I think so too.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
I think so too.
I thought he was the best player on the pitch tonight as he often is, fantastic player.
Yep, me too.
Yes I said something similar in one of the threads earlier tonight. English core, Faith in youth, good wide players, charismatic manager, can smell blood and trounce teams, top quality centre forward, great defence, great midfield, full backs that bomb on, great spirit and even though Leicester are in such a good position you can't write them off for the title. If they hold on to their players this summer they will be in the title race again.
Think they've exceeded all expectations this season. The best footballing side in the division, English spine, and charming manager....what's not to like?
Head still thinks Leicester will do it. Their tenacity has impressed me, and they always seem likely to score goals.
Head still thinks Leicester will do it. Their tenacity has impressed me, and they always seem likely to score goals.
Absolutely, it's depressing.
They have a bit more easier calendar than Leicester, I think they can win the league.
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I think Spurs will do it 7 goals scored in two very tricky away fixtures, none conceded and to me they just have that look of Champions then again that is partly down to the fact I want them to do it. I don't wish to elaborate on my thoughts about Leicester suffice to say the less said the better on that one.
They drew 1-1 at Anfield.
You have to give massive credit to Pochettino. He managed to make an equal balance team from keeper, backfour, midfield and attackers and he is also blessed with a natural goal scorer Harry Kane. Some of his signing and decision to convert players to different position is also crucial. He knows what he's doing, Spurs was weak in centre back option last season and he signed the right player in that role. Ali and Alderweireld are good additional for him. He didn't buy defensive midfield but he get the best out of Dier in that role. Son wasn't a good signing so far but at least they make a lot of money from his shirt selling and who knows he might become good signing eventually.
I have it in my head that I really, really want Leicester to win the league this year but once you look past the fairytale for a second you realise that Spurs are the ones that we should all be rooting for.
They're great to watch, have some of our country's most exciting young players starting every week and there's the added bonus of it being a massive kick in the teeth for their London rivals.
If they don't go on to win it this year I think they'll definitely do it within the next 3 years if they manage to keep hold of the core of that squad and Pocchetino.
They're great to watch, have some of our country's most exciting young players starting every week and there's the added bonus of it being a massive kick in the teeth for their London rivals.
If they don't go on to win it this year I think they'll definitely do it within the next 3 years if they manage to keep hold of the core of that squad and Pocchetino.
@GlastonSpur @SirHenryPercy what sort of players would you like to see be signed this summer?
I really really hope they win it and crack on, push the rentboys and farcenal out of the London spotlight for a bit.
I don't think that we need to improve our first XI - they are very balanced, talented, all gelled together and, given the young average age, will likely improve further. That's of course far from saying that each is the best in the world in their position, just that better players would be unaffordable in terms of transfer fees and wages ... and would in any case come with a risk of not adapting to the Prem (for those not in the Prem currently) or not settling.
So for me the focus should be on improving the squad/cover players (and on bringing in one or two of our upcoming youth players, like Cameron Carter-Vickers as CB cover) - especially DM cover/competition for Dier, plus a striker as cover for Kane.
I'm not sure which players would be both good enough - or potentially good enough - and willing to come on a squad-cover basis. Possibly Fulham's Dembele as the striker.
To raise funds and make room I'd sell Fazio (on loan currently), Tom Carroll, Yedlin (on loan at Sunderland) and possibly Chadli.
Personally I think we are in the most difficult position of all the teams at the top end. If you look at the likes of Utd, City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal it's fairly obvious where they can improve and you can recognise players that they could go and get to make those improvements, they all also have the transfer kitty's and wage structures to get those players.
Conversely we have a very good side but we need to improve because all the others will, but finding players to improve us will be much more difficult. They are of course there but we will be competing for their signatures against all of you, we will get outbid and we won't be able to match the wages.
We will be fortunate to get another Alli or Dier, or to get a free run at another player of Alderweireld's quality, but that's what we will likely try to do rather than being left to sign the higher end players that you others don't want.
In an ideal world we need another top quality CF, we are always one injury to Kane away from being in trouble, it would help if that player could also play wide, we need to look for more goals from wide positions.
We could also do with another quality CM player. We don't need and defenders, I'm happy with our FB's and we have Toby, Verts, and Wimmer as the 3 CB's with Dier if we need him as the fourth ( we also have a great lad called Cameron Carter Vickers coming through). However that scenario could leave us light in midfield and Moussa also has some hip issues. Mason,Carroll and Bentaleb are good squad players but we need another quality body in there.
If we can keep our squad together which I think we will I'd love to see us add Morata and Witsel. However I see little chance of us getting the former so maybe Batshuayi who we are constantly linked with from Marseille will come in but I've really no idea how good he is.
Fingers crossed we can find another Alli or Dier, but seeing as we only paid £7.5m for the pair of them it's unlikely.
In short we need a forward and a DM/CM.
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Thanks for the replies. From the outside I see what you're saying about needing to improve starting XI to remain competitive but also agree with Glaston that breaking up the starting XI that is working so wonderfully now isn't the best idea when signings could end up being another Soldado.
Striker seems to be the toughest position. You've got Kane but need a backup for if he gets injured. You've signed Son but he's not had the best of starts to his Spurs career so far.
Do neither of you think Bentaleb could be on his way out? Had a good start to his career but even when not injured he isn't really played anymore.
Striker seems to be the toughest position. You've got Kane but need a backup for if he gets injured. You've signed Son but he's not had the best of starts to his Spurs career so far.
Do neither of you think Bentaleb could be on his way out? Had a good start to his career but even when not injured he isn't really played anymore.
Do you know of anyone coming through your academy you're all hopeful of?
Personally I think Bentaleb will go this summer, and whoever gets him will be getting a bloody good player but his style doesn't suit the way Poch wants to play.
I agree about changing our first xi but we need more quality depth, we need a CF and a CM of high quality to give us that depth. We can't play the same xi every week so it's really important that we add in these 2 areas.
Next season will be harder for Spurs, no doubt about it. Other teams will be stronger and Tottenham will be approached with much more respect given their showing this year. No reason why they cannot retain their top four spot though, Pochettino does not seem at all like a manager who could get complacent either, which coupled with their youthful squad bodes well. I reckon they need a quick attacking player who gets in behind defences as a plan B (Salah if attainable could be worth a go), a CM and a good striker to compete with Kane and fill his burden in case of an injury.
Cameron Carter Vickers who is an 18 year old CB is the one that everybody is raving about, despite being an Essex lad he's already playing for the USA under 23's and building a big reputation. He hasn't made his debut yet but he's been captain of the U21's since he was 17 and has been included in quite a few match day squads and made a number of benches.
We also have a young kid just turned 17 called Marcus Edwards, he looks incredible but Barcelona are trying to pinch him.
That is a great shout, I watched him against Real Madrid and he impressed me so much. I kept thinking, he would be another of Chelsea reject, who has tons of potential that Chelsea neglected. He has the pace and penetrative run Spurs lack out wide with lamela, Chadli and Erikson
Salah wouldn't play for us because of our so called Jewish connections, nor would he be welcomed because of some of his actions.
What position does Edwards play? I've heard about Vickers actually, from people in the States.
Edwards is an attacking midfield player, he's very small but really gifted, there's quite a few YouTube vids of him.
Yes, me too. I forgot to add him to my above list of 'outs'. He was good last season - but not as good as many on COYS seemed to think IMO, and certainly not as good as he himself seemed to think. He played up rough in the summer about wanting a big pay rise, then got injured and has since been left out in the cold.
If he was really prepared to knuckle down, work hard at adapting to Poch's system and accept that he'll have to fight to get back his place in the starting XI, then maybe he'd be given another chance. But Poch is ruthless, so he's a probably a gonner in the summer.
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They deserve it really.
I agree, also I don't think he's dynamic enough for the way Poch likes his central midfield players to play, he's very languid and likes to take his time on the ball, which is fine if you're as good as Dembele but he's not.
That said he'd be a really good buy for most PL teams.
That Newcastle Spurs game on the last day of the season, could end up being the biggest game the PL has even seen. The City QPR game was the last of its sort, iirc, but that fizzed out when QPR were safe, allowing City to win it! 
Hopefully both, need to win, no matter what.
Hopefully both, need to win, no matter what.
Batshuayi would be an extremely astute signing, has an enormous amount of potential.
For me too. The 2 assists for Alli's goals were sublime. We'd be talking about Eriksen this Eriksen that had he been English
Pretty impressive stats.
Doubt this thread will be bumped tonight as per so thought I'd do the honours.
A draw at home vs a poor WBA side all but steers the trophy away from Spurs and into the clutches of the crisp eaters.
A draw at home vs a poor WBA side all but steers the trophy away from Spurs and into the clutches of the crisp eaters.
This has been a great year for spurs but i can't help but feel they bottled a rare chance at a title win.
People think they have a good team for the future, and they do, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if they drop out of the top 4 next season, i actually expect it to happen, there's no way in hell all the top clubs can keep being this shite next season.
People think they have a good team for the future, and they do, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if they drop out of the top 4 next season, i actually expect it to happen, there's no way in hell all the top clubs can keep being this shite next season.
Have had a fabulous season. Cracking young manager, with a really strong, young squad. Can only get better.
Didn't want them to win the league,but credit where its due,They and Pochetino have been brilliant this season.
Doubt this thread will be bumped tonight as per so thought I'd do the honours.
A draw at home vs a poor WBA side all but steers the trophy away from Spurs and into the clutches of the crisp eaters.[/QUOTE
Ouch
Just texted my Spurs supporting mate. He'd been starting to believe since last Monday. Pretty bummed out now
Next season will be very interesting.
I'm not so sure.
The stadium financing will affect them in the short run. I can see Pochetino leaving for Spain too.