History repeats .....

comment by Phendombele (U20037)
posted 49 seconds ago
didnt he pull barcas pants down for ibra in a swap with eto'o
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Yeah the net spend is low because of like the 70m they got for zlatan

It’s still spending £140m on new players and only £20m less than he spent at Madrid

Well I doubt he did anything as its not his job to negotiate transfers,

But inter got 20 million euro cash and eto for him.

comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 52 seconds ago
It’s still spending £140m on new players and only £20m less than he spent at Madrid
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Yeah and they recouped £120m of that

comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 25 seconds ago
comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 52 seconds ago
It’s still spending £140m on new players and only £20m less than he spent at Madrid
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Yeah and they recouped £120m of that
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But it’s still a big budget regardless of how the money was made.

comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
yeah I'm with Boss here.

You want to watch attractive football, the sort that gets you excited, the sort that makes you want to go games. That's what this club has historically been about, and what Poch brought, and it was the best few years that I've had as a spurs fan.

I know Poch has gone and think it was the right decision, but that doesn't mean I suddenly want to watch boring long ball football just so we can win the FA cup, which let's be honest, is forgotten about by the next year.

In his prime, Mourinho set his teams up to be defensively solid but also to be dangerous and exciting on the counter. That's what I hope he gets us to do. And if we can win something at the same time even better.


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TBH under Poch we were seeing some pretty boring possession football, pass pass pass but never breaking down teams.

I think its hard to know with Jose whether what we have seen so far is what we will get from now on or whether we will develop greater levels of possession and control. I would be baffled to see the likes of Winks, NDombele, GLC, Alli, SOn, Lucas on the pitch for the rest of the season and not see us develop our game further.

We have already seem some progression - first few weeks all goal kicks went long. Now we're back to those little passes out from the back, from time to time.

Its the lack of pressing and stand-off tactic that bothers me more, especially vs the better teams - Teams like Wolves and even Watcford had a go a Liverpool and really should have got something from the game....we did in the final 20 minutes but seem reluctant to go for it before then, and only because we were losing. It's that negativity that i do not like. I think a defensive mindset inhibits players, they become less likely to take a risk, be creative & imaginative in their play. When a team presses effectively their minds are switched on and its a positive thing as they strive to regain possession. When a team just retreats when they lose the ball it's far more negative, less proactive and this sort of mind set follows through into the attacking play - slow, lacking energy & drive.

I am not adverse to a bit of long ball, mixed tactics are useful and with our pace up top this can force the back line back a bit and create some space in the middle to play....it just needs to be better directed IMO, more down the channels, between CB and FB because Son and Lucas aint going too win many headers.

comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 1 minute ago
Well I doubt he did anything as its not his job to negotiate transfers,

But inter got 20 million euro cash and eto for him.
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Transfermarkt says its more like 45m euro plus eto

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 1 minute ago
Well I doubt he did anything as its not his job to negotiate transfers,

But inter got 20 million euro cash and eto for him.
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Transfermarkt says its more like 45m euro plus eto
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Yea it was

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 1 minute ago
Well I doubt he did anything as its not his job to negotiate transfers,

But inter got 20 million euro cash and eto for him.
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Transfermarkt says its more like 45m euro plus eto
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It does vary from source to source.

either way he wasnt exactly spending huge sums without bringing in the money.

I doubt he will at spurs either, it seems the decision has been made to follow the arsenal model when repaying the stadium off. something that I suspect levy will come to regret if he isnt already.

you desperately need players bought in.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 4 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
yeah I'm with Boss here.

You want to watch attractive football, the sort that gets you excited, the sort that makes you want to go games. That's what this club has historically been about, and what Poch brought, and it was the best few years that I've had as a spurs fan.

I know Poch has gone and think it was the right decision, but that doesn't mean I suddenly want to watch boring long ball football just so we can win the FA cup, which let's be honest, is forgotten about by the next year.

In his prime, Mourinho set his teams up to be defensively solid but also to be dangerous and exciting on the counter. That's what I hope he gets us to do. And if we can win something at the same time even better.


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TBH under Poch we were seeing some pretty boring possession football, pass pass pass but never breaking down teams.

I think its hard to know with Jose whether what we have seen so far is what we will get from now on or whether we will develop greater levels of possession and control. I would be baffled to see the likes of Winks, NDombele, GLC, Alli, SOn, Lucas on the pitch for the rest of the season and not see us develop our game further.

We have already seem some progression - first few weeks all goal kicks went long. Now we're back to those little passes out from the back, from time to time.

Its the lack of pressing and stand-off tactic that bothers me more, especially vs the better teams - Teams like Wolves and even Watcford had a go a Liverpool and really should have got something from the game....we did in the final 20 minutes but seem reluctant to go for it before then, and only because we were losing. It's that negativity that i do not like. I think a defensive mindset inhibits players, they become less likely to take a risk, be creative & imaginative in their play. When a team presses effectively their minds are switched on and its a positive thing as they strive to regain possession. When a team just retreats when they lose the ball it's far more negative, less proactive and this sort of mind set follows through into the attacking play - slow, lacking energy & drive.

I am not adverse to a bit of long ball, mixed tactics are useful and with our pace up top this can force the back line back a bit and create some space in the middle to play....it just needs to be better directed IMO, more down the channels, between CB and FB because Son and Lucas aint going too win many headers.
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Excellent post.