I do agree with this. But, when Juve had delle Alpi, the Italian league was better and had a much better reputation, they were there in the days of Gazzetta Italia on Channel 4 and the notion that the Italian league was better that Spain, England and certainly Germany. Times have changed, but one day the Premier League will have a period of decline and they'll have the exact same issues as Juve do now.London is one of the great cities of the World and the EPL is possibly the most competitive/greatest tournament. West Ham with the correct marketing could sell themselves as the (only?) place in London for tourists to see football.
Juve don't have this advantage - they have a relatively poor championship in a decent enough place but no world beater. People don't go to Rome to see Lazio or Roma. The earlier poster who suggested the transport links and the proximity to the City/Canary Wharf is dead right in my opinion. Ripe for investment. Drop off the wife in the shopping area for a couple of hours and go and see football - that's if there are any tickets left!
West Ham have a huge opportunity, but they are also taking a big risk.Which will lead to a terrible atmosphere, I could see them losing a large chunk of their "real" support because of this, and that could be trouble further down the line
I don't know for sure, but u think their contract days they get first dibs or precedent any time they need it, which is why the athletics legacy is such a fallacy. But I don't know whether I'm right or what the rules are.I heard a rumour that they don't have a stadium for the Europa qualifiers - anyone know if that's right? I heard it was booked out by UK Athletics and they can't use the Boleyn?
How hilarious it'd be if the Brady bunch came knocking on our door?
Someone please tell me that's true!!!!!
Apparently the anniversary games are scheduled for the 24th and it takes 7days to convert the stadium, so if they get drawn at home in the first leg then they will have issues....... I'd refuse to swap legs if I were their opponent, as why would you want to lose home advantage in the return leg?
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...round-europa-league-olympic-stadium-athletics
Apparently the anniversary games are scheduled for the 24th and it takes 7days to convert the stadium, so if they get drawn at home in the first leg then they will have issues....... I'd refuse to swap legs if I were their opponent, as why would you want to lose home advantage in the return leg?
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...round-europa-league-olympic-stadium-athletics
I'm sure they'll come to some agreement with the guys who bought upton park to play there. They haven't started demolishing it yet, have they?
This is the moment levy picks up the phone and says to the dildo brothers "you can borrow whl for a game. Will cost you £50 million though!"
Apparently the anniversary games are scheduled for the 24th and it takes 7days to convert the stadium, so if they get drawn at home in the first leg then they will have issues....... I'd refuse to swap legs if I were their opponent, as why would you want to lose home advantage in the return leg?
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...round-europa-league-olympic-stadium-athletics
They will probably get to buy the stadium for a knockdown price in a few years, atletics legacy, pull the other one.Honest question here,
I don't know too much about all this but people saying they could be ripe for a takeover, why would someone want to take them over when they don't actually own the stadium or land and the only real assets are the players? compared to say us who will own the land, stadium (although with debt to start with)
I'm sure they'll come to some agreement with the guys who bought upton park to play there. They haven't started demolishing it yet, have they?
This is the moment levy picks up the phone and says to the dildo brothers "you can borrow whl for a game. Will cost you £50 million though!"
Isn't there a rule that you can only use 1 "home" ground during the competition?
Oh really? That's them buggered then!
I know that's true for the Premier League, but I've never heard it about European competition. I've never known a team to use 2 grounds though, so could very well be true.Isn't there a rule that you can only use 1 "home" ground during the competition?
I think it's about perceived value. There's two elements, the first is real assets, but owning the ground doesn't mean a huge amount in itself. The value of a real asset like that is not in the ownership of it, which is actually a liability not an asset, it's in the future sale of that asset. The future sale of it only means something if you can make more from selling it that from buying it.. I.e. buying a warehouse to turn the site into houses. Football stadiums rarely offer that possibility, so although they are an asset with a value and they cost money to buy (as part of a club or on their own) they are far from a deal breaker when it comes to buying a football club (unless you're actively pursuing moving the club to a different and cheaper area, in which case you need the asset to offset the new build costs; again, which wouldn't apply to THFC post stadium build).Honest question here,
I don't know too much about all this but people saying they could be ripe for a takeover, why would someone want to take them over when they don't actually own the stadium or land and the only real assets are the players? compared to say us who will own the land, stadium (although with debt to start with)
I know that's true for the Premier League, but I've never heard it about European competition. I've never known a team to use 2 grounds though, so could very well be true.