Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Des Little]

There is absolutely no way West Ham fill their 60k stadium with die hard jellied eel-eating blokes called Gal.  They're Fulham with a bigger ground.

London is a different country to Birmingham in many ways, not least the draw of your daytripper football fan.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Watching the Spurs game the other day there was the common proliferation of Asian fans, quite a few brandishing Korean flags. Now let's say we signed Son or someone of equal stature, would we attract these fans? I think we would but not in the numbers they do for the simple reason of location. They can combine a visit to the football with a trip to one of the great cities of the world, we will never have that.

The sudden jump in supporters at Woolwich, W Ham and Spurs after their move is almost definitely down to tourist fans.

London has the largest Korean community in Europe ( New Malden to be precise) so there’s a fan base for Son virtually on Spurs’ doorstep. I also read the other day that 12m out of South Korea’s 51m population describe themselves as Spurs fans. If only 10% of them actually buy a shirt, that’s a pile of money.

[VillaTim]

Watching the Spurs game the other day there was the common proliferation of Asian fans, quite a few brandishing Korean flags. Now let's say we signed Son or someone of equal stature, would we attract these fans? I think we would but not in the numbers they do for the simple reason of location. They can combine a visit to the football with a trip to one of the great cities of the world, we will never have that.

The sudden jump in supporters at Woolwich, W Ham and Spurs after their move is almost definitely down to tourist fans.

London has the largest Korean community in Europe ( New Malden to be precise) so there’s a fan base for Son virtually on Spurs’ doorstep. I also read the other day that 12m out of South Korea’s 51m population describe themselves as Spurs fans. If only 10% of them actually buy a shirt, that’s a pile of money.

What happens when Son moves on

[Rigadon]

Has the negative Heck stuff been reported anywhere other than twitter yet?

[Somniloquism]

Has the negative Heck stuff been reported anywhere other than twitter yet?

Most decent journalist places need proof from multiple sources. However they also want to maintain access to the club for other stories as well. So I doubt they would run anything unless everything is rock-solid.

[Des Little]

Forget the North Stand.  Buy Son at any cost.

[Demitri_C]

Watching the Spurs game the other day there was the common proliferation of Asian fans, quite a few brandishing Korean flags. Now let's say we signed Son or someone of equal stature, would we attract these fans? I think we would but not in the numbers they do for the simple reason of location. They can combine a visit to the football with a trip to one of the great cities of the world, we will never have that.

The sudden jump in supporters at Woolwich, W Ham and Spurs after their move is almost definitely down to tourist fans.

London has the largest Korean community in Europe ( New Malden to be precise) so there’s a fan base for Son virtually on Spurs’ doorstep. I also read the other day that 12m out of South Korea’s 51m population describe themselves as Spurs fans. If only 10% of them actually buy a shirt, that’s a pile of money.

Im suprised we dont have more egyptian fans to be honest with our links with the owner

[Rigadon]

Has the negative Heck stuff been reported anywhere other than twitter yet?

Most decent journalist places need proof from multiple sources. However they also want to maintain access to the club for other stories as well. So I doubt they would run anything unless everything is rock-solid.

So the club will no doubt sit on it I suppose (if there is an 'it' to sit on). No point denying stuff if unconfirmed in the first place and not being discussed anywhere in the main stream.

What about the stuff about the FFP?  I also haven't read anything in the mainstream about that either. 

'Drip-drip' negative vibes going on.  But anybody can write anything on X I suppose. 

[Brazilian Villain]

Im suprised we dont have more egyptian fans to be honest with our links with the owner

They're waiting for us to move to the Alexandria Stadium.

[Somniloquism]

What about the stuff about the FFP?  I also haven't read anything in the mainstream about that either.

'Drip-drip' negative vibes going on.  But anybody can write anything on X I suppose.

Are you talking about the UEFA report that someone linked on here? Or the few mentions from The Atlantic which appeared to be un-true? Neither were Twitter stuff afaik.

[Clampy]

Im suprised we dont have more egyptian fans to be honest with our links with the owner

They're waiting for us to move to the Alexandria Stadium.

Or waiting for us to re-sign Nigel Sphinx.

[Des Little]

Or Nile Ranger

[LeeB]

We need to reach the top of the footballing pyramid first.

[VillaTim]

What about the stuff about the FFP?  I also haven't read anything in the mainstream about that either.

'Drip-drip' negative vibes going on.  But anybody can write anything on X I suppose.

Are you talking about the UEFA report that someone linked on here? Or the few mentions from The Atlantic which appeared to be un-true? Neither were Twitter stuff afaik.

what a surprise

[Rigadon]

What about the stuff about the FFP?  I also haven't read anything in the mainstream about that either.

'Drip-drip' negative vibes going on.  But anybody can write anything on X I suppose.

Are you talking about the UEFA report that someone linked on here? Or the few mentions from The Atlantic which appeared to be un-true? Neither were Twitter stuff afaik.

I suppose I’m like most on that I only take a passing interest in stuff outside of the football.   I think I’m talking about the UEFA stuff.  Must concentrate more!!