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05-22-2017 , 12:43 PM

#35551

royalblue

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Yes, ignore function tho. His AIDS is pretty predictable anyway

05-22-2017 , 12:44 PM

#35552

Ra_Z_Boy

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Originally Posted by TheGramuel

I mean, obviously I'd take Hazard at Spurs (in a vacuum) over any other player of the same position, people are lying or mental if they say they wouldn't. It's doubly painful though because of how close we were to signing him in the first place. Sigh.

I doubt he would ever have signed for you in fairness. He was wanted by literally everyone.

Would be close between Sanchez and Hazard for me.

05-22-2017 , 12:50 PM

#35553

Hoopie1

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I have just seen on Twitter that Moyes's original ManYoo contract would still have two years left to run if he had not been brutally and unjustifiably sacked.

05-22-2017 , 12:55 PM

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You weren't close to signing him. He was cock-teasing every top English team and went to the one that offered him the most money.

He's said on many occasions that he was close to signing for Spurs and didn't because we tailed off at the end of the season.

But sure, it's probably bollocks.

05-22-2017 , 01:14 PM

#35555

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You could write a book on all the **** Hazard said during that transfer window. Spurs didn't have a shot.

05-22-2017 , 01:16 PM

#35556

TheGramuel

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Originally Posted by t3hbandit

You could write a book on all the **** Hazard said during that transfer window. Spurs didn't have a shot.

He said it since though too.

No idea why people are dismissing us as never having a chance, not like we haven't signed big players before when we were ****ing terrible.

05-22-2017 , 01:18 PM

#35557

Elrazor

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGramuel

He's said on many occasions that he was close to signing for Spurs and didn't because we tailed off at the end of the season.

But sure, it's probably bollocks.

I think it's probably more accurate to say he said it once or twice, and it was reported on many occasions.

And the reason he didn't sign for Spurs is Chelsea offered him £200k a week.

05-22-2017 , 01:23 PM

#35558

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I think it's probably more accurate to say he said it once or twice, and it was reported on many occasions.

And the reason he didn't sign for Spurs is Chelsea offered him £200k a week.

At the end of the day doesn't really matter if we were close or not, he didn't sign for us (and neither did Willian, though that's not quite as big a miss).

05-22-2017 , 01:32 PM

#35559

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He said it since though too.

No idea why people are dismissing us as never having a chance, not like we haven't signed big players before when we were ****ing terrible.

Like who?

05-22-2017 , 01:42 PM

#35560

Elrazor

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Gazza...errr...Greavsie??

05-22-2017 , 01:43 PM

#35561

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Like who?

Klinsmann or Ginola?

05-22-2017 , 01:45 PM

#35562

Elrazor

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Rebrov was a pretty big get at the time, but not so much in hindsight.

05-22-2017 , 01:58 PM

#35563

TheGramuel

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Gazza
Klinsmann
Berbatov
Ardiles
Modric

Doesn't really matter though, very different club in most of those times to now. Even more amusing to me nowadays how people still talk of us like we're a joke. We knew our place for the first 15+ years of the prem, we're in a much better way now.

05-22-2017 , 02:01 PM

#35564

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Doesn't really matter though, very different club in most of those times to now. Even more amusing to me nowadays how people still talk of us like we're a joke. We knew our place for the first 15+ years of the prem, we're in a much better way now.

Spoiler:

05-22-2017 , 02:03 PM

#35565

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What would Levy need to be offered to sell Alli or Kane this summer? Is there a sum that would get it done?

05-22-2017 , 02:03 PM

#35566

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I would add Van der Vaart to that list of relative studs purchased by Spurs at close to peak.

05-22-2017 , 02:06 PM

#35567

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What would Levy need to be offered to sell Alli or Kane this summer? Is there a sum that would get it done?

I'd guess, Kane £100m Ali £80m

Question for (mainland) Europeans, who is higher rated Lukaku or Kane?

05-22-2017 , 02:09 PM

#35568

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Question for (mainland) Europeans, who is higher rated Lukaku or Kane?

I actually opened this exact conversation on another board, answers (among the non Spurs/Arsenal/Everton/Liverpool fans) tended to be pretty close.

There was a discussion here, obv went along team lines:

http://www.espnfc.us/english-premier...ou-rather-have

05-22-2017 , 02:34 PM

#35569

Elrazor

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Originally Posted by kingweed

I'd guess, Kane £100m Ali £80m

I think its more. We would only take that if they agitated for a move imo

05-22-2017 , 02:35 PM

#35570

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Hazard and KDB are better than Coutinho and Eriksen imo. Its not fair to directly compare a as they are different type of players. But their ability to dominate games offensively is higher and also have greater pitch coverage. Eriksen is a great player but he looks better in this spurs side than he would in a vacuum. Coutinho whilst tidy and with perhaps the best long range shot of any of them isn't as good at opening a team up with running. Hazard and KDB are just frightening when on form. I can't think of a team in the league that would take either Coutinho or Eriksen over the others if there was some sort of draft. They should be more compared to Mata or Cazorla.

Mane is more of a fair comparison. I am not convinced his relative lack of technical or passing ability compared to Hazard/KDB doesn't put him below them though he is perhaps even scarier on form running a defence ragged.

While I agree with the rest, you're really underrating cazorla as a player. Hes not an AM any More, he's basically just an always injured Xabi. We win about 80% of games with him and 50% without. He is our midfield.

05-22-2017 , 02:40 PM

#35571

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Barring Gazza who was 25 years you haven't signed any big name player who had the option to go a big club. When United wanted Berbatov we got him, when Chelsea wanted Modric he tried to leave etc.

05-22-2017 , 02:41 PM

#35572

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Barring Gazza who was 25 years you haven't signed any big name player who had the option to go a big club. When United wanted Berbatov we got him, when Chelsea wanted Modric he tried to leave etc.

Then it's even more of a miracle how good our squad currently is!

05-22-2017 , 02:48 PM

#35573

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course its a miracle. i invite you to imagine where you'd be if alli and kane hadn't turned into kaka and fat ronaldo overnight, and you instead had janssen or soldado or whoever up front

you'd be like one of those suarezless brent teams, 65% possession, 21 shots every game, 5th place finish (obv you'd still finish ahead of jose)