West Ham get Olympic Stadium

stg · Post by **stg** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:28 pm

If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:35 pm

stg wrote:If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?

Upton park?

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:39 pm

Boomer wrote:
stg wrote:If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?
Upton park?

I would literally cry milky tears of joy from my penis if that happened.

StuartL · Post by **StuartL** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:41 pm

Sugar came across (on talkshite) as a real bully, demanding that Harringay do this, that and the other to accomodate the tiny totts stadium plans blah, blah, blah.

Why the hell can't they build their own stadium with their own money or borrow it from banks - not from Harringay Council over a fixed term 25 year repayment at special rates like he was demanding.

Get Enic / Joe Lewis to waste some more of his hard earned and do it yourselves as you are such a big club.

Oh and what the fuck has it got to do with you anyway Sugar me old plum, you sold out and left the spuds years ago.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:44 pm

StuartL wrote:Sugar came across (on talkshite) as a real bully, demanding that Harringay do this, that and the other to accomodate the tiny totts stadium plans blah, blah, blah.

Why the hell can't they build their own stadium with their own money or borrow it from banks - not from Harringay Council over a fixed term 25 year repayment at special rates like he was demanding.

Get Enic / Joe Lewis to waste some more of his hard earned and do it yourselves as you are such a big club.

Oh and what the fuck has it got to do with you anyway Sugar me old plum, you sold out and left the spuds years ago.

I think this give Harringay MORE leverage.
I think they should re-evaluate there cost and maybe get more out of it?

Deise Gooner · Post by **Deise Gooner** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:28 pm

Just seen it on the ITV news the stand behind the goal is miles from the pitch

LDB · Post by **LDB** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:02 pm

I have to say that i thought spurs had by far the better bid

Although im ecstatic that all of the people who give a shit about athletics in this country grouped together to screw the spuds; they both did a stellar job

RNTGOONER · Post by **RNTGOONER** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:02 am

The thing with this is don't they get a stadium paid for by our tax, and then get a further 100 million from us? wtf nobody gave us a 100million to build our stadium

safcftm · Post by **safcftm** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:24 am

stg wrote:If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?

fuck themselves?

Honestly though, what a fucking waste of time, effort and no doubt money, that bid was. "We will let you host the Olympics if this lovely new stadium you are building is kept as a stadium for British athletics long after the Olympics are finished", "aye, well, we've got a plan like, how abouts we take the stadium, rip out the athletics bit, use it purely for football but spend a bit of money on slightly improving a much worse Crystal Palace athletics place?", "erm, nah, sounds a bit of a shit plan really"

They were never, ever going to win this one. TBH I preferred their idea since i fucking hate football stadiums with fucking athletics tracks round them, but still, destined to fail as soon as they wanted to use the stadium purely for football. And now West Ham are going to have a fucking massive stadium despite being shit. Likely to get relegated this season and, if that happens, it could be a while before they're back- they are nowhere near as well supported as Spurs and if relegated they could end up regretting taking on the stadium

Deise Gooner · Post by **Deise Gooner** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:42 am

safcftm wrote:
stg wrote:If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?
fuck themselves?

Honestly though, what a fucking waste of time, effort and no doubt money, that bid was. "We will let you host the Olympics if this lovely new stadium you are building is kept as a stadium for British athletics long after the Olympics are finished", "aye, well, we've got a plan like, how abouts we take the stadium, rip out the athletics bit, use it purely for football but spend a bit of money on slightly improving a much worse Crystal Palace athletics place?", "erm, nah, sounds a bit of a shit plan really"

They were never, ever going to win this one. TBH I preferred their idea since i fucking hate football stadiums with fucking athletics tracks round them, but still, destined to fail as soon as they wanted to use the stadium purely for football. And now West Ham are going to have a fucking massive stadium despite being shit. Likely to get relegated this season and, if that happens, it could be a while before they're back- they are nowhere near as well supported as Spurs and if relegated they could end up regretting taking on the stadium

Fact is athletics and football dont mix when it comes to stadiums. Football fans dont want to pay top dollar to be sat far away from the action simple as. The Spurs bid made sense for a football stadium and the West Ham bid made sense from a multi use standpoint but football was always going to be the loser if West Ham won it. If West Ham get relegated there is no way they fill a 60,000 seater week in week out the whole thing is a joke. this is what hammers fans will have to put up with

Perryashburtongroves · Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:07 am

I suppose they could always use the running tracks as pitches for their market stalls or as parking for the rag n' bone vans.

RNTGOONER · Post by **RNTGOONER** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:34 pm

Deise Gooner wrote:
safcftm wrote:
stg wrote:If spurs do not re build at WHL now where do you think they could go?
fuck themselves?

Honestly though, what a fucking waste of time, effort and no doubt money, that bid was. "We will let you host the Olympics if this lovely new stadium you are building is kept as a stadium for British athletics long after the Olympics are finished", "aye, well, we've got a plan like, how abouts we take the stadium, rip out the athletics bit, use it purely for football but spend a bit of money on slightly improving a much worse Crystal Palace athletics place?", "erm, nah, sounds a bit of a shit plan really"

They were never, ever going to win this one. TBH I preferred their idea since i fucking hate football stadiums with fucking athletics tracks round them, but still, destined to fail as soon as they wanted to use the stadium purely for football. And now West Ham are going to have a fucking massive stadium despite being shit. Likely to get relegated this season and, if that happens, it could be a while before they're back- they are nowhere near as well supported as Spurs and if relegated they could end up regretting taking on the stadium
Fact is athletics and football dont mix when it comes to stadiums. Football fans dont want to pay top dollar to be sat far away from the action simple as. The Spurs bid made sense for a football stadium and the West Ham bid made sense from a multi use standpoint but football was always going to be the loser if West Ham won it. If West Ham get relegated there is no way they fill a 60,000 seater week in week out the whole thing is a joke. this is what hammers fans will have to put up with

this is true but that shower of shite get to sell upton park and everyone pays for thier new stadium they don't give a fuck, they just made some cash off the tax paying people,

StuartL · Post by **StuartL** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:10 pm

Which is precisely why Gold, Sullivan and Brady "invested" in West Ham.
A nice little earner

LDB · Post by **LDB** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:18 pm

StuartL wrote:Which is precisely why Gold, Sullivan and Brady "invested" in West Ham.
A nice little earner

What having a shiny new 60,000 stadium in london within pissing distance of the corporates also does is make one attractive for sugar daddy takeovers.

Dont be surprised if in 4 years time west ham becomes a vanity project from oil barons in a made-up middle eastern country.

norfbankN16 · Post by **norfbankN16** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:25 pm

To be honest I cant see anyone moving into the Olympic Stadium. Also if the 'ammers do stay up and avoid relegation they still wont be able to fill it, we can't even fill ours.