The on topic thread

[FAITH]

Anybody read Ancelotti's book? chef

Should be a requirement for all British managers to read it.

 

[Cruyff14]

Yeah, I'll pick it up later on in the year.

 

[RPCB]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39270921

Absolutely disgusting. That club should be ashamed of themselves.


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[SM]

AFC Wimbledon hosted MK Dons today for the first time, and won 2-0.

 

[FAITH]

 

[Latro]

This story on Fabio Quagliarella is nuts.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

 

[FAITH]

 

[jd2010]

For those who don't have the time to watch here is a summary in 1 picture

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Spoiler: Snip to shorten.

Tottenham’s bid to stage all home games in front of a full house at Wembley next season moved a step closer as local councillors were advised to grant a key planning application.

Wembley have asked for 22 extra full-capacity events to be permitted between August 1 this year and July 31, 2018, which would allow Spurs full use of the ground’s 90,000 places for every home fixture next term – if they make their one-season switch to the national stadium.

Now Brent Council officers have compiled a 44-page report in which they encourage Brent’s planning committee to give the initiative the green light – as long they determine that the move would bring sufficient benefit to the local community, and that Tottenham’s arrival would not cause excessive disruption.

The committee will decide on the proposal, made by Wembley National Stadium Limited, at a meeting on March 23.

A Brent official said: “Following extensive consultation with local residents and businesses, taking into account the merits of the application and comments and views from the consultation, Brent Council has published its recommendation to grant planning permission for the application by Wembley National Stadium Limited to temporarily increase the number of full capacity events.”


Tottenham offer a first look inisde their future stadium as they release a new CGI
Though this is good news for Tottenham, the planning committee are not obliged to act on this recommendation. They can also reject it, add certain caveats, or defer their decision until later in the year. The latter option is unlikely but would hamper Spurs’ plans: the club believe they have until March 31 to inform the FA of their intentions regarding Wembley.

Although everyone at Tottenham is working towards this goal, they have yet to make it formal. There has been no official announcement that this is the last season at White Hart Lane, even though the campaign has a little more than two months to run.

Preparations are thought to have been made behind the scenes for various ‘farewell’ initiatives at the last home game of the season, against Manchester United over the weekend of May 13-14. Tottenham hope to spend the 2017-18 campaign at Wembley before moving to their 61,000-seat stadium – a project costing about £800million – for 2018-19.

Probably devalues the Wembley experience and it's special occasion factor but I guess playing there for a season would already be doing that anyway.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

in front of a full house?

 

[Latro]

Spurs may get relegated

 

[jod23]

Lol Spurs cant fill Wembley.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Gonna see Boro vs Portsmouth today. Pompey are absolutely flying and it should be a cracker.

Will be just like old times

 

[Sozabarus]

Gonna see Boro vs Portsmouth today.

Jeez, I guess Boro really had fallen away under Karanka.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Jeez, I guess Boro really had fallen away under Karanka.

the real boro

 

[kangaspurs]

Lol Spurs cant fill Wembley.

LOL

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...-85011-champions-league-wembley-a3345191.html

Tottenham vs AS Monaco: Spurs break three attendance records with 85,011 Champions League Wembley crowd

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...-85512-champions-league-wembley-a3385721.html

Tottenham vs Bayer Leverkusen: Spurs break attendance records with 85,512 Champions League Wembley crowd


Nice try.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

£10 a ticket.

 

[jd2010]

£10 a ticket.

Making the game accessible to everyday fans isn't a bad thing

 

[jd2010]

the real boro

Peter?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Making the game accessible to everyday fans isn't a bad thing

That's not why you do it.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Peter?

Stevenage

 

[SM]

That's not why you do it.

Isn't it? Supply v Demand mate. Pretty simple.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Making the game accessible to everyday fans isn't a bad thing

Good trade off for a season of inconvenience away from the lane.
58k waiting list and good prices will see us get very good crowds next season.

The club wouldn't have asked Brent council for increased games with max capacity had there been no reason to do so.

 

[jd2010]

That's not why you do it.

Making the game cheap enough to get 80k is a smart idea.

Better atmosphere + would almost make as much as charging twice the amount and only getting 50-60k