Are you sure you made a profit of £160m the last financial year? That's a huge amount of money for a club with your turnover.
Ashley is regarded with derision by many observers for starving his Newcastle side of investment. How does Levy's strategy differ?
He definitely has a discernibly different strategy to the consumption of food.Ashley is regarded with derision by many observers for starving his Newcastle side of investment. How does Levy's strategy differ?
I would have thought that would have been done , that's why I say I was suprised that it hadn't been sprayed out. I would guess it was divoted, lightly rolled and cut. Than marked out for football and unwanted lines over sprayed greens . I guess it depends on how many ground staff Wembley have as to how much was done.
You would think Wembley has less ground staff than premiership clubs as it isn't used as much , so perhaps could do all that was needed.. ....just guessing though...
Am sure they have experience of spraying the ground and how many times it would need it I think he wasn’t arsed and did the minimal.
He definitely has a discernibly different strategy to the consumption of food.
White wine sauce on chips? You need therapy for even thinking of such a thing.Or there could be a noticeable difference in the amount of sugar needed to brew a bottle of Newcy brown compared to the amount contained in the white wine sauce Levy will have on his chips!
Well at least we scored a touch down and they didn't. There would have been uproar, though, if Spurs had won.any away game to the top teams are hard but having to play monday night at wembley on that shocking pitch and after the shocking helicopter crash at leicester i think everybody could have just settled for a point and move on, why on earth did the premier league and sky have this sort of thing going on ?? that pitch was not match fit and the bounce of the ball looked like the groundsman had used a heavy roller to flatten the pitch and the NFL logo's pitch marks shocking
spurs should have been facing a big fine or some sort of punishment for not having the new stadium ready and having to move fixtures is a joke, also playing at wembley should not be happening and after a NFL game and at least 2 to 3 weeks should have been but in place for the pitch to recover but again SKY getting there own way
I'm not suggesting that Spurs were uniquely disadvantaged. All PL clubs were disadvantaged when it came to negotiations with continental clubs.
It's just that Spurs have to be especially prudent currently, for obvious reasons. They couldn't afford to put themselves in a position in which they had spent a lot on players without having raised anything from player sales before the PL window shut. It would have meant negotiating player sales with continental clubs from a position of desperation. And negotiating from such a position never leads to favourable outcomes
The groundsmanDoes anyone (the FA) pocket the money for all that NFL advertising in the centre of the pitch last night?
Well at least we scored a touch down and they didn't. There would have been uproar, though, if Spurs had won.
White wine sauce on chips? You need therapy for even thinking of such a thing.
True, not all the seats were in; the pitch wasn't laid; and the area around the stadium was still a building site. But......
The seats are on a rail system. And the rails were installed. And once that is done, seats can be installed incredibly rapidly. At the time that the decision to delay the stadium opening was made, there was still a month before the Liverpool game. Had Mace needed to, they could have installed the remaining seats in a week or less.
It took three days to lay the pitch. And it was a further 1-2 weeks before it was playable. Once again, had it been necessary, the pitch could have been ready for play within two weeks of the announcement to delay.
The original, temporary plan for the area around the stadium was for it to be a tarmac finish - again, a procedure that could have been completed in a matter of days. The delay has, however, afforded Mace the opportunity to complete the permanent surfacing and landscaping now rather than next summer.
Sorry, mate, I don't mean to come across like that. It's just that I have followed this project in minute detail for ten years and I have a number of contacts who are very close to it at a high level. My only intention is to inform those who, understandably as non Spurs fans, aren't as familiar with the project.
As to Spurs welcoming the delay, let me ask you the following:
- If Spurs had known for months (or even from the outset, as some are claiming) that they wouldn't be able to finish the stadium until next year, why would Levy (not a man known for casually throwing away money) have spent (tens of?) millions on having big crews working through the night right up until the announcement of the delay?
- Why would Levy want to pay Wembley a huge amount to stage home games while simultaneously losing money on ticket and corporate sales because Spurs fans are sick of going there?
- Why would Levy want to piss off Spurs fans?
- Why would Levy want to let down a hugely important partner in the NFL?
- Why would Levy want the bad publicity that has come from the delay?
- Why would Levy want to halt the momentum of the goodwill that has flowed through the club over recent seasons?
- Why would Levy want the team's performances to suffer, as they undoubtedly have this season - partly as a consequence of the stadium delay?
Seriously, the conspiracy theories I've read on here don't even bear distant scrutiny! This delay has been a huge blow to the club. 100%.
Really? first I've heard mate. I thought this was purely a PL initiative? Any links? I can't see anything about itBecause continental clubs will also have their transfer window brought forward to early August next summer.
Nope it’s true they’ll be coming into line with the premier transfer window.Really? first I've heard mate. I thought this was purely a PL initiative? Any links? I can't see anything about it
Do you have a link to this mate? The only thing I can find is a vague mention that FIFA were 'thinking about it'Nope it’s true they’ll be coming into line with the premier transfer window.