They would change the name. West Goat? West Lamb?
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Well.... why the f@ck not?
Would be pleased if this happens
Would be pleased if this happens
I find it brutally unjust how Qataris have so much bloody cash spilling out of their rear-ends
Half the country's land footprint is covered by one of the largest, if not the largest natural gas reservoir in the field.
Better spend their dosh on tottenham than more gold trains innit
Half the country's land footprint is covered by one of the largest, if not the largest natural gas reservoir in the field.
Better spend their dosh on tottenham than more gold trains innit
Quite likely, I was trying to be optimistic
It's bad enough to be in Woolwich's and Chelsea's shadow, to be in West Ham's shadow as well. Aaaargh, it's bad enough talking to West Ham fans these days. They would be absolutely insufferable if they started to dominate us.
Maybe. Then Woolwich would be even further in front of us. But I'd rather that than us fall to fourth London club behind West Ham as well.
Id rather be relegated than have this. Cheaper tickets, no midweek games against the champions of the league of fucking turkmenistan. Saturday afternoon kick offs.
There goes the fucking holiday!!!!!
West camel i would assume
Are we there yet ?
Tried to stay out of this thread as I knew it'd be a ENICIN/ENICOUT cunt-fest, but Christmas has got me all cheery miserable and shit so here I am - reading 15 pages of shit insightful opinions. 
Look at the Turkish teams pulled from UEFA competitions for example.
They're yet to do it to a club whereby it'll actually harm the quality of the competition though. I doubt they will.
aulinholol:
Even in defeat, there is an echo of glory
There is certainly no glory in spending £750,000,000 to assemble a squad capable of winning the Premier League but turn to absolute shit in the CL.
You want to be City? Go fucking support them.
Spurs have NEVER been a dominant club. Sure, we had some successful years, but we've never been a club of the ilk of Man Utd, Chelsea or City. Not in my lifetime, not in yours.
We're famous for being a cup side. Where your hunger for reawakening the glory days comes from, I do not know. The double season was 50+ years ago mate, let it go, for all our sakes.
Sure we will have a rich history, but history is all we'll have.
We spend £80m but sell £100m. Others spend £10m but sell £12m. Higher amounts, but the same end result nonetheless.
You think Joe Lewis matters more than Levy. Simply amazing viewpoint.
What the fuck does speculating about West Ham being bought by a billionaire have to do with us? We're in a league of 20 teams, not 4. Would you be pissed off if Palace were bought out? Or Charlton? Who fucking cares what stadium they have or how deep their pockets are? We're Tottenham. Lets worry about Tottenham and what we're doing. We can't control anyone else. If every other Premier League club were purchased by Qatari's I wouldn't give a flying fuck. In fact, it'd give me an even greater sense of fanship (made that word up) and love towards Spurs.
It makes me laugh that Spurs fans are ALWAYS so quick to deny a rivalry with West Ham, yet we are just as keen as they are to divulge into slanging matches and cock-size competitions.
West Ham are years away from being where we are, financially, structurally, squad-wise, manager-wise, training facility-wise, coefficient-wise, club attraction-wise, wage spend-wise.
5 months of good form does not make them a better club than us. Nor does the mere speculation of a buyout.
They do dump teams out of Europe - just not the good ones!
Look at the Turkish teams pulled from UEFA competitions for example.
They're yet to do it to a club whereby it'll actually harm the quality of the competition though. I doubt they will.
Another one on ignore - excellent
aulinholol:Even in defeat, there is an echo of glory
There is certainly no glory in spending £750,000,000 to assemble a squad capable of winning the Premier League but turn to absolute shit in the CL.
You want to be City? Go fucking support them.
Spurs have NEVER been a dominant club. Sure, we had some successful years, but we've never been a club of the ilk of Man Utd, Chelsea or City. Not in my lifetime, not in yours.
We're famous for being a cup side. Where your hunger for reawakening the glory days comes from, I do not know. The double season was 50+ years ago mate, let it go, for all our sakes.
As long as we don't start paying UEFA £30m in fines for the privilege (so spending within our means) then no problem. Our sustainability is more important than any number of trophies. No fucker will care if we win 10 Champions League's in a row when we don't exist any more.
Sure we will have a rich history, but history is all we'll have.
Kane would disappear. We'd have untold millions. I don't think we'd keep our hard working but admittedly ability-limited academy product in favour of signing a world class centre forward. That'd be naive.
Excellent post. One of the best I've read.
Bottom of Prem net spend over 5 or 10+ years, let alone Championship clubs that have higher net spends than us. We are not 4 or 5, but more like 20 or 25.
We spend £80m but sell £100m. Others spend £10m but sell £12m. Higher amounts, but the same end result nonetheless.
Levy is not the owner - Jesus Christ where do your arguments come from? A shareholder in the company that owns us. So he is.
You think Joe Lewis matters more than Levy. Simply amazing viewpoint.
Boo fucking hoo. London happen to currently have 2 very successful clubs, and many others behind them. We could be the 20th best club in London, I'd still go to The Lane, I'd still pay £50 for a ticket, I'd still pay £80 for the train, and I'd still sing for 90 minutes.
What the fuck does speculating about West Ham being bought by a billionaire have to do with us? We're in a league of 20 teams, not 4. Would you be pissed off if Palace were bought out? Or Charlton? Who fucking cares what stadium they have or how deep their pockets are? We're Tottenham. Lets worry about Tottenham and what we're doing. We can't control anyone else. If every other Premier League club were purchased by Qatari's I wouldn't give a flying fuck. In fact, it'd give me an even greater sense of fanship (made that word up) and love towards Spurs.
It makes me laugh that Spurs fans are ALWAYS so quick to deny a rivalry with West Ham, yet we are just as keen as they are to divulge into slanging matches and cock-size competitions.
West Ham are years away from being where we are, financially, structurally, squad-wise, manager-wise, training facility-wise, coefficient-wise, club attraction-wise, wage spend-wise.
5 months of good form does not make them a better club than us. Nor does the mere speculation of a buyout.
Tried to stay out of this thread as I knew it'd be a ENICIN/ENICOUT cunt-fest, but Christmas has got me allcheerymiserable and shit so here I am - reading 15 pages ofshitinsightful opinions.
They do dump teams out of Europe - just not the good ones!
Look at the Turkish teams pulled from UEFA competitions for example.
They're yet to do it to a club whereby it'll actually harm the quality of the competition though. I doubt they will.
Another one on ignore - excellent
Even in defeat, there is an echo of glory
There is certainly no glory in spending £750,000,000 to assemble a squad capable of winning the Premier League but turn to absolute shit in the CL.
You want to be City? Go fucking support them.
Spurs have NEVER been a dominant club. Sure, we had some successful years, but we've never been a club of the ilk of Man Utd, Chelsea or City. Not in my lifetime, not in yours.
We're famous for being a cup side. Where your hunger for reawakening the glory days comes from, I do not know. The double season was 50+ years ago mate, let it go, for all our sakes.
As long as we don't start paying UEFA £30m in fines for the privilege (so spending within our means) then no problem. Our sustainability is more important than any number of trophies. No fucker will care if we win 10 Champions League's in a row when we don't exist any more.
Sure we will have a rich history, but history is all we'll have.
Kane would disappear. We'd have untold millions. I don't think we'd keep our hard working but admittedly ability-limited academy product in favour of signing a world class centre forward. That'd be naive.
Excellent post. One of the best I've read.
Bottom of Prem net spend over 5 or 10+ years, let alone Championship clubs that have higher net spends than us. We are not 4 or 5, but more like 20 or 25.
We spend £80m but sell £100m. Others spend £10m but sell £12m. Higher amounts, but the same end result nonetheless.
Levy is not the owner - Jesus Christ where do your arguments come from? A shareholder in the company that owns us. So he is.
You think Joe Lewis matters more than Levy. Simply amazing viewpoint.
Boo fucking hoo. London happen to currently have 2 very successful clubs, and many others behind them. We could be the 20th best club in London, I'd still go to The Lane, I'd still pay £50 for a ticket, I'd still pay £80 for the train, and I'd still sing for 90 minutes.
What the fuck does speculating about West Ham being bought by a billionaire have to do with us? We're in a league of 20 teams, not 4. Would you be pissed off if Palace were bought out? Or Charlton? Who fucking cares what stadium they have or how deep their pockets are? We're Tottenham. Lets worry about Tottenham and what we're doing. We can't control anyone else. If every other Premier League club were purchased by Qatari's I wouldn't give a flying fuck. In fact, it'd give me an even greater sense of fanship (made that word up) and love towards Spurs.
It makes me laugh that Spurs fans are ALWAYS so quick to deny a rivalry with West Ham, yet we are just as keen as they are to divulge into slanging matches and cock-size competitions.
West Ham are years away from being where we are, financially, structurally, squad-wise, manager-wise, training facility-wise, coefficient-wise, club attraction-wise, wage spend-wise.
5 months of good form does not make them a better club than us. Nor does the mere speculation of a buyout.
Amen.
Exactly. Realistically, the only way we can challenge the Big Five is to get new owners in. The new stadium might do it, but I'd far rather it was built by people with serious money to spend on the club.
Net spend on transfers yes, but we never really make a profit and our turnover is 6th highest in the country.
The Scum consistently make a profit and the Glazers have been bleeding Utd of money.......so much more like 4 or 5 than 20 to 25 imo.
[QUOTE="It makes me laugh that Spurs fans are ALWAYS so quick to deny a rivalry with West Ham, yet we are just as keen as they are to divulge into slanging matches and cock-size competitions.
West Ham are years away from being where we are, financially, structurally, squad-wise, manager-wise, training facility-wise, coefficient-wise, club attraction-wise, wage spend-wise.
5 months of good form does not make them a better club than us. Nor does the mere speculation of a buyout.[/QUOTE]
I despise West Ham more than Woolwich and almost as much as Cheatski. I blame the 90's for that hate. Sugar made us almost their rivals !
However, The quality of West Ham's PR is amazing , Look at those great marketing pictures of the Olympic Stadium with all that Claret and Blue and statutes of Spurs wannabe Bobby Moore and you would think wow what a result.
However, those knuckle draggers need to wake up and realise what is going. The Stadium is leased to them only 25 match days per year. When not in use by West Ham the "branding" is not allowed. It's not their "home"
There is no agreement for statues of Bobby Moore / Bobby Barnes or Phil Parkes allowed in or around the stadium.
All that Claret and blue must be taken away on non match days. there is no museum allowed to showcase the times when they came 5th and went up via playoffs.
Nor is anyone being honest about the retractable seats nonsense, the other views being a joke due to the athletic legacy bullshit ( look at the Barcelona Olympic Stadium debacle for how bad these stadiums are for football ) + there are some great aerial shots showing that The Boylen Ground completely fits inside the track area of the Olympic Stadium.
Oh and the 54000 revenue is 50000 maximum paying customers as Newham have 4000 "free" tickets for Newham council staff guaranteed each and every match day for years to come - good luck with high pricing on tickets when a fair chunk are free !
And the remaining revenue is not 100% West Ham's as they have to share a % of that with it Newham also. Nor can they get 100% of the naming rights nor can they ( I think ) collect all the corporate revenue, they might get 100% of the pork scratching sales. So might be able to afford a % of Fat Sam's compensation payment.
The Upton Park sale is less than expected & given they must be debt free to move ( without penalty ) they are not getting near the top table anytime soon as the revenue stream is so low they can't buy their way anywhere.
West Ham have been asset striped, but have managed to get their idiot fans to smile about it, better than Turkey's voting for Christmas. ENIC saw this bollocks and went with a proposal that did not cover over the cracks. Those with less honesty sold out their club and fans.
But let's not let facts get in the way of a good story "plucky old West Ham......potential Champions of Europe when the Middle East save the day". They are move Coventry City than Manchester City and although it's frightening to think of them doing "reasonable well" I think we can sleep easy for a few generations yet.
Shame they did not go bust under the Icelanders :-(
West Ham are years away from being where we are, financially, structurally, squad-wise, manager-wise, training facility-wise, coefficient-wise, club attraction-wise, wage spend-wise.
5 months of good form does not make them a better club than us. Nor does the mere speculation of a buyout.[/QUOTE]
I despise West Ham more than Woolwich and almost as much as Cheatski. I blame the 90's for that hate. Sugar made us almost their rivals !
However, The quality of West Ham's PR is amazing , Look at those great marketing pictures of the Olympic Stadium with all that Claret and Blue and statutes of Spurs wannabe Bobby Moore and you would think wow what a result.
However, those knuckle draggers need to wake up and realise what is going. The Stadium is leased to them only 25 match days per year. When not in use by West Ham the "branding" is not allowed. It's not their "home"
There is no agreement for statues of Bobby Moore / Bobby Barnes or Phil Parkes allowed in or around the stadium.
All that Claret and blue must be taken away on non match days. there is no museum allowed to showcase the times when they came 5th and went up via playoffs.
Nor is anyone being honest about the retractable seats nonsense, the other views being a joke due to the athletic legacy bullshit ( look at the Barcelona Olympic Stadium debacle for how bad these stadiums are for football ) + there are some great aerial shots showing that The Boylen Ground completely fits inside the track area of the Olympic Stadium.
Oh and the 54000 revenue is 50000 maximum paying customers as Newham have 4000 "free" tickets for Newham council staff guaranteed each and every match day for years to come - good luck with high pricing on tickets when a fair chunk are free !
And the remaining revenue is not 100% West Ham's as they have to share a % of that with it Newham also. Nor can they get 100% of the naming rights nor can they ( I think ) collect all the corporate revenue, they might get 100% of the pork scratching sales. So might be able to afford a % of Fat Sam's compensation payment.
The Upton Park sale is less than expected & given they must be debt free to move ( without penalty ) they are not getting near the top table anytime soon as the revenue stream is so low they can't buy their way anywhere.
West Ham have been asset striped, but have managed to get their idiot fans to smile about it, better than Turkey's voting for Christmas. ENIC saw this bollocks and went with a proposal that did not cover over the cracks. Those with less honesty sold out their club and fans.
But let's not let facts get in the way of a good story "plucky old West Ham......potential Champions of Europe when the Middle East save the day". They are move Coventry City than Manchester City and although it's frightening to think of them doing "reasonable well" I think we can sleep easy for a few generations yet.
Shame they did not go bust under the Icelanders :-(
Cracking post, wish I could like it twice.
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