I don't think the trust help matters, it always seems like they are there to stir up discontent when the players need our support.
Running a football club is never going to be easy, every decision you make will piss someone off and every fan feels like the club is 'theirs' to some extent.
I really don't like the idea of any fan group having a seat on the board let alone a controlling interest, they will never make the tough/unpopular decisions that allow you to move forwards.
Regards to the letter itself, firstly, I thought it was incredibly poorly worded and the idea that it was meant to represent me as a fan I found embarrassing.
As to the actual content, it was whingy and irrelevant.... “And [sic] to ask for a full and believable explanation of how this transfer window has played out.”
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Guido 🇺🇦
previously posted above, if they want to take issue with the new pricing strategy, keep it on topic and have an actual point, instead of bitching and griping. Why not focus attention on real questions such as:
- Why were so few senior and family tickets allocated?
- How did so much of the “affordable” south stand end up being allocated to 1882?
- With the addition of more than 500,000 saleable tickets over the course of a season, how can they justify such steep price rises?
Whilst I’m sure THFC would counter that last question with “these are different products (old stadium experience vs new)”, our reply should simply be that fans are still fans and we didn’t ask for cheese tunnels or Michelin starred restaurants and shouldn’t be asked to fund those features which are completely unattainable to us.
Further, with a near neutral net spend in player acquisitions since redevelopment began, much of the stadium should already be paid for... along with naming rights, NFL affiliation and seemingly a sponsor for every fixture, fitting and service installed within the stadium, the argument that “this all needs to be paid for” should be practically moot by now.
The commercialisation of every facet of not only the stadium, but the entire surrounding area, through the delivery of the Northumberland Development Project, will eventually lead to huge net gains for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and, in turn, ENIC. Seeing as we are seemingly being asked to fund all of these additional projects, will ENIC then begin to pass some of this gain back to normal fans through subsidising ticket prices?
...those are some of the things I would like to see the supporters trust start thinking about addressing, instead of pissing and moaning about not having new toys.