Tottenham Hotspur Teamtalk/Gossip/Rumours thread 2017

eagle eye

I think we should have a thread for Spurs on here even if a lot of their fans use the other part of the site.

They are currently four points of the leaders Chelsea in the Premier league and look like they are getting stronger as the season comes to an end.

Here is their squad,
Goalkeepers

1 - Hugo Lloris
13 - Michel Vorm
30 - Pau Lopez
Defenders

2 - Kyle Walker
3 - Danny Rose
4 - Toby Alderweireld
5 - Jan Vertonghen
16 - Kieran Trippier
27 - Kevin Wimmer
33 - Ben Davies
38 - Cameron Carter-Vickers
Midfielders

12 - Victor Wanyama
14 - Georges-Kevin N'Koudou
15 - Eric Dier
17 - Moussa Sissoko 19 - Mousa Dembele
20 - Dele Alli
23 - Christian Eriksen
25 - Joshua Onomah
28 - Tom Carroll
29 - Harry Winks
Forwards

7 - Heung-Min Son
9 - Vincent Janssen
17 - Moussa Sissoko
19 - Mousa Dembele
20 - Dele Alli
23 - Christian Eriksen
25 - Joshua Onomah
28 - Tom Carroll
29 - Harry Winks
Forwards

7 - Heung-Min Son
9 - Vincent Janssen
10 - Harry Kane
11 - Erik Lamela


Manager

Mauricio Pochettino




Out on loan

Federico Fazio
Clinton N'Jie
Nabil Bentaleb

callaway92

There's a league winning team there for sure.

I've a feeling Walker and/or Rose will be off to City in the summer though. Either would be a big loss

StringerBell

They can be talked about in the general premierleague thread, they have never had an interest in the main forum and personally I have no interest in them these days. Would find it hilarious though of course if they did decide they wanted to be part of the forum these days when things seem to be looking up.

You want to live in a bubble/echo chamber? Grand, no need for a team thread any more then there is a need for any team who don't have a fanbase interested in discussion with opposing fans though.

Of course, I am under no obligation to contribute to this thread, and I won't beyond this, giving my opinion on the matter.

eagle eye

There are plenty of Spurs fans out there who are not part of that other forum. If they see a thread here they might join up. I find it interesting to read these types of threads from time to time. They are great for keeping up with the news about the club too.

Bounty Hunter

Spurs weirdly feel like a Football Manager team where they bought well touted young players from Europe at the time like Erikson & Lamela, a couple of already established european stars like Lloris brought in and developed home grown talent like Dele Alli, Kane and the fullbacks, then through having a well run club it would seem they were able to keep them all together as they started to achieve their potential.

The best thing Spurs can do is try to sign their current crop up long term if they could do that again and still make some additions in the Summer next season I might actually think of them as contenders before the season starts. As for at the moment I think Chelsea will bounce back and not drop too many more points and as a result win out but Spurs are impressing and will be in the CL again next season no matter what.

Kiith

We've a fantastic young squad, with a very good manager, and a new stadium on the way. It's definitely a great time to be a Spurs fan.

The two biggest issues we have are holding onto Pochettino, and holding onto the current crop of youngsters as we simply can't compete with the likes of City, Chelsea and United on wages. At least not yet, and probably not for a long while yet. The increased revenue from the stadium will help, but we need a few years in a row in the CL to keep us on track. If we can do that, there's very little we need to do to strengthen, bar either buy a 2nd striker who can score (or hope Jansen kicks off from his first goal).

Also, as to the "you have a forum, you should stay there" mentality, i think that's crap to be honest. I use the forum because it's there and there are plenty of like minded fans, but I'd happily post here if the forum wasn't a thing. I enjoy talking with opposition fans, as you want to be able to have some friendly banter with other teams. When there are match threads with Spurs in it, i'll always keep an eye on both of them. I'm usually on the mobile when watching a game though, so will only ever post in one.

The rare times we get any non-Spurs fans in the forum, it's 50/50 if they'll be just there to troll us or actually talk about football.

Osmosis Jones

This thread is more a sign of them finally regaining relevancy than anything else

citytillidie

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Spurs weirdly feel like a Football Manager team where they bought well touted young players from Europe at the time like Erikson & Lamela, a couple of already established european stars like Lloris brought in and developed home grown talent like Dele Alli, Kane and the fullbacks, then through having a well run club it would seem they were able to keep them all together as they started to achieve their potential.

The best thing Spurs can do is try to sign their current crop up long term if they could do that again and still make some additions in the Summer next season I might actually think of them as contenders before the season starts. As for at the moment I think Chelsea will bounce back and not drop too many more points and as a result win out but Spurs are impressing and will be in the CL again next season no matter what.

They bought in Dele Alli after he already played 60 odd games for MK Dons

Kiith

citytillidie wrote: »

They bought in Dele Alli after he already played 60 odd games for MK Dons

And he's developed massively since he joined.

citytillidie

Kiith wrote: »

And he's developed massively since he joined.

I would call developing young talent is those who come through your youth teams not players bought from lower league teams who has played almost 2 seasons already.

MK Dons did more development for him than Spurs

Corholio

citytillidie wrote: »

I would call developing young talent is those who come through your youth teams not players bought from lower league teams who has played almost 2 seasons already.

MK Dons did more development for him than Spurs

In fairness he did say 'brought in and developed home grown talent' which is pretty accurate. He has developed since he's been there, it doesn't mean it's the only developing he's ever done.

greenspurs

StringerBell wrote: »

They can be talked about in the general premierleague thread, they have never had an interest in the main forum and personally I have no interest in them these days. Would find it hilarious though of course if they did decide they wanted to be part of the forum these days when things seem to be looking up.

You want to live in a bubble/echo chamber? Grand, no need for a team thread any more then there is a need for any team who don't have a fanbase interested in discussion with opposing fans though.

Of course, I am under no obligation to contribute to this thread, and I won't beyond this, giving my opinion on the matter.

Jealous/bitter much...!!! :D:D:D:D

I am a Spurs supporter, but wont be back, as this thread is just a place for all the trolls to gather.....

COYS ....... "Bein a yid, being a yid ......."

KaiserGunner

Kiith wrote: »

We've a fantastic young squad, with a very good manager, and a new stadium on the way. It's definitely a great time to be a Spurs fan.

The two biggest issues we have are holding onto Pochettino, and holding onto the current crop of youngsters as we simply can't compete with the likes of City, Chelsea and United on wages. At least not yet, and probably not for a long while yet. The increased revenue from the stadium will help.

Now excuse my ignorance, but won't the cost of the stadium be a hindrance and be a third big issue going forward? There will be increased match day revenue, but the stadium will have to be paid for. So won't this for the time being hinder you even more in the transfer market? Also if massive bids come in for your top players, it would become even more difficult to turn down, due to the massive payments due for building the stadium?

GavRedKing

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Now excuse my ignorance, but won't the cost of the stadium be a hindrance and be a third big issue going forward? There will be increased match day revenue, but the stadium will have to be paid for. So won't this for the time being hinder you even more in the transfer market? Also if massive bids come in for your top players, it would become even more difficult to turn down, due to the massive payments due for building the stadium?

The TV money is worth nearly 4 or 5 times a year what it was when Arsenal were building the Emirates, that alone is worth nearly 90m a year for every club.

I think Spurs and any team building now will be ok and wont be so hamstrung with debt like Arsenal were.

I'm also not sure where the players could go, Spurs wont or will at best, try and refuse any money from other PL sides for their talent as theyre right now in a very good position to be on eo fthe best sides in the league, they dont have to sell to a rival unless its on their terms.