- Aug 24, 2010
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I'm not Enic out by any stretch of the imagination, I want us to succeed with them because it's been an incredible journey under them and want them to revel in the footballing success but I'm getting a bit bored of reading how entitled spurs fans are because how amazing our stadium is. I don't remember Spurs fans demanding a new stadium. I don't remember Spurs fans demanding that it also have the capability to play two different sports and be as multipurpose as it is. I don't remember Spurs fans demanding that we spend over 1 billion pounds on a new stadium. So when you keep saying we're entitled because look at our stadium I don't see how that's accurate. Levy and Enic made the decision that they wanted to build the new stadium and not only build a new stadium but also in the incredibly complex way that they did so.
There's no doubt in my mind that for them it's a terrific accomplishment from a business point of view but stop asking Spurs fans to be grateful for something which wasn't and isn't as important to them as what happens on the pitch. Spurs fans would have gladly sacrificed this stadium build if it meant footballing success. I understand the bigger picture that we want to compete but let's keep in mind that we didn't need to spend as much as we did to build a new stadium, I know we're trying to get multiple revenue streams but as fans until we see us regularly putting that money onto the pitch by purchasing players then it's going to be seen as lining the profits of our owners.
Just try and see it from those fans perspectives instead of talking about how grateful we should be. Yes they're morons in our fanbase who take it too far when it comes to Levy and ENIC but I'm not talking about the loud idiots. I'm talking about fans who are frustrated that we are being charged the highest prices in europe, despite not only not winning trophies in the way the likes of Madrid, Barca, United do and yet still charging prices which befit clubs with those kind of successes. Try and understand the frustration that we're hearing we don't have the players available to the point where we have to prioritise either the league or the champions all because of 2 injuries. Take into account we were told that the stadium costs would not affect transfer spending from the horses mouth. Yes we're not entitled to win every game and when you pay for a ticket you're paying simply to watch a football game however appreciate the frustration that comes from seemingly not having the resources on the pitch to the point where we're allowing the bottom of the league outplay us because our team has no legs. That is a failing of the infrastructure and as somebody aptly put it about the stadium and the current squad, there's little point in buying an incredible garage to park your shitty banger in.
I understand the longer term choices that were made to benefit the club with the stadium, but ENIC need to accept that during this period of where we're not quite ready to sit at the big table and the tightening of the purse strings due to the business decisions that they not the fans made, that fans are going to be disgruntled at having to pay the prices they do for what they're receiving and maybe some of you staunchly defending every decision they make do need to accept there's valid criticism also.
not having a go at you, but it's also considerable moaning about us charging the most for tickets to watch shit? at the time of the 1st pricing we were 3rd best in the league. fans wanted more money spent on players, players want more to play, players are more expensive to buy and want higher wages. every new stadium that is built put their prices up, because the costs to staff maintain and pay for it have to be paid from somewhere.
what we do have in place is if ever the TV money goes tits up, we are most probably the best team equipped for it.
had we not built the stadium do you think Kane would have stayed loyal in a team not winning trophies but still accepted his 80-100k per week when he could earn double to treble elsewhere and win trophies. would the fans be happy to go back to being a selling club