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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Fair, but like I said, I don't think MGW's actual worth is more than 60m. Buying in the Premier League means prices are inflated way beyond what the player is actually worth. Objectively, a player in his mid-20s, with somewhere around a dozen goal contributions, playing for a mid-table side...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Spot on. I do get what @SissokoWasGood (BoL) meant, but only in the Premier League would 60m be considered a bargain. Again, you can find much better on the continent for that money. I am usually against the idea of buying the cheaper player just because he's cheaper, but in this case, I think...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    This is where Paratici was really useful - man moved in elite circles and apparently had a rolodex of a dozen different players in negotiations for one position, so if a deal fell through like this, he'd still have a number of others on speed dial (not least, a bunch of players at Juve he could...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Sure mate, but the question is if we actually have that ambition for now or the future. I severely doubt we do, and it was just so much useless spin. But, that's derailing the MGW thread. Suffice to say this deal is dead, we move on, there are other fish in the sea - though time is running out...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    I'm increasingly doubtful the money ever really existed mate - but let's see. Fair. Personally I don't rate Solanke or Rich as being good enough for where we (allegedly) want to go, which is (allegedly) winning the PL and CL if that bombastic Levy interview is to be believed. But, defo signing...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    We don't pay wages life-changing enough to get players fighting to move to us, we don't build teams that get players excited to play for us, we finished 17th so some must be wondering if we're all that. For established players like MGW, Forest can probably offer him higher wages than we can...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    To be fair, buying from teams in the Premier League is hard for everyone, because most have no need to sell their players. Too many owners now who can easily blow us out of the water in terms of cash, ambition, determination and sporting vision (and in Marinakis' case, sheer criminality, where...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Sure, but with the, what, 7th/8th lowest wage bill and while we're 20th in wages-to-revenue? I'll correct myself - it's a shoestring by comparison to our rivals. Relative shoestring, if that's any better?
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    Ben Davies

    His extension just gives me a feeling that we're going to be trying three at the back a lot more next season. He's probably the 6th-choice CB and 3rd-choice LB now, which means almost zero playing time in a 4-at-the-back system. But if we're playing 3 CBs and 2 wing-backs, that changes - he'll...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    He's a reasonable appointment. Feels like settling for upper mid-table consistency, but at least he has a baseline of doing what the club clearly wants from its coaches - overachieve on a shoestring budget, and be adaptable enough to build his tactics around the players as opposed to wanting...
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    Thomas Frank’s coaching staff

    Brentford fans apparently livid Frank didn't take Claus Norgaard with him - he's their defensive coach, and by all accounts has not been great at his job given their defensive frailties this season. By contrast, they are livid they lost Justin Cochrane, who was apparently being groomed as their...
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    ENIC

    It's a move that will play well with the fans if indeed there is a change in club leadership - 'Levy cared about the real estate more than the club, we're different, that money goes into the team.' And people keep saying the fans don't matter, but this is a delicate time in terms of football...
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    ENIC

    I'm not sure Lewis is even all that aware that he owns Spurs anymore, or knows someone called Daniel Levy. From the bits of news I've seen, we're now in a trust, which is accessible by Lewis's kids, in particular his daughter. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the person who is now the nominal...
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    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Haha - what a choice. Like choosing between lethal injection or a firing squad. :p
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    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Record.pt in Portugal reporting Silva set to sign for Spurs. No byline, but they're reporting it as an exclusive. If true...Jesus Christ, Marco fudging Silva?
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