The Official Tottenham Hotspur Thread [Vol 7]
Discussion
ascayman said:
lloris was always going to go this summer as I suspect will Erickson. Its what happens when you have a chairman that wont spend any money.
I think Ericksen will stay this year, but Vert will be on the move. From what I've seen of his performances I wouldn't be too bothered. If he recovered his form then I wouldn't want to see him go. 
I had a feeling much of the delay in forging on was for this, we've been on a US charm offensive since around the time the rumour mill of the Jaguars being the franchise that's most likely to transit to London, they've subsequently become the 'home team' for 1 then 2 then 3 games at Wembley, a stadium that can't do 8 games+preseason+possible post season games.
The delay in our stadium may well in part have been waiting for the stars to align and the NFL:UK product to become mature enough to be feasible and written into the design.
A seperate playing surface is genius and leaves only fixture scheduling as the major headache but with NFL games being mostly Sun/Mon the retractable pitch would make it possible to host two different sport on consecutive days, very very ambitious and potentialy the revenue generator that helps us bridge the gap
to Arsenal, Utd and the financial dopers.
We hosted London Monarchs in years gone by (with ridiculous 45 yard halves).
There is one Elephant in the room though, UK based fans of NFL already have a team they support, implanting one in the UK and expecting a fan base is a stretch and if we've invested millions in the stadium infrastructure to support an experiment that fails we are again behind our rivals.
The delay in our stadium may well in part have been waiting for the stars to align and the NFL:UK product to become mature enough to be feasible and written into the design.
A seperate playing surface is genius and leaves only fixture scheduling as the major headache but with NFL games being mostly Sun/Mon the retractable pitch would make it possible to host two different sport on consecutive days, very very ambitious and potentialy the revenue generator that helps us bridge the gap
to Arsenal, Utd and the financial dopers.
We hosted London Monarchs in years gone by (with ridiculous 45 yard halves).
There is one Elephant in the room though, UK based fans of NFL already have a team they support, implanting one in the UK and expecting a fan base is a stretch and if we've invested millions in the stadium infrastructure to support an experiment that fails we are again behind our rivals.
Edited by JustinF on Thursday 23 April 19:51
Didnt i say before about the nfl n spurs. The nfl are willing to stump up some cash for it and they have retractable pitches in the us. Is there space for the same at the new ground.
There was also talk of red bull looking to get un with the nfl in the uk and stadium naming rights etc
There was also talk of red bull looking to get un with the nfl in the uk and stadium naming rights etc
JustinF said:
There is one Elephant in the room though, UK based fans of NFL already have a team they support, implanting one in the UK and expecting a fan base is a stretch and if we've invested millions in the stadium infrastructure to support an experiment that fails we are again behind our rivals.
NFL is one of, if not the most financially astute sports there is. They've had a game plan over the years with the Wembley matches and I'm sure that if they decide to come over, they'll give it a damned good go and won't cut and run. Their reputation will be on the line. However, I would surmise that they won't commit until every single duck is happily in the row.
Exciting times.
Lloris back 
t must you be, Lamela has scored"
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