TOTTENHAM ARE STILL A BIG CLUB!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/11048364/Tottenham-transfer-news-Spurs-set-to-bid-for-Sevilla-central-defender-Federico-Fazio.html

Don't know much about this guy, but 3/4 of a new back four would represent a decent summer.

Clad supposedly off to Roma

Vlad even.

I don't get selling Chiriches and letting Dawson and Kaboul hang around

idgi keeping any of em so sell em in whatever order

Harry Kane has sneakily developed into a decent player

good third choice in a one man system if our first choice was reliable and second choice suited the system but alas

does anyone feel certain if vlad is even any good or not

in a high line its been impossible tbh

I'm 90% sure he is but will happily defer to Rudi Garcia on the issue. He seems like he would know for certain.

sabatini otoh is a bit more hit and miss

Things that look like an ILF "the interior life of..." thread but aren't: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/15/small-talk-michael-owen

"If I’m eating cheese on its own with a cracker it has to be really strong. I can handle a strong cheese. Stilton, things like that. If you’re buying mature cheese, than Canadian is probably the strongest one. Canadian extra mature, or Stilton..."

(haha sorry wrong thread, I get confused by all this "... are still a big club" business.

I'm pretty sure Vlad is a better player than either Dawson or Kaboul (now) but Poch doesn't want any of them. Kaboul is basically unsellable and Dawson doesn't seem to want to go to the sort of club that would sign him and this point.

Given QPR's recent signings at the back that looks like another dream has just died.

Paulinho is completely inessential and maybe now psychologically scarred but I bet you we still get decent money when we inevitably ship him off to some Serie A leper colony.

Mostly I find myself idly wondering if Lewis Holtby can be converted from a number ten into a deeper lying playmaker. He seems to have all the attributes but I'm not sure what his long passing is like.

iirc holtby has said he's v happy to play the 6/8 box to box linebreaker but he's not really had the run of games to see either way

he can spot a quick pass but idk about sitting there spraying it around, be more of a direct high-intensity dembele riff, would suit poch better you'd think

yeah if he starts its as an eriksen mirror in a high central two behind a lone striker I'd imagine, not as a carrier

My thinking is that he's energetic, runs tirelessly and can tackle, his decision-making with the ball is fast and usually good but I usually see him making quick shortish passes in and around the area, dunno if I can see him spraying it out to the flanks.

this is fucking good stuff

paulinho Kane dembele Andros Sandro all looking more like players worth having in an xi than has been the case in a long time

agree except Townsend still doing his terrible head down run to the corner flag thing

yeah but the odd surge into centre is promising

Kane with some very nice touches around half time

Kane's finishing is still terrible, gifted goal aside.

His passing is getting better though.

dembele rubbish since

can't help but feel that one oughtn't look so relieved after taking a meaningless penalty tbh

Southampton supposedly are willing to pay 10-12m for Townsend, wouldn't miss him at that price

Kinda think we should forget about fourth and go all-out for this tournament tbh.

idk pace and willingness to run could be harnessed into a v decent wide option but its def true to say that as it is we won't get that much value out of him keeping him around

how many times in the last 15 seasons has the europa not been won by a 3rd-placed CL groupstage team? would wager <5

not to dissuade u brave men of spurs

harry kane clearly believes he's the next michael laudrup

amazing 60 seconds

so Cain Hoy. Officially open for business on Wednesday, officially considering a bid on Thursday...

https://twitter.com/HotspurRelated/status/510433593374810112

Shots on target total currently standing at one in the last 225 minutes.

poch out

for the second game in a row, looking really AVBesque

third or fourth or fifth game overall.

athletic cloggers in midfield achieving nothing but slowdown.

Heard that cheer from four miles away. Not sure why but the Arsenal crowd seemed much louder than normal yesterday too. The magic of the Capital One Cup.

So, when DID tottenhem stop being a big club?

sp

missing out on early premier league spoils maybe?

someone come on and tell me how good chiriches might be I fancy a fuckin barney

Yeah, that was horrific. Not that anyone other than Lloris covered themselves in glory tonight.

Chiriches has been a wilfully negligent idiot from day one and should never play professionally again his feet shout be removed and given to someone more deserving like pistorius

this just happened

https://vine.co/v/OhetDKrpdvb

yeah that's a decent strike

omg

completely gratuitous obv