Yeah that always happens when a player leaves. But that’s not applicable to Spurtle when he’s raised these questions about Kane for a while.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 44 minutes ago
I think we’ll probably look at bringing in a cheap backup striker.
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Muani first choice
Thuram on a free as back-up
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I thought you want us to sign a good striker?

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 35 seconds ago
Yeah that always happens when a player leaves. But that’s not applicable to Spurtle when he’s raised these questions about Kane for a while.
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I didnt say it was I said that his opinion will be the ones shared by more and more spurs fans as we go on. until he stays then he is the best again.

I didnt say Spurtle would change his opinion i didnt this wasnt his opinion from the get go, but it will be the opinion that will become more and more popular as the season progresses.

whodunnit you may be right that more Spurs fans come out and say he was never that great. That sounds like it would be more fickleness and/or annoyance at him leaving to go elsewhere talking. I can safely say for me, it's based on what I've been seeing of him in the last 4 or 5 years. I was making these observations of him even during Poch's last couple of seasons.

Anyway, I guess should he go to United and the stats improve then I may have to reassess my opinion. It wouldn't matter though because even if you are getting a Kane who is quite possibly past his best in terms of a goal scorer you'd still be getting a world class player.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
whodunnit you may be right that more Spurs fans come out and say he was never that great. That sounds like it would be more fickleness and/or annoyance at him leaving to go elsewhere talking. I can safely say for me, it's based on what I've been seeing of him in the last 4 or 5 years. I was making these observations of him even during Poch's last couple of seasons.

Anyway, I guess should he go to United and the stats improve then I may have to reassess my opinion. It wouldn't matter though because even if you are getting a Kane who is quite possibly past his best in terms of a goal scorer you'd still be getting a world class player.
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yeah Id agree with that, fair enough

comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 3 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 43 seconds ago
Benfica's Ramos looks a very good player too, but I think similarly expensive to Kane / Osimhen.
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I was thinking about him yesterday. Not really heard much of him since the world cup, but had a quick look and he is scoring plenty.
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Ramos has the ability to go as far as he wants in the game, IMO. He’s such a natural forward and goalscorer.

His second against Bruges the other night (a game he absolutely excelled in - two goals, an assist, involved in so much of Benfica’s attacking play *with 28 touches* of the ball) demonstrated what a natural CF he is: he doesn’t seem to think about his movement - it just happens - and there he is, right place, right time, BANG, and it’s in the back of the net before anyone realises what’s happened.

Probably gonna be a EUR60m-EUR90m player this summer. His release clause is EUR120m.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 44 minutes ago
I think we’ll probably look at bringing in a cheap backup striker.
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Muani first choice
Thuram on a free as back-up
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I thought you want us to sign a good striker?
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I haven't seen enough of them to judge either, just read a bit over recent months. I thought both looked lively as subs for France in the WC, and that Muani came across as more decisive and dangerous. He has supposedly been in very impressive form for Eintracht this season.

More generally, I'd love for us to correctly identify a £50m player who is about to become a £100m player for once, rather than spending a lot more in the hope that they'll continue to perform at their current level. Of course, I'm in no position to argue KM is in that category.

I’m being facetious, really. I’ve not seen enough of either. I’m more concerned by other areas than who we sign up front anyway.

Worth considering squad restrictions on foreign players. That’s something that will make Kane extremely desirable because he wouldn’t be a shiiiiiit signing made for homegrown quotas.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 8 minutes ago
Worth considering squad restrictions on foreign players. That’s something that will make Kane extremely desirable because he wouldn’t be a shiiiiiit signing made for homegrown quotas.
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I read somewhere that Raya counts as homegrown.

Yeah he does. We’ll probably need to sign a few in the coming year or two. Especially with us hopefully moving on shiiiit like Maguire, AWB and McTominay. Plus there’s also question marks over whether Sancho has a long term future at the club.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 2 seconds ago
Yeah he does. We’ll probably need to sign a few in the coming year or two. Especially with us hopefully moving on shiiiit like Maguire, AWB and McTominay. Plus there’s also question marks over whether Sancho has a long term future at the club.
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I assume Garnacho will be classed as homegrown after this season also

does dalot dates he joined mean he is also homegrown?

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 2 minutes ago
Yeah he does. We’ll probably need to sign a few in the coming year or two. Especially with us hopefully moving on shiiiit like Maguire, AWB and McTominay. Plus there’s also question marks over whether Sancho has a long term future at the club.
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From that point of view, how do you view Tammy Abraham through the price / quality / broader squad composition matrix?

comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
does dalot dates he joined mean he is also homegrown?
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Dalot is not homegrown.

We don’t need to worry about whether Garnacho is homegrown or otherwise (he will become so if he stays) for another three seasons - he doesn’t need registering yet.

Garnacho will be, but he’s got a couple of years until he needs to he registered as a senior player. Dalot doesn’t qualify as he was 19 when we signed him.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 2 minutes ago
Yeah he does. We’ll probably need to sign a few in the coming year or two. Especially with us hopefully moving on shiiiit like Maguire, AWB and McTominay. Plus there’s also question marks over whether Sancho has a long term future at the club.
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From that point of view, how do you view Tammy Abraham through the price / quality / broader squad composition matrix?
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Tammy Welbeck isn’t a footballer. Hope that answers your question.

Pellistri will need registering next season so he’ll probably be out. We could replace with Amad (or traffic cone) and he would still be an u21 player anyway.

comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
does dalot dates he joined mean he is also homegrown?
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Dalot is not homegrown.

We don’t need to worry about whether Garnacho is homegrown or otherwise (he will become so if he stays) for another three seasons - he doesn’t need registering yet.
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wasnt sure I knew he joined when he was 18 so might have made the cut off for 3 years between 18 & 21. I know that other players that have joined in Jan window have managed to qualify for homegrown status cos the way the dates work.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 5 minutes ago
Garnacho will be, but he’s got a couple of years until he needs to he registered as a senior player. Dalot doesn’t qualify as he was 19 when we signed him.
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just seen this .. thought dalot was 18 when he joined, nevermind

Homegrown currently:

Heaton
Butland
McT
Rashy
Sancho
Shaw
Maguire
Williams
AWB

Others eligible:

Jones
Tuanzebe
Henderson
Bishop

Will become eligible when need registering:

Mengi
Elanga
Hannibal

Not (ever) eligible:

Pellistri
Amad

Doesn’t look good when you can only make a case for Rashford and Shaw really being good enough to be in the squad over the next couple of years.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 22 seconds ago
Doesn’t look good when you can only make a case for Rashford and Shaw really being good enough to be in the squad over the next couple of years.
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This is why I don’t shut up about it

It worries me. We need to see the likes of Garnacho, Shoretire, Zidane, Mainoo, Hannibal, Mengi, and one or two others really come on.

comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 22 seconds ago
Doesn’t look good when you can only make a case for Rashford and Shaw really being good enough to be in the squad over the next couple of years.
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This is why I don’t shut up about it

It worries me. We need to see the likes of Garnacho, Shoretire, Zidane, Mainoo, Hannibal, Mengi, and one or two others really come on.
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I’d add Sancho to your list though. As a squad player at least.

comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 22 seconds ago
Doesn’t look good when you can only make a case for Rashford and Shaw really being good enough to be in the squad over the next couple of years.
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This is why I don’t shut up about it

It worries me. We need to see the likes of Garnacho, Shoretire, Zidane, Mainoo, Hannibal, Mengi, and one or two others really come on.
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your in the same boat as most other EPL teams. hence why guys barely fit for the bench still valued at 40m !