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  1. DubaiSpur

    Luka Vuskovic

    Exactly - kid has a great head on his shoulders, and top-flight Bundesliga football is a great environment to learn and grow in. He'll be back next year stronger for the experience, and I suspect we'll move one of Danso/Dragusin out to make way for him if he grows the way he's been doing so far.
  2. DubaiSpur

    Luka Vuskovic

    Thanks for taking the time mate - super informative, and glad Hamburg supported Mario Vuskovic through that ordeal. Happy Luka is going to a great club where he'll be valued. :)
  3. DubaiSpur

    Bryan Gil

    Good kid - stayed professional, certainly no shortage of effort or endeavour. Just wasn't cut out for the PL - lots of players with his slight build face that issue, and the number of players who can overcome that and succeed is low for a reason. For us, can only really think of Modric who fit...
  4. DubaiSpur

    Randal Kolo Muani

    Yep. Think it will be in that range - for context, Juve signed Lois Openda on a similar straight loan from Leipzig for just slightly less (in euros, think it's 4m for a straight loan with a 40m option).
  5. DubaiSpur

    Randal Kolo Muani

    Weell, that's not always true. Bowen regularly smashes it for West Ham and would probably be uber-expensive, but they haven't really done anything since the Conference League win a few years ago. Possible for the player to do well even when the club doesn't. In fact, exact same thing happened...
  6. DubaiSpur

    Spurs Summer transfer window 2025 - roundup and review

    For sure - that's what I meant re: Xavi being both lucky and a well-executed move. It was lucky that he stayed available until the end of the window, and then got sick enough of waiting for Chelsea that we were able to sneak in, sell him on our project and get him signed up in 24 hours (or so it...
  7. DubaiSpur

    Mathys Tel

    It's because of the level of hype that surrounded him when he signed. A top-tier young talent from Bayern Munich, thrown straight into the first team due to our injury crisis - the expectations were through the roof, in a totally unfair way. Kane looked like a donkey until 21 when something...
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    Savinho

    For s For sure mate. And it's a reminder that loyalty goes both ways - we as fans tend to want players to stay loyal forever, but are happy to discard those we see no use for. Clubs also need to do right by their players, and Guehi and Savinho have the right to feel aggrieved at the way...
  9. DubaiSpur

    Randal Kolo Muani

    Well, the slight risk is that he smashes it and thus becomes too expensive for us - it's why clubs try to include options (not obligations) in these sorts of deals. But, that's a bridge to cross when we get to it. For now, it's welcome depth, and I think he might surprise a few folks - he's...
  10. DubaiSpur

    Manor Solomon

    Never got the vitriol towards him some folks have, but then, I don't follow him on social media which is where the controversies seem to have arisen. Hope he does well - there's certainly talent there, and feel like he never really got a fair shake here. He was great for both Leeds and Fulham...
  11. DubaiSpur

    Savinho

    One to return to depending on how his season goes from now until January - clearly we've left the option open, since we haven't bought anyone for that left-wing role. But if he really wants a move from City, he'll need to throw his toys out of the pram a bit more.
  12. DubaiSpur

    Spurs Summer transfer window 2025 - roundup and review

    Think the chatter was that he would officially take up the role in October. Unofficially, he's been here for months and has clearly led, or at least co-led, our transfer process this summer. Think him being back full-time will be a welcome boost to our ability to compete for bigger names...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Spurs Summer transfer window 2025 - roundup and review

    He also got, what, less than a single half to change a game in which we were dominated start to finish? Don't think that's very fair on him tbh. He did go down the outside a couple of times and, together with Odobert, helped stretch the play on that side. What worries me isn't his quality -...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Spurs Summer transfer window 2025 - roundup and review

    We've done well on the whole, and strengthened the spine of the side without totally overshadowing the players already here - who, let's not forget, still need a chance to show what they can do under Frank. The best business of the window was actually tying Romero down to a new deal. Next to...
  15. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    For sure, it's ultimately more sustainable in the long-run. You want a manager to be here for 3/4 years, you sort of need to hew towards pragmatism by default. For a long time, Werder Bremen were a devil-may-care side under Thomas Schaaf, gung-ho in pressing and in the attack. 'You score 4...
  16. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    What we need, and what we will get, are not always the same things mate. :) There's merit in giving players enough rope to metaphorically hang themselves. Take them off too early and they feel aggrieved and hard-line by. Board will ask questions about if he isn't using them correctly, etc...
  17. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    For sure. It's reminiscent of early Poch, but I think the key difference is that Poch had the time and space to adapt his approach to become less gung-ho while still being one of the most fearsome pressing teams in the league, until Klopp brought in his system. Iraola doesn't, because the...
  18. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Tel isn't meant to be a full-time left-winger. He's meant to be a striker that can also provide width on the left, when needed. I think he's the long-term replacement for Richy - believe the latter will have one year left on his deal after the World Cup, and it would be a good time to sell...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Fact is, Iraola does this to all teams - at the start of the season, Bournemouth press with manic intensity because they have energy. By the end, they're dragging themselves to the finish line because others have saved up more energy than them over the course of a season, and injuries (a natural...
  20. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    He used most of them, didn't he? Bergvall, Odobert, Udogie, Tel - we didn't have anyone else left on to affect the game in an attacking sense. In general, it's just one of those pre-international break games where the players look disinterested and are trying to protect themselves from injury...
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