Staggered even a Spurs fan would try and defend Levy and the club in this situation, everyone has known for about 18 months it was well well behind.
Amazing the PL has allowed all the inconvenience for other clubs too, Spurs should have been docked this game 3-0, genuinely believe if it was, say Huddersfield, doing this they would just be docked the game.
It was clear months ago that the stadium wouldn’t be ready until 2019 and some Spurs fan claimed on here it would be open for their 3rd home game, a similar situation to the Atletico Madrid one, a claim that I called nonsense at the time, of course they have disappeared lost in their trophy cabinet now. My belief is Levy was well aware at the start of the project that a season and a half would be required at Wembley but if he ask the PL for that it would have been refused so he hatch the plan to claim delays due to safety The man is a arsehole and the PL should now order that Spurs play all season at Wembley and inflict a large fine on then for lying in the first place.
Anyone thinking Spurs are doing well need to get a headcheck.... They played only easy games and the ones that were difficult they have been shown up.
Simply not true. As to awarding City a 3-0 win, not a chance that other clubs would have agreed to it.
Ha! Not that you're a conspiracy theorist or anything.......;)
Don't have to be one Just watched the Chris Cowlin stadium updates weekly to see that there was no chance that the stadium was ever going to be ready and Levy is such an underhanded swine to see it was clear that he pull a fast one. Even the "worlds biggest club shop" which Chris claimed was going to be open months ago has only just opened. Good job a trophy cabinet is not required. As an aside the stadium is magnificent, probably the best in Europe by a mile, but I feel that it is over specified, eg tiling the loos, and judging by the cost a big mistake, that will be a major financial burden on the club for decades. A huge gamble by Levy if, the club don't win trophies soon it could all go to shit
As an interesting but of info, I know that spurs paid Rochdale a fortune for the spotland pitch to be relaid using some sort of special grass from abroad - Rochdale then bought a standard one from over here and pocketed the difference.I do wonder if Spurs could be in difficulties here in the (unlikely - it isn't going to be that bad) event that a player was injured due to the pitch. Pochettino raised exactly that concern over the admittedly far worse Spotland pitch, which I would have thought might create insurance problems if that came to pass. They would struggle to hold the line that they'd done all in the power to ensure it was entirely fit for football.
Ian Cheeseman at White Hart Lane this morning - spot on as usual...
Chris Cowlin's videos are great but you can't really get any idea as to a stadium's readiness from shots of its exterior. The vast majority of the work that remained at the time of the announcement of the delay was cosmetic - mostly the "veil". And it was always expected that there would still be much to complete at the stadium for months after its opening.
Since the announcement of the delay, work on the project has been slowed dramatically. Very little overtime work where, before, crews were working through the night; and far fewer workers on site in general. Also, as a consequence of the delay, Spurs have brought forward some elements of the project that were scheduled for next summer (among them, properly landscaping around the stadium as opposed to the temporary measure of tarmac). I can only reiterate what I said weeks ago - that the club and Mace were wholly confident of opening for the Liverpool game on 15th September. This information comes from a number of very well placed sources both within Spurs and Mace. Having worked so hard for so long and spent so much on overtime to get the stadium ready in time, they were all totally crestfallen when the safety systems bombshell landed.
Spurs will undoubtedly have to manage their finances prudently over the coming years. But they always do anyway. The club's announcement the other day revealed net debt of some £360m and profits for the last financial year of £160m. Given that most of the big ticket items on this build will already be included in that net debt, it shouldn't rise too massively from this juncture. And if profits continue at even a third of last year's level, Spurs should find little difficulty in both servicing and paying off the debt over a respectable period.
This. But without I'm sorry.I’m sorry but frankly that’s utter nonsense The seats weren’t in, the pitch wasn’t layed the area around the stadium was still a building site, there was no chance the stadium would be ready for the City game never mind the Liverpool one. Five cranes we’re still on site until recently. It’s an utter disgrace the way Spurs have treated the rest of the league and rival fans. If there were problems with safety systems so be it but ultimately there were plenty of other reasons that the stadium was not ready. Primarily it boils down to there being absolutely no chance that a project of that size could be completed in the time scale and Spurs and their contractor knew it. Not offering to pay compensation to the City fans is just plain wrong. Oh and probably dropped the overtime due to the costs spiralling out of control. Anyway Daniel hope you don’t enjoy the game this evening and in fact the rest of the season
They were getting results up until now in the Premier League.......had they won they would have gone above us in the league. And they have played 6 games away and 4 at home. Everyone else bar Watford has played 5 home and away.Anyone thinking Spurs are doing well need to get a headcheck.... They played only easy games and the ones that were difficult they have been shown up.
Lost.They were getting results up until now in the Premier League.......had they won they would have gone above us in the league.
Which ultimately will fuck them up financially.It's their Champions league results that has been a problem.
After all the fuss about the pitch, the bobble before Lamela struck it gave us 3 points. Thanks Levy
I was more shocked that they couldn’t be arsed spraying the pitch Green and whiting the lines unless that’s what poch asked for. Doing That would of been a Minimal requirement for me and took a few hours at most! So glad we took the 3 points of them.