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You have encapsulated it perfectly, it's an experience a day out, winning is secondary.It's the experience though. When you buy tickets for the world best entertainment complex you should expect to pay the highest prices.
You're not really paying to watch your team. You're paying for the experience.
LeParisien
If it makes you feel any better, I once had a shirt with “****bell 23” on it.
LolI don't think he'd even touch the sides, Arch
He charges you by the inch, so bear that in mind
If people were binned for being critical of ENIC there would only be about 3 people left on hereDeuterz
For being critical of ENIC, it would seem. Can't see anything else that would warrant it. No personal abuse etc....
Centremetre lolHe charges you by the inch, so bear that in mind
I don't know that much about Liberty Media, but if they approach owning a football team the way they have with the Atlanta Braves I think Spurs fans would be pleased. One of the smartest and most forward looking organizations in baseball and focused on getting and keeping the best young talent available to sustain winning. What I don't entirely understand is how owning a football team (and I get the impression they are looking at more than one) fits into the company's vision for sports media. My guess is Liberty would be a smarter version of ENIC. They would have a business focus, but also a commitment to winning. They wouldn't be the biggest spenders in the league, but they would intend to invest in sustained excellence.Few things from COYS from Prof and Dragon 1 regarding the takeover talks - taken with a chuckle and lashings of
Dragon on coys
My understanding is currently is joe and liberty are on the same page re deal structure
what they are far apart on is the price for the percent age is the club that they are talking over
but the interest is real , as well as the F1 thing they own live nation the biggest concert operator in the states if sold the stadium will be used way way more , the deal makes sense on many levels
re Daniel blocking / stopping deals I can tell you in one instance a buyer found Daniel to be rude and arrogant , joe phoned the buyer and flew them out to The Bahamas to negotiate , Daniel has zero ability to stop a deal if joe likes it
Prof on COYS (site owner /Admin) PS The Gs are two ITKs he is referring to
I can’t tell whether the lack of interest from Spurs fans in the Liberty Media negotiations is because they don’t believe it’s a real possibility or because they don’t care.
Two of the Gs believe it’s got legs - far from a done deal, but (as dragon1 said) the outlines of how it would happen are in place. They believe it’s all about whether Liberty are willing to close the valuation gap for the 50%+ of the business that Liberty want.
and D1 in response (opinion, mixed with info)
The lack of interest is because our fan base want a Roman or mansour to ride in on a white horse and liberty are really another Enic but with two differences
1 - they will spend there own money on players , whilst Enic have spent with the exception of making the 150 million line of credit available recently which has barely been used Enic have only ever spent generated revenue on player investment ,liberty will be way more aggressive in the market place
2 - liberty will raise large amounts of debt for the buy out like the glazers did for United , Enic bought us for 40 million and apart from the stadium loan for the majority of their tenure we have been run debt free
what stuns me is that our fan base do not realize that Enic have accumulated enough land to build the largest housing redevelopment since the dock lands , we are 15 mins from islington and under 30 mins to the city , the 3 billion they are asking for the football club is chump change compared to the real estate potential worth
didn't even need to throw the bag at dybala. could've had grealish in if he didn't stall the deal and stop being a greedy cunt. a season or two later he gives up more money to buy Sessegnon. not only is he a cheap cunt at the wrong moments, he throws away money at players like ndombele because he's a muppet.
Some if our fans find it acceptable that ENIC and Levy has in increased the value of their investment of under 100 Million for their 86% shares, by more than 50 times, but the players on the field hasn't improved much over the past 20 years. They quite happy to enjoy the sight of the Exquisite Buildings that have popped up due to the staggering increase in price of anything Spurs related (known to be one of the highest of any team in the league). Daniel has got them wrapped around his finger. Real Estate at the expense of Football,
Few things from COYS from Prof and Dragon 1 regarding the takeover talks - taken with a chuckle and lashings of
Dragon on coys
My understanding is currently is joe and liberty are on the same page re deal structure
what they are far apart on is the price for the percent age is the club that they are talking over
but the interest is real , as well as the F1 thing they own live nation the biggest concert operator in the states if sold the stadium will be used way way more , the deal makes sense on many levels
re Daniel blocking / stopping deals I can tell you in one instance a buyer found Daniel to be rude and arrogant , joe phoned the buyer and flew them out to The Bahamas to negotiate , Daniel has zero ability to stop a deal if joe likes it
Prof on COYS (site owner /Admin) PS The Gs are two ITKs he is referring to
I can’t tell whether the lack of interest from Spurs fans in the Liberty Media negotiations is because they don’t believe it’s a real possibility or because they don’t care.
Two of the Gs believe it’s got legs - far from a done deal, but (as dragon1 said) the outlines of how it would happen are in place. They believe it’s all about whether Liberty are willing to close the valuation gap for the 50%+ of the business that Liberty want.
and D1 in response (opinion, mixed with info)
The lack of interest is because our fan base want a Roman or mansour to ride in on a white horse and liberty are really another Enic but with two differences
1 - they will spend there own money on players , whilst Enic have spent with the exception of making the 150 million line of credit available recently which has barely been used Enic have only ever spent generated revenue on player investment ,liberty will be way more aggressive in the market place
2 - liberty will raise large amounts of debt for the buy out like the glazers did for United , Enic bought us for 40 million and apart from the stadium loan for the majority of their tenure we have been run debt free
what stuns me is that our fan base do not realize that Enic have accumulated enough land to build the largest housing redevelopment since the dock lands , we are 15 mins from islington and under 30 mins to the city , the 3 billion they are asking for the football club is chump change compared to the real estate potential worth
Yeah. Labour council tho so can probably sway someone with a brown envelope
Yes. And I think there was recent confirmation that ENIC have recently received the go ahead to hold the Maximum number of 16 non football related events per year.
