Transfer Window Summer 2011: Our Conclusions

ArnieArdiles wrote:Poor Vis , get cracking mate lol

lewspurs wrote:Yeah arnie i think many were thinking that we were going to buy a couple of big names and they didnt materialise.
i also posted weeks back when we were inundated with threads of "nothing happening " that i didnt think we would be doing much , but that was based upon the fact that levy apparently told harry that players have to gotten off the wage list before new faces come in, and god did those faces take some shifting.
A little disappointed personally, i wasnt sure about cahill, but caulker has gone out on loan when we have problems in that area.
I think we may have a little gem in the loan signings with Iago Falque? have to wait and see .

ArnieArdiles wrote:I cant believe what I'm reading on this and various Spurs forums this morning ... The high number of posts expressing their surprise that we didnt do more buisness in the window....


I dont like, saying told you so, more so when its a negative I were warning about ....

I wasnt sure what to call the thread title ...It was a toss up between either what I've gone for or, 'Harry and Daniel, how longs it gonna last'? I can always change it later depending how the thread goes , if it goes that is ....


Like I said, all this shock and utter dismay on the forums , that we didnt buy bucket loads of superstars , Diarra didnt come , we didnt get that £30+ forward Rossi or even a cheaper Llorentte ..Kaka on the last day lol

Those ITKs have got a lot to answer for ..

But I'm thinking the Transfer window is not that bad a window ...Harry's got half his nepotist wishlist , getting in Parker but with Cole preffering Lille in france..

Approx £7m spent, with approx £26m coming in...

Our wage bill is about 15m a year lower

We've kept our best player... we sold for 10 million ,,,yes 10 million pounds, the tall one that had no upper body strength and got no shot and replaced him with the big power we needed up front (on loan to avoid problems if he has one of his meltdowns)...

Palacios for Parker and a couple of million in our bins ? Perhaps was needing freshening up so I can go with that one

I think Leandro Damiao in January ..

Im not crying over Cahill ..... Over priced , probaly wanted to be overpaid too...

So back to why the dismay on show and why have we just had the window we've had ...

All those posts written throughout the summer explaining all was not right between Harry & Levy ..All those posters saying similar, thinking this season is a wait and see season, a get it out the way with no great cost season...Levy is planning for the 2012-13 season with a new man in charge of the team, who will then be given the funds and a chance to reshape the squad...


It all fell on deaf ears and at times that viewpoint was even met with outright hostility and 'you cant be a Spurs fan' replies .... There are times , I think I must be reading posts written by teenage, star struck girls, not so much on this forum before you all start lol... ...And many of these posters are generally the ones that get their knickers in a twist when any criticism is levelled at the club ....


But there seems to be a wind of change this morning and Daniel Levy is taking some serious flak, an outpouring of dismay by some of his most ardent supporters , now is not the time to be tightfisted etc...
Yet more splits in the rank and file, something the duo Levy & Harry have been very good at causing these past couple of seasons... ...

ArnieArdiles wrote:

lewspurs wrote:Yeah arnie i think many were thinking that we were going to buy a couple of big names and they didnt materialise.
i also posted weeks back when we were inundated with threads of "nothing happening " that i didnt think we would be doing much , but that was based upon the fact that levy apparently told harry that players have to gotten off the wage list before new faces come in, and god did those faces take some shifting.
A little disappointed personally, i wasnt sure about cahill, but caulker has gone out on loan when we have problems in that area.
I think we may have a little gem in the loan signings with Iago Falque? have to wait and see .

We've loaned out Caulker and shifted Woodgate , also cant have done Bassong's thinking any good with all of this ...We've defintely made ourselves weaker in the central defence positions ....

LOBO wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:I cant believe what I'm reading on this and various Spurs forums this morning ... The high number of posts expressing their surprise that we didnt do more buisness in the window....


I dont like, saying told you so, more so when its a negative I were warning about ....

I wasnt sure what to call the thread title ...It was a toss up between either what I've gone for or, 'Harry and Daniel, how longs it gonna last'? I can always change it later depending how the thread goes , if it goes that is ....


Like I said, all this shock and utter dismay on the forums , that we didnt buy bucket loads of superstars , Diarra didnt come , we didnt get that £30+ forward Rossi or even a cheaper Llorentte ..Kaka on the last day lol

Those ITKs have got a lot to answer for ..

But I'm thinking the Transfer window is not that bad a window ...Harry's got half his nepotist wishlist , getting in Parker but with Cole preffering Lille in france..

Approx £7m spent, with approx £26m coming in...

Our wage bill is about 15m a year lower

We've kept our best player... we sold for 10 million ,,,yes 10 million pounds, the tall one that had no upper body strength and got no shot and replaced him with the big power we needed up front (on loan to avoid problems if he has one of his meltdowns)...

Palacios for Parker and a couple of million in our bins ? Perhaps was needing freshening up so I can go with that one

I think Leandro Damiao in January ..

Im not crying over Cahill ..... Over priced , probaly wanted to be overpaid too...

So back to why the dismay on show and why have we just had the window we've had ...

All those posts written throughout the summer explaining all was not right between Harry & Levy ..All those posters saying similar, thinking this season is a wait and see season, a get it out the way with no great cost season...Levy is planning for the 2012-13 season with a new man in charge of the team, who will then be given the funds and a chance to reshape the squad...


It all fell on deaf ears and at times that viewpoint was even met with outright hostility and 'you cant be a Spurs fan' replies .... There are times , I think I must be reading posts written by teenage, star struck girls, not so much on this forum before you all start lol... ...And many of these posters are generally the ones that get their knickers in a twist when any criticism is levelled at the club ....


But there seems to be a wind of change this morning and Daniel Levy is taking some serious flak, an outpouring of dismay by some of his most ardent supporters , now is not the time to be tightfisted etc...
Yet more splits in the rank and file, something the duo Levy & Harry have been very good at causing these past couple of seasons... ...

Cracking post arnie

Totally agree i think we seriously need to look at the bigger picture especially where arry is concerned, he looked a dejected man last night , and maybe your right levy is planning without arry, lets hope so, i support my club and manager , but we all know full well arry will be doing head over heels to get the england job, levy can see this and maybe one of the reasons why were not spending, clearing a path maybe for owen coyle

Slightly disappointed we didn't get another full back but instead we have one of the best midfielders in the land and players player of the year parker and player of the year adebayor one of the best strikers in the world ..so all in all the club is healthy and so what if we don't finish top 6 ..it won't be a disaster by no means ..

BazSpur wrote:Agree about Billy Lew. We need his experience alongside Daws.

BazSpur wrote:Agree about Billy Lew. We need his experience alongside Daws.

ArnieArdiles wrote:

LOBO wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:I cant believe what I'm reading on this and various Spurs forums this morning ... The high number of posts expressing their surprise that we didnt do more buisness in the window....


I dont like, saying told you so, more so when its a negative I were warning about ....

I wasnt sure what to call the thread title ...It was a toss up between either what I've gone for or, 'Harry and Daniel, how longs it gonna last'? I can always change it later depending how the thread goes , if it goes that is ....


Like I said, all this shock and utter dismay on the forums , that we didnt buy bucket loads of superstars , Diarra didnt come , we didnt get that £30+ forward Rossi or even a cheaper Llorentte ..Kaka on the last day lol

Those ITKs have got a lot to answer for ..

But I'm thinking the Transfer window is not that bad a window ...Harry's got half his nepotist wishlist , getting in Parker but with Cole preffering Lille in france..

Approx £7m spent, with approx £26m coming in...

Our wage bill is about 15m a year lower

We've kept our best player... we sold for 10 million ,,,yes 10 million pounds, the tall one that had no upper body strength and got no shot and replaced him with the big power we needed up front (on loan to avoid problems if he has one of his meltdowns)...

Palacios for Parker and a couple of million in our bins ? Perhaps was needing freshening up so I can go with that one

I think Leandro Damiao in January ..

Im not crying over Cahill ..... Over priced , probaly wanted to be overpaid too...

So back to why the dismay on show and why have we just had the window we've had ...

All those posts written throughout the summer explaining all was not right between Harry & Levy ..All those posters saying similar, thinking this season is a wait and see season, a get it out the way with no great cost season...Levy is planning for the 2012-13 season with a new man in charge of the team, who will then be given the funds and a chance to reshape the squad...


It all fell on deaf ears and at times that viewpoint was even met with outright hostility and 'you cant be a Spurs fan' replies .... There are times , I think I must be reading posts written by teenage, star struck girls, not so much on this forum before you all start lol... ...And many of these posters are generally the ones that get their knickers in a twist when any criticism is levelled at the club ....


But there seems to be a wind of change this morning and Daniel Levy is taking some serious flak, an outpouring of dismay by some of his most ardent supporters , now is not the time to be tightfisted etc...
Yet more splits in the rank and file, something the duo Levy & Harry have been very good at causing these past couple of seasons... ...

Cracking post arnie

Totally agree i think we seriously need to look at the bigger picture especially where arry is concerned, he looked a dejected man last night , and maybe your right levy is planning without arry, lets hope so, i support my club and manager , but we all know full well arry will be doing head over heels to get the england job, levy can see this and maybe one of the reasons why were not spending, clearing a path maybe for owen coyle

Slightly disappointed we didn't get another full back but instead we have one of the best midfielders in the land and players player of the year parker and player of the year adebayor one of the best strikers in the world ..so all in all the club is healthy and so what if we don't finish top 6 ..it won't be a disaster by no means ..

Ive had doubts for some time now Lobo about the Levy-Harry relationship ..I just see this transfer window as a reflection of that .....


I think the full-back areas arent to bad with left-back Danny Rose doing well at the tail end of last season ..We have Walker with Charlie who should be adequate on the right?....

Its those central positions that are of concern but having said that, with Parker and Sandro, if they both stay fit that is , we should see some decent protection to our backline ?

lewspurs wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:

LOBO wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:I cant believe what I'm reading on this and various Spurs forums this morning ... The high number of posts expressing their surprise that we didnt do more buisness in the window....


I dont like, saying told you so, more so when its a negative I were warning about ....

I wasnt sure what to call the thread title ...It was a toss up between either what I've gone for or, 'Harry and Daniel, how longs it gonna last'? I can always change it later depending how the thread goes , if it goes that is ....


Like I said, all this shock and utter dismay on the forums , that we didnt buy bucket loads of superstars , Diarra didnt come , we didnt get that £30+ forward Rossi or even a cheaper Llorentte ..Kaka on the last day lol

Those ITKs have got a lot to answer for ..

But I'm thinking the Transfer window is not that bad a window ...Harry's got half his nepotist wishlist , getting in Parker but with Cole preffering Lille in france..

Approx £7m spent, with approx £26m coming in...

Our wage bill is about 15m a year lower

We've kept our best player... we sold for 10 million ,,,yes 10 million pounds, the tall one that had no upper body strength and got no shot and replaced him with the big power we needed up front (on loan to avoid problems if he has one of his meltdowns)...

Palacios for Parker and a couple of million in our bins ? Perhaps was needing freshening up so I can go with that one

I think Leandro Damiao in January ..

Im not crying over Cahill ..... Over priced , probaly wanted to be overpaid too...

So back to why the dismay on show and why have we just had the window we've had ...

All those posts written throughout the summer explaining all was not right between Harry & Levy ..All those posters saying similar, thinking this season is a wait and see season, a get it out the way with no great cost season...Levy is planning for the 2012-13 season with a new man in charge of the team, who will then be given the funds and a chance to reshape the squad...


It all fell on deaf ears and at times that viewpoint was even met with outright hostility and 'you cant be a Spurs fan' replies .... There are times , I think I must be reading posts written by teenage, star struck girls, not so much on this forum before you all start lol... ...And many of these posters are generally the ones that get their knickers in a twist when any criticism is levelled at the club ....


But there seems to be a wind of change this morning and Daniel Levy is taking some serious flak, an outpouring of dismay by some of his most ardent supporters , now is not the time to be tightfisted etc...
Yet more splits in the rank and file, something the duo Levy & Harry have been very good at causing these past couple of seasons... ...

Cracking post arnie

Totally agree i think we seriously need to look at the bigger picture especially where arry is concerned, he looked a dejected man last night , and maybe your right levy is planning without arry, lets hope so, i support my club and manager , but we all know full well arry will be doing head over heels to get the england job, levy can see this and maybe one of the reasons why were not spending, clearing a path maybe for owen coyle

Slightly disappointed we didn't get another full back but instead we have one of the best midfielders in the land and players player of the year parker and player of the year adebayor one of the best strikers in the world ..so all in all the club is healthy and so what if we don't finish top 6 ..it won't be a disaster by no means ..

Ive had doubts for some time now Lobo about the Levy-Harry relationship ..I just see this transfer window as a reflection of that .....


I think the full-back areas arent to bad with left-back Danny Rose doing well at the tail end of last season ..We have Walker with Charlie who should be adequate on the right?....

Its those central positions that are of concern but having said that, with Parker and Sandro, if they both stay fit that is , we should see some decent protection to our backline ?

I think we were pre-warned arnie by the media (sometimes they get things right) that harry had to out players before he got anymore in, that in my opinion has been reflected in the few signings we have made.
It didnt help that no one came in for the so called deadwood until it was virtually all over.
Didnt levy also say a striker was to be signed a few weeks back above any other player?

I think the manager / chairman relationship is fine, its just that levy has put his foot down this summer.
Maybe sugar has put his two pence worth in, remember his comments about graham needing a few more signings tomake spurs a top team all those years ago.

BazSpur wrote:I have thought there were problems between Arry and Levy for a while now. I think Arry's tenure is coming to an end one way or t'other now. If he don't get the England job I can't see Arry getting an extension with us. And didn't Arry say this would be his last job in club football anyway? i wonder who if anyone Levy has in mind as a replacement?

ArnieArdiles wrote:

LOBO wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:I cant believe what I'm reading on this and various Spurs forums this morning ... The high number of posts expressing their surprise that we didnt do more buisness in the window....


I dont like, saying told you so, more so when its a negative I were warning about ....

I wasnt sure what to call the thread title ...It was a toss up between either what I've gone for or, 'Harry and Daniel, how longs it gonna last'? I can always change it later depending how the thread goes , if it goes that is ....


Like I said, all this shock and utter dismay on the forums , that we didnt buy bucket loads of superstars , Diarra didnt come , we didnt get that £30+ forward Rossi or even a cheaper Llorentte ..Kaka on the last day lol

Those ITKs have got a lot to answer for ..

But I'm thinking the Transfer window is not that bad a window ...Harry's got half his nepotist wishlist , getting in Parker but with Cole preffering Lille in france..

Approx £7m spent, with approx £26m coming in...

Our wage bill is about 15m a year lower

We've kept our best player... we sold for 10 million ,,,yes 10 million pounds, the tall one that had no upper body strength and got no shot and replaced him with the big power we needed up front (on loan to avoid problems if he has one of his meltdowns)...

Palacios for Parker and a couple of million in our bins ? Perhaps was needing freshening up so I can go with that one

I think Leandro Damiao in January ..

Im not crying over Cahill ..... Over priced , probaly wanted to be overpaid too...

So back to why the dismay on show and why have we just had the window we've had ...

All those posts written throughout the summer explaining all was not right between Harry & Levy ..All those posters saying similar, thinking this season is a wait and see season, a get it out the way with no great cost season...Levy is planning for the 2012-13 season with a new man in charge of the team, who will then be given the funds and a chance to reshape the squad...


It all fell on deaf ears and at times that viewpoint was even met with outright hostility and 'you cant be a Spurs fan' replies .... There are times , I think I must be reading posts written by teenage, star struck girls, not so much on this forum before you all start lol... ...And many of these posters are generally the ones that get their knickers in a twist when any criticism is levelled at the club ....


But there seems to be a wind of change this morning and Daniel Levy is taking some serious flak, an outpouring of dismay by some of his most ardent supporters , now is not the time to be tightfisted etc...
Yet more splits in the rank and file, something the duo Levy & Harry have been very good at causing these past couple of seasons... ...

Cracking post arnie

Totally agree i think we seriously need to look at the bigger picture especially where arry is concerned, he looked a dejected man last night , and maybe your right levy is planning without arry, lets hope so, i support my club and manager , but we all know full well arry will be doing head over heels to get the england job, levy can see this and maybe one of the reasons why were not spending, clearing a path maybe for owen coyle

Slightly disappointed we didn't get another full back but instead we have one of the best midfielders in the land and players player of the year parker and player of the year adebayor one of the best strikers in the world ..so all in all the club is healthy and so what if we don't finish top 6 ..it won't be a disaster by no means ..

Ive had doubts for some time now Lobo about the Levy-Harry relationship ..I just see this transfer window as a reflection of that .....


I think the full-back areas arent to bad with left-back Danny Rose doing well at the tail end of last season ..We have Walker with Charlie who should be adequate on the right?....

Its those central positions that are of concern but having said that, with Parker and Sandro, if they both stay fit that is , we should see some decent protection to our backline ?

ArnieArdiles wrote:Lobo wrote :

Oh yea i have had my doubts for a while now, some of arrys antic's would be enough to concern any chairmen , i like arry nice fella, but i don't rate him him as a top top manager , good yea but he's never responsible its always some body else's blame , he constantly challenges levy authority in public and talks to much to the cameras hes a showmen .. and nothing more and the past 15 games with 2 wins is proof he ain't nothing special , i'd love him to get the England job to be honest lol then maybe we can get in someone that does his talking on the pitch and not to sky sport ever chance he gets..