re: tOfficial Tottenham Hotspur 2018/19 Thread: Good Game ‘Pool...Future Is Bright

Great to hear!

And regarding the transfer window, I really don't think we absolutely need anybody, but it would be nice to get one or 2 guys in to freshen the squad up.
Still think Lucas is poised to have a great campaign.

£25 million to new billionaire owners ain't a thang.

ETA: And I believe the correct phrase is "Reassigned."

“Poch says club have received no bids for their players today. On incoming players he said: "I think it's so difficult now. Only four hours to the end. I don't have news now. Sure it will be difficult. Until you finish the game you can't say it's the end. It will be difficult."

Well the only bright side of not bringing anyone in is we don’t lose any big names like Toby and Dembele from the squad, even worse to a PL rival

yeah, this has been a pretty depressing process.

first time i've paid attention to a transfer window really, and i get that it's no small feat that the majority of the squad still remains with players like kane & son signing new contracts, as well as pochettino, but not bringing anyone in is placing an awful lot of pressure on young players to progress even more to just hopefully maintain the clubs place in the league. i know levy is notorious for being a bastard of a negotiator, but it seems this time it has bit him in the arse.

still excited for the new season, but realistically it feels like the best case scenario is just another top 4 finish. i clearly don't see a shot at the league title. i was hoping with the new stadium, in for a penny in for a pound sort of a mentality would take over, but levy was unable to even land a championship league player.

Kane
Son Eriksen Lucas
Sissoko Dier?
Davies Jan Sanchez Aurier
Lloris

Bench: Dele, Llorente, Dembele?, Amos, Trippier,

OUT: Lamela, Wanyama, Winks all hurt

Should be good enough to beat Newcastle, but I think we all remember the 5-1 beatdown to end the season a couple years ago.

I could see Poch starting Son up top and letting Kane rest and bring him on in the 60-70 min time frame if needed.

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I've always had a soft spot for Fulham... thanks for ruining that

To be fair, none of us mentioned Sess in this entire thread, but yeah I don't blame you about being on edge about that all summer

Hopefully your lot can gel in time.
Fulham and Wolves are both poised to shake things up this year.
Craven Cottage is still one of my all-time favorite grounds.

ETA: Take that soft-spot comment with some tongue-in-cheek

Yes, that's how I meant it, our supporters.
I am the admin. of a very large, but unofficial, FFC group on FB. So, I read a lot, which is why I say there's little love for Spurs amongst our lot.

There's still a great deal of resentment over Dembele and Dempsey, even if we got fair market value for Dembele, it was because Levy's offer triggered his release clause. Fulham were already in the mess by that time with al-Fayed looking to sell, and Martin Jol making poor choices in his buying.

I haven't read this entire thread, and it's you're likely right that noone HERE talked about Sess., however, in the press, it's been a constant drumbeat since January. This leads to the impending doom mentality as we've seen it over and over again with the idea that Fulham are a "farm team." I mean look who we had and lost to bigger clubs in the last ten years or so:
Steed Malbranque, Brad Smalling, Edwin VanDerSar, Louis Saha, Dempsey, Dembele, Dembele, just off the top of my head, this morning. To be fair, some of the players we've lost over the years, had tremendous success at Craven Cottage, then took the money, ran, and didn't measure up.

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Lloris (C), Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Lucas, Kane.

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Bench: Vorm, Toby, KWP, Amos, Dembele, Son, Llorente