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£8 Million for a squad player?

Article by Sam Jenkins
For THBN

With the arrival of Younes Kaboul, the clubs spending is nearing £25 million (£6 million initial payment for Bale, £13 million initial payment for Bent, & a reported £6 million initial payment for Kaboul equalling approximately £25 million).

Apparently, more signings are in store too!

Has the transfer market exploded to the point where a squad player costs £8 million? After all, I can't see Kaboul taking the place of either King nor Dawson. It's great that the club have signed a much needed centre back for cover, but £8 million on a bench warmer seems too much, doesn't it?

We again come back to the left midfielder/winger position.

It seems that the club have spent the majority of their budget already. Does this mean that once again, the club will not fill the left-sided midfield position?

Some sites have even mentioned that Martin Jol doesn't see the need for a left midfielder/winger. The argument being that no other club plays with two front men and two wingers. Fair enough, that may be the case. But at least they do play with a left footed midfielder, who's instinct isn't to keep drifting in all the time.

Do you feel that the club needs to prioritise on their spending? Do you think we need cover on the left, be it a left footed midfielder or a winger with an abundance of flair?

95 comments

  1. I am French and have seen Younes play several times. He is a far better player than Dawson. He will need time to settle in. Once he has, he will be playing alonside King and 12 million Euro will be nothing compared to what he will cost.
  2. Not worth 8million!
  3. He's a great player and worth about 10 million easy
  4. Why, have you seen him play? How do you know he's worth £10 million?

    Watching him on YouTube doesn't count.
  5. We will buy Petrov. We're just waiting for him to recover from his knee injury.
  6. I've seen him play twice and I can say that he's definitely the fastest center back i've ever seen. He looked suspect on heading the ball though.

    No one heads the ball better than Michael Dawson.

    King is injured at the moment and so he'll take his place. I am worried that he'll get annoyed with Jol, for when King returns, I think it'll be Dawson and King in the line up, no matter how well Kabol has been playing.

    If he's the type of player that doesn't stand for being left on the bench and we need to sell him in 2 seasons, we will never get our 8 mill back.
  7. He'll be a fans favorite with the dedication he puts into each and every game
  8. We dont need a left winger or midfielder. Malbranque can play on the left easily. Stop with this left wing shit! We've had enough.
  9. He'll play more if Chimbonda leaves for chel$ki. The Current Bun says he'll be off.
  10. Well said THBN in your last article. Can you show us what the new site will look like?

    Josh

    COYS!
  11. Hi Josh,

    We will be revealing site screen-shots within the next month. We'll be having a vote so that the users can decide which design to go with.


    Regards

    THBN
  12. Cheers Poshspur!
  13. With King constantly injured, I think he'll be more than just a squad player.
  14. King injuries, King/Dawson needing rests due to amount of games, Possible King or Kaboul playing holding role, future investment. The list goes on and on why this is a good signing. Stop worrying about the money all the time people, not as if it is restricting our activity so just go with it and be pleased the club keep improving instead of always trying to find a reason to whine.
  15. If Martin Jol and Damien Comolli feel that he will boos the squad, then I trust them.
  16. Is that Aaron Barnes of Southgate?
  17. The main reason we wrote the article was because our spending isn't reflecting our income.

    The clubs board have taken a gamble so as to break into the top four and finally claim a Champions League spot.

    The good note is that the clubs wage bill is low, compared to other clubs not playing frequent Champions League games.

    We do believe that Martin Jol and the rest of the management will pull it off however, especially with the demise of our closest rivals.
  18. Attitudes do mystify me, could easily complain that after our first choice CB we have a lack of quality, and when we buy somebody who addresses this, a site, not some joe bloggs, a site starts complaining about the policy of the club, and then they wonder why they take some stick for this kind of crap. Forget about trying to justify yourselves THBN and just show some balls and forward thinking.
  19. Fair enough 4.18pm
  20. How much do you know of the clubs income? My guess (yes guess!) would be that the clubs net spending in the last 3 years has been very small, and that the new television money along with various other reasons such as sponsorship, the fact deals are in installments and the continued european activity amongst other reasons gives the club reason to make such purchases. We are signing all players with futures, and are not exactly spending 30m on 29 year olds. We aren't suddenly going to go bankrupt, so stop concerning yourselves with matters way over your heads. If the club says it's ok, then it's bloody ok.
  21. Sorry that was me 4:18 again, after you wrote fair enough.
  22. Malbranque on the left-wing? What have you been drinking? If we want to compete for a top-four spot, we need players of higher calibre than Steed. MG Pedersen would top my list. Bent for £16m, we could've signed Ribery for that amount.
  23. 8 million ain't alot nowadays it would seem. We payed a fair whack for Dean Richards a few seasons back, so if you consider inflation and silly TV reveue that ain't bad.
  24. That's ok.

    PS. You can request the clubs accounts from LSE. As they still are a PLC, they can email you the PDF as long as you provide records that you are a shareholder, which I am.

    Talk around the club state that a further £20 million may be made available this season. If that is true, then we are talking about a lot of money.


    Regards

    THBN
  25. Kaboul is the defender we needed ! Well done Commoli , Jol and Levy !

    Tottenham Fans DAILY
  26. Money aside, I think it is important we just get really good talent into the squad and keep building.

    I think the other thing to consider is for a long time we have been at the wrong end of the table so we could only attract better than average players who did not cost so much.

    When you are knocking on the door of the top four you need better players and therefore they cost more.

    It's just something we are not used to.

    Anyway, I would expect over time we should get quite a bit back by selling players like Mido, Ghaly, Murphy etc
  27. 4:18 well said. What the players do on the pitch should be the discussion, not how much we pay for them.There is absolutly nothing we could do if they decided to pay 50,000,000. The board haven't done a bad job so who are we to question them?
  28. I dont think its fair to say that the board are taking a gamble and that we are spending more than our income. If you look at our purchases and sales over the last couple of seasons, our accounts are quite healthy, add the new t.v money, and the sponsorship and shirts deals and we are rolling in it, plus we have a strict wage structure. Also when you look at the three signings e have made, the deals are structured so we only pay full whack depending on performances and the clubs success. A few quick words on Kaboul, I am an english guy living in France, when the media started on about Kaboul i asked all my workmates what they thought of him and not one had a bad thing to say, they even agreed with the price tag, so boys i think we have a good deal! P.S WE DO NEED A LEFT WINGER!
  29. As you are not 1) Martin Jol, 2) Damien Comolli or 3) Mr Levy himself, how the hell can you say we have spent the majority of our transfer budget. We are a rich club and have ample funds to fill the positions we need. Martin Jol and DC have said many a time that we need a left sided midfielder and i am certain we will sign someone. Lets not get bogged down with transfer fee's, the new money in the prem means that prices have gone pathetically high and you will see quite a few clubs break their records for individual and total transfer fee's paid this summer.
  30. Indded another 20m is alot of money. I just think the nature of the players we are signing suggests a view of the future and the club are getting players they want now whilst able to. This is a golden summer of transfers into the club. We wont be doing this forever, but with the clubs position football wise being good, we have reached a platform and are going for more. With the fact that generally the club have been frugel in recent seasons and managed to break away from our previous standing, they may feel the time is now to push for the next level. In a way they cant win. If we signed a couple of ageing freebies and some unknown's they would take stick. If they get the players they clearly want and spend the money required then they take stick. Either way i'm in the camp that believes they are making the right decisions and at the right times and this should be applauded. Sometimes it's needed to play things safe, sometimes it's needed to take the odd risk.
  31. Really should sign up. 4:34 was me 4:18 again!!
  32. I actually think Kaboul at £8m is good business for us.

    Finishing bottom of the league will earn you £30m, plus the restructuring of club finances by Mr Levy give me confidence that the money is there for new signings. Still think despite what people say to the contrary earlier in this chain that we need left sided talent.
    Bent has been signed as insurance for next season, in case we don't make champions league and Berbs decides to move on.
    Personally and I've said this for a long time, we need people with the xperience of winning things, of being in the shake up when it matters. We have as good a squad of players as anyone in the league but we don't have the winning attitude. Edgar Davids gave us that but he was not able to compete for a place over a sustained period of time. When was the last time we went to the library and played them off the park as we did the season before last.
    So we need a champion with a left foot
  33. I think King is on his way through his injury, and it could be career threating, as we were going to by davis from west brom, and king does seem to be turning into an anderton
  34. hi THBN,

    I was speaking to someone last week and they told me that pederson was going to join us for around 7 million pounds because him and Bellamy didnt get on, but then he left. hope he is still considering.
  35. How can you call a highly rated under 21 international a squad player ??? You may also like to remember that for a few years now Spurs along with other top clubs have had a policy of 2 players for every position to ensure against injuries & suspensions which at Spurs we've had our fair share of ( at least the former ).When I read articles like this I wonder where some of you lot are coming from & where your heads are.You sound like a bunch of second rate accountants who know the price of everything & the value of nothing.
  36. spurs spend so much money but never get anywhere, it must be exasperating to know that you've only been outspent by Man U but at least 4 teams will finish ahead of you. And if you bottle in the cups again tha would just be even more hilarious!
  37. How can a supporter question the board decission about money they spent? it is their money...how many shares you own?...or how many times you went to WHL to watch (and pay)....or maybe you only watch MOTD on free tv (without licence too)
  38. All the top sides have eight million plus players as squad players. Just look at the Chelsea bench, and how much did Louis Saha cost Man Utd? At this level what is the point of having a sub standard replacement. Gone are the days of Anthony Gardner being good enough cover, if someone gets a serious injury the squad player becomes first choice for the rest of the season.
  39. Oi gooner (or gonner)

    Get loss!...follow your captain....

    when the ship start to sink, the captain is the first to jump overboard...what a coward!....bunch of players who have no soul, no loyalties...no wonder campbell liked your club.
  40. Bl**dy Spurs fans, we are improving our squad with every buy we make regardless of price or position so far, so instead of moaning about everyone we buy not being good enough, costing too much and blah blah blah and blah blah blah just shut the hell up, enjoy what's going on at our beloved club, stand back in astonishment how in 3 years we've gone fromt he laughing stock of the premiership to the club most feared (outside the top 4) and after last years Euro Cup run we are finally back on the stage that will once again see us becoming a club feared and respected in Europe too.

    Oh and not every team has a left footed winger/midfielder, funny but without one for 2 years we've come 5th back to back, so do we really really really need one, or don't you think someone to stop us leaking soo many damn stupid goals would be better, cos imagine if we conceded 20 less goals last year....what's that I hear you say, we'd be in the champions league now?!?!

    I just can't w…
  41. I agree with the last comment, we don't need a left winger because you would never play two attacking wingers and two strikers - it would leave us two wide open. But what they have done is play with one winger and three more central to protect the defence which has worked very well. However, as an alternative to Lennon i believe a left winger of some calibre would give us more options - it doesn't mean that we have to play both right and left wingers at the same time - its just about having a stronger squad and more options. I would love to Morten Gamst Pederson at the lane.
  42. I have abused you in the past finally I think you might have turned the corner. Much better THBN
  43. Imagine what a complete squad we would be with a good left winger though!!! I still think they might play Lee and Bale on the left. I wouldn't be over enthused by Lee staying at left back though - he is good going forward but some of his defensive work is poor. And Steed gives possession away far too cheaply to be a first team regular next season.
  44. Is there any better front four in the Premier League? Beratov, Keane, Defoe and Bent....OOPS, I think i just come....
  45. Yeh i did just come...
  46. Has everyone forgotten that we will be playing on all fronts and will need a big squad especially in defence as king and dawson cannot possibly play everygame!
  47. What are people’s thoughts on Curtis Davies why are we continually being linked with him even with Kaboul on board. I think I read on the mail on-line and at least half dozen other sites that we are still talking with WBA involving a swap deal with Routledge.

    Is BMJ quite literally just to build two very strong teams particularly down the spine of the team Bent Defore Bebatov and Keane AND King Kaboul Dawson and now Davies
  48. What are people’s thoughts on Curtis Davies why are we continually being linked with him even with Kaboul on board. I think I read on the mail on-line and at least half dozen other sites that we are still talking with WBA involving a swap deal with Routledge.

    Is BMJ quite literally just to build two very strong teams particularly down the spine of the team Bent Defore Bebatov and Keane AND King Kaboul Dawson and now Davies
  49. 5:08 - spot on. Apart from me personally not being that keen on MGP. 5:15 - If you look, I think everybody except maybe one or two have shown we are all for todays signing and only a couple at the start along with the author are bothered about the fee, so nobody has forgotten the need for a big squad. You are right in sentiment though.
  50. Just a word about THBN, what some people obviously don't realise when they erupt into a torrent of verbal abuse is that this sight provokes you into debate by suggesting topics like "Is £8 million too much for a squad player". That is the whole point of these articles and what a fine job they as well
  51. One thing that was abundantly obvious last season was our lack of depth at the back (even though Daws was a rock). We have now bought the French under 21 captain to strengthen our squad ... good call i say! He is young and has been playing the French league so i doubt that he would expect to play every game in the Super Spurs 1st choice 11 and will be happy to learn and build up a reputation. At least now we will be able to compete in more than one competition
  52. What do you expect? It doesn't matter if it's alot of money if the player is actually good. Would you rather we spent £4mil on someone who was worse?
  53. i would still buy curtis davies if we can though and get rid of Gardner and Rocha - then we would have four quality centre backs. And as we have seen from Defoe's reaction, players will be happy to stay and fight if they can see we are going places - would you rather play for Fulham every week or fight for your place at Spurs with the chance of european football etc...
  54. Dear Poshspur
    You say that our expenditure is outweighing our income. Please explain. As I understand it prior to this window. We spent a net amount on transfers of less than £5m over the last 2 years. If you factor in Arnesen +£10m, Mansion +£6m/year, TV deal Min £30M/year plus gate receipts less costs. Finances are very healthy. We have spent £25m and have yet to move on fringe players this season. Asuming we receive £10m for those players it still leaves a healthy balance to invest.
    Gallers
  55. Anyone watched this mexican kid Andres Guardado from Atlas?

    wonder if he can solve our left side problem.

    watched him on youtube and he got a powerful left foot and with tricks as well.
  56. COYS
  57. 5.42 Nah, poor bloke's got the world on his shoulders :-)
  58. How can Kaboul be seen as just a squad player when King never plays more than 20 games a season? Its actually King who is the squad player.
  59. Why don't you wait till the end of the transfer window before asking stupid questions, cretin
  60. ok you boffins at THBN !

    Heres what "may" happen.

    Kaboul and dawson slot into the 2 cb berths whilst LK slips into a CM role,lets not forget he was originally a MF and has played there for both England and us.

    Theres NO WAY at £8m weve just signed a squad player ,you must be on drugs ! MJ has said hes the next desailly ,FFS hes the french U21 captain with a few yrs of Euro exp,sure hes a squad player,fuck me your doughnuts ! next time THINK before you post
  61. i love your previous article

    "As always, THBN will continue to provide interesting topics in which Spurs fans can debate upon"

    To continue suggests you started ? when ? did we miss it?
  62. Great signing. I think the board have realised that:
    1. This next season is a rare opportunity to break into the top four, and we should not be caught napping or leaving things to chance (esp if the chance involves Ledley's dodgy knees).
    2. We need a young squad that we can keep together, whilst challenging for trophies, for 2-3 years or so whilst the new stadium is being paid for. Wouldn't want to end up like the fallen Woolwich Wanderers now, would we? :)
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  64. whats all the fuss about king? dont get me wrong he's premiership quality but his limitations are being overlooked too often. in fact we didnt do too badly when he was out so he's not exactly the linchpin some are saying. i think a strong player at the back is necessary - dawson's too young and scatty for reliance.m.r.
  65. Is it me or didn't we have the previous French U-21 Captain in Dorain Dervette or something. What happened to him? Speaking personally I am pleased with our signings as it shows the direction they want to take the club. I do feel that the fees paid appear to be large but that is not for us to concern ourselves with as it is all for the benefit of the team after all. Have to say though that being greedy I wouldn't mind a left sided player coming in. "We're Park Lane, we're Park Lane, we're Park Lane TOTTENHAM!"
  66. It's small-minded articles like these which show that the mentality of our fans is still mid-table, we need to push on and up and beleive we can make the top 4 rather than whinge about or even question the top men's decisions. THEY KNOW BEST! You are also forgetting King has just had surgery, when was the last time you had surgery? be realistic, there are long term consequences and repurcussions attached to going under the knife, its never quite the same! Think about all the factors, and it shows only the positive in terms of a transaction. THFC
  67. Poshspur - you really do come out with some garbage - you live in a dream world.

    You do NOT have to be a shareholder to get your hands onto a copy of the audited accounts and you do NOT have to go to the London Stock Exchange - you simply go to the THFC website and you can download ALL of the financial data.

    I, too, am a shareholder in excess of 10,000 shares but that does not mean anything as I do not get told anything that anybody else does even though I do have contacts within WHL in the financial department and I certainly know their accounts inside out and I also know the strategic direction of the Club, both on and off the pitch.

    And for anybody that is interested the percentage of players and coaches salaries is 52% of T/O.

    Everybody can get to these figures via this link:
    http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/investor/investor_annual_report.html
  68. P.S. As a shareholder you automatically get sent copies of the audited accounts and the half yearly report.

    Poshspur, if you have to contact the LSE for the accounts then you are NOT a shareholder!

    I have heard some bullshit on the internet but boy you take the biscuit.
  69. For a start, if Spurs are going to compete on four fronts next season - UEFA, Premiership, FA & League Cups - then we'll need strength in depth.

    Ideally, Martin Jol wants the choice of at least two fit, top-class players in every position. That makes a 22-man squad to start with. Given that it's almost impossible to keep 22 men fit for a whole season, you need cover. OK, that's why the squad is probably around 36 (I'm guessing).

    So I can't understand why people are questioning the players we've acquired so far this summer. Kaboul is a brilliant signing: the frigging French U-21 captain, FFS. And yes, we definitely need cover for King, whose injuries might yet end his career, and who could easily miss the first two months of the season anyway.

    I look at the signings being made by Comolli, Jol, and Levy and they look not just good, but brilliant. We're slowly building a squad that can get into, and then challenge for, the CL.

    That was unthinkable four seaso…
  70. Once again proved your full of shit, you wrote an artical cliaming to know 100% that we would sign one player(bent i think) and that was the spending over. since then we have signed 3players and your know saying we will sign more, your a joke. And to say a player,who ok if king and dawson are fit will be third choice is a 'squad player only'is crap. king,dawson,keane,berb.... they are all squad players,its all about having a decent sqaud.and what would you rather a 8m player for 3rd choice or king getting injured then having to stick in a 1m CB. you all knock the likes of AG then dont want to spend good money on good cover. if you want prizes at this club get fu==ing real
  71. You need to get your facts and figures correct.....

    Bale - £5m now and £5m in performance related payments

    Bent - £13m initial fee (£5m now, £4m in 2008 & £4m in 2009).... the rest made up of performance related payments.....

    Kaboul - €8m (approx. £6m)......

    We paid £4m for Daws and he had never played in the PL, nor was he captain of the national U-21 side...
  72. 8m is worth it cos hes such a talent. Also, last season we messed up when Ledley was missing, now we've got a really good player to step in.

    We've now bought two of the biggest talents in France who'll be huge in the future.
  73. It's quite possible to have King in a midfield holding position with Kaboul and Dawson in defence.
    King has played there before - especially early on in his career and famously for England against Argentina.

    We need to have a decent holding midfielder to protect the back four. Huddlestone needs to be more aggressive, and Zokora is better suited to making runs in to the opponents half.

    We need someone like Makelele or Gattuso or Duscher. They're bloody hard to find though.

    As for the left-winger issue... every team seems to be chasing a left winger. There's just a shortage of them in the game.
  74. We need to get some money back for some more new signings. Lets sell Gardner, Murphy and Ghaly to the spammers for £30 million
  75. It does not take much to be a better player that Dawson!! We definitely needs a third central defender who holds international qualities. An U-21 French captain is definitely a better PLAYER. Have you ever seen Dawson play?! He stops, good header of the ball, and clears into the sky or into the terraces. No intl class, and when they pick him for England I am having a laugh! I am a Norwegian Spurs fan and they have the same bloody ideas here abount how football should be played as in England
  76. With the number of games we're due to play next season, we need three excellent centre-backs. We will have to give Daws and Leds their breaks, definitely can't stretch Ledders after last season's injuries. My gut feel is that Jol with rotate round the 3 of 'em.
    I agree that we really have to snap up a left-sided midfielder pronto..
  77. Does anyone have any inside info on any imminent/future left wing transfer prospects. I agree MG Pedersen would be top of the list for me and if we have another 10-15m I'd spend it on him. agree we need to sell dead wood of Murphy, Gardner etc
  78. I reckon MJ may play Bale on the left side of midfield. He's extremely good going forward.
  79. All we've been told about Pedersen is what most of you have read in the papers.

    No one has come forward with concrete evidence stating that MG Pedersen would like to join Spurs, or that Martin Jol is interested in signing him.

    What is probable, is the fact that if he was to leave Blackburn, they would ask for a large transfer fee as he is a great player and proven in the Premiership.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  80. We're one of the ten richest clubs on the planet...the other clubs in the list spend what we've spent on 3 signings this summer on one player alone, so let's not worry about it. We can afford it, no problem.
  81. it clearly does rememble our income we have only before this summer had an outlay of 4m on transfers since jol took charge so we have had alot of money on the last two seasons unspent and we are now reeping the rewards of good financial mananagment
  82. Ledley can not now play twice a week - therefore with Thursday / Sunday because of Europe and hopefully a decent run in the League Cup we need a third quality centre half . It is the money spent on Bent as a squadplayer that worries me . I rate Berby , Keane and Defoe as better players than Bent .
  83. Although we are not a selling club, whatever we spend with Jol is an investment. We can take so called squad players with potential and turn them into the real deal. Selling when it only makes sense to us. However, I believe that Bale, Bent and Kaboul are great signings.

    Please see the link below. I have not stopped laughing all day. We are discussing great signings, the Scum are discussing giving away scarfs to improve the atmosphere in the new library. Ha Ha Ha

    http://www.onlinegooner.com/exclusive/index.php?id=354

    COYS COYS COYS
  84. Interesting conversation with a work colleague this morning... Totally off the subject but hey... If, (and I hope this doesn't happen because I think the guy is top draw), Tottenham don't start the season well, how long will the board give him taking into account the investment that has been put in? The fella I was chatting to reckons he could be a good outside bet for one to go early on! As I said, I am a huge jol fan, just thought it was an interesting point. Could we now attact a manager of international recognition? Have the club invested this money on a 'now or never' basis, due to the position of Arsenal, and also because other clubs will start to make ground due to major investment?
  85. Hey Poshspur - as you are a shareholder (according to you) do you want to tell us all what came through your letterbox this morning???

    I can tell you all because I AM a shareholder but I want to hear your bullshit first.
  86. Shaun Wright-Phillips was a bench warmer and he cost £25 million!!!!!!
  87. Poshspur, you don't appear to have answered 3:04's question. What came through your letterbox this morning? Coem on, you've had an hour now to ring up people who might be shareholders so let's have your answer...

    Oh, and totally agree with everyone on here- rather an £8m quality back-up/contender pushing for a place than a £2m pile of dog poo who isn't going to push us on in the result of injury and fatigue. MJ, DC and DL know what they're doing, it's not an impulse buy on a par with a pair of trainers in JD Sports- this is £8,000,000 we're talking about.
  88. anon 4.10,

    can you please put your whinging lips around my penis and suck.

    Thank you
  89. Is there the slightest chance a
    fair number of you could stop
    moaning.
    We have just AQUIRED 3 EXCELLENT
    PLAYERS.
    Go back a few seasons, every 2 years,or less, a managerial change.
    The new man would usually go back
    to wherever he came from and bring
    back rubbish.
    We would have a Cup run now and again,and end up middish table, after flirting with relegation.
    Winning exactly nothing.
    We are now IN EUROPEAN SOCCER
    and talking of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
    we have the finest squad of players
    allowing for some dead wood,
    i have seen for many a year.
    And finally, some of the poorest
    players we have, would have been
    selected, under previous regimes
    week in week out.
    STOP MOANING and ENJOY what we now
    Have.
  90. Bit more than a squad player I'd say. He's the france under 21 captain and may well be set to take over from Ledders if our current captain can't stay fit throughout the next season or so. If Ledley stays fit and makes himself a regular again, Kaboul may eventually replace Dawson who really needs to reduce his mistakes and come up one more notch if he's to meet the earlier expectations of him. That sort of competition for places is just what the club need both in terms of the highest quality players bubbling to the surface & for the inevitable rotation of players Jol will have to use to get us through all competitions plus a challenge on the top 4.

    Definate champions league level strike force and defence. Just got to sort out that upper mid table midfield. Taarabt needs to prove his 'new zidane' label.

    No pressure then!

    Go on the Spurs!
  91. I too must agree with the majority of you that have already posted comments on this topic. We have indeed signed three quality players. Darren Bent is growing in stature and ability with every passing season, Gareth Bale - definitely has an exciting future ahead of him, and Kaboul, well only time will tell, but if he can bring to the Premiership the form that caught Martin Jol's attention in the first place, the he too will be an excellent acquisition. I too would like to see a naturally left sided midfielder/left winger join the club, and I hope that by the end of the current transfer window we will have such a player on board, but at the end of the day, I have faith in the club we love, and I have faith in our manager. He has achieved more with Spurs than many of those who preceeded him.
    Have faith, my fellow Spurs fans, a very bright future is just around the corner!
  92. First post here, seems a good blog and some good comments.

    My view - Wes Schneider of Ajax is the man we need. A left footed playmaker who scores lots of goals.

    On the general signings topic, this year we have been on the trigger a lot faster and have signed 3 quality players so far.

    Better than some of the dodgy panic buys of the past couple of seasons, namely Rocha, Murphy and Ghaly. In the same period I feel Lucas Neil (Left
    & centre back), Gareth Barry (left midfield and back) and Thomas Graveson (good defensive midfield cover for Zokora) would have been more constructive seasoned squad player signings as well as leaders than the dead wood players I forementioned, and all 3 of them were not expensive. We wouldnt have needed Curtis Davies then as Lucas Neil would have provided extra CB cover and Barry could also cover the Left Back position as well as left midfield.

    Still a great time to be a Spurs supporter, especially with our forward line, cannot wait...COYS!!!
  93. Forgot to mention, we should have signed Yaya Toure too, was an obviously good player from the world cup and a bargain at 3 million for Monaco, now snapped up by Barca. Him and Zokora could have been our very own version of Essien and Mikel of the Chavs, with any of Jenas, Tainio or Graveson to provide cover, what a squad that would have been!...Oh well onwards and upwards as they say.
  94. the signings in the last 3 years have been a gradual improvement of the team and the squad in every position. last year we lacked cover at center back at a most crucial time of the season ,it would seem prudent to have quality players fighting for there positions far from worrying about the money spent we should be looking to make more signings . there is still a great deal of dead wood at the club if we hope to challenge the sooo called big four we must get rid of players who not possibly get in there squads let alone there teams ie the fat eygptian he's ,disrespectful countryman and danny one good game in five murphy to name but a few. since daniel levy has been in charge we have progressed from a laughing stock in to a team that even has the so caled 'special one' tiping us as challengers for the title and the ex arse drunk p merson almost crying that we will finish in front of the south london gypsys. dont worry about money we truly have got our Tottenham back.
  95. 1-0 that is all...