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The season is underway and the window
is shut, so this is it until January.
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With the summer transfer window
closing, there are changes among our personnel, which we will have to
live with, at least until January. The Beast roared off to
Loftus Road
The area of the team which
surprisingly was not added to was the forward line, with Ade, Harry and
Roberto, the lone options in attack. Lamela could play there, but might
prefer the play ahead of him rather than playing with his back to goal,
so one up top looks the most likely formation, with the midfield
supporting them and hopefully chipping in with their fair share of
goals.
The club had made a little
headway with the Government finally enforcing a Compulsory Purchase
Order for the remaining one business on Paxton Road, but a challenge to
this might hold proceedings up for nearly four years according to some
reports. The prospects of a deal with the owner seem remote now,
as he is holding out for every penny he can get, so the intended opening of
the new stadium could be as late as 2020, with all the lost revenue that
goes with that. I don't think it will be put back that far, even
if Josif Josif goes through the European Courts, but a prospective new
owner might not view the situation favourably.
The concerns that our "home" matches
might be played at Brighton and Hove Albion, Ipswich Town,
Wembley or Milton Keynes are now materialising. Wembley has been joined
by Twickenham as a potentially large enough venue but are restricted by
the number of sporting events they can hold in a year, plus the FA might
charge us a fortune to play there and there could be restrictions on how
much of the ground could be used. Brighton and Ipswich might be
interested, but the capacities are not great. Arsenal is off the
cards for a ground share. Chelsea wouldn't entertain it and I also
saw the comment that QPR are not interested. With their ground
size, I am not sure that they were going to be asked anyway.
Negotiations to use the Olympic
Stadium have surprisingly become a topic the Legacy organisation want to
discuss now !! Maybe they are having regrets about their favoured
candidate for permanent occupancy.
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Whatever happens ... you know
Tottenham ... it won't be a simple worry-free season.
Keep the faith.
MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE CUPS AT WHITE HART LANE
MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE CUPS AT WHITE HART LANE
MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE CUPS AT WHITE HART LANE
AND THE SPURS GO MARCHING ON.
BRUCE
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