Cheeta Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 ^ Could be Pacos asking numbers or Eustaquio's terms are too high for his portion of the market. Who knows? Not saying they should give him away but the sticker price needs to be for 2021 otherwise the tire kickers are going to keep brousing. CanadaFan123 and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiecanuck Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 20 hours ago, Corazon said: Looks like Eustaquio was once again awarded the "Player of the Game" for Pacos vs Tottenham. Have to think that a few clubs were watching that game and hopefully were impressed. https://www.instagram.com/p/CS2XJPIqJby/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Every game is showing more and more that he is above this level. Tottenham is likely to put out a stronger team on Thursday. They are hoping to he performs well again. The transfer deadline is a big game of chicken. Things can really ramp up the last days of the window. They aren't going to give a player of Steph's quality away. He's their golden ticket. If he has an off game or the interest comes down to one team and there's no leverage they can just hold on to the player. Eustaquio's contract runs for 2 more years. Value on a player like Steph can only increase playing against quality competition. That happens Thursday, but it's also going to happen in the international windows. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I find the purchase-him-to-immediately-sell-him a weird strategy. I mean, he’s not a house. I know some clubs do this speculative stuff but couldn’t another club have come in and bought him from Cruz Azul if the demand was there, without paying the Pacos Premium? Maybe the demand just isn’t there? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 12 hours ago, prairiecanuck said: Tottenham is likely to put out a stronger team on Thursday. They are hoping to he performs well again. The transfer deadline is a big game of chicken. Things can really ramp up the last days of the window. They aren't going to give a player of Steph's quality away. He's their golden ticket. If he has an off game or the interest comes down to one team and there's no leverage they can just hold on to the player. Eustaquio's contract runs for 2 more years. Value on a player like Steph can only increase playing against quality competition. That happens Thursday, but it's also going to happen in the international windows. Interesting to see what they do with him tonight. They have played him every minute since he has been back with the club (He has missed one cup game played the day after our Gold Cup semi-final but played in their Conference League game a week after it.). Even when they were up 4-0 on aggregate against a weak side. They really want him noticed. So do they want him fresh for the trip to London and gamble on that. Or keep riding him into the ground. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Him and Vitoria are now members of a top 5 league - David no longer is baulderdash77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 ^Scotland quite high, that's interesting, we've never had much of a problem getting players to play there. Ansem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: ^Scotland quite high, that's interesting, we've never had much of a problem getting players to play there. I think that alone impugns the credibility of this list when looking for "league strength". Bertuzzi44, Chad_Impact, Acid-Tone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: I think that alone impugns the credibility of this list when looking for "league strength". I don't know if that is true or just our own biases and snobbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) The numbers mean nothing right now. France will go up as Monaco won and qualified for the Champions League group stage tonight just as Benfica did last night. Scotland is high because a number of their teams have been involved in European preliminary rounds. But all that will be dwarfed by the numbers that come later in the competitions. Edited August 25, 2021 by WestHamCanadianinOxford Obinna and A_Gagne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Just now, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: The numbers mean nothing right now. France will go up as Monaco won and qualified for the Champions League group stage tonight just as Benfica did last night. Scotland is high because a number of their teams have been involved in European preliminary rounds. But all that will be dwarfed by the numbers that come later in the competition. Monaco is in extra time in its qualification vs. Shaktar. They have not qualified as of yet. Addona and WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Strait Red said: Monaco is in extra time in its qualification vs. Shaktar. They have not qualified as of yet. Thanks, my fault for going from when I last saw it and trying to follow about 5 games and the Carabao Cup draw. I would say the general points stand. Update: Extra cruel way to be wrong (for them not me) Edited August 25, 2021 by WestHamCanadianinOxford Strait Red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuicyHam Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: ^Scotland quite high, that's interesting, we've never had much of a problem getting players to play there. This is based on Rangers success the last few seasons Ruffian, johnyb and Obinna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 33 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: ^Scotland quite high, that's interesting, we've never had much of a problem getting players to play there. With both Celtic and Rangers back in Champions League, we can expect Scotland to bounce between 6-10 again as per normal. They really were only so low because of Rangers imploding and the Scottish FA being vindictive, which ironically hurt the Scottish FA. Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: With both Celtic and Rangers back in Champions League, we can expect Scotland to bounce between 6-10 again as per normal. They really were only so low because of Rangers imploding and the Scottish FA being vindictive, which ironically hurt the Scottish FA. Europa League, they both crashed out earlier. And Rangers only have a one goal lead on aggregate. Celtic are 2-0. Actually hoping for a Europa League trip up there next month to face either, if the stars align with both a friend and the draw. Edited August 25, 2021 by WestHamCanadianinOxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 9 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said: ^Scotland quite high, that's interesting, we've never had much of a problem getting players to play there. This is essentially a ranking of the top few teams in each league. That's definitely not the same as the competitiveness of the mid and lower table teams. I prefer elo (club) country rankings: http://elofootball.com/ johnyb, Floortom, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiedPilko Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) Kane starting for Tottenham vs Steph and Pacos still mostly a reserve squad + kane and lo celso. Son on the bench. Edited August 26, 2021 by PiedPilko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frattinator Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 minute ago, PiedPilko said: Kane starting for Tottenham still mostly a reserve squad + kane and lo celso. Son on the bench. I count myself as a pretty knowledge fan of most top tier European teams and I have no idea who half of that starting 11 are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 A reserve squad + Kane should surely be enough for them vs Pacos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Not sure what any of you are saying. This is a very strong squad. There are no youth or reserve team players. Everyone if these guys makes Tottenhams GameDay 18. If Ferreira can pull this off it would be massive narduch and Acid-Tone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Not looking so good for Pacos. Pinned back, haven't really done much going forward. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Kane with a goal. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Maybe they were keeping Steph in case of a run in this competition and now they may sell him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Pacos look terrible..of course they are just way over their heads so hard to blame them too much narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Floortom said: Pacos look terrible..of course they are just way over their heads so hard to blame them too much Probably going to turn this off if they get a 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Getting a good defensive work out, that is for sure. Anytime I post bad things happen. 3-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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