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Callum Wilson signs for Newcastle

HedgieSpur

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So you think it was wise to join a mechanism which left is economically hogtied?

No it was a fucking disaster. By the same token, I would never massively short the pound to the detriment of our economy either. But as I said, lets not derail this. We can discuss on another more appropriate thread.
 

Japhet

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I run a currency trading hedge fund, Im very sure he was instrumental. Ill leave it there though.

I don't think I'd be too critical of other people's financial and tax affairs if I ran a currency hedge fund. Anyway............Callum Wilson.
 

DJS

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Can you not see the light, why is it only me with the devine insight, why is it only me to wear my pants on the outside, why is it only me to be married to my missus.

MITROVIC MITROVIC MITROVIC is our salvation and get Christey at RB at same time problem solved
COYS

He won’t sign for someone to be backup, that’s the reason he stuck with Fulham in championship because he knew he’d be the main man up top and get to start lots of games (which didn’t happen at Newcastle).

And now Fulham have come back up I can’t really envisage him going anywhere at least for next season.
 

dontcallme

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Wilson is an interesting one. A couple of seasons ago he was playing and clearly had a bit of quality.

He has struggled in recent seasons with his injury and form.

Maybe a move to a better club is right for him. I think he’s a better fit than Deeney who I predict would look completely out of his depth here.
 

H-SF

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Not that we don't already know it but Ali Gold has confirmed interest in Wilson in his recent piece
 

bigfrooj

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I'm sorry but I don't agree. We are owned by a Billionaire Tax exile who was instrumental (along with Soros) in our currency crashing out of the ERM (Im a currency trader myself). So lets not get all sanctimonious and act like we have a choir boy as an owner.

The world isn't a fair place and we have taken advantage of that ourselves in many respects (admittedly we haven't flouted FFP). Ive been a fan since '81 and as long as our success comes within the current rules then I'm good with it.
I really don’t think Joe Lewis is a choirboy and who’s being sanctimonious? Yes I feel we have the moral high ground because we haven’t gone out and spent billions of cash we haven’t generated but believe me I would love to be winning leagues and CL finals. BTW their success hasn’t come within the current rules, for a such an high flying financial expert like yourself that’s beyond naive to believe that. Wake up.
 

Goobers

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Not all that long until the big kick off. I am sure the boss and the player would like some pre- season ewrly as the international players are off on duty for the ten days before the PL kickoff. Farcical
 

rabbikeane

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Missed 55 games in a two seasons period, took some time to get going again, when he finally did he had a good season until his knee collapsed again, his own fans say he's lost form, pace etc since. Finished? At least a huge risk. Cheap? Yes, but most likely we'll need to sign two new strikers in stead of one to have cover. One wrong step is all it takes.

On the plus side, I reckon he'll get his hunger back from a Spurs move. But it won't matter if he breaks down or if he's afraid he will again.
 

Spurs' Pipe Dreams

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To come back from not one but two cruciate knee ligament injuries is pretty remarkable in itself, yeah they are not the career enders that they were back earlier this century but many have never been the same player after one such injury, let alone two.

It shows some incredible dedication and heart and he had his best season after he came back from them iirc (could be wrong on this).

For me, this summer shows that Mourinho has that little bit more experience than Poch (who I still love btw), Poch was always trying to improve the 1st 11 and that meant spending big, getting very lucky or having someone come up through the academy. Mourinho can see it's not our 1st 11 that is lacking, on its day it can give any team in the world a fairly equal fight, as proven with the RM victories, beating Man City this previous season and Liverpool in the one before that. It's the squad that has deficiencies and a couple of injuries and the cover just simply isn't good enough.

Mind you, the same could be said through the whole of my Spurs supporting life, from thinking that Anderton, Ginola, King just being fit for enough games we would have got into Europe that year but Fox, Korston, Nethercott just weren't good enough understudies and our team went from one of the best to midtable quality just from losing 1 or 2 players through injury.

Having quality back up is both expensive and difficult to manage, Europe and a good cup run or two, help on both these fronts, if you're only playing 40-46 games a season, it is much more difficult to rotate and keep understudies happy than if you're playing a 60+ games season. I think being in Europe for the last decade ish, has certainly helped both keep players and entice them.

Aurier can fuck off now, get in two RB to challenge each other, someone to fight Sess/Davies on the left, Wilson and maybe a CB if Foyth goes and we're done imho
 

HedgieSpur

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I really don’t think Joe Lewis is a choirboy and who’s being sanctimonious? Yes I feel we have the moral high ground because we haven’t gone out and spent billions of cash we haven’t generated but believe me I would love to be winning leagues and CL finals. BTW their success hasn’t come within the current rules, for a such an high flying financial expert like yourself that’s beyond naive to believe that. Wake up.

You didn't read there post properly I think. I said that as long as OUR success is within the rules then Im happy, however we do it.
 

Spurs2020

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10 or 15m and yes..... 20m i would probs still say yes.. i think he will do well here as a backup.
 
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Not all that long until the big kick off. I am sure the boss and the player would like some pre- season ewrly as the international players are off on duty for the ten days before the PL kickoff. Farcical

A load of players are still playing, and most of the others are on holiday, so I wouldn't expect a lot to happen until next week anyway - for any team.
 

lukadownthelane

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Hojbjerg followed by Wilson clearly strengthens us and helps add more balance to the squad
Massive agree. I’m all for being pragmatic with experienced PL players when addressing the balance of the squad. Marquee signing and young potentials should add to the squad rather than fill gaps.
 

nailsy

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Bournemouth made mistake by not selling one or two of their star players when they are on the prime..

The problem there is that it's difficult to get good players to go to a club like Bournemouth. It's even harder if they're selling their best players. They sold Mings for £20M. Everyone thought they'd done well there, but they might have stayed up if they'd kept him.

Seriously? Are we all just going to pretend we didn't see him play against us a few weeks ago?

There seems to be absolute determination, among our fans, to believe what we saw with our own eyes was a blip, even though that blip seems perfectly in line with his stats and what his own fans, who actually watch him every game, are saying!

Seriously? Are we going to take the opinion of a few strangers on a message board over Jose who's seen enough to want to buy him? We had people on this board saying we should sell Kane recently. Players have dips in form all the time. It seemed to happen to a lot of players at Bournemouth last season. It doesn't suddenly mean that they're bad players.
 

joey55

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The problem there is that it's difficult to get good players to go to a club like Bournemouth. It's even harder if they're selling their best players. They sold Mings for £20M. Everyone thought they'd done well there, but they might have stayed up if they'd kept him.



Seriously? Are we going to take the opinion of a few strangers on a message board over Jose who's seen enough to want to buy him? We had people on this board saying we should sell Kane recently. Players have dips in form all the time. It seemed to happen to a lot of players at Bournemouth last season. It doesn't suddenly mean that they're bad players.

We only judge Mourinho as a manager based on his past performances. But his past isn't success in all areas. I recently posted how poor his track record is with more pragmatic signings.

In terms of comparable signings for strikers, as back ups and for low fee's, he's signed Pizarro, Kezman and Obinna. In other positions there is the likes of Sahar, Sidwell, Boulahrouz, Jarosik, Smertin and Ben Haim etc. Jose's opinion on budget signings is definitely nothing to shut dissenting voices up with.
 
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