Football Focus

[Otta]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> Maybe. Not mine though because I already had a 2nd

> team.

Who are your second team?

[Alan Medic]

Swansea U 21's?

[Parkdrive]

BFS overload on TV this weekend, last night he was on MOTD and this evening he was a Sky sports pundit. God he was painful to watch last night when he was asked to comment on the West Ham game, no wonder so many fans hate him.

[Otta]

Yep, and Shearer was his cheerleader.

Pair of smug twats.

[Jah Lush]

Guess which formerly goal shy ex-Spurs player scored on his away debut in Spain tonight?

[Parkdrive]

Erm...........................Soldado? :-)

[Jah Lush]

Yep!

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Yep!

It was almost inevitable that would happen, don't worry about it Jah. Every player we sell seems to come back to haunt us, Anelka and Adebawhore being 2 of them .

[Jah Lush]

Seeing as we're now into the final week of the transfer market what and who do you want at your club and what realistically to you expect to happen.

At Spurs our recent record isn't too good after largely wasting most of the Bale money two seasons ago. I expect Daniel Levy will be up to his usual last minute car boot sale bargain hunting tricks or because he's left it too late spunking the lot on a load of shit.

What has been abundantly clear is that we need another striker to accompany Harry Kane so stop fart arsing about and pay the fecking money for Berahino.

Also we're desperate for an experienced holding midfielder. Wanyama could work but would also be very costly prizing him away from Southampton. I'd really like to see some more flair in midfield too. Someone who can spot a pass and chip in with a few goals. I'd happily take Oscar off of Chelsea's hands if he is now surplus to requirements since Pedro's arrival.

Speaking of Chelsea, they pay just ?21 million for a bona fide winner in Pedro but Spurs laid out ?30 million for an inexperienced kid in Lamela two seasons ago and we're still waiting for him to come good. Makes you bloody sick. But that's my club. Too often flattering to deceive.

[Otta]

Don't expect any more arrivals at LFC, but would like to see more attacking options.

If Sturridge comes back and stays fit for a while that would be like a new signing...

[Alan Medic]

There have been so many players linked to United it's hardly worth speculating what will happen, if anything. But as you asked, we won't get anyone and Fellani will become our centre forward. Ed Woodward was in Barcelona last week. Not to get Pedro but to get Neymar. Yeah, right. How many players use interest from United as a tool to get a salary increase? If I had a hope it would be that Bale or Ronaldo get fed up with Benitez very quickly and United get one or the other.

[red devil]

Forget the Gaalaticos, just fooking sign a 20 goal a season striker.

And while we're at it, stop playing 2 fooking defensive midfielders at home against teams like Toon...

[Alan Medic]

Charlie Austin?

[Otta]

I really do not get why no one has taken him yet. ?15m for a striker that got more goals than Sanchez, whilst playing in a relegation team seems like a no brainer.

[Jah Lush]

From a Spurs point of view Austin is too similar to Kane. We need someone slightly different to play off him, hence our interest in Berahino and our purchase of Clinton Njie both of whom can more easily enable us twiddle with our system allowing us to play 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 instead of continuously playing 4-2-3-1 with Harry isolated up front on his own.

While we're at it. Any takers for the wage thief? Come on, someone must want him.

[Alan Medic]

From what I read this morning WH are interested again with Spurs subsidising his wages.

[Jah Lush]

Yep! Looks like that that move is be back on.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-hams-loan-move-emmanuel-6309248#rlabs=1

[red devil]

Maybe it would be a good idea for Spurs to sign a similar striker to Kane, he looks knackered!...

[Jah Lush]

He does look knackered and I'm not completely against the idea of buying someone like Austin but our recent signing Clinton Njie can play through the middle as well as out wide. Having two out and out centre forwards in the first team means one player is always going to miss out.

[red devil]

True, but with the amount of games Spurs might end up playing in the Europa League, he would still get plenty of game time. There probably isn't a team in the PL that wouldn't benefit in some way by signing him...

[Jah Lush]

Ideally we'd have four or five players competing for places up front but we're not Man Utd, City or Chelsea. We don't have the seemingly endless resources that they do.

['bout now]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > Love to know what WH fans will say about today.

> > Currently 3-4.

I was going to write something but Maxxi kindly did it for me.

>

> You still at this doc? Did you sleep with BFS's

> missus or something?

>

> Okay i'll bite - a glorious f*ck up - terrible

> first half - Jenkinson and Creswell had a mare but

> didn't get much in the way of protection from

> midfield, play was too narrow and yes the system

> is taking time to gel but so what? I think it will

> - things will adapt and it's better to have these

> problems now than in a few months time. We need a

> striker and to learn to go wide when it's needed

> and for players to get over the nerves of playing

> at UP and stop the headless chicken routine when

> they f%ck up.

>

> It'll come.

>

> I am equal parts excited, disappointed, annoyed,

> frustrated, BUT I am not bored. I not looking

> ahead to a season of safety-first,

> percentage-based, dullness.

>

> I think I once said I'd rather lose 4-3 in an

> exciting/dramatic game than win 1-0 in a bore

> fest. So now is the test. And i still feel that

> way.

>

> COYI.

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Ideally we'd have four or five players competing

> for places up front but we're not Man Utd, City or

> Chelsea. We don't have the seemingly endless

> resources that they do.

Interestingly, FFP seems to have gone out the window.

[Jah Lush]

FFP doesn't seem to work does it.

[Otta]

Pleased with Liverpool's point from last night (would have taken the point before KO). Arsenal did have a good goal disallowed, but also survived the first half by the skin of Chech's teeth. Arsenal better side in the second half, but I know a couple of my Arsenal supporting mates were pleased with a point after 90 minutes.