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BBC now reporting on the fact that all Londoners will have to subsidise West Ham even more if they get relegated.


The public got absolutely rinsed on this stadium deal.

By a miniscule and inconsequential amount.

Honestly, just filling space with absolute sh!t

Like so many things, there is this presumption that people give 2 fcuking big ones about sh!t. The BBC can fcuk off.

In this world of today, most stuff just happens, with Virtual Jo Public blissfully and ignorantly unaware but also beset by crap.
 
By a miniscule and inconsequential amount.

Honestly, just filling space with absolute sh!t

Like so many things, there is this presumption that people give 2 fcuking big ones about sh!t. The BBC can fcuk off.

In this world of today, most stuff just happens, with Virtual Jo Public blissfully and ignorantly unaware but also beset by crap.

It's £2.5m on top of what is already a very subsidised Stadium. The cherry on top of a cake made of shite.
 
BBC now reporting on the fact that all Londoners will have to subsidise West Ham even more if they get relegated.


The public got absolutely rinsed on this stadium deal.

Crazy to be able to rent that stadium for a pittance at £4.4m even at PL level.
 
What is it with their perceived rivarly and this notion from them that we are their biggest enemies? I'm been hearing this shit from loads of them for over a decade. I once has an argument with a bloke who said that I, as a Spurs fan, was talking shit, by saying the rivarly wasn't seen the same way by us!!

It's like they are without an opposite (such as we have Woolwich) so that have picked us out of the London clubs, and have now deluded themselves into thing we are a two way conflict.

It's terribly sad really, but where does it come from? The old holligan days maybe?
Honestly, I think a lot of it comes from the fact that rivalries aren’t always equal on both sides. Chelsea fans seem to view Spurs as one of their biggest enemies, while for most Spurs fans, Woolwich has always been the main rivalry above everyone else. That’s why it sometimes feels a bit forced from their side.


Over the years, Chelsea probably looked at Spurs as the London club they clashed with the most consistently. Fulham and QPR never really had the same level, and rivalries with clubs like Liverpool or United were more about trophies than local identity. Meanwhile Spurs were nearby, competitive, and there was always tension in the matches.


The old hooligan era definitely added fuel to it too. In the 70s and 80s there was genuine bad blood between sections of the fans, and that kind of thing gets passed down through generations. Then the Premier League years made it even stronger with all the heated games, title race drama, and matches like the “Battle of the Bridge.”


But from a Spurs perspective, it’s hard for any rivalry to compare with Woolwich. That one is historical, geographical, cultural… it’s just different. So when Spurs fans say “we don’t really see Chelsea the same way,” Chelsea fans often take it badly because for many of them the feeling is very real.


So yeah, I don’t think it’s completely delusional from them, but I do think the rivalry means more to Chelsea fans overall than it traditionally has to Spurs fans.
 
I rate their move from Spamalot to the dreary confines of TLS as a significant milestone on the journey of football from a beautiful game to a naked money-making scheme.

Much like ourselves they were promised higher revenues, first rate accommodations, improved players, that the stadium would lead to grand results on the pitch - all lies. Lies from those who mismanaged a club to oblivion, treating it like strip mining operations. Squeezing every last drop they could out of a loved old club, at a 1 to 10 conversion rate of its soul to cash.

Whereas our owners were very successful at making money off the stadium scheme, theirs are only different in being too stupid to get it right.
 
As much as I dislike them, if they do go down, I have no doubt they will bounce straight back up , it might even make the current owners sell up , a season in the Championship, winning games and then coming up with new owners, hang on a minute that don't sound to bad does it......... :levyeyes:
It doesn’t and that’s why I wasn’t worried about relegation. Whether we got new owners was debatable but we would have changed the execs and strategy - but our revenue is 2.5x theirs so we have resilience and more players to sell eg VDV, Romero, Vic and Porro.

They need to half their costs and come straight up? Unlikely without a big cash injection / owner gamble
 
It doesn’t and that’s why I wasn’t worried about relegation. Whether we got new owners was debatable but we would have changed the execs and strategy - but our revenue is 2.5x theirs so we have resilience and more players to sell eg VDV, Romero, Vic and Porro.

They need to half their costs and come straight up? Unlikely without a big cash injection / owner gamble
Honestly our starting 11 is better than theirs even with our injuries. Their club has been run into the ground. They need lots of changes and a big bet on the club's leaders from the owner.
 
Honestly, I think a lot of it comes from the fact that rivalries aren’t always equal on both sides. Chelsea fans seem to view Spurs as one of their biggest enemies, while for most Spurs fans, Woolwich has always been the main rivalry above everyone else. That’s why it sometimes feels a bit forced from their side.


Over the years, Chelsea probably looked at Spurs as the London club they clashed with the most consistently. Fulham and QPR never really had the same level, and rivalries with clubs like Liverpool or United were more about trophies than local identity. Meanwhile Spurs were nearby, competitive, and there was always tension in the matches.


The old hooligan era definitely added fuel to it too. In the 70s and 80s there was genuine bad blood between sections of the fans, and that kind of thing gets passed down through generations. Then the Premier League years made it even stronger with all the heated games, title race drama, and matches like the “Battle of the Bridge.”


But from a Spurs perspective, it’s hard for any rivalry to compare with Woolwich. That one is historical, geographical, cultural… it’s just different. So when Spurs fans say “we don’t really see Chelsea the same way,” Chelsea fans often take it badly because for many of them the feeling is very real.


So yeah, I don’t think it’s completely delusional from them, but I do think the rivalry means more to Chelsea fans overall than it traditionally has to Spurs fans.
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