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Spurs’ new stadium
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Thx_to_Neil_Young
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The safety systems had been completed and passed a while ago but then a third party cut through one of the loops. Big problem. But not one of Spurs' doing.
So nothing to do with the alleged wrong category of wiring mentioned earlier in this thread?!?
The Times are reporting it will be played on the Monday.
It's bollocks we have to potentially play 2 matches in 48 hours and 4 in 8 days all thanks to Daniel Levy's monumental cock-up.
The worst outcome, a midweek in London FFS. Hopefully it is bollocks, Levy not a fan of Keynesian economics then, unless it is reduced ticket prices and a shared gate.
Al about maximising revenue for this mob, rather than meeting their commitments.
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I think the fuckup club reference is down to years of semi-mismanagement - Selling the best players, not buying, just about keeping Poch, not buiulding around Kane, Wembley last year, this year who knows where. All happening whilst the news seems to be filled about how Spurs are on the verge of winning things. It's a bit like a little-Liverpool.
I dont see it changing, Kane is brilliant, Poch is brilliant, now is the best chance ever to back the manager and build around Kane and he hasnt done it and doesnt look as if he will. It's all going a bit Matt Le Tissier with Kane imo.
I hope they achieve, I quite like spurs since 1981, good club, but the owner is a business man first and a spurs fan 2nd.
All of which might be reasons why Spurs often seems to fall just short. But it's hardly mismanagement, surely? Even less so, evidence of a "fuck up of a club".
The only players Spurs have sold who they didn't want to sell over the past 15 years or so are Carrick, Berbatov, Modric and Bale. Four players. Over a long period. And all back during a time when Spurs were nowhere near the level of the clubs who were buying from them. We're talking about clubs at the very top of the food chain - Man Utd (though less so now, obviously) and Real Madrid. There are barely more than two or three clubs in the world who can persuade their players to reject advances from those two. Thus keeping the aforementioned players and, importantly, keeping them happy would have been nigh on impossible. So, in each case, Levy did the next best thing by extracting maximum value.
As to Levy being a businessman first and a fan second, we had it the other way around with Irving Scholar back in the late 80's. And the club nearly went under. So long as Spurs' best interests and Levy's are equally served by the same strategy - and by and large during his stewardship of the club, they have been - then, in the absence of a superrich benefactor with a good plan, there's no one else I'd rather have steering the club.
You are Levy's dream supporter or his official apologist, just accept this saga in the Spur's history is a cock up. BTW, I have no axe to grind with the Spuds as a club, miles better than the Dippers, Trafford Rangers, Chav's and the Arse.All of which might be reasons why Spurs often seems to fall just short. But it's hardly mismanagement, surely? Even less so, evidence of a "fuck up of a club".
The only players Spurs have sold who they didn't want to sell over the past 15 years or so are Carrick, Berbatov, Modric and Bale. Four players. Over a long period. And all back during a time when Spurs were nowhere near the level of the clubs who were buying from them. We're talking about clubs at the very top of the food chain - Man Utd (though less so now, obviously) and Real Madrid. There are barely more than two or three clubs in the world who can persuade their players to reject advances from those two. Thus keeping the aforementioned players and, importantly, keeping them happy would have been nigh on impossible. So, in each case, Levy did the next best thing by extracting maximum value.
As to Levy being a businessman first and a fan second, we had it the other way around with Irving Scholar back in the late 80's. And the club nearly went under. So long as Spurs' best interests and Levy's are equally served by the same strategy - and by and large during his stewardship of the club, they have been - then, in the absence of a superrich benefactor with a good plan, there's no one else I'd rather have steering the club.
Besides it is going to be longer than a couple of months! Been told again looking like February
There's every chance that it won't be fully finished until February. But the stadium will be open long before that. There's still no certainty that it won't be open for 28th October.
When are Spurs going to come up with the truth about the new stadium chaos and final cost?
As to cost, probably never. They aren't obliged to. But talk of it costing £1 billion is sensationalist exaggeration - though it might be the cost of the entire project (including property acquisition).
As to what has caused the delay, I'd say that there's a strong possibility that there will be court proceedings involving Spurs and the relevant subcontractors. Allowing for the fact that all parties will likely put their own spin on events, the gist of the story should at least emerge.
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How can someone cut through "mr banks is in the north stand" ? We keep it simple up north.
To be fair when United did that fake bomb thing I bet you had a good laugh, everyone else did bar Cherries fans.
Ah........we always used to get "Mr England is in the south stand"!
You are Levy's dream supporter or his official apologist, just accept this saga in the Spur's history is a cock up. BTW, I have no axe to grind with the Spuds as a club, miles better than the Dippers, Trafford Rangers, Chav's and the Arse.
Fair enough. But genuinely, I don't feel that I'm doing anything more than relating the facts. There are plenty of criticisms that can legitimately be levelled at Levy and Spurs but I completely fail to see in what way Spurs are a "fuck up of a club". Such extreme, all-encompassing criticism should be reserved for the likes of Leeds, Villa, Wolves (for many years), Sunderland, Newcastle and West Ham, surely?
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