ITK

[glorygloryeze]

Lol at mods trolling with the Hes.key name swap.

It would be one of the most bizarre decisions should Pool sell him to us ... we are their biggest problem in the league for the last 7 years, even when one of the established CL teams fudges up, they have to beat us still (and they have only managed once in last 6 or 7)

Indeed; which is why i believe it's flimflam OR Ben.teke is actually more sh!t than we realise and Liverpool want to pull a fast one on us

 

[Finney Is Back]

I think Fazio would be more effective pressing from the front than Heskey. He'd be such a departure from everything we've been aiming for.

You do talk absolute gonads sometimes.

 

[Finney Is Back]

I think it's a little harsh on Emile actually. Although a product of his period (the embers of the 4-4-2/pre- 'the complete #9' age), he was a decent and underrated player (whereas Benteskey is overrated because of his Drogba-lite tag)

And there was me thinking he was rated because he scored 42 PL goals in only 89 PL games for a reasonably poor Aston Villa side. My mistake though, of course it must instead be because he is tagged 'Drogba-lite' (by you and you only).

 

[Spursman]

what the hells going on? have i gone back in time or something?

 

[GrimsbyYid]

But, like Lukaku, I think he is exactly the sort of striker that we need i.e. someone that could bully defences and create space for the likes of Lamela, Eriksen, Dembele, Son, N'Jie or Mason to exploit. @GrimsbyYid, yes, I did say Mason........

Would have to be a huge space to create from the bench through to the goal...

 

[jabbathehut]

don't think we will spend big money on a player that can only be an alternative to Kane and not play with Kane .

 

[Gazzasrightboot]

If Ben.teke was to cost say £10m it'd be worth a punt perhaps. But i can't see him costing less than £20m and at that, i'd rather have Jeffers if i'm honest as he can play more than one position and to me looks like he has far better movement.
Your point about Robbie Keane: when Liverool cut their losses on him, Keane was returning to the club who sold him and not to a club that was a) competing with them for top a 4 place and b) a club who would have potentially been in competition with them in the first place to buy said player.
For example: would we have sold a younger Soldado to them unless we knew he was not good enough for us to worry about strengthening a rival??

That's a fair point and I can see your point of view. I do think the rumour is bs, but not wild bs if you get my drift. I could see a position where they want to cut their losses. Your point about them not selling to us is a fair one, but in reality they would only be able to sell to a foreign club because the only clubs domestically that would be able to afford him and his wages would be us and up (Man U, Man C, Chelsea and Arsenal) and we would all be competitors to them.

 

[Lemonade Money]

You do talk absolute cobblers sometimes.

To be fair to GB, you need to change Heskey to Ben.teke, and Fazio to erm.... Fazio.

 

[Shropshire Yid]

I use this story a lot about our current scouting but I think it brings a great point.

When at Southampton, they scouted a player who was rated one of the worst players in the French league. He was repeatedly getting booked and exposed. His Name was Dejan Lovren.

They signed him for Southampton for £8m and then sold him for £20m where he went back to being brick.

Mitchell pointed out they lyon played a AVB-esc high line which lovren was exposed but it didn't make him a bad player. Just the system didn't suit him.

The moral of the story is, trust our recruitment team, they know a great deal more than any of us.......

 

[StephenH]

Is this the ITK forum?

Or yet another transfer gossip forum.

 

[Jordinho]

Is this the ITK forum?

Or yet another transfer gossip forum.

There's a difference?

 

[Hashegotthesackyet?]

Losing track with all the name changes etc!

 

[Gazzasrightboot]

I use this story a lot about our current scouting but I think it brings a great point.

When at Southampton, they scouted a player who was rated one of the worst players in the French league. He was repeatedly getting booked and exposed. His Name was Dejan Lovren.

They signed him for Southampton for £8m and then sold him for £20m where he went back to being brick.

Mitchell pointed out they lyon played a AVB-esc high line which lovren was exposed but it didn't make him a bad player. Just the system didn't suit him.

The moral of the story is, trust our recruitment team, they know a great deal more than any of us.......

Excellent story.

 

[Finney Is Back]

I use this story a lot about our current scouting but I think it brings a great point.

When at Southampton, they scouted a player who was rated one of the worst players in the French league. He was repeatedly getting booked and exposed. His Name was Dejan Lovren.

They signed him for Southampton for £8m and then sold him for £20m where he went back to being brick.

Mitchell pointed out they lyon played a AVB-esc high line which lovren was exposed but it didn't make him a bad player. Just the system didn't suit him.

The moral of the story is, trust our recruitment team, they know a great deal more than any of us.......

Perhaps another good example here is Capoue.... Who looked like the worst holding midfield player I have ever seen when playing for us, but was successful in France before coming to us and has done well at Watford after leaving us.

 

[Lemonade Money]

Is this the ITK forum?

Or yet another transfer gossip forum.

You're worried some slightly credible information is sneaking in?

 

[StephenH]

Is this the ITK forum?

Or yet another transfer gossip forum.

You're worried some slightly credible information is sneaking in?

Neah can't be arsed to scroll through all/majority of the crap.......

 

[AdamB]

I use this story a lot about our current scouting but I think it brings a great point.

When at Southampton, they scouted a player who was rated one of the worst players in the French league. He was repeatedly getting booked and exposed. His Name was Dejan Lovren.

They signed him for Southampton for £8m and then sold him for £20m where he went back to being brick.

Mitchell pointed out they lyon played a AVB-esc high line which lovren was exposed but it didn't make him a bad player. Just the system didn't suit him.

The moral of the story is, trust our recruitment team, they know a great deal more than any of us.......

Fair point and clearly people who spend their careers scouting players will have greater knowledge, however that doesn't mean that we cant have opinions about who we think we would like to see us sign

 

[jpp]

So, in line with recent post Redknapp, post Sherwood seasons, there is clearly no ITK.

 

[milo]

Neah can't be arsed to scroll through all/majority of the crap.......

Oh well

 

[harr1984]

Excellent story.

That's a great story, if entirely accurate. When you can get some very highly rated young players in the French league for under £10m, why would a defender who is apparently rated one of the worst players in the French League cost £8.5m?