THFCSPURS19
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He's not hit and miss, he's a complete fraud.
Jota
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He's not hit and miss, he's a complete fraud.
Ghost Hardware
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Normally I’d agree but he actually got a few things right in summer.
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THFCSPURS19
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Yeah amongst the other 98% of things he made up
fishhhandaricecake
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Amazing if so!!
He’d be a fantastic addition to our attack. Especially on a free.
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This is awesome and you have a cool best friend.
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Depends if the guy actually wants to be a footballer or not. Get paid £150k a week and actually play or get paid £320k and sit on a sun lounger?
mr ashley
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I’ll take that to sit on a sun lounger
panoma
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Good business, or bloating the squad with mediocre players because there's a good deal to be had?
This is how we end up with the "can't buy new players before we offload players" scenario.
Having said that, I know little about Jota. But I suspect Levy loves the deal.
dontcallme
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Yep, always hate the "he's cheap so there's nothing to lose" philosophy.
In the transfer market you definitely need to look for opportunities. Many fans just write up wish lists and ignore availability and obtainability.
But just looking for available is a recipe for disaster.
Ange is the man at the club who knows the most about Jota. If Ange wants him, it's a no-brainer. If he doesn't we have to steer clear regardless of the price.
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The Scarecrow
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And I hate the 'he's cheap so he must be shit' philosophy that reigns in here.
dontcallme
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I don't think that idea reigns in here to be honest. I think some are sceptical for cheap deals as sometimes we have chosen cheap deals ahead of getting in real talent.
We've got cheap deals for the likes of Vicario, Bissouma and others. Don't recall any "he must be shit" appraisals of them.
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Opportunistic or not, the key here is Ange’s view. He now knows what the league is all about, he knows what he needs to elevate this squad, and he knows what Jota can do. If Ange feels Jota can come in and add something to what he already has, then that’s good enough.
I feel this window will be something like CB in, and I think it’ll be Dragusin early on, then Jota on loan with option, unless his club release him. Then probably a CM once PEH moves on. Torn who it’ll be, between Gallagher if Chelsea will deal, or else a punt on rehabilitating Phillips with a loan and option. That for me would be some nice fine tuning of the squad. Stability at the back with an additional CB we would actually use, strengthen the depth in CM, and add some additional spark in attack. Don’t think we’ll go after a CF, think Richarlison and Som will share the load and some additional minutes for Veliz.
Maybe if there are more outgoings (Skipp, Lo Celso or Gil), we may go back in for some more incomings. Maybe Vermeeren, Mozambo or Bardghji.
I feel this window will be something like CB in, and I think it’ll be Dragusin early on, then Jota on loan with option, unless his club release him. Then probably a CM once PEH moves on. Torn who it’ll be, between Gallagher if Chelsea will deal, or else a punt on rehabilitating Phillips with a loan and option. That for me would be some nice fine tuning of the squad. Stability at the back with an additional CB we would actually use, strengthen the depth in CM, and add some additional spark in attack. Don’t think we’ll go after a CF, think Richarlison and Som will share the load and some additional minutes for Veliz.
Maybe if there are more outgoings (Skipp, Lo Celso or Gil), we may go back in for some more incomings. Maybe Vermeeren, Mozambo or Bardghji.
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The Scarecrow
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You should read the Vicario thread again then.
dontcallme
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I did read it thanks. The view that we went for the cheap option did exist, but didn't reign. Certainly don't recall anyone saying he was shit.
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Indeed the last few years have been great in that regard, prior to that it's been the opposite. For me there's no point in looking at either point in time as an indicator of anything right now though because the player identification team has changed again. This isn't the regime that saw us wasting money on lesser players, and it's also not the same one that decided on Kulu, VdV and Vic.
It's a clean slate again and the proof is in what they do from this point forward not the last couple of years.
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