Boley is spending that money like a fool, and shows for me that it's not "genuine" money.And also makes you realises what incredible leadership we have. It all starts with Khaldoon's measured, focused, and calm approach, and flows from there. Money is far from everything, as Chelsea are now proving.
Yeah, they hold concerts at the EmiratesGiven their current state, it might have been better spending the ongoing £1bn outlay on a new stadium, whilst following the Brighton model of buying players and using their own stockpile of their academy.
For a ‘top’ team to have a stadium like theirs (ditto united) is verging on … well not criminal… but certainly naive stupidity.
Arsenal built theirs and iirc, paid it off a few years ago - it took them a longtime and the football pain (for them) was obvious to see, but now they have the benefits
Tottenham, for all the crap thrown at Levy, they have a spanking new stadium, have unloaded their fading talisman ( I was looking at hattrick stats - Kane hadn’t scored one for 5+ years in PL), and have, potentially, signed a decent un hyped manager after umpteen ‘names’ since Poch seemed to come out of nowhere.
Question: does Arsenal stadium do anything other than host Arsenal? I don’t recall other sports, concerts etc? Looks like a bad design if that’s the case.
And there are cheese exhibitions at Spurs.Yeah, they hold concerts at the Emirates
Peter Swales and Malcolm Allison did a similar thing at City in the early 80's and we never recovered. Miniscule money involved back then, but terrrible mistakes made. Flogged our internationals and great academy players and signed fuck all really for loadsamoney. Unless he - Poch - turns it round quickly, the players (31 in the squad inc 5 goalies) will lose faith and it won't end well.We will see. You know me. I’ll always preach patience and giving the coach time but after spending close to £1b, unfortunately for Poch that brings its own added pressure, the same way it did for Potter.
But when you invest this much in basically a collection of U21 players, there will be hiccups and bumps in the road. I just hope we don’t get into another situation where the season spirals out of control and fans start calling for Poch’s head. We have the most entitled and impatient fanbase in the league.
It's not that simple as the freehold is owned by Chelsea pitch owners plcGiven their current state, it might have been better spending the ongoing £1bn outlay on a new stadium, whilst following the Brighton model of buying players and using their own stockpile of their academy.
For a ‘top’ team to have a stadium like theirs (ditto united) is verging on … well not criminal… but certainly naive stupidity.
Arsenal built theirs and iirc, paid it off a few years ago - it took them a longtime and the football pain (for them) was obvious to see, but now they have the benefits
Tottenham, for all the crap thrown at Levy, they have a spanking new stadium, have unloaded their fading talisman ( I was looking at hattrick stats - Kane hadn’t scored one for 5+ years in PL), and have, potentially, signed a decent un hyped manager after umpteen ‘names’ since Poch seemed to come out of nowhere.
Question: does Arsenal stadium do anything other than host Arsenal? I don’t recall other sports, concerts etc? Looks like a bad design if that’s the case.