdg i fgkuadf;hg uorhaur ahogr

Oh I understand make sense now

Spot on Davospur. Let's get on with it! COYS!!!

Latest rumors: On thursday Berbatov is gonna sign ManU for £28m. Pavluychenko is 100% ready. Andrei Arshavin, Miguel Veloso och Klaas-Jan Huntelaar are coming to, Veloso got ready last night. Problem with Huntelaar is his very high salery.

I have it on good authority from an impecable source that the transfer window closes on monday - the same day the local PO has a half day - coincidence!!!! I think not.

Something good was due to arrive .... from Russia but I doubt it now as Betty is off after 12 to take part in her womens institute stuff in the afternoon. I am depressed

Perfectspurs.....

Where do you get your rumours from???

Veloso is a name thats been popping up on here for ages yet I've not seen more than one story linking him to us. Huntelaar would be fantastiche as they say in Germany

Any mention on the Corluka situation? Surely we have to strengthen the back line prior to the Monday deadline?...

Reply to jamiespurs:

Perfectspurs.....

Where do you get your rumours from???

Veloso is a name thats been popping up on here for ages yet I've not seen more than one story linking him to us. Huntelaar would be fantastiche as they say in Germany

From his arse?

The only place i have seen Veloso named as a target is on here lol.

I still expect Arshavin to sign though and maybe Corluka. I think that will be all we sign.

Harry where have been? what a cock up, all this coming and going, I just don't know which way to go. Send the sulk to Manure, or the reserves, but we do need the money. For god sake lets end this fiasco, and get back to sensible team that has a good chance of things this season. Please bring in the Russians and lets get on with the season, as bad as it has been.

Reply to jamiespurs:

Perfectspurs.....

Where do you get your rumours from???

Veloso is a name thats been popping up on here for ages yet I've not seen more than one story linking him to us. Huntelaar would be fantastiche as they say in Germany

My guess would be here.
www.spurscommunity.co.uk

Harry .. my man .. I feel your hurt, we are after all fodder for the top 4 tp pick up their points from .. but the glass is half full .. this Pavlechenko link came right out of the blue .. it seems that Spurs are able to conduct their business under the radar these days .. plus the fact that Pekhart is gone on loan suggests there is something brewing .. The Bulgarian is doing damage to nobody but himself .. and he will leave on our terms and our terms only.

I'm off for the weekend, far away from 7 minute check ups on Newsnow .. and I can't f/cking wait! I'll hear the good news on Monday .. I hope!

Chill out Charlie!

i know we are in a results business, but we are not without talent, spirt and comitment.

How many other premiership teams would kill for our squad, i'm guessing 15?

Yes this week is important, but we've struck early with a guy who's scored 70 goals in 140 games.

to quote that Baz Luman sunscreen song

" you are not as fat as you think you are"

BillyB. You been off taking photos of more fish? TBH you haven't missed that much. Some interesting posts, prose and a bit of poetry mixed in with drunken screaming rages and lots of 'calm downs'. Its a laugh to read if you can drag the laptop to the bog instead of todays papers. Mind you not as useful if you run out of Andrex

i call on my fellow yids 2 bring banners to the cheatski game, to let that scum berbatov know what we think of him! he has shown our loyal fans what he thinks of us by telling bulgarian reporters we are a mid level team FFS! does that clown know the history of our great club? please yids dont stand for this let him feel the wrath of the tottenham faithful! I will be there with my feelings written down, and i hope you will all join me.

Reply to Nayim:

What the hell does that tortured piece of writing say?

LOL, I thought I was the only one!! Sometimes I swear its a computer that writes these pieces. The words are in English, but it doesn't seem to make any sense!!

So all or some of Pav, Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, Corluka, falcao..thats the noises still coming from the grapevine..

begs the question - if we CAN get a few of these why havent we already got a few of these?

Is there any difference between buying Pav now rather than BEFORE the season started?

Reply to Mickey Yid:

Reply to Nayim:

What the hell does that tortured piece of writing say?

LOL, I thought I was the only one!! Sometimes I swear its a computer that writes these pieces. The words are in English, but it doesn't seem to make any sense!!

Try starting with Roger Red Hat?

Reply to Mickey Yid:

Reply to Nayim:

What the hell does that tortured piece of writing say?

LOL, I thought I was the only one!! Sometimes I swear its a computer that writes these pieces. The words are in English, but it doesn't seem to make any sense!!

a 9 point handicap so Levy can sate his thirst for hard negotiation.

get a grip you silly man.

All this doom & gloom & the season's only 2 games old! WTF is it with all this negativity? Sure, we would all like to have 6 points on the board right now, but does that mean because we don't that the season is all over? Instead of speculating as to who we may have when the transfer window shuts, let's wait & see how things pan out when it does, give a few games for the team to settle in & see how it goes. The last thing that we need to be doing right now is getting stuck in to a group of players that have been thrown together with little time to gel & expect them to be world beaters! Let's get behind these players who have agreed to play for the badge. COYS!!!

Reply to jolsgonemental:

So all or some of Pav, Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, Corluka, falcao..thats the noises still coming from the grapevine..

begs the question - if we CAN get a few of these why havent we already got a few of these?

Is there any difference between buying Pav now rather than...

We are skint? Need Berba money before buying other players?

I don't think we have a bottomless pit of cashola

Who fancies going down the lane and kicking the shit out of the Bulgarian Rat. (Had to get that off my chest, sorry)

Well, the ITK's on Spurs community are going wild, obviously they have confirmed the signing of Pav, but also Arshavin, Veloso and Huntelaar are seriously being considered. Bloody hell, imagine this line up:

Gomes

Hutton King Woodgate Bale

Bentley Veloso Dos Santos

Arshavin

Pav Huntelaar

Oh but to dream, but who knows it may happen, I love being a Spurs fan.

COYS

I think the games in PLwill be much tougher this time around.All teams have strengthened.Teams will be losing points more often.So even a 65 point finish by us will ensure a 4th place..

Reply to jolsgonemental:

So all or some of Pav, Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, Corluka, falcao..thats the noises still coming from the grapevine..

begs the question - if we CAN get a few of these why havent we already got a few of these?

Is there any difference between buying Pav now rather than...

Yes, six points difference. But unfortunately Levy's been too busy tilting at windmills, Don Quixote stylee. I guess that makes Comolli the Sancho Panza of this farce.

I think we have some loans as backups. Relax. As they say right before sending a bloke in front of the firing squad: This will all be over soon.

At full strength?

Gomes
Hutton, King, Woodgate, Bale
Veloso
Bentley, Modric, Bale
Pavlovsdog, ???? (Arshavin? Huntelaar?)

Bench: Sanchez, Dawson, Gunther, Ohara, JJ, Thud, Bent

Reply to Trembly:

BillyB. You been off taking photos of more fish? TBH you haven't missed that much. Some interesting posts, prose and a bit of poetry mixed in with drunken screaming rages and lots of 'calm downs'. Its a laugh to read if you can drag the laptop to the bog instead of todays papers. Mind you not as...

Ha Ha, I am guilty of one of the drunken rage outbursts. Few beers, some wine, and an evening with my fiancee, mum and mother-in-law to be resulted in an explosions of hatred and swear words aimed at the thing I love most of all in the world .. . THFC.
But it happens. i have fall outs with friends, family and lovers and always recover. Infact, it makes the bond between us stronger. I let of some steam . . but I move on!
A good performance if not result on Sunday will help kickstart our season. we could do with a carling cup or UEFA Cup game to get a big win under our belts, install some confidence and put the smiles back on all our faces.

sorry j2S for bale in midfield

Reply to BruceCastle:

At full strength?

Gomes
Hutton, King, Woodgate, Bale
Veloso
Bentley, Modric, Bale
Pavlovsdog, ???? (Arshavin? Huntelaar?)

Bench: Sanchez, Dawson, Gunther, Ohara, JJ, Thud, Bent

Have we signed another Bale!

Reply to BruceCastle:

sorry j2S for bale in midfield

thats a quick substitution BC, poor old baler, was on for 28.75 seconds

..........his twin bro aint best pleased either

The situation may be a shambles as you put it H, but it's not really of our own making.
PSB asks for a transfer / head gets turned and he wants to go? we got top dollar for him.
Berba - Only Utd want him, and at a discount rightly we tell Stretford FC to fuck right off! Berba then has a strop unlike anything seen before.
We had to stand up to Utd or else every time we get a decent player they'll be off as soon as the big boys come knocking!
i'm certain General Levy's been trying to get people in but again do we buy any old rubbish? do we pay any price? Like it or not football is a business and as such we have to get top dollar for players we don't want to lose. We also aren't paying over the top (unless we absolutely have to) for players - especially risky purchases from other leagues.
The way football is means that breaking the monopoly of the so called big 4 is very, very hard.
Getting a CL quality side takes time, by the time you've sorted one part of the team out (i.e. forwards) the players think their the nuts and want to play CL football. As such the very top players won't come. The only ones we'll get are the ones the big 4 either don't want or think are too risky and will wait for some mugs like us to take the risk before poaching them from us if they're any good after a year or two.
This weakens the competition and makes the chances of these teams losing their position within Europes elite that much smaller.
We will always have to buy the likes of Pav and smoothbum etc and hope that a. they become starts in the EPL and b. we can hang on to them if they do! To break into this elite takes a hell of a lot of luck, something I don't remember us ever having!

Every season we get excited and every year we fail. What warped logic demands that we allocate such a large percentage of our time and emotion to such a fruitless exercise? Overall Levy has done about as good a job as we could have wished for but despite all the big spending, and the many hours spent in headhunting Director of Football, and top managers, we are certain of yet another mid-table finish. I urge you all to put this misery behind you and to put the time you have now freed up into ending poverty, fighting for world peace, and to get Amy Winehouse to kick the habit

PS. anyone heard anything about the Corluka deal. I hear it will be done on Thursday with Hudd going the other way.

why would huntlear [sic] leave ajax? he's born and bred ajax, is their captain, and he's adored. there has been no talk of him other than our champ man longings. we need to buy a DM VERY fast and then get bentley on the right, dos santos left, modric middle. it's so easy, but there isn't anything out there talking about a DM

Can't see Thudd going, we just got him to pen another deal... I am praying that these rumours materialise, we'd have a stupidly good squad (on paper that is...half the battle)

that piece is the most turgid superfluous frappacino i've ever endured, as an Msc literary critic

whats the big deal with diarra.

never thought has was particularly amazing.

Reply to jmetaipei:

why would huntlear [sic] leave ajax? he's born and bred ajax, is their captain, and he's adored. there has been no talk of him other than our champ man longings. we need to buy a DM VERY fast and then get bentley on the right, dos santos left, modric middle. it's so easy, but there isn't anything...

Is that a pic of a young Rock Lee? If so, respect.

Also fully agree on the DM. Modric was blunt when deployed in front of out back 4 for the first half hour on saturday but showed serious class when pushed up to the opposition D. We need a DM just to allow him to play. He is a gem and need to build around him.

Well up for PavingShingle as well. I've said on here before he's a bit raw for a 26 year old but I like the fella. Diarra, diarra, diarra next...

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Reply to jolsgonemental:

So all or some of Pav, Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, Corluka, falcao..thats the noises still coming from the grapevine..

begs the question - if we CAN get a few of these why havent we already got a few of these?

Is there any difference between buying Pav now rather than...

Yes, six points difference. But unfortunately Levy's been too busy tilting at windmills, Don Quixote stylee. I guess that makes Comolli the Sancho Panza of this farce.

Im pretty certain that is the first and only time Cervantes has been referenced on this blog.

I think we need smoothbum him and pavalova have played together before if we get anyone else pav and that person will have to get used to each other we are already 6 points behind the big boys. Anybody got any news regards defensive players on there way.

Reply to slakjf:

that piece is the most turgid superfluous frappacino i've ever endured, as an Msc literary critic

as with all tortured geniuses, Harold's prose will only be fully appreciated once he is dead. We can only hope he is with us for many years and does not do a Kurt Cobain.

Latest ITK information from spurscommunity.

Dreams do come true Paul and informant spot on, only correction is Berbprat accepted 26m plus add ons, with 15m down payment. From what I've been hearing is that Veloso wants to come big time, just the very tricky terms etc, which club confident, Arshavin looking very, very good, and its 17.5m that's been compromised, but I'm told its grip your bum time on that one from previous dramas. Hunts, yep. If signs Bent allowed to go, if not now in January. 2 contigencies loan signings on standby, and we may go ahead on one.

Oh yeh, allegedly.

PS: ITK?NITK can very seriously damage your health

[Corluka] Looking unlikely as they have second thoughts. I actually said to one of them, yeh he's good but no pace, and gets turned too easily, and the response was quite interesting to say the least, and no, I can't quote it.

DC speaks highly of him, GP, JR not so sure about him

We can have him if we want him, put it that way, but we not made up now.

Very interesting, I genuinely believe Arshavin is coming.

COYS

Reply to Magoolio:

Reply to jolsgonemental:

So all or some of Pav, Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, Corluka, falcao..thats the noises still coming from the grapevine..

begs the question - if we CAN get a few of these why havent we already got a few of these?

Is there any difference between buying Pav now rather than...

We are skint? Need Berba money before buying other players?

I don't think we have a bottomless pit of cashola

JGM/Magoo - you ever been to a market? I got dragged to these with the folks when I was a kid. If you have you'd know, as I was then told by my mum when I wanted to buy something, that sometimes its worth waiting till you get past the middle bit of the market to get better prices for the same thing or even better. Also, you'd know that in many instances - as the market draws to a close, those sellers with stock that they want to get rid off - often discount at the end of the day.

I've got a feeling that no-one else wanted Pavlyuchenko for the price he was touted at when the market opened. Making a firm bid at the start or right in the middle, leaves us open to being gazumped by those who can afford to buy anyone, or people with no initial targets - but as soon as you point one out - they want yours and outbid you.

Also towards the end of the market, those who initially had loads of cash, don't have as much. That's why we've got a better chance now of getting Arshavin for less than the £25m they wanted to start with - we're almost the only ones left to buy him and should be able to do so for less than £19m - no mean discount. I say almost, because chelscum could buy him just as a collection piece even though they don't need him.

Don't know either way what amount's left in the wallet. What I do know is that we are well run and so, we're more likely to have a black amex and proper wads of cash in there, unlike the IOU that some clubs like Man Sh*tteh have.

All this makes sense to me, but I suspect you, like would rather we had everything sorted early (like with Modric) so that I didn't have to go through the last 8 weeks worrying about who's in and who's not. five days left and as long as we come out properly on top, I'll be more than happy that the window finally slams shut.

Oh dear.

that newsflash comes from JASPER.

JASPER is famous for NEVER getting any info correct.

The chances of these deasl happening has now fallen drastically.

Unless of course rather than make stuff up Jasper has decided to just repeat what other (T)ITKs say in the hope they arent also making stuff up.

Again. Why would we have left all these signings until we are 2 games and 6 points down? They cant ALL be financed by Berbatov.

Unless we are holding out for 50m.

Reply to PeterRidsdale:

Reply to slakjf:

that piece is the most turgid superfluous frappacino i've ever endured, as an Msc literary critic

as with all tortured geniuses, Harold's prose will only be fully appreciated once he is dead. We can only hope he is with us for many years and does not do a Kurt Cobain.

There were worries that he'd kicked it and already left for the big blog up there - along with conspiracies flying round that the Ruskie Mafia had finally caught up! Glad you're still around to confundle us with your thoughts HH.

LINK+get+%C2%A316m+Pav,+now+for+Huntelaar/article.do

completely agree JGM, all these names and rumours have no substance to them. Arshavin, fair enough there has been a lot of noise comin out of Russia about this, but i mean more with the likes of Huntelaar and Veloso, names only mentioned in the same breath as Spurs on this very blog, and maybe tribalfootball, or fansfc or even spurscommunity I am just gonna wait to see if Pav deal comes off, and what happens with berbs, corluka and arshavin. And also hope that Levy pulls a massive surprise out the bag (a good one).

Jasper is a dick

do you think Jasper works for the daily mail? LINK

Apparently "Spurs may lack firepower following Roy Keane's departure to Liverpool"

[quote]Apparently "Spurs may lack firepower following Roy Keane's departure to Liverpool" [/unquote]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..... I find his succinct observations as true as the wind beneath Ishmael's harpoon.

we really should look to replace Roy Keane before the window closes.

My over confidence in our pre-season results has already seen me have words with ‘me sister’ (sorry, you were right as always…), blow the weekend with the missus, which started with the moodiness our team selection procured Saturday and also seen me say boll@#ks to my fantasy football selection as my spirit’s already been broken in half due to the annual Spurs version of groundhog day. F*#k it!

I have been so looking forward to coming on here and waxing lyrical on at least one win against the backdrop of showing two fingers to “Bastardoff” and “PSB” but I find myself numb at the nausea that I have been feeling on match days for sometime now (months…). Being one of the biggest supporters of Ramos’s arrival I am dismayed at his apparent capitulation in accepting the Spurs managers ethos of putting square pegs into round holes. It makes me want to break something every minute of every day….

It is plain to me that we will win nothing of note, achieve nada of substance until we purchase or develop a player who will stand in the middle of the park, with his fist clenched and shout “dig” after he has just rattled into another opponent and received his latest booking. All great Spurs teams of the past have had such a person in their side and until we find a new one we are going to have to enjoy the movie without Bill Murray in it.

Excuse me, I’ve got to go and throw up again!

Sam. Tell us how you really feel?

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LINK+get+%C2%A316m+Pav,+now+for+Huntelaar/article.do

SPOT ON>>>WOULD BE A GREAT SIGNING ALONGSIDE PAV!

Lee has gone to Dortmund then

Reply to Magoolio:

Lee has gone to Dortmund then

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

Reply to Magoolio:

Lee has gone to Dortmund then

i wonder if my estimate this morning was close, see below then queue the pelters about my midfield assumption!!!;

So i think it is safe to say Pavlova is our man. 12 mill for a 26yr old is about right and not in the realms of ridiculous price that comes with smoothbutt. Think we need to move on from him and concentrate on another striker (pls Hod let it be Huntelaar) and not heskey/ashton....etc....

So,

Keepers - sorted
Defence - One CB/utility required (corluka likely)
Midfield - Sorted
Strikers - 1 x required assuming Pavlova arrives

Sales Pending;

Stalteri - 1m
Po (not teleltubby, the asian chap) - 2.5m
Rocha - 1.5m
Ghally - (jan window) 3.5m
KevPB - 4m
Taraabt - loan (do not sell unless over 5mill)

Total - 12.5mill

That would buy a CB

The balance of our Keano sale less Pavlova equates to say £7.5mill

use that for another striker


SORTED

Reply to gg's:

Reply to Magoolio:

Lee has gone to Dortmund then

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

School holidays?

Toddspur it certainly looks like we are slowly but surely selling off the dead wood.

Something has defo set the wheels in motion.

Reply to Magoolio:

Reply to gg's:

Reply to Magoolio:

Lee has gone to Dortmund then

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

School holidays?

Just stating matter of fact...who cares really! Stating a fact - as per THFC official website...WOW your clever!
Maybe i should join the party and say get a job?!?

Reply to Magoolio:

Toddspur it certainly looks like we are slowly but surely selling off the dead wood.

Something has defo set the wheels in motion.

he's called Berbatov, or cnutchops to chaps on this site

Reply to toddspur:

Reply to Magoolio:

Toddspur it certainly looks like we are slowly but surely selling off the dead wood.

Something has defo set the wheels in motion.

he's called Berbatov, or cnutchops to chaps on this site

Let's hope we have finally got rid of him.

He is indeed a cunt but we sure will miss him (not his attitude in recent months but his ability).

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Lee has gone to Dortmund then

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

School holidays?

Just stating matter of fact...who cares really! Stating a fact - as per THFC official website...WOW your clever!
Maybe i should join the party and say get a job?!?

Calm down fool.

You must be a goon

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Lee has gone to Dortmund then

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

School holidays?

Just stating matter of fact...who cares really! Stating a fact - as per THFC official website...WOW your clever!
Maybe i should join the party and say get a job?!?

gg, is all this transfer bobbins gettin on yer tits by chance?

Actually block 28 east lower - season ticket holder. Me a fool or goon?!...you MUG....has Harry employed you as a "posting boy" declaring FACTS from the official website!?! GET A LIFE SAD MAN..NOT A PROFILE ON A WEBSITE.

Harry keep up with the amusing cuts...COYS

Temper, temper lol

If you don't like a post of mine....ignore it!

Simple as

As the old saying goes, “When one out-n-out Russian striker comes, his diminutive link –player countryman will follow.” - would be nice for the goal scoring dept at THFC and not too bad as far as marketing to world superpowers goes. Maybe the latter won’t come as his price tag is off-putting and his stature and services already exist in abundance at the club. If it were all easy, Levy would break the bank for Gareth Barry and he would play for the team he supports, or in an ideal world, trade a few midfielders, ie) Zokora, Lennon, Jenas for the boy and Ledley King would miraculously emerge knee-injuryless, along with competent cover, nevertheless, ie) Corluka. Oh, and the gaffer would play the boys in their proper positions, say, right wingers on the right, lefties on the left, and constant hair adjusters at the back with room to overlap and link w/ a certain left sided Mexican midfielder playing in a three man line in front of a holding midfielder…

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Temper, temper lol

If you don't like a post of mine....ignore it!

Simple as

lol temper....hey wont pass comment...dont like my reaction to being called a FOOL or GOONER...ignore it im sure you would have?!?!...SIMPLE AS

Yes Toddspur...same old Spurs waiting till the end of the transfer window to sort out our main business...Crazy 6 points already lost...yep when will Levy & Co learn that these business decisions really DO impact what happens on the pitch!

gg - magoolio was making less a statement of fact than starting a 'conversation' not a 'slagging off match'.

Magoo/Todd - its been reported in the German redtop bild.de that he's gone as well, but scarily no details of a transfer fee has been given. Its not been reported on the official BVB.de website either. I do hope we got decent money for him. I mean, if we can get £2.5m for Bambi, I'm hoping for a bit more than that - even though he was way down the pecking order now that Baler is fit again.

Either way, I'd like to thank Young Pyo for his contribution during the BMJ years. He was good for us whilst we were in a growth stage and pretty good considering he was a right back working as a left back. Facts are though that he just wasn't the best out there and only what we needed for that stage. Good luck with the krauts Wipey.

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Temper, temper lol

If you don't like a post of mine....ignore it!

Simple as

lol temper....hey wont pass comment...dont like my reaction to being called a FOOL or GOONER...ignore it im sure you would have?!?!...SIMPLE AS

Yes Toddspur...same old Spurs waiting till the end of the transfer window to sort out our main business...Crazy 6 points already...

now now fellow supporters, draw a line.

as for last minute stuff GG, its the nature of the beast and wish we could revert back to the good ol days when you can sign anyone, anytime....sadly the "player power" is way too strong.

like you i want monday to arrive, not sure General Levy does though, a lot to sort in very little time

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Temper, temper lol

If you don't like a post of mine....ignore it!

Simple as

lol temper....hey wont pass comment...dont like my reaction to being called a FOOL or GOONER...ignore it im sure you would have?!?!...SIMPLE AS

Yes Toddspur...same old Spurs waiting till the end of the transfer window to sort out our main business...Crazy 6 points already...

now now fellow supporters, draw a line.

as for last minute stuff GG, its the nature of the beast and wish we could revert back to the good ol days when you can sign anyone, anytime....sadly the "player power" is way too strong.

like you i want monday to arrive, not sure...

Here here....
Keep the faith with RAMOS & POY chaps...dont want certain fickle areas of the crowd getting on their back at the Lane any time soon otherwise we may start being called Geordies of the south!

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As the old saying goes, “When one out-n-out Russian striker comes, his diminutive link –player countryman will follow.” - would be nice for the goal scoring dept at THFC and not too bad as far as marketing to world superpowers goes. Maybe the latter won’t come as his price tag is off-putting and h...

Your words of wisdom just make it all worse. Pass the pepto...

who cares that we got stuffed by two fellow mid-table teams? Who cares we have won only 3 games since the Carling Cup win? Lets buy a
couple of extra players and we will win the League. After all, we have a great track record in bringing in top quality.

Here are all the incoming players for the previous 3 seasons. You can argue with some of my evaluations but the message is clear. Our success rate in getting top quality is 1 out of 5 at best.


Total Players In: 31
% of Hits: 16%
Conclusion: Oh shit!

HITS: Jonathan Woodgate, Gareth Bale, Steed Malbranque, Dimitar Berbatov, Aaron Lennon

OK (includes “too early to say”) : Alan Hutton, Chris Gunter, Danny Rose, Pascal Chimbonda , Tomas Pekhart , Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Tom Huddlestone, Teemu Tainio

MISSES (Includes the downright embarrassing): Gilberto, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Younes Kaboul, Darren Bent , Ricardo Rocha, Adel Taarabt, Ben Alnwick, Mido, Dorian Dervite, Didier Zokora, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Hossam Ghaly, Danny Murphy, Grzegorz Rasiak, Lee Young-Pyo, Wayne Routledge, Paul Stalteri

Reply to Spuradona:

[quote]Apparently "Spurs may lack firepower following Roy Keane's departure to Liverpool" [/unquote]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..... I find his succinct observations as true as the wind beneath Ishmael's harpoon.

Cervantes and Melville referenced in one thread.

Anyone else read any fancy books?

ahhh - seems like everyones reporting it now. even said bvb.de has finally got their article up -no news on how many euros he cost them though.

gg - I see from your reply to todd you are feeling the pressure as well. Get a bit of sauce down ya and enjoy the boozy ups and downs until this ruddy transfer sideshow end on Monday 23.59 hrs. Even then I bet we have a few last minute 'loans' a la Defoe last January. (PS good reaction to being hinted at being a goon - if anyone accuses me of that... thems fighting words. Outide now!

TWMNN - does Billy Blue Hat count?

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ahhh - seems like everyones reporting it now. even said bvb.de has finally got their article up -no news on how many euros he cost them though.

gg - I see from your reply to todd you are feeling the pressure as well. Get a bit of sauce down ya and enjoy the boozy ups and downs until...

Indeed...I'd luv to open a can or three right now....mind you boss may think otherwise!
Glad you could see my point re: Goons mind you Trembly

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ahhh - seems like everyones reporting it now. even said bvb.de has finally got their article up -no news on how many euros he cost them though.

gg - I see from your reply to todd you are feeling the pressure as well. Get a bit of sauce down ya and enjoy the boozy ups and downs until...

Indeed...I'd luv to open a can or three right now....mind you boss may think otherwise!
Glad you could see my point re: Goons mind you Trembly

apologies for suggesting you could be a goon but don't try and shout me down when all i was doing was stating some news.

peace

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ahhh - seems like everyones reporting it now. even said bvb.de has finally got their article up -no news on how many euros he cost them though.

gg - I see from your reply to todd you are feeling the pressure as well. Get a bit of sauce down ya and enjoy the boozy ups and downs until...

Indeed...I'd luv to open a can or three right now....mind you boss may think otherwise!
Glad you could see my point re: Goons mind you Trembly

apologies for suggesting you could be a goon but don't try and shout me down when all i was doing was stating some news.

peace

Sorry if I upset you big boy! lol

COYS

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ahhh - seems like everyones reporting it now. even said bvb.de has finally got their article up -no news on how many euros he cost them though.

gg - I see from your reply to todd you are feeling the pressure as well. Get a bit of sauce down ya and enjoy the boozy ups and downs until...

Indeed...I'd luv to open a can or three right now....mind you boss may think otherwise!
Glad you could see my point re: Goons mind you Trembly

apologies for suggesting you could be a goon but don't try and shout me down when all i was doing was stating some news.

peace

Sorry if I upset you big boy! lol

COYS

COYS!

Love is in the air.

I think this calls for poetry:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Do we need a DM
Or will getting rid of Comolli do?

Reply to Spuradona:

Love is in the air.

I think this calls for poetry:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Do we need a DM
Or will getting rid of Comolli do?

Can i be greedy and ask for both?

All this talk about a DM . . maybe there is someone staring right in the face. Maybe someone who would do more for us as a team than Arshavin would . . Dirk Kuyt!!! Only joking. Seriously, Gareth Barry anyone???

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Love is in the air.

I think this calls for poetry:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Do we need a DM
Or will getting rid of Comolli do?

Can i be greedy and ask for both?

It is possible but you must sacrifice a black goat at midnight before a North London Derby. But be careful! If you sacrifice earlier or later or if its not fully black, you will still get rid of Comolli but he will be replaced by Pamela Anderson as the new Director of Football. Apparently she rates Heskey.

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Temper, temper lol

If you don't like a post of mine....ignore it!

Simple as

I think you can take that as gospel...

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gg - magoolio was making less a statement of fact than starting a 'conversation' not a 'slagging off match'.

Magoo/Todd - its been reported in the German redtop bild.de that he's gone as well, but scarily no details of a transfer fee has been given. Its not been reported on the official...

i hate the words "undisclosed fee", i liken it to finding out yer wife has shagged someone else but you dont know who he is

Lets suppose we got 750k for Lee plus we have saved on his salary say a further 750K (made up numbers) Why not put the extra 1.5m towards the gap in price for smoothbum?

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Lets suppose we got 750k for Lee plus we have saved on his salary say a further 750K (made up numbers) Why not put the extra 1.5m towards the gap in price for smoothbum?

, some gap to bridge SS!!!

nice to see that the bbc has picked up on the Veloso and corluka links!!!LINK

On the BBC website it says AA, Pav, Veloso & Corluka thought to be close to signing although it also says Huntelar's agent has dismissed talk of a move as no contact with us?
I don't like this - can you imagine if we signed those four! Our hopes would be through the roof (and then we'd dash all those hopes with some injury crisis of epidemic proportions)
Would put a link but as i'm a 33 year old techno-phobe (who can't spell!) I've no idea how to do it!

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Lets suppose we got 750k for Lee plus we have saved on his salary say a further 750K (made up numbers) Why not put the extra 1.5m towards the gap in price for smoothbum?

Why should we when we can get united to pay the difference instead?

We have been planning to buy arshavin and pav all along. But if Levy waits until the transfer deadline he can let fergie bung zenit 5 mill to drop the arshavin price for us. Utd and zenit will be in monaco for the supercup the day before the deadline. We then get pav and arshavin. At which point we 'reluctantly' let utd have berbs for an exorbitant fee right on deadline day.

End result, we buy arshavin for about 14 and pav for 12ish. Chances are we will break even. Utd pay 5 mil more for berbs than it says it has because it bunged zenit for smooth bum to grease the wheelsm of the berbs transfer.

Bloody hell. Smooth bum! Greased!! Oh dear!!! look out youporn here i come.

lets hope Ramos doesnt intend to play Pav at left back. just behind David Bentley.

Signing the likes of AA, Corluka (no more zok at right back, hoorah) Veloso AND Huntelaar would be unthinkably good!

COYS

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On the BBC website it says AA, Pav, Veloso & Corluka thought to be close to signing although it also says Huntelar's agent has dismissed talk of a move as no contact with us?
I don't like this - can you imagine if we signed those four! Our hopes would be through the roof (and then we'd dash...

just saw that im getting excited, supporting spurs is not good for the heart but i do love them

If we do buy Veloso and Arshavin where exactly is our new vice captain Deranged Genius going to play ?

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Reply to Spuradona:

[quote]Apparently "Spurs may lack firepower following Roy Keane's departure to Liverpool" [/unquote]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..... I find his succinct observations as true as the wind beneath Ishmael's harpoon.

Cervantes and Melville referenced in one thread.

Anyone else read any fancy books?

Do you mean Sergio Cervantes who played for Sevilla before the war ?

I love all this transfer gossip - look out, Jasper's about...here come another SEVEN signings!!???!!

"we have reached agreement for three strikers, two DM, two CH, two being loan deals. All names mentioned are spot on. S Americas, agreed at 6m plus various add ons (contigencey). All solidified now. Once the prat has gone loads of concluded activities. Hunts in region of 18m euros (not in one lump).

Don't want ending up on bbc blog so one has to be careful. Arshavin looks to finally have come off, but me being a natural sceptic believe when he is officially announced. Im told that all of us great supporters will be very, very excited.
(I'm very sceptical until all officially announced peeps)"

If we do sign Pav, Arsey and the Hunter does that mean we can get rid of Bent ?





Go on please say yes.





Please

I havent seen much of Veloso. Can someone fill me in?

Reply to onedavemackay:

If we do buy Veloso and Arshavin where exactly is our new vice captain Deranged Genius going to play ?

in the reserves where he belongs..

I want the person responsible for bringing BAE to the club to be found and shot. This was said 2 years ago and nobody listened - the idiot is still knockin about, and was probably responsibkle for bringin in another waste of space......... MODRIC: too small, too slow, poor positional sense, can't strike the ball very well - and most of all: he doesn;t fit into our team.

Hudds and Jenas should be the midfield pairing until ACTUAL quality is found to replace one, or both. Jenas is lost in there, and anybody would be: MODRIC BRINGS NOTHING TO THIS TEAM!

i fear those words will come back to haunt you my friend

Yeah, the same way BAE made me eat my words!

Modric is hype; that's all: Spurs all over!

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If we do sign Pav, Arsey and the Hunter does that mean we can get rid of Bent ?





Go on please say yes.





Please

Why should we get rid of Bent? There is no guarantee that Pavs, Arsh, Hunter, etc can find the net in the PL.

Bent had a good scoring rate in the limited mins he had last year. Besides he's proven he doesn't mind getting a few scraps of playing time, or would you rather he be pulling a Defoe being moody over not getting starts?

Reply to theonlyspursfan:

Yeah, the same way BAE made me eat my words!

Modric is hype; that's all: Spurs all over!

Jobknocky

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Reply to theonlyspursfan:

Yeah, the same way BAE made me eat my words!

Modric is hype; that's all: Spurs all over!

Jobknocky

yep..

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Reply to SouthernSpur:

Lets suppose we got 750k for Lee plus we have saved on his salary say a further 750K (made up numbers) Why not put the extra 1.5m towards the gap in price for smoothbum?

Why should we when we can get united to pay the difference instead?

We have been planning to buy arshavin and pav all along. But if Levy waits until the transfer deadline he can let fergie bung zenit 5 mill to drop the arshavin price for us. Utd and zenit will be in monaco for the...

Hey forget about YouPorn try www.redtube.com instead........dont thank me, just sharing!!

Reply to theonlyspursfan:

Yeah, the same way BAE made me eat my words!

Modric is hype; that's all: Spurs all over!

are you a fan?

Reply to Snap:

I love all this transfer gossip - look out, Jasper's about...here come another SEVEN signings!!???!!

"we have reached agreement for three strikers, two DM, two CH, two being loan deals. All names mentioned are spot on. S Americas, agreed at 6m plus various add ons (contigencey). All...

Peeps? What a mug. Reminds me of LINK

ITK information from Spurs community, a mix of Jasper, the scout and Ben:

Jasper
"we have reached agreement for three strikers, two DM, two CH, two being loan deals. All names mentioned are spot on. S Americas, agreed at 6m plus various add ons (contigencey). All solidified now. Once the prat has gone loads of concluded activities. Hunts in region of 18m euros (not in one lump).

Don't want ending up on bbc blog so one has to be careful. Arshavin looks to finally have come off, but me being a natural sceptic believe when he is officially announced. Im told that all of us great supporters will be very, very excited.
(I'm very sceptical until all officially announced peeps.

the scout on Corluka
we are 100%

signing Corluka..got text that last night at 1am..contacts personally involved in finalising the deal.
and Pav will sign..im still hearing positives re Arshavin..
Havent heard re Falc or Veloso..

BEN

PAV MEDICAL TOM

FALACIO STILL A OPTION

HUNTELAR THEY REALLY LIKE AND ARE TRYIGN THE ONE WORRY IS ABOUT DUTCH LEAUG NOT BEING STRONG AND A LOT OF HIS GOALS V SHITE TEAMS...

ARSHAVIN FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE NOW MOVING IN SERIOUSLY WITH PROPER MONEY


THEY THINK WE MAY NEED 2

SO I CAN SEE IN ALL HONESTY PAV,ARSH AND FALCIO

Later he added

Corluka well on again

Look, who cares if this is bollocks, there may only be an ounce of truth in some of it and me, well I gonna grab hold of whatever hope and optimisim there is and bloody well enjoy it.

Exciting times ahead

COYS

Just seen Veloso link on Beeb...

never seen him before but you guys seem itk on him. certainly seems a good sign if we can get a DM...

nice little double on the arse and the scallies to lose- 223/1 lol! never could happen, could it? worth a fiver!