daniel sturridge has had a right gone to spurs
― CH3C(O)N(CH3)2 (darraghmac), Monday, 25 July 2011 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently he's been okay in pre-season, attitude-wise? Sort of hoping Chelsea just get bored and look elsewhere.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 July 2011 10:42 (twelve years ago) link
"They're your options: get the money and get four players and, in all honesty, have a better team, or keep Luka, who is a fantastic player."
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
His comments on Ade in that piece are otm.
― boxall, Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
What a thing to say in public about Modric though. How's Levy going to react when he sees that?!
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
'arry has most likely convinced his 'airman that he's sufficiently adept at reverse psychology to keep Luka out of 'elsea's 'hands.
― boxall, Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
typo there at the end, distracted from re-reading above. I'll be sad if he goes somewhere and is a reserve but great thread regardless.
― boxall, Thursday, 18 August 2011 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
That looks like Redknapp and Levy are at loggerheads to me. Redknapp presumably frustrated at Levy's refusal to part without any cash without having first sold the deadwood he's put a prohibitive price tag on, when one player at a stroke could make £35m-£40m.
But at the same time we don't know who he's targeting, whether they'll come to Spurs, whether they'll actually improve the team (as opposed to replacing Kranjcars with Pienaars and making no net improvement whatsoever), and whether we'll end up with a hole in the squad and a load of unspent or wasted money at the end.
Personally I think he's trying to con Levy into getting his chequebook out. Doubt Harry likes spending an entire summer sitting around not being able to make signings.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 18 August 2011 08:44 (twelve years ago) link
It's the sort of thing that could end 'redknapp out' to me - not only undermining the public line, but shifting blame for underperformance onto Levy. The only benefit (assuming as I do that you can't possibly be better off shorn of Modric) is in getting Modric onside personally if he needs it, but even that's got a huge backhanded insult in there.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 18 August 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
said for a while now that 35m spent well leaves us a better team if modric goes.
That was on condition of keeping niko, tho
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
There's also the possibility that Redknapp is trying to rush Chelsea into a bid they can then reject.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:50 (twelve years ago) link
Redknapp has not really spent particularly well over his time at Spurs actually. Dunno if successful moves for Samba, Benayoun and Kalou and a failed bid for Eden Hazard will make much net improvement really.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
that's true, though i'd want to see a list to judge tbh
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
rejected £40m
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
See you in January.
― Chris, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Blimey I got something right for once.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
missed a trick with poll closing date huh
Will remember that for jan
― Juata Man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
levy otm he's worth 50m now
― talking heads, quiet smith (darraghmac), Sunday, 18 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
levy still otm
― occupy wall street 2: rummy never sleeps (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
who next for a thread in this vein
is there even anyone any good left at a club likely to sell?
could have had a whole board on Southampton last month obv
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
Ross Barkley, but not this summer.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link
fans of the board don't want to hear about next summer klata
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Gotta say my love for Luka hasn't really survived his haircut
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 08:55 (nine years ago) link
herself is the same
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
we have so much in common
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 09:03 (nine years ago) link
get out of it
she's still got William fichtner I suppose
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
Jaysus
― things you looked shockingly old when you wore (darraghmac), Friday, 2 March 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
Fucking hell imagine if Luka had gone to Chelsea. He'd be at Palace now.
― Matt DC, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
the twitter reaction to my boy winning is .... negative
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
Lynchpin of the midfield that won three CL titles in a row, World Cup final, voted best player at the World Cup, what more does a lad have to do?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
fine choice with me
but can he twerk?
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
"the one i may have offended"
Sincere apologies to the one I may have offended. My point was : I don’t invite women to twerk but dance on a Sinatra song. Watch the full sequence People who have followed me for 20 years know how respectful I am especially with women pic.twitter.com/pnZX8qvl4R— Martin Solveig (@martinsolveig) December 3, 2018
think the chasing pack caught up with messi + ronaldo this year, obvs gonna happen eventually, happy to see a new winner
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:46 (five years ago) link
For as long as this guy can walk, he can have a spot in my midfield.
Up there with Berbatov and VdV as the most persistently joyous players to give the ball to in my footballing memory (Spurs edition) and it seems impossible that he's still somehow putting in performances like he did tonight
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 January 2021 01:55 (three years ago) link