The Footie Thread

[Rlburnside]

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Does it? Because it looked like that before, then he told us to sod off. He doesn't work without the promise of money being spent on the squad - I'm pretty sure that's where it fell apart last time.

Also Paratica has very good contacts and I think it will help pave the way for Conte coming this time.

 

[fundy]

Rumours that it will soon be Good Ebening on the Toon

 

[3offTheTee]

Conte to Spurs

 

[Blue in Munich]

The problem with Conte is he needs assurance that money will be spent. That's why he left Inter and why he wouldn't sign with us in summer. Perhaps if he does sign it simply means Kane will be sold in January and the money spent on the team. Might be the best thing for it now - we've already been linked to Lautaro Martinez who played for Conte at Inter.

And on current form who will buy Kane? If you ever were going to buy him you’d need to buy Son as well, in fact you’d buy Son in preference to Kane.

 

[fundy]

And on current form who will buy Kane? If you ever were going to buy him you’d need to buy Son as well, in fact you’d buy Son in preference to Kane.

still only 1 option and theyre still not gonna pay the price Levy wants as was proved this summer

 

[Orikoru]

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Also Paratica has very good contacts and I think it will help pave the way for Conte coming this time.

What? It was him negotiating the first time as well.

 

[Orikoru]

still only 1 option and theyre still not gonna pay the price Levy wants as was proved this summer

Pretty sure the price will be lower this time, ha. They'll still buy him, it's not like their season has been all peaches and cream so far either. They're five points off the pace and could well throw money at the problem.

 

[fundy]

Pretty sure the price will be lower this time, ha. They'll still buy him, it's not like their season has been all peaches and cream so far either. They're five points off the pace and could well throw money at the problem.

i dont doubt they will throw money at the problem, either january or next summer, whether theyll throw it spurs way now though and at what price would love to be a fly on a wall of any discussions

 

[Orikoru]

i dont doubt they will throw money at the problem, either january or next summer, whether theyll throw it spurs way now though and at what price would love to be a fly on a wall of any discussions

I'm sure they'll make something work. 80 million plus a half decent centre back, something like that.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

So what exactly is Conte going to give them that Mourinho couldn’t ?‍

A lot of the clubs that are trying to get into that top 4 appear to be looking at quick fixes

We were languishing around mid table when Klopp arrived and had some shocking players sprinkled amongst some gems

It was always going to take time for the club to build back up as well as some very good stuff in the transfer market

I don’t think the likes of Spurs and their fans etc have the paitence to allow a manager to build and I’m pretty certain that Conte isn’t a building manager as well - just smacks of trying to get a quick fix and using a plaster over a broken leg

 

[fundy]

I'm sure they'll make something work. 80 million plus a half decent centre back, something like that.

thats almost the 120m you turned down in the summer lol, wont be offering that much

think id want a midfielder not centre back from citys resources too

 

[Orikoru]

And on current form who will buy Kane? If you ever were going to buy him you’d need to buy Son as well, in fact you’d buy Son in preference to Kane.

I don't think his form is an issue, this is Kane. He's never been a man one team, if the team is playing well he scores goals. If the team can't get him the ball, he won't. Nothing has really changed on that front.

 

[fundy]

So what exactly is Conte going to give them that Mourinho couldn’t ?‍

A lot of the clubs that are trying to get into that top 4 appear to be looking at quick fixes

We were languishing around mid table when Klopp arrived and had some shocking players sprinkled amongst some gems

It was always going to take time for the club to build back up as well as some very good stuff in the transfer market

I don’t think the likes of Spurs and their fans etc have the paitence to allow a manager to build and I’m pretty certain that Conte isn’t a building manager as well - just smacks of trying to get a quick fix and using a plaster over a broken leg

things change and move on Phil, far more clubs financially able to compete compared to even few years ago, theres definitely a dont get left too far behind mentality at almost all clubs of late, be grateful this came when it did not 5 years earlier

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I'm sure they'll make something work. 80 million plus a half decent centre back, something like that.

I heard pep doesn't return .. he moves on

Plus he was vocal how difficult levy is to deal with

 

[Orikoru]

I heard pep doesn't return .. he moves on

Plus he was vocal how difficult levy is to deal with

Well that isn't news.

 

[Rlburnside]

What? It was him negotiating the first time as well.

Yes of course but Conte snubbed us for whatever reason the first time and it must have helped having Paratici paving the way for the deal to go through.

If it happens ?

 

[Orikoru]

Yes of course but Conte snubbed us for whatever reason the first time and it must have helped having Paratici paving the way for the deal to go through.

If it happens ?

Well yeah, fingers crossed we pull it out of the bag, because not many other options look appealing. Conte favours wing backs and we have the squad for it - the likes of Reguilon, Royal, Doherty, all suited to wing back. I was baffled why Nuno never tried it given that it worked for him at Wolves.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Manager of the month for August gets sacked on 1st November. That can't have happened very often.

 

[Orikoru]

On the Sky scores app they've listed Max Kilman as "Maximilian Kilman" which is just SO much better. He should go by that all the time, makes him sound like an awesome Bond villain.

 

[chrisd]

Just glad that we got Viera, we interviewed Nuno before Viera pwew!