Sale Approved

comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
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comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
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comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 10 seconds ago

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Or have a winning football team that wins trophies, gets bigger sponsorship deals. Wins more prize money and sells more shirts

I know what I would rather have.
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Yeah, my point exactly....you've been doing that, so where do you go from here?

Spurs haven't....if they can they have massive growth potential.

There's a reason why your new owners talked about stadium renewal.

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So you just answered your own question.

All clubs have massive growth potentials but tapping into them is the trickiest part. There is no single advantage to achieving that potential and it's certainly not a new stadium in itself. We had many years of Arsenal fans telling us that their new stadium would make a difference yet under their most or at least one of their most successful managers they failed to take advantage, even though breifly they bettered our revenues.

Matchday revenues are not as big a differentiator as they once were. It is good that you arealing the most of your stadium but it remains to be seen if that is enough.
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I'd agree that a stadium alone cannot make the massive difference but the difference between what Spurs and Arsenal have done is as i explained.

In Levy's words, Spurs have "diversified their revenues" so we are generating money from many non football things, all linked to the stadium & the training ground. Our training ground for example is used by England, other visiting internationals, other sports, NFL, it has a top end hotel and medical facilities. Its not just where Spurs train! and this typifies Levy's 'pioneering' approach. The stadium is the same.

New WHL has, since the pandemic, been exposed to a global audience with NFL and a World Heavy Weight boxing match. It is this exposure that the owners have been waiting for to secure sponsorship and I would not be surprised to see a deal come forward this year, especially as we now also have UCL.

This is world apart from Arsenal and it is these non-football areas which can give us an advantage over our contemporaries, and close that gap with those who are just bigger than us.

BTW you cannot tell me that our Matchday going from £45m to £125m is not a significant differentiator . Not the be all and end all but certainty a massive boost
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It is a huge boost, but it depends on whether Levy's focus is making money out of NFL or making money by winning trophies and being successful like Liverpool.

For Chelsea I hope the key is Women's football (a huge developing market), continued success of the best academy in the world, investment in the first team and then the stadium last.

You can have a 60k stadium like Arsenal and it still goes wrong. Wenger was wrong that the stadium was key
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Levy's focus is on generating income for the club to spend, if he gets more NFL games, a Super Bowl or a franchise in the door then that is mega bucks, whcih go into Spurs.

Arsenal and the Emirates was a different era, 16 years ago. After it opened they earned £2m more per home match than Spurs. 10 years ago matchday made up 35% of their revenues, its now less than 25%. Spurs took it a step further by making their stadium genuinely multi-functional.

I do not think Arsene/Arsenal were naïve at the time, i just think they were very focussed on football and did not think big enough. Spurs have thought very big.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 10 seconds ago

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Or have a winning football team that wins trophies, gets bigger sponsorship deals. Wins more prize money and sells more shirts

I know what I would rather have.
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Yeah, my point exactly....you've been doing that, so where do you go from here?

Spurs haven't....if they can they have massive growth potential.

There's a reason why your new owners talked about stadium renewal.

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So you just answered your own question.

All clubs have massive growth potentials but tapping into them is the trickiest part. There is no single advantage to achieving that potential and it's certainly not a new stadium in itself. We had many years of Arsenal fans telling us that their new stadium would make a difference yet under their most or at least one of their most successful managers they failed to take advantage, even though breifly they bettered our revenues.

Matchday revenues are not as big a differentiator as they once were. It is good that you arealing the most of your stadium but it remains to be seen if that is enough.
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I'd agree that a stadium alone cannot make the massive difference but the difference between what Spurs and Arsenal have done is as i explained.

In Levy's words, Spurs have "diversified their revenues" so we are generating money from many non football things, all linked to the stadium & the training ground. Our training ground for example is used by England, other visiting internationals, other sports, NFL, it has a top end hotel and medical facilities. Its not just where Spurs train! and this typifies Levy's 'pioneering' approach. The stadium is the same.

New WHL has, since the pandemic, been exposed to a global audience with NFL and a World Heavy Weight boxing match. It is this exposure that the owners have been waiting for to secure sponsorship and I would not be surprised to see a deal come forward this year, especially as we now also have UCL.

This is world apart from Arsenal and it is these non-football areas which can give us an advantage over our contemporaries, and close that gap with those who are just bigger than us.

BTW you cannot tell me that our Matchday going from £45m to £125m is not a significant differentiator . Not the be all and end all but certainty a massive boost
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It is a huge boost, but it depends on whether Levy's focus is making money out of NFL or making money by winning trophies and being successful like Liverpool.

For Chelsea I hope the key is Women's football (a huge developing market), continued success of the best academy in the world, investment in the first team and then the stadium last.

You can have a 60k stadium like Arsenal and it still goes wrong. Wenger was wrong that the stadium was key
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Levy's focus is on generating income for the club to spend, if he gets more NFL games, a Super Bowl or a franchise in the door then that is mega bucks, whcih go into Spurs.

Arsenal and the Emirates was a different era, 16 years ago. After it opened they earned £2m more per home match than Spurs. 10 years ago matchday made up 35% of their revenues, its now less than 25%. Spurs took it a step further by making their stadium genuinely multi-functional.

I do not think Arsene/Arsenal were naïve at the time, i just think they were very focussed on football and did not think big enough. Spurs have thought very big.
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Fair enough. Arsenal definitely took their eye off the ball commercially. And Chelsea made more money than Arsenal depsite being perceived by some as smaller club.

What Chelsea must do - and the Boehly group - is up the ante with commercial growth.

I think the Americans are the ones to do this

comment by King TUt - I can be your Hiro baby (U3732)
posted 3 hours, 52 minutes ago
Assna fans in the mud.

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Eh?
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Think it's his insult for Asda fans. They seem to have really wound him up

So Spurs are closing in on us are they? Well they aren’t half hiding it well aren’t they?

We’ve just played them 4 times in the season just gone and beaten them 4 times 😂

They even managed to throw a couple in their own net to help us out, not that we need that from them 😂

There may well be Clubs that are coming up on the rails but Spurs ain’t one of them. I don’t care how much money they generate the simple fact is that don’t want to spend any of it and Levy will continue to make them look 2 bob with his champagne tastes but lemonade money.

comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯✯ (U1561)
posted 4 minutes ago
So Spurs are closing in on us are they? Well they aren’t half hiding it well aren’t they?

We’ve just played them 4 times in the season just gone and beaten them 4 times 😂

They even managed to throw a couple in their own net to help us out, not that we need that from them 😂

There may well be Clubs that are coming up on the rails but Spurs ain’t one of them. I don’t care how much money they generate the simple fact is that don’t want to spend any of it and Levy will continue to make them look 2 bob with his champagne tastes but lemonade money.
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If you hadn't noticed we're the club right behind you, the same team that has gained more points than Chelsea since Conte arrived.

The same team that didn't even score a goal in the right end in the 4 games that we played against them.

The same team that only got top 4 because of the ineptitude of Arsenal and Man United and will struggle in the years to come once the likes of Newcastle start doing what Spurs won't (spending big money).

According to you we're already in decline and yet we have just finished above you in the League yet again, smashed you every time we played you and managed to win 2 trophies that you probably won't ever be good enough to qualify for and yet you seem to think that you're something that we should lose sleep about.

I haven't worried about Spurs for a very long time. The new White Hart Lane is still the same easy day out for us that the old one was for a very long time. Meanwhile the Bridge for you is a place that you all know is a waste of time you even coming as you might actually get a draw if you're very, very lucky.

So apart from the nice shiny new ground in a undesirable area, that you seem to think that you should be given a trophy for, what exactly do have going for you that we are going to be jealous of? I'll answer that for you - Nothing.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted on 25/5/22
Enjoy being owned by a private equity firm!

And dont be duped by the commitment to spend £1.75bn over 10 years. That amounts to £1bn for a stadium, probably through borrowing, and £75m a year in transfers, which is less than you spend already
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Hi Dev

£230m later 😂

comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted on 25/5/22
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 10 seconds ago

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Or have a winning football team that wins trophies, gets bigger sponsorship deals. Wins more prize money and sells more shirts

I know what I would rather have.
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Yeah, my point exactly....you've been doing that, so where do you go from here?

Spurs haven't....if they can they have massive growth potential.

There's a reason why your new owners talked about stadium renewal.

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So you just answered your own question.

All clubs have massive growth potentials but tapping into them is the trickiest part. There is no single advantage to achieving that potential and it's certainly not a new stadium in itself. We had many years of Arsenal fans telling us that their new stadium would make a difference yet under their most or at least one of their most successful managers they failed to take advantage, even though breifly they bettered our revenues.

Matchday revenues are not as big a differentiator as they once were. It is good that you arealing the most of your stadium but it remains to be seen if that is enough.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd agree that a stadium alone cannot make the massive difference but the difference between what Spurs and Arsenal have done is as i explained.

In Levy's words, Spurs have "diversified their revenues" so we are generating money from many non football things, all linked to the stadium & the training ground. Our training ground for example is used by England, other visiting internationals, other sports, NFL, it has a top end hotel and medical facilities. Its not just where Spurs train! and this typifies Levy's 'pioneering' approach. The stadium is the same.

New WHL has, since the pandemic, been exposed to a global audience with NFL and a World Heavy Weight boxing match. It is this exposure that the owners have been waiting for to secure sponsorship and I would not be surprised to see a deal come forward this year, especially as we now also have UCL.

This is world apart from Arsenal and it is these non-football areas which can give us an advantage over our contemporaries, and close that gap with those who are just bigger than us.

BTW you cannot tell me that our Matchday going from £45m to £125m is not a significant differentiator . Not the be all and end all but certainty a massive boost
----------------------------------------------------------------------

It is a huge boost, but it depends on whether Levy's focus is making money out of NFL or making money by winning trophies and being successful like Liverpool.

For Chelsea I hope the key is Women's football (a huge developing market), continued success of the best academy in the world, investment in the first team and then the stadium last.

You can have a 60k stadium like Arsenal and it still goes wrong. Wenger was wrong that the stadium was key
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We told arsenal that then just as we have told you that since you developed your ground. There is more to football than attendance figures. We are just ahead of you now and I'll take that given the sanctions we were under until recently. Whilst most clubs were planning their pre season tours, booking flights and hotels, we couldn't. Since the sale we have achieved souch more than most people realise and to sit where we are now is not a bad place to be all things considered. Every week that passes we will be more organised, more structured and better prepared. Looking forward to the window closing and getting on with things.

comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 1 week, 1 day ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted on 25/5/22
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 10 seconds ago

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Or have a winning football team that wins trophies, gets bigger sponsorship deals. Wins more prize money and sells more shirts

I know what I would rather have.
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Yeah, my point exactly....you've been doing that, so where do you go from here?

Spurs haven't....if they can they have massive growth potential.

There's a reason why your new owners talked about stadium renewal.

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So you just answered your own question.

All clubs have massive growth potentials but tapping into them is the trickiest part. There is no single advantage to achieving that potential and it's certainly not a new stadium in itself. We had many years of Arsenal fans telling us that their new stadium would make a difference yet under their most or at least one of their most successful managers they failed to take advantage, even though breifly they bettered our revenues.

Matchday revenues are not as big a differentiator as they once were. It is good that you arealing the most of your stadium but it remains to be seen if that is enough.
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I'd agree that a stadium alone cannot make the massive difference but the difference between what Spurs and Arsenal have done is as i explained.

In Levy's words, Spurs have "diversified their revenues" so we are generating money from many non football things, all linked to the stadium & the training ground. Our training ground for example is used by England, other visiting internationals, other sports, NFL, it has a top end hotel and medical facilities. Its not just where Spurs train! and this typifies Levy's 'pioneering' approach. The stadium is the same.

New WHL has, since the pandemic, been exposed to a global audience with NFL and a World Heavy Weight boxing match. It is this exposure that the owners have been waiting for to secure sponsorship and I would not be surprised to see a deal come forward this year, especially as we now also have UCL.

This is world apart from Arsenal and it is these non-football areas which can give us an advantage over our contemporaries, and close that gap with those who are just bigger than us.

BTW you cannot tell me that our Matchday going from £45m to £125m is not a significant differentiator . Not the be all and end all but certainty a massive boost
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It is a huge boost, but it depends on whether Levy's focus is making money out of NFL or making money by winning trophies and being successful like Liverpool.

For Chelsea I hope the key is Women's football (a huge developing market), continued success of the best academy in the world, investment in the first team and then the stadium last.

You can have a 60k stadium like Arsenal and it still goes wrong. Wenger was wrong that the stadium was key
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We told arsenal that then just as we have told you that since you developed your ground. There is more to football than attendance figures. We are just ahead of you now and I'll take that given the sanctions we were under until recently. Whilst most clubs were planning their pre season tours, booking flights and hotels, we couldn't. Since the sale we have achieved souch more than most people realise and to sit where we are now is not a bad place to be all things considered. Every week that passes we will be more organised, more structured and better prepared. Looking forward to the window closing and getting on with things.
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you forgot to add....looking for a new manager

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 45 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 1 week, 1 day ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted on 25/5/22
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 10 seconds ago

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Or have a winning football team that wins trophies, gets bigger sponsorship deals. Wins more prize money and sells more shirts

I know what I would rather have.
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Yeah, my point exactly....you've been doing that, so where do you go from here?

Spurs haven't....if they can they have massive growth potential.

There's a reason why your new owners talked about stadium renewal.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
So you just answered your own question.

All clubs have massive growth potentials but tapping into them is the trickiest part. There is no single advantage to achieving that potential and it's certainly not a new stadium in itself. We had many years of Arsenal fans telling us that their new stadium would make a difference yet under their most or at least one of their most successful managers they failed to take advantage, even though breifly they bettered our revenues.

Matchday revenues are not as big a differentiator as they once were. It is good that you arealing the most of your stadium but it remains to be seen if that is enough.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd agree that a stadium alone cannot make the massive difference but the difference between what Spurs and Arsenal have done is as i explained.

In Levy's words, Spurs have "diversified their revenues" so we are generating money from many non football things, all linked to the stadium & the training ground. Our training ground for example is used by England, other visiting internationals, other sports, NFL, it has a top end hotel and medical facilities. Its not just where Spurs train! and this typifies Levy's 'pioneering' approach. The stadium is the same.

New WHL has, since the pandemic, been exposed to a global audience with NFL and a World Heavy Weight boxing match. It is this exposure that the owners have been waiting for to secure sponsorship and I would not be surprised to see a deal come forward this year, especially as we now also have UCL.

This is world apart from Arsenal and it is these non-football areas which can give us an advantage over our contemporaries, and close that gap with those who are just bigger than us.

BTW you cannot tell me that our Matchday going from £45m to £125m is not a significant differentiator . Not the be all and end all but certainty a massive boost
----------------------------------------------------------------------

It is a huge boost, but it depends on whether Levy's focus is making money out of NFL or making money by winning trophies and being successful like Liverpool.

For Chelsea I hope the key is Women's football (a huge developing market), continued success of the best academy in the world, investment in the first team and then the stadium last.

You can have a 60k stadium like Arsenal and it still goes wrong. Wenger was wrong that the stadium was key
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We told arsenal that then just as we have told you that since you developed your ground. There is more to football than attendance figures. We are just ahead of you now and I'll take that given the sanctions we were under until recently. Whilst most clubs were planning their pre season tours, booking flights and hotels, we couldn't. Since the sale we have achieved souch more than most people realise and to sit where we are now is not a bad place to be all things considered. Every week that passes we will be more organised, more structured and better prepared. Looking forward to the window closing and getting on with things.
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you forgot to add....looking for a new manager
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And another 100m spend at Xmas