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It was an opinion. Opinions can be wrong, ergo I'm happy to be wrong.

£15m IMO

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8620167/Jose-Mourinho-finally-beloved-midfield-anchor-man-Pierre-Emile-Hojbjerg.html That was a decent read, until the end of this sentence: "Tottenham's club motto is 'To Dare is To Do'. Hojbjerg's mentality encaptures that saying and he's the kind of player fan gets off their seats for. " Not quite sure he's *that* kinda player...

"Forced"...?

Nah. I'm just a bored illinformed punter posting hunches on an internet message board. Never assume any of my posts are underpinned by any footballing intellect

I've always wondered why no local journos have ever expressed any concern or doubts about LD Sports (to my knowledge). Indeed, I seem to remember at least one local journalist/reporter (Adam Blackmore rings a bell) coming out and declaring that there was nothing fishy about LD Sports. As you say, wouldn't be surprised if there was an element of not wanting to burn bridges with the club.

Agreed. Would be a decent outcome IMO

LD Sports a bogus company...? Quelle surprise... It's the poor squirrel I feel most concerned for...

Love Jon Richardson. Fantastic comedian

RONNIE THE ROCKET!! GET IN

Get in Ronnie!

Sarah Millican - fantastic comedian

"I think anyone with an X in their user name is a bit of a plum" (Hey, this subjective judgementalness is actually easier than it looks... )

Come on Ronnie!

Still in the opening post I believe...

In before MLG... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

Agree. Utter madness

Me and my big mouth!

It's been relatively ok for me today... a bit slow but not getting any of the time out messages.... yet.... (probably famous last words...!)

Cheers Ralph... although you're probably better off putting your justfication case to the SFC board rather than posting it on here....

Reading that, I'm gonna stick my neck out and predict us avoiding another 9-0 drubbing this season

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1752553 Good to see a game on Boxing Day (28th December) this year, in addition to the day after Christmas Day....

Thinking out loud, aren't all players in Ralph's system pretty much "box to box" players? For example, I've lost count of the number of time Ings is back in his own box clearing the ball off the line or putting in a last gasp block. As such, I don't think we need a 'specialist' box to box player per se, do we...?

Yup, absolutely. With Romeu and JWP now established as our 1st choice pairing in CM, we're not looking for a Hojbjerg 'replacement' to fill a berth in the default starting 11 per se. We're looking for a squad player. Let's not block the path of promising players that are already in our midst by signing an average squad filler. Yes, Jankewitz is obviously inexperienced, but he's not exactly a 'boy' any more (20th birthday next year) and he needs to gain said first team experience sooner rather than later IMO. (And not forgetting that Ralph seems to really rate him)