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"Myles Lewis-Skelly's three-match suspension has been removed. The FA has upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal."0
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Arsenal fans can stop bitching that the world is against them then...
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It was never a red, so in this case their whining was justified!0
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I disagree still, as dont like the studs up challenge... I equally thought that the Wolves challenge should have been a straight red, and should have been the bigger complaintkillerandflash said:It was never a red, so in this case their whining was justified!
But then Football is largely about opinions, and always will be when the majority of rules have so many grey areas in them.0 -
Should give a 3 match ban to the VAR who decided not to make the ref review it.SELR_addicks said:"Myles Lewis-Skelly's three-match suspension has been removed. The FA has upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal."0 -
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ha, whatever next. He'll start campaigning for all managers to stay in their technical areas. F'ing lego headed cockwomble!North Lower Neil said:4 -
Think that should be posted on the insults thread.JohnBoyUK said:
ha, whatever next. He'll start campaigning for all managers to stay in their technical areas. F'ing lego headed cockwomble!North Lower Neil said:5 -
I still feel it was a shocking challenge with no intent to get the ball.
Hopefully the Arsenal players are being shown this week in training how to trip up opponents with the toe of their boots and not their studs down the ankle.
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Stories around that Villa have rejected a £60m bid from Arsenal for Ollie Watkins!
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Not a surprise. They tried to get him when he was at Brentford. He's a Gooner and he'll want to go.killerandflash said:Stories around that Villa have rejected a £60m bid from Arsenal for Ollie Watkins!
He'll be very very good for them.0 -
Found that stat I was talking about...JohnBoyUK said:
Yep, pretty much agree with all of that, apart from the bit on wingers...Chris_from_Sidcup said:
This isn't much of a surprise though really as let's be honest, who wants to go for a drink anywhere else in Tottenham?JohnBoyUK said:
I certainly have but its always been a divisive fan base when it comes to Levy. Not so now, he is getting everyones ire. Not that it will make one blind bit of difference. At the end of the day, he holds 25% of shares in ENIC. 65-70% is held by the Joe Lewis family trust, the remaining shares are minor investors. He isn't going to walk away while they make massive money. Even yesterday, the bars in the ground were still full 30 mins after full time.MrOneLung said:
they have been saying that for years to be fairElfsborgAddick said:totteringham fans finally see that Levy is THE problem in N17.
One trophy in 24 years under his rule says it all.
No one can doubt that Levy's business acumen is second to none on the commercial front. He just doesn't know how to run the footballing side.
I agree Levy isn't going to walk away though, as why would he? And whilst i totally understand why he gets stick, he could argue that he does spend money. Spurs spent almost 150m since the summer on Solanke, Gray, Odobert, Bergvall and Kinsky. The problem is not the money spent but who it was spent on. For example why buy Odobert who is a winger when you have Son, Johnson, Kulusevski and Moore? When really you needed back up at LB and CB.
Last season you spent over 200m, so that's over 350m spent in 2 seasons (although you did get 100 back for Kane). Spurs have the 3rd highest net spend in the last 5 years, more than Arsenal, City and Liverpool.
The big fuck up that i think Levy made was not giving Poch money to strengthen when Spurs were really good, competing at the top of the league and got to the CL final. I know the stadium had to be paid for but i think you went 2-3 transfer windows without making a proper first team signing.
That was the one thing we was sure on - the ITK all said Ange wanted two different kind of wingers on both sides. We were linked with Neto and Eze all summer. We know Spurs asked Palace about Eze several times but they refused to budge from his release clause and wanted all the money paid up front and Levy wasn't prepared to do it. Neto agreed personal terms and fee was agreed then Chelsea came in and offered him double his wages. When Eze and Neto fell through, Odobert turned up. To be fair he looked bright in his first two games then he's been injured ever since.
Guess the plan was to use Son, Odobert and Richarlison on the left and then Kulusevski and Johnson on the right. God knows where Werner fitted into the thinking. Mikey Moore was only ever going to be introduced slowly and given some games in the League Cup and Europa. That hasn't worked out given how many have been missing through injury.
But absolutely dead right about the gaping holes at CB and LB. Was the same last season. Its absolutely criminal there has been no cover, especially at CB. We lost both Romero and vdV last season and ended up with Davies playing there with Dier. Davies is not and never will be a CB. To be fair, he can't even play LB now either due to the lack of pace.
Net spend is one thing but more telling is the wages to turnover ratio...
We just dont pay top wages to attract the top players. I'm not talking Man City wages or possibly Chelsea/Man Utd wages but we need to be competitive. Its the same as any workplace. And lets be honest, since these figures were up-to-date, the wage bill has been trimmed yet further still. The big earners were Kane and Perisic. Son is now our top earner on £190k per week. I did see a breakdown of all the main salary earners at big clubs a couple of weeks ago but cant find it now, I've been trying to find it again. I can't remember what the top bracket was, but even West Ham had more players in that top bracket that Spurs did.
Yeah, we've bought some dross. Haven't most clubs? We've made some good signings too. We went through 3 windows without signing anyone!Chris_from_Sidcup said:
I think we're in agreement. I said "The problem is not the money spent but who it was spent on".MrOneLung said:Yeah but he spent 70m on Solanke.
To me that is a criticism not something to put in the plus column
He wasted the Bale money when general fees were a lot lower and they could really have strengthened the team.Am sure @JohnBoyUK can confirm the dross they bought
Anyhow, what does it matter? Nothing is changing any time soon.
Would it surprise you if I said Maddison is now out for 2-3 weeks with a calf injury. Its beyond a bloody joke now.Number of players on £100K per week +1. Arsenal 18 (+2 on £90k)2. Chelsea 173. United 174. City 165. Liverpool 126. Aston Villa 127. Newcastle 88. West Ham 69. Spurs 5 (including Werner on loan)
Spurs would be Son, Werner, Solanke, Romero, Kulusevski at a guess.0 -
Villa might have seen it as worth selling him to cash in now as he's 29 and his value will drop soon, plus it lets Duran play more, but then I see Duran might be off to Saudi.
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It would be ludicrous for Duran to move to Saudi at this stage of his career4
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What a waste of a very very promising career. Will be interesting to see if Villa bring in a replacement or use the bulk of that money on fixing their CB issues3
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I understand they'd agreed a deal for Juan Foyth yesterday. Argentine ex-Spurs, played CB under Poch but was moved on to Villareal where he linked up with Unai Emery but he mainly played RB as far as I'm aware.MarcusH26 said:What a waste of a very very promising career. Will be interesting to see if Villa bring in a replacement or use the bulk of that money on fixing their CB issues1 -
Villa through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, and you choose to go to Saudi. Baffling.MarcusH26 said:What a waste of a very very promising career. Will be interesting to see if Villa bring in a replacement or use the bulk of that money on fixing their CB issues
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I'm a bit surprised Villa loaned Barry to Hull, he might not be PL ready, but at least he's a striker.0
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Foyth would be a solid signing in their position. Better than the rumour they're interested in Disasi from Chelsea. Can't help but assume they've got a striker lined up to at least back Watkins up.JohnBoyUK said:
I understand they'd agreed a deal for Juan Foyth yesterday. Argentine ex-Spurs, played CB under Poch but was moved on to Villareal where he linked up with Unai Emery but he mainly played RB as far as I'm aware.MarcusH26 said:What a waste of a very very promising career. Will be interesting to see if Villa bring in a replacement or use the bulk of that money on fixing their CB issues0 -
For 60 mill + I’d sell Watkins and go for someone like Jonathan David at Lille or Liam Delap as a replacement.0
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I tend to agree but then again he's really young, can go there and earn in 3 years what it would take him 10 years to earn at Villa and then come back to Europe and he'd still only be 24.killerandflash said:It would be ludicrous for Duran to move to Saudi at this stage of his career
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I could be wrong but to me it seems like a move to appease their fans - "look we really tried to buy a striker".killerandflash said:Stories around that Villa have rejected a £60m bid from Arsenal for Ollie Watkins!
When the whole world knows you need a striker why wait 29 days into the window and then bid for a striker at a club who've just that same day accepted a bid for their other striker. Villa were never accepting that in a million years.
Also don't get why you'd bid 60m for 29 year old Watkins, when you could get 21 year old Duran for 65m. At the same time i don't get why Villa would rather keep 29 year old Watkins and sell 21 year old Duran.
Only way this goes anywhere i feel is if Watkins really pushes for the move and puts in a transfer request. But if Villa sense this could happen then why sell Duran?2 -
They've been reading the Tottenham Hotspur book of transfer excuses written by Daniel Levy!Chris_from_Sidcup said:I could be wrong but to me it seems like a move to appease their fans - "look we really tried to buy a striker".0 -
L'Equipe reporting Spurs have agreed a 60m euro fee with Bayern for Mathys Tel.1
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I totally agree with the Duran comments. At his age he could disappear without trace.
He'll get better by playing with better players in Europe; not by playing in a crappy league with no fans or coverage.3 -
Oh...Bayern still owe Spurs money for Kane... that'll be why...MarcusH26 said:L'Equipe reporting Spurs have agreed a 60m euro fee with Bayern for Mathys Tel.
Do all the work...
Agree a fee with Bayern...
Oh hello Mr Tel, the 5 year contract Mr Levy is offering is £25,000 per week and a packet of polos...
Arsenal or Chelsea to hijack in 3...2...1....0 -
who says he wants to get better ?cafcnick1992 said:I totally agree with the Duran comments. At his age he could disappear without trace.
He'll get better by playing with better players in Europe; not by playing in a crappy league with no fans or coverage.
maybe he just wants the silly amount of money he will probably be paid compared to being a bit part player at Villa2 -
Villa must be mad selling Duran. Unless they have PSR issues and need to balance the books again like when they sold Douglas Luiz...
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Spurs buying Tel for 60m to replace 60m Solanke who was bought because 60m Richarlison is shit.MarcusH26 said:L'Equipe reporting Spurs have agreed a 60m euro fee with Bayern for Mathys Tel.
And still there is no new left back or centre back signing.........2 -
Tel is a winger but can play anywhere across the front so I've read...dont know enough about him tbh.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Spurs buying Tel for 60m to replace 60m Solanke who was bought because 60m Richarlison is shit.MarcusH26 said:L'Equipe reporting Spurs have agreed a 60m euro fee with Bayern for Mathys Tel.
And still there is no new left back or centre back signing.........
vdV is back tonight by the looks of it.0
