Vide Cor Meum ushers in the first strands of morning light.
He has been preparing for this day from the moment he survived an Amyl Nitrate overdose twenty minutes after the last transfer window closed. Gently woken from a medically induced coma at an undisclosed location, a woozy middle aged man takes his first few sips of nuromuscular blockers in solution.
So here we are once again then. I was toying with the idea of a live blog but to be honest until someone makes one that is actually ‘liver’ than this format there’s little point. So this page will be with us until 2300hrs and then a new blog with detailed analysis of where we are tomorrow morning will be published, tomorrow morning.
The news about the hiccup on the Loris deal cause heated angst to be sprayed at Levy & Co. with fire extinguisher pressure. I don’t have a problem with opinion, but today may prove too action packed for comments with rude words in to be tweaked and salvaged from moderation. So perhaps weigh up the loss of impact your expletive has with an asterisk compared with the loss of impact of the entire comment never being read.
So what might happen?
Well, Moutinho is very likely if want him to be our most expensive signing ever.
‘Porto is an extremely difficult club to deal with. I don’t think he is a player we can afford. I have never hidden that he is a player of tremendous qualities – there are only a few players who can come in straight away to a team and have a direct impact.
Only world-class players do that and he is certainly one of them but it doesn’t mean it’s within our reach.’
Villas-Boas yesterday.
I think we are most likely to land Daniel Sturridge. And that’s my punt. The Club may well be playing a straight bat on this whole striker business, but they know that aside from managing the expectations of the angry mob supporters, Defoe and Adebayor isn’t all that much to get excited about. It doesn’t obviously smack of Champions League qualification.
Berbatov anyone?
What becomes of the broken hearted? See you at close of play. BIOYC!
Hotspurs Half Hour – Show 3 by hotspurshalfhour
Dembele,Dempsey and Sigg are all decent in the passing department. They may not be out and out creative players but they can move the ball and find space as well.
Modric did have influence on a game. I dont think he turned games.VDV did but the players we got definately can replace VDV.
The work that these 3 will do with the wingers will be key but we are still lacking an box striker.It was a mistake not going for that.Yes they have inflated values because they are in short supply.Defoe and Ade are not the kind of strikers that can fight their way through.
Still we do have a lot of talent all around the box.
NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIFTH!
Moutinho is an undoubted disappointment, but we are definitely stronger than last year, especially comparatively to Arsenal.
I think this will be a good season, but unless we sell in January I doubt there will be any new money to spend so don’t get excited about Levy magicking Moutinho or Llorente out of a hat in Jan.
We fans must face facts that with the stadium being built, there will be no funds made available beyond player sales. So if you want Llorente and Moutinho, sell Bale…
Uh-huh, except to say that we have been coming out of successive transfer windows in profit recently.
If they are selling players to fund the stadium then come out and tell us that. And stop hiring managers with the unrealistic target of a top 4 finish if you aren’t going to give them the tools to achieve that.
I could cope with that, if they were to sell me on the long term vision. It’s all a bit Arsenal really, isn’t it? Sell your best player, don’t replace, bank profit. Goon happy clappers say inwengerwetrust. Out lot say inlevywetrust. Not much difference really, other than that at least Wenger has delivered them titles and trophies, Levy has delivered no such thing.
937th! Not my position here but my current position in the pecking order of my family.