What next?

isco for me is a must. that one creative player that will drop off to pick up the ball from midfield an bring forward be it through a pass or driving on himself. ive heard good things about him. other than that i think we are fine for jan.

Striker. That is all we need really. If there are doubts about Townsend's ability to cover Lennon, then RM backup / young prospect. Would rather get a striker who is up and coming.

if we get a striker, we need to bring in someone who is clearly better than we have. I see little point in just bringing in a player to compete for a starting place, but one who has the quality to be nailed on as the NO9. alternatively we could consider a younger striker, who would be happy to get occasional game time and perhaps continue to learn his trade in the U21 games. However would this effectively freeze out the likes of Kane (I will ignore a 17 yr old Coulibaly at this time)

I was just reading on another site, that Bale has a heel injury and may not be fit for the wales/scotland game, that's good news if he misses this, he could do with a rest, same goes for any other spurs players who don't feature, i can't see any tears being shed over this one, during international week. Spurs to splash the cash in January, oh that old chestnut, who would like to keep a log of the players we get linked with, i bet it's more than the christmas cards i get around this time of year, so whilst packing away the decorations in the loft, don't try this at home if you live in a flat, it pi$$es off the people above you; Questions will be asked Dawson to QPR could be one rumour, i can see that coming, because unless ''Sparky'' get's his act together you know who will be in, then he can quote 2 from 8 again, as he hangs out of his car window, last seen at McDonalds drive through. On the spurs web site and i never realised so few, but since March 2006 vs Birmingham, his first goal to October 2012 vs Aston Villa, Aaron Lennon has only scored 26 goals in 4 years, 6.5% per yr; http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/azzas-amazing-record-09102012.page that is shocking, amazing record, i don't think so, so we might be out looking for a right sided wide player who can score goals.

Ox. Freeze out Kane or throw the gauntlet down at him? The guy has a chance at Norwich, although injured right now. Kane has a long way to go, and he is clearly someone who would benefit from a loan move rather than the Spurs bench. Even from the Norwich bench he will get more mins. Defoe is 30, and we must beyond him. Big striker signings belong in summer for me. I could name numerous big January striker signings who did not get going until the following start of season.

spu 4 life - So Lennon got 6 goals a year. I could also say that Defoe has only scored 87 premier league goals in the last 8 years....and he is a striker....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7q9Z8fx_Xs Christian Eriksen sign here. looks like a young Gazza, skill wise.

Yep, and Defoe is our 9th highest goal-scorer of all-times. Not bad for someone who has been so utterly rubbish for us.

spu 4 life the only way we'd get Eriksen is if he absolutely loves vertonghen (they're friends, but is that enough?). Champions league would help and he is a very very special player but I can only see him going to a bigger club than us.

first priority would be isco for me. I think you cannot fairly judge either dempsey or siggy until they have played behind adebayor up front. VDV wasn't great behind defoe either. I would be happy to bring in cover for the wings, although I am not overly enthusiastic about willian, I would prefer the versatility of dzagoev or remy. A new striker only makes sense if we upgrade. I would certainly replace defoe with leandro if given the chance. Of course there is a risk in replacing a proven PL goalscorer with an unproven one, however, defoe is 30 so the chances to get decent money for him are quickly diminishing. I don't think we will ever get a better price for him than right now, when he is considered hot and plenty of struggling teams would pay a large premium to get him mid-season. Leandro is most likely to make a move in a january window and we are quickly losing the possiblity to sign him before bigger clubs do, if we haven't already. He could be the perfect number 9 for us and the sort of player who will have a massive sell on value but whose wages are still within our capabilities. if dawson leaves we need a young replacement

Its all about competition for places. Definitely need someone to push Lennon imo. Whenever he gets injured it really shows how much we rely on his pace down that side. A proven premiership player is a must. I know Bajan just mentioned Dempsey and Townsend as cover, but Dempsey is far better in the middle (just look at games from few years back where he played wide left for Fulham), and Townsend while a decent player, I'm not 100% convinced. For me it would definitely be Hatem Ben Arfa. Would be brilliant having a player with some trickery and a cracking shot down the right as well as one with lightning pace who goes straight for the by line. I just dont see Dempsey and Townsend as genuine competition for his position.

Isco will be fantastic, trust me. But with freebies like Llorente, Huntelaar and Dzagoev available I hope we can try our very best to land them.

I really don't expect to see any marquee signings in January. It's highly unlikely that we will be nailed on for a CL spot though I hope we are still in the running. Who will then take the risk? Not the better players and certainly not Levy who won't want the cost without the revenue guaranteed. I'd settle for a couple of good prospects that crisis clubs are looking to sell.

Well said, SRV. If you don't like a player, blame the coach for picking him. When he's on the pitch he's a Spur, get behind hiim.

yiddyboy, lol, you're accusing me of overrating defoe ?!? did you read my post or any of my posts on the subject? the fact that i acknowledged him as proven PL goalscorer (which he is) within the context of saying we should sell him at the next available opportunity might have made you realise that we seem to be on the same page with this one

We are starting early even by Spurs standards to speculate on possible Jan signigs. Unless we are nailed on for a top 4 spot by then or in the middle of a horrendous injury crisis as the window opens I dont see high profile signings in he mid season window. As soebody says above, Levy won't spend unless he sees a strong possibility of increased revenue, or another profit making window, as we had this summer.

Oh, and someone who can score 35 goals a season for £2 million max.

Nice to see that AVB is learning from SAF re players turning up for internationals "injured" and "doubtful", they miss the game, make a miraculous recovery, and play their next PL game. Sincerely hope this is the case with Bale. We don't need him playing against the likes of Charlie Adam and Co, getting lumps kicked out of him, and for what Wales are a waste of time in the WC anyway. He gets paid his high wages to play for Spurs, sod Wales, we need him fit.

spurboy61- cover/competition for Benny and walker...we already have- Naughton!

Bloody internationals. I should be starting to get a shiver of anticipation for the weekend game. Instead I'm just shivering.

Talking of internationals, we musn't forget that the African jamboree is being held in January. What's the status of Togo and Adebayor? That could influence the buying strategy.

I thought that Adebayor had given Togo the hard word.

COYG!

First off, we need a quality up top lone striker. Leandro, for me, is the best one out there. Falcao would be nice but will be really expensive. Let's also stop all this garbage about we could have had Leandro for 10M or 20M. It's just not so. Internationale and Leandro have not been prepared to do the deal. Period. Barca, RM, ManU, AC Milan and a bunch of other teams have made inquiries. No bites even for clubs that will pay much more than we will.

Striker will be incredibly difficult to fill as we will probably be outbid. A better course would be to land Dzagoev, Remy or Affelay, all of whom could play up top but can also provide wing cover/competition. In that regard, and counter to my desire to go younger rather than pay for "senior" talent, I would also not mind Srna (though I doubt Harry's treatment of the Croatians has any of them thinking we are a good idea). He would provide both wing and RB cover and would add a level of experience that would be very valuable in a young club.

Could we sign Moutinho? Sure. Do we need him? I would suggest, at that price, no. If we did, Parker would have to go and same could be said for Hudd. There just would not be enough minutes. I also think such a signing would negatively impact the progress of players like Mason, Carroll, Pritchard who I believe will all need more time on the pitch.

Lastly, the matter of keeper of the future should be addressed. We don't really need anyone now but in a couple of years there has to be someone to share time and be able to cover Lloris. Buttland would be a great signing. Loan him straight back. Gomes needs to go in January for his own good. Friedel, if he came back next year, would be a fabulous number 2. Bringing in a few decent additions would also permit players like Smith, Livermore and Townsend to be sent out on beneficial loans. Rose has done really well so far. 400 minutes on the pitch and the team are 2W-2D-1L so far and he was removed in the City game because he was carrying a knock and not because he was doing poorly. If he continues to impress and Naughton continues to look the better player than Walker, Walker could be in a spot of bother.

As matters stand, things look good and we still have players that have not yet been able to be in full contention (parker, Ade) and have Kaboul, BAE and Naughton to come back from injury. It is a very good squad. If it can be made better in January and fit within the budget and the plans, of course we will. That said, I see no urgent must-fixes at this time. COYS

If we could get Damiao and Moutinho in January, that would set us up for a top four finish guaranteed. But, since they seem unlikely as usual, Isco and Eriksen in January is then bare minimum IMHO. They won't make the guaranteed effect we want, but at least they would provide proper cover for our attacking front. Isco would be cover for CF and LW (Defoe, or Bale); and Eriksen would cover CM, or AM (Dembele).

Due to the financial issues at Malaga the line of clubs sniffing round Issco will be huge.

peterballb- disagree...we could have up'd the offer for leandro....who NEVER said he wouldn't come to Spurs...the offer was not deemed enough by Inter and Leandro towed the party line....now whether we they would have sold for 20m when we offered 14m is conjucture but the mood music was a definate go...since then there has been a lot of muddying the water by interested parties...

Shedboy, International president has made it clear for 2 seasons he had no intention of selling Damiao for any figure but something which would be daft. He knows he's sitting on a gold mine and he's waiting for Barca/RM to pay 60 Million for the boy. IMHO we should forget him altogether and go after Liorente and Moutinho.

I do think we need a striker. Defoe has done well but his chance conversion rate is not good enough. A creative player is a big must as stated. We just don't have anyone and it's why I think the sale of VdV wasn't necessarily a good move.

I'll add Marco Reus to my wishlist.