Comments on: Football’s Guide to How to be Incredibly Stupid

By: Applecatcher

Applecatcher — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:00:31 +0000

Ayling and Freeman, thank you very much. Fabianski- pass.

By: Finsbury

Finsbury — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:54:07 +0000

No.

“Rhys makes a fair point?”

On a blog where the German model has been vaguely looked at, and admired.
(Many teams rent their stadia in Germany).

The answer, quite simply, without argument, is,

No.

He does not.
No surprises there then.

Maybe his judgement has been clouded by proximity to The Damned Utd.

By: simon bailey

simon bailey — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:14:49 +0000

sunday morning funnies:

http://arsenalarsenal.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/arsenal-midfield-genius-desperate-for-hometown-return-2/

By: No

No — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:39:01 +0000

No its just you. Rhys makes a fair point.

By: dupsffokcuf

dupsffokcuf — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:54:07 +0000

Is it just me or is Rhys just an argumentative b’stard.

By: Rhys Jaggar

Rhys Jaggar — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:06:37 +0000

I’m sure Spurs will either get planning permission for where they are or buy some land elsewhere. Arsenal had planning permission issues with the Emirates stadium and it was an absolute age before the finance was raised.

I’m sure the Arsenal shareholders who sold out to Kroenke or the big Uzbek did so with Arsenal in a new home and in the Champions League. So Mr Spurs is merely according to you looking to do what Arsenal shareholders did to a significant extent these past three years. It’s not a crime to say: ‘I took the club from A to B; now it is time for someone else to take it from B to C.’

There’s nothing wrong with renting a stadium as long as it is from a reputable landlord. Are Manchester City Council fleecing MCFC? Don’t think so. They paid for the stadium and the refurb, City pay them a rent. Problem?? Only if the contract wasn’t written in a way which links the rent to the status of the club……..probably not a good idea to rent from a plc or a shark, though………..

Other than that, what an admirable set of thoughts…

By: Lanz

Lanz — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:55:50 +0000

I laffd & laffd & laffd! Yet its such a shame that some supposedly normal people do not appreciate the Arsenal model!

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:15:13 +0000

The Spud’s new ground is a pipe dream to keep the fans believing that Tottenham are a big club going places and competing with Arsenal. The comments about the new ground being more intimate than the Emirates were based on the supporters being closer to the pitch, sounds a great idea until you realise that under current planning laws new stadiums have to have emergency vehicle access hence the bloody great tunnel and running track area around the pitch on 3 sides. Also if you are a big club planning to build a new stadium would you not look at other clubs who have recently built new stadiums, especially ones just down the road and try to learn from any mistakes they made? Arsenal have admitted in hindsight they would have tried to get a bigger capacity so why are the Spud’s building one with a capacity of 5,000 less than the Emirates? It can’t be because they couldn’t fill it, after all they’re a huge club, biggest in London with the best supporters by a country mile.

By: Leo S

Leo S — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:33:23 +0000

Does this mean Lukasz Fabianski will soon be on his way to Yeovil?

By: shotta-gunna

shotta-gunna — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:55:10 +0000

Tony – Thanks as always for reminding us that football in England is a playground for some of the biggest contradictions in world football. Not only do we have thuggish football vs joga bonita, but English football is a laboratory for ” junk economics” currently being practiced in the UK and the US for that matter. Apart from Arsenal, which is rapidly paying down its debts and determined to live within its means, most other clubs have sold their souls to their creditors who ultimately see their real estate (the stadia) as the asset to squeeze the lifeblood out of the clubs. In the last year or so since I have followed your blog, the number of clubs that have gone bust and fallen into the hands of their creditors, has increased and there is no end in sight. Losing ownership of their ground to the creditor who eventually becomes the club’s landlord is simply financial death knell. To call this progress is junk economics. Period. End of story.

(For those who are interested in what I mean by junk economics and its relationship to football, I suggest you check out economist Professor Michael Hudson. Here is a youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwAFohWBL4)

By: gooner80

gooner80 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:49:08 +0000

I think the years of sugar left Spuds in good shape and TBH daniel Levy seems to be reigning in Arry although he asked for 3 more signings and he thinks he will win the league LMAO.

Football is just a mere reflection of the society we live in, the over spending culture whats that saying art imitates life and life imitates art. some people are going to have their homes repossessed for keeping up with the jones’

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:40:51 +0000

Which bank would be desperate enough to give Spurs a loan? Can’t be good business.