theHotHead wrote:StLGooner wrote:Özim wrote:StLGooner wrote:Özim wrote:Would we though, seems to me it was the beginning of the end, once we moved it was downhill from there, we could have moved later on anyhow like other clubs have.
For me there's not been a lot we've done right since the move, the focus on finances was particularly driven by this.
Yes probably. We needed more revenue, hence the new stadium with more seats. We wouldn't be able to compete financially and we still barely can now. Old news. Next topic!
Spurs pretty much kept up and improved without a new stadium, yes finances certainly help, but money from stadiums these days isn't the be all and end all, CL qualification maes a huge difference as does success.
Not convinced myself, like I said, Kroenke would have never come onboard, had he not things might have turned out differently, as mentioned Abramovic may have even bought us (or another billionaire who likes football), the self sustaining model is a pipedream these days, the big clubs usually have rich ambitious owners. We had one of course in Usmanov, but he never had any power.
We kept up too until the last two seasons. Plus Spurs just moved, they were good before they moved. I think you're just going by coincidence too much. Without extra revenue we'd be worse off and without the plans to move, I guarantee you Kroenke wouldn't have even been interested. Or he would have just moved us himself. Plus you're not making much sense. Are you saying that it was some kind of jinx once we moved? You either have a billionaire owner or you try to self sustain. We had neither so had to try something. We were already heading toward this, which the club saw, so they tried to be a self sustaining club and still are. We aren't far off, it does help to have a rich owner though. But we're not City, or Chelsea.
Kept up with who/what? We have not challenged for the league legitimately (Leicester winning season aside) since 2010.
And I said nothing about challenging for the league. Kept up, is different than challenging for the title. It's not as if we have been mid table or worse the past 12 years. We've been right there. So yes, we kept up. Semantics really.