Spurs’ new stadium

gordondaviesmoustache said:
Contractors will spot that a mile off. You don’t usually survive in that game by being a choirboy.
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The sparks on there will be taking the piss at the minute. If you was on £25 an hour on a job which is a huge fuck up, you’d be dragging it out as much as you can. Well, I would be anyway. Fuck them.
 
St.Pauli support said:
I think the problems coming up now are only caused by the exception made.
There are many reasons why a club should only use 1 ground per season.
If spurs can't hand in all certificates for the new stadium, they should have had a safe plan B, in May.
Otherwise they cannot play PL that year, should be the consequence.
Rule are there to keep up quality in a multi billion business.

Now an exception is made and trouble is on:
possible fixture congestion, multiple away games, trouble for visiting fans, fairness issues for all PL clubs...

For City, I wouldn't be too much concerned about multiple away games at season end,
it might even be an advantage in case the league is won early. But for City fans it wouldn't be great.

A two days rest before the League cup match could in a way be managed by rotation, depending on the opponent,
not so much for the CL match (depends much more on the opponent). But it's a disadvantage for our players.

My biggest concern is about injuries, thinking about the Wembley pitch after the NFL period.
Who would guarantee the standard pitch quality?
Any professional greenkeepers on here??

Even if Wembley's pitch is a semi synthetical Desso grassmaster system,
damages might have an impact, especially after a rainy October.

pitch problems already turned up in 2014 (SIX days after an NFL match, not only 1 day):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...NFL-game-destroyed-surface-England-match.html
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City were in the same position 10 years ago an not kicked out of Europe. Spurs just have to do what City did and find another ground to complete the fixture. no matter where it is.

By the way, the ref ensures the pitch is playable - has been the case for 100 years.
 
Corky said:
City were in the same position 10 years ago an not kicked out of Europe. Spurs just have to do what City did and find another ground to complete the fixture. no matter where it is.

By the way, the ref ensures the pitch is playable - has been the case for 100 years.
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Corky said:
City were in the same position 10 years ago an not kicked out of Europe. Spurs just have to do what City did and find another ground to complete the fixture. no matter where it is.

By the way, the ref ensures the pitch is playable - has been the case for 100 years.
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What on earth are you talking about? the EB Streymur game was NEVER rearranged it was set up in Barnsley from the off due to new pitch seeding problems.
 
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That's what's baffling. The Premier League should have already taken control of the situation to remove the uncertainty and confusion for the sake of the fans. They should already be in a dialogue with City to work out an acceptable alternative on the same date and then they should tell Spurs what they have to do, no ifs or buts. If Spurs don't like it, 3 points to City and our lads can have a rest.
 
caseball said:
That's what's baffling. The Premier League should have already taken control of the situation to remove the uncertainty and confusion for the sake of the fans. They should already be in a dialogue with City to work out an acceptable alternative on the same date and then they should tell Spurs what they have to do, no ifs or buts. If Spurs don't like it, 3 points to City and our lads can have a rest.
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That is out of the question, for the simple reason that City would get 3 points & a rest.

So even if Spurs agreed to that, there are a whole bunch of other clubs, particularly two in red, who wouldn't.

So the match will be played. And if said clubs had their way, it would be at a time and place to cause the most possible inconvenience to City. So we must plain refuse anything which doesn't suit us & insist they stick to the rules & punish Spurs, unless they make absolutely sure we are happy with the compromise.

And the club should insist Spurs pay for our away fans' travel.
 
Neville Kneville said:
That is out of the question, for the simple reason that City would get 3 points & a rest.

So even if Spurs agreed to that, there are a whole bunch of other clubs, particularly two in red, who wouldn't.

So the match will be played. And if said clubs had their way, it would be at a time and place to cause the most possible inconvenience to City. So we must plain refuse anything which doesn't suit us & insist they stick to the rules & punish Spurs, unless they make absolutely sure we are happy with the compromise.

And the club should insist Spurs pay for our away fans' travel.
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It's got nowt to do with the other clubs, FA rules state, that if a club cannot fullfil it's comitment to host a fixture then it forfiets the game and a 3-0 win is afforded to the opposition, whether these rules apply to the premier leagues hasn't been established, but if spurs cannot find a venue or suitable date then they should rightly forfiet, and no other team can have an issue.

So fuck the rags and scousers they have no say in it.
 
urban genie said:
It's got nowt to do with the other clubs, FA rules state, that if a club cannot fullfil it's comitment to host a fixture then it forfiets the game and a 3-0 win is afforded to the opposition, whether these rules apply to the premier leagues hasn't been established, but if spurs cannot find a venue or suitable date then they should rightly forfiet, and no other team can have an issue.

So fuck the rags and scousers they have no say in it.
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Yes they do.

As do Arsenal & everyone else. And if anyone tries to give us 3 points, they will put a stop to it, unless they all get 3 points.

The game will be played.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Yes they do.

As do Arsenal & everyone else. And if anyone tries to give us 3 points, they will put a stop to it, unless they all get 3 points.

The game will be played.
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But they have their chance to get 3 points that weekend playing their fixture, so cannot claim anything, spurs forfieting has fuck all to do with them and they cannot contest an FA rule, unless one is offering to host the match free of charge so we can play and don't get the points
 
urban genie said:
But they have their chance to get 3 points that weekend playing their fixture, so cannot claim anything, spurs forfieting has fuck all to do with them and they cannot contest an FA rule, unless one is offering to host the match free of charge so we can play and don't get the points
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For one, it's the Premier League & two, they can & would contest it & win.

Just as they quickly had ffp brought in on a whim.

They would see Spurs kicked out of the competition before allowing us to be gifted 3 points.

Neither will happen. The game will be played.

So we need to stand up & make sure it happens on our terms.
 
Neville Kneville said:
For one, it's the Premier League & two, they can & would contest it & win.

Just as they quickly had ffp brought in on a whim.

They would see Spurs kicked out of the competition before allowing us to be gifted 3 points.

Neither will happen. The game will be played.

So we need to stand up & make sure it happens on our terms.
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I said the rule might not apply to the prem, but if it does then it can be enforced if no other option is sorted, and in that event no club can request 3 points extra, because they are fullfilling their own fixtures that week and so extra points would put them at an advantage.

With us we are gaining no extra points as there is a chance we would have won them.

Spurs have 4 options

Rearange the fixture for another date(Monday being their prefered option but we are not keen) , atm this option around the same period is difficult because of cup fixtures, and we don't want it played after chriatmas as it causes a fixture pile up.

Play at a neutral ground, as you said clubs won't want a forfeit, well then why doesn't one offer their ground no extra charge to host
Anfield, WHU, Arsenal, chelsea are all unused that weekend as is villa park, as yet no one has agreed to host as far as we know.

Swap the home and away fixture, we have refused and rightly so.

Forfiet and award a 3-0 win to us, as is traditionally customary in these rare situation.

At present all bar option 3 are on the table, and no other club can or should have a an issue if they want it to happen
 
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Met Line Hammer said:
Levy’s certainly no accountant. £400mill est cost to end up at £1 bill? Makes Wembley seem prudent in comparison.

Still, at least they’ll have a fit for purpose stadium.....oh and not forgetting the cheese room
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I only heard about that this morning.
If they also offered some meats, pickles and bread shops to go with it they could have a deli alley
 
BlueAnorak said:
What on earth are you talking about? the EB Streymur game was NEVER rearranged it was set up in Barnsley from the off due to new pitch seeding problems.
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I said we had to find a new ground not rearrange - and it certainly wasn't planned at Barnsley from the start as we had tried the Reebok but the GMP were not keep and it is the closet ground we could get whose club was willing was and played a friendly their for doing so at such short notice.

There was no seeding 'problem', the pitch was being relayed as planned, and city did not expect to play that early and had a Bon Jovi concert on so could not bring it forward.

Everyone knew this at the time.
 
urban genie said:
I said the rule might not apply to the prem, but if it does then it can be enforced if no other option is sorted, and in that event no club can request 3 points extra, because they are fullfilling their own fixtures that week and so extra points would put them at an advantage.

With us we are gaining no extra points as there is a chance we would have won them.

Spurs have 4 options

Rearange the fixture for another date(Monday being their prefered option but we are not keen) , atm this option around the same period is difficult because of cup fixtures, and we don't want it played after chriatmas as it causes a fixture pile up.

Play at a neutral ground, as you said clubs won't want a forfeit, well then why doesn't one offer their ground no extra charge to host
Anfield, WHU, Arsenal, chelsea are all unused that weekend as is villa park, as yet no one has agreed to host as far as we know.

Swap the home and away fixture, we have refused and rightly so.

Forfiet and award a 3-0 win to us, as is traditionally customary in these rare situation.

At present all bar option 3 are on the table, and no other club can or should have a an issue if they want it to happen
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They have probably not even asked anyone about a venue, yet.

There is no chance, whatsoever, of City being awarded 3 points. None. The other teams would accept Spurs being banned for the season, & their games being anulled, before accepting City being given 3 points without playing. Sky would not want Spurs banned, so it won't happen.

If it's in the rules, & we ask for them to be implemented to give us 3 points, they will just get together & change the rules, immediately, exactly how they did, when they wanted ffp & when they decided to ban one of our players.

The game will be played & if it becomes difficult to arrange, they will try it on, asking us to move stuff around.

We have to stand up & only accept a deal we are happy with & not accept anything less. If the game can't be played at Spurs' they will find another venue.
 
Jordie said:
After reading most of this thread it appears to me if WHL is not ready, the only acceptable alternative is to play at the Olympic Stadium. Spurs will have to accept any fines or costs incurred.
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That suggestion is far too simple and sensible for the idiots in charge to implement.
 
Now I think (nearly) no one at City would want 3 points without a match played. (might be different for other clubs though...)
Pep wants to play football, City fans want to see our fantastic football and there is Sky as well.
And it's a great fixture, one of the best over the season.

Banning spurs from PL would be a huge damage to PL and English football. Should not and will not happen as well.

So leave the rule aside, find a 3rd venue with a football pitch around London, not a potatoe field that Wembley possibly is post NFL
and play on 28 Oct as scheduled.

If City had to play on Monday 29 on an awful pitch I would love City to refuse over medical concerns and give spurs 3 points.
Would be a nice story.
 
St.Pauli support said:
Now I think (nearly) no one at City would want 3 points without a match played. (might be different for other clubs though...)
Pep wants to play football, City fans want to see our fantastic football and there is Sky as well.
And it's a great fixture, one of the best over the season.
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if there was no match, then Sky would want compensation, whether in kind or financial. The PL don't want to go down that route.
 
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