Spurs’ new stadium

[JimB]

I do have some sympathy for City fans who suffered as a result the fixture being moved. However, I doubt Levy gave it much thought. He is only interested in the big stuff. He pays people to deal with this sort of thing and if there is a problem he expects them to make it go away. And, in reality this has gone away.

Actually, JPBB, I have to disagree with you on this. For all that Levy does look at the big picture, he also very much has an eye for detail.Nothing escapes him.

I suspect that he gave the issue of compensation at least some thought and that he concluded that to offer compensation would open a huge can of worms that could end up costing the club a lot of money - not just with regard to this case but for previous issues too and any that might occur in the future. He will not have wanted to set a precedent. He might well have weighed up the pros and cons and decided that, on balance, doing nothing was the least bad option.

Obviously, though, that doesn't help the fans of either club that ended up out of pocket and greatly inconvenienced. And I fully understand their anger. I wonder whether Levy couldn't at least have made some kind of gesture 'without prejudice'.

 

[JimB]

Might be Spurs, afterall the roof is leaking

Yep, they've discovered a leak in the roof. Very hard to identify in the first instance until the roof is tested by heavy rain. Very easy to fix now that it has been identified.

 

[gingerprince]

I looked at pic of the roof yesterday on official pic.

Is it an illusion as the roof doesn't seem to afford

that much,protection from rain?

 

[JimB]

They're shutters made from grey steel, how else would you describe them?

I wouldn't call them shutters for starters. They are perforated panels. But that's not the point. Your post sneered at the use of the perforated metal panels on the new WHL while lauding the use of PTFE plastic panels on the Allianz Arena, as if the latter are inherently superior and that you are the sole arbiter of such.

Perhaps that wasn't your intention but it was certainly the way you came across!

 

[JimB]

I looked at pic of the roof yesterday on official pic.

Is it an illusion as the roof doesn't seem to afford

that much,protection from rain?

The roof covers all the seats but, in any open stadium, it is inevitable that depending on wind direction, those in the front however many rows will get wet. No way of avoiding it. The best that can be done in that respect is to have a roof that slopes down - as at the Emirates or Old Trafford - but that has the far worse (IMO) consequence of blocking from view large sections of the remainder of the stadium for those in the upper tiers.

 

[JPBB]

Actually, JPBB, I have to disagree with you on this. For all that Levy does look at the big picture, he also very much has an eye for detail.Nothing escapes him.

I suspect that he gave the issue of compensation at least some thought and that he concluded that to offer compensation would open a huge can of worms that could end up costing the club a lot of money - not just with regard to this case but for previous issues too and any that might occur in the future. He will not have wanted to set a precedent. He might well have weighed up the pros and cons and decided that, on balance, doing nothing was the least bad option.

Obviously, though, that doesn't help the fans of either club that ended up out of pocket and greatly inconvenienced. And I fully understand their anger. I wonder whether Levy couldn't at least have made some kind of gesture 'without prejudice'.

Jim, for a long time, I have thought that you are indeed Daniel Levy himself. So I defer to you on this.

 

[mat]

Announced staring at Wembley for next two months. They should stop taking the piss and keep Wembley for rest of season.

 

[aguero93:20]

Announced staring at Wembley for next two months. They should stop taking the piss and keep Wembley for rest of season.

The PL should have taken it out of their hands long before this stage.

 

[mat]

The PL should have taken it out of their hands long before this stage.

Media Darlings get away with it again. Make the ****s play at Enfield.

 

[SiMCFC]

So... If Spurs beat Chelsea and get to the League Cup Final, surely it can't be played at Wembley now, that really would be the ultimate piss take.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

It's got to the stage now where they shouldn't be allowed to play any home games other than Wembley this season & any finals they're in (I expect Chelsea to beat them in the second leg, so not thinking particularly about us) should be played on a neutral ground with Spurs picking up the bill for any inconvenience like they did with us & the other side's they caused issues with.

 

[Terrycooke]

It's got to the stage now where they shouldn't be allowed to play any home games other than Wembley this season & any finals they're in (I expect Chelsea to beat them in the second leg, so not thinking particularly about us) should be played on a neutral ground with Spurs picking up the bill for any inconvenience like they did with us & the other side's they caused issues with.

Agree they should be in that stadium until the end of the season. No issue with them playing any finals or semis at Wembley though. They did last year and a rubbish United team beat them. I'd just say they get the away dressing room etc.

 

[JimB]

Media Darlings get away with it again. Make the ****s play at Enfield.

This would be the media darlings who the media have been systematically trying to destabilise and dismantle for the past month (the past couple of years, to be honest) by moving their manager to Manchester and their best players to Manchester, Madrid, Barcelona and anywhere else with a half decent football team?

 

[Henkeman]

@JimB I can accept that delays can happen, I don't see some kind of conspiracy there. But this really is getting ridiculous for everyone now, including you as supporters. Repeated apologies aren't good enough. If they FA lose patience and insist Spurs now remain at Wembley for the rest of the season, would you object?

 

[mat]

@JimB I can accept that delays can happen, I don't see some kind of conspiracy there. But this really is getting ridiculous for everyone now, including you as supporters. Repeated apologies aren't good enough. If they FA lose patience and insist Spurs now remain at Wembley for the rest of the season, would you object?

This post is far too sensible.

 

[Neville Kneville]

This would be the media darlings who the media have been systematically trying to destabilise and dismantle for the past month (the past couple of years, to be honest) by moving their manager to Manchester and their best players to Manchester, Madrid, Barcelona and anywhere else with a half decent football team?

Tbh, whilst I agree Sky have been disrespectful & unprofessional re Pinocchio, if Spurs weren't such a bunch of fucking cheapskates, nobody would be linking any of your players or manager with anyone but Real Madrid or PSG.

 

[JimB]

@JimB I can accept that delays can happen, I don't see some kind of conspiracy there. But this really is getting ridiculous for everyone now, including you as supporters. Repeated apologies aren't good enough. If they FA lose patience and insist Spurs now remain at Wembley for the rest of the season, would you object?

I think it's a PL decision rather than an FA decision. But no, I wouldn't object. Playing in the new stadium this season has only remained an option because the PL has given special dispensation. If they were now to say enough is enough, Spurs could have no cause to complain.

And I'd add that it's not enough to say "this really is getting ridiculous for everyone now, including you as supporters". It's especially Spurs supporters who have suffered as a consequence of the delay.

 

[mat]

This would be the media darlings who the media have been systematically trying to destabilise and dismantle for the past month (the past couple of years, to be honest) by moving their manager to Manchester and their best players to Manchester, Madrid, Barcelona and anywhere else with a half decent football team?

Sir Golden Boot.

'nuff said.

 

[JimB]

Sir Golden Boot.

'nuff said.

So Spurs get some good media coverage as well.

If Spurs were the media darlings that you claim, they wouldn't have been treated so contemptuously by the media over the past month.

Truth is that fans of all clubs, including Spurs, complain about being unfairly treated by the media and about other clubs getting preferential treatment.

 

[Hoghead]

Quite obviously it's failing so should be nationalised.