New stadium thread

[The RDBD]

It worries me that the move might come at a time which disrupts our season, the team's momentum...even though it's our new stadium...it's still a new pitch for the team to adjust to. I could be totally wrong...we have been fantastic away this season so adapting may not be an issue.

We have few away games left now, but IMHO the sentiment is crystal clear :

The home supporters do not like the Wembley atmo.
Bearable with a full house, poor and worse with the capacity restrictions
and low attendances some opposition teams induce.

If I had some ITK as to what level of pitch familiarisation the squad have
achieved to date (it must be ok now on elf n safety reasons to do at least
that) , then I would also accept any games at new WHL from the players viewpoint.

 

["Thanks for that Brian"]

It won’t be ready though.

Take it as read that I'm not advocating moving in if it's not fit for purpose. By that, I don't mean missing a bit of cladding or the odd bar. If it's safe and licensed, we're moving in. I can guarantee it.

I'm struggling to think of many regular attendees, who I know, who would disagree. I know a number of life long fans, who hold season tickets and travel across Europe, who have stopped going to Wembley. I keep going because I like to piss them off...and it's MY club.

 

[PowerSpurs]

It won’t be ready though.

I think they know that but are stringing everyone along.

That would be stupid. Why do you think so badly of the club you support?

 

[KingHotspur]

That would be stupid. Why do you think so badly of the club you support?

Because they’re **** at communicating and they know people will be massively annoyed when it’s announced and could bring a downer on the squad too.

Hope I’m wrong but I think we will be at Wembley for the rest of the season and Levy and co know this.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

It won’t be ready though.

I think they know that but are stringing everyone along.

I don't think that Levy knows when it will be ready himself.
Someone's ****ed something up badly and we're not being told about it.

 

[paultheplug]

I don't think that Levy knows when it will be ready himself.
Someone's ****ed something up badly and we're not being told about it.

The delay is because the cheese hadn’t matured

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

The delay is because the cheese hadn’t matured

And there's nowhere to put it. The cheese room's not finished.

 

[Spurlock]

That would be stupid. Why do you think so badly of the club you support?

Is that what you think of anyone who doesn’t agree with anything at the club?

That they are bad supporters?

 

[PowerSpurs]

Is that what you think of anyone who doesn’t agree with anything at the club?

That they are bad supporters?

No. But accusing people of lying is out of order.

 

[KingHotspur]

No. But accusing people of lying is out of order.

I didn’t say lying but I think they’re aware it’s not going to be ready before next season, these delays every now and then are just to appease fans I feel.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

I didn’t say lying but I think they’re aware it’s not going to be ready before next season, these delays every now and then are just to appease fans I feel.

I think that they'd be better off just saying that, if this was the case. The delays being spaced out like this is pissing people off.

 

[BobbyD]

That would be stupid. Why do you think so badly of the club you support?

Because they have messed up about 3 times. As they say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

To be fair though this time they have said you are at wembley until march at the earliest so he hasnt said you would be moving in march, just thats the date hes hoping for

 

[Diego]

Because they have messed up about 3 times. As they say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

To be fair though this time they have said you are at wembley until march at the earliest so he hasnt said you would be moving in march, just thats the date hes hoping for

Nothing new, the Mail reported that last week.

 

["Thanks for that Brian"]

The delay is because the cheese hadn’t matured

And there's nowhere to put it. The cheese room's not finished.

First I'd heard of this. That's a ****ing tragedy!

If it's matured but they can't store it. I can store plenty of the stuff...mmmmmm!

 

[remembercolinlee]

Is that what you think of anyone who doesn’t agree with anything at the club?

That they are bad supporters?

Asking why the club would string us along is valid imo...and it would be stupid cos a fan backlash is never a good thing and there absolutely would be one if it turned out they had lied throughout.

 

[remembercolinlee]

I didn’t say lying but I think they’re aware it’s not going to be ready before next season, these delays every now and then are just to appease fans I feel.

That would be lying mate

 

["Thanks for that Brian"]

Asking why the club would string us along is valid imo...and it would be stupid cos a fan backlash is never a good thing and there absolutely would be one if it turned out they had lied throughout.

If senior employees of the club are lying, then anything the club puts forward in potential litigation/mediation/arbitration of the issues regarding the delay will be subject to such doubt that any claim could be totally bollocksed.

It just makes no sense for them to do it. Spurs may be secretive but anything this big would leak out. There's also the reputational damage the recurrent putting back of the opening is doing. It's not something that anyone would want and we'd probably have got a better rate from Wembley for a second full season, rather than having to regularly extend a shorter term arrangement.

Last and not least, it could amount to the modern version of the old offence of 'obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception' re holding season ticket monies, if it could be shown that there was no prospect of the contract being fulfilled and that information was knowingly withheld by the club.

I just can't see any supposed benefit is worth any part of the potential downside, if it were true and came out.

FILE UNDER BARKING MAD CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

 

[Spurlock]

Asking why the club would string us along is valid imo...and it would be stupid cos a fan backlash is never a good thing and there absolutely would be one if it turned out they had lied throughout.

the stadium issue isn't much of an issue for me...it will be ready when it is. I also understand those that have season tickets wanting to get in there quick.

You also have to understand that there has been a culmination of events that has got some fans a bit pissed off...especially the whole transfer debacle. Even Poch is hinting that the hierarchy need to take a different approach if this club is talking big titles. I remember someone in the Spurs hierarchy saying the stadium will not affect transfers, was a female...dont know her name...she lied.

How do I know she lied? We were scraping the barrel and hoping for a discount on Grealish and rightly so got told to go forth and multiply.


I'm over the whole transfer thing now...I know it isn't going to happen...I've accepted it...I managed to read between the lines.

 

[BobbyD]

Asking why the club would string us along is valid imo...and it would be stupid cos a fan backlash is never a good thing and there absolutely would be one if it turned out they had lied throughout.

Bit hard but essentially he doesn't think it will be done in time. Im inclined to agree. Fancy a 2 month avatar bet on it not being completed before the end of march

 

[PowerSpurs]

Because they have messed up about 3 times. As they say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

To be fair though this time they have said you are at wembley until march at the earliest so he hasnt said you would be moving in march, just thats the date hes hoping for

As far as I recall they have never promised a date since the initial postponement. It would be madness not to be going as quickly as they can or to deliberately deceive their customers. If it takes until next season then so be it. It will still have been completed in a decent time for a project of this size.

An announcement that we will stay at Wembley would take all the pressure off the contractors and risk further delays and costs so no-one would do that until it was unavoidable. If you want to increase the risk of it not opening by the start of next season then that would be the best way to do it.