Terry_dactyl
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Shh! you know the rules!
Luton Ground (4 Viewers)
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Terry_dactyl
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I can only smell sour grapes.
Flying Fokker
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Some people choose that view. Most are quite open minded. What side do you fall on?
mmttww
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To be clear, you expected Luton to drop £10m on work to their ground in case they got promoted? Think that through.
Grendel
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Well yes as the PL and both clubs have the option to reverse or postpone
Warwickhunt
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we got one this season gone because our ground was not ready to playon in the first 3 games!
Sick Boy
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The two situations aren’t comparable; it’s more comparable to the CBS not being finished in time for the season.
skybluetony176
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They’re there on merit as far as I’m concerned and the PL should be accommodating. Last thing football needs is more exclusivity where it’s placing exclusivity on reaching the top of the pyramid. If you want that watch Rugby Union.
clint van damme
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Good luck to Luton, I hope they stay up, and I hope they do it at the expense of someone like Everton who've been throwing money round like confetti, going through big name managers like they're going out of fashion and achieving absolutely fuck all other than a brand of football that would put you off watching the game.
stevefloyd
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Ahh its turned into a bickering thread ...again!
SkyBlueSoul
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Tbf if you read the BBC article it says it is due to be ready on time but only just. So rather than any potential delay cause a last minute postponement and piss fans off, they're calling it now and both Burnley and the PL agree that's fine. A non-story really.
chiefdave
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Why did they not schedule their first few games away? They've done that in the past for other teams and there was always going to be a risk it wouldn't be ready
Warwickhunt
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Good luck to Luton I say! They need to splash the cash to stay up though
ceetee
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As far as I'm aware there's little or nothing spectator related. It's all about providing the press and TV with the facilities they so richly think they deserve
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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ceetee
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I think most of us are of the opinion they're just going to take the money and run and spend that money on their new ground
SkyBlueSoul
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I get what you're saying but you'd want to play your first home game back in the PL asap. For as long as it looks like you could, why postpone? I imagine they were in regular contact with the PL and with it not being a health and safety issue they were probably happy to let it slide a bit.
jim20
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If that is what is needed to get promoted then yes. Other teams in the past have not been able to move up the football pyramid if they don’t have stadiums which meet the criteria of the league above. Why should it be any different from championship to premier league. One example being Stevenage not being promoted to the football league in the 90s.
My big problem with it, isn’t to do with Luton, it’s the inconsistencies across the leagues in this country. One minute a rule is followed, the next jt can be bent/ broken depending on the club and the situation. Which increases the unfairness in football. It’s already massively weighted in bigger clubs favour because of the Sky money, parachute payments etc. To then not implement rules fairly makes it even worse.
shmmeee
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I dunno. I think the rule is stupid. So what if the media can’t get in? Safety or capacity is one thing, I don’t feel much sympathy that we might not get a full camera crew for the first few home games.
To be honest they should have redeveloped last season cos they were clearly trending in that direction. But did they have the cash to do so until promotion?
To be honest they should have redeveloped last season cos they were clearly trending in that direction. But did they have the cash to do so until promotion?
Offhegoes
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This sounds a bit like sour grapes to me. Luton have been through the shit just like we have. I hated losing the final but they were the better team on the day without a doubt. Our tactic of hoofing it to Vik (which was forced due to O’Hare and Palmer being out) was always likely to be nullified by a half decent team that did their homework, and Luton did.
Old Warwickshire lad
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And I don’t blame them one little bit. It’s their money.
ceetee
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Oh, I agree.
There was a time when I thought it would be too soon if we were promoted and then I thought no, just take the money and consolidate
mmttww
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I don't understand this at all. It's one game. Once they had the capital, they did the work. What that's got to do with Stevenage in the 90s, f*ck knows.
We broke rules, got a suspended punishment. Should we have been docked points there and then instead? I'll be rooting for them, I know that much.
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Different league aswell - premier league under different governing to the EFL
jim20
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The suspended points is still a punishment.
It’s about consistency in the rules, no consistency from the governing body, that’s all.
Sick Boy
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I don’t think they’re all that bothered about staying up.They probably have something like a 10 year plan to become an established PL club though.
Grendel
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You do realise it’s two different bodies with different sets of rules?
jim20
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I do realise that. But there should still be consistency
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Different scenario aswell - Stevenage was a capacity issue, which I think is the same in the prem. Luton’s is media facilities isn’t it? Can be added before the season which they expect.
Skyblueweeman
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If I was a Luton fan browsing this one, it would be a case of what we think the Sunderland forum is like.
Peter Billing Eyes
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Although Luton were in the ascendancy again at the end of the playoff final, the key for me was the Hamer injury. He stays on the field and I believe we would have won the game.
Not sure what to make of their stadium situation, it’s a dump that is barely fit for any division, but it’s not like they haven’t been going through years of planning wrangles trying to sort out their new ground. There probably has been a reluctance to blow a load of cash upgrading Kenilworth Road.
Not sure what to make of their stadium situation, it’s a dump that is barely fit for any division, but it’s not like they haven’t been going through years of planning wrangles trying to sort out their new ground. There probably has been a reluctance to blow a load of cash upgrading Kenilworth Road.
clint van damme
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3 if you include Dave
clint van damme
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Very mackemesque, though to be fair its only a small minority.