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  • Start date Jul 14, 2023
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Flying Fokker

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Is it right that their first home game has been postponed. Ground unfit due to work. Frustrating for fans.
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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well, well, well. Cheats failed to spend on the ground and got the advatage on the pitch.
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
well, well, well. Cheats failed to spend on the ground and got the advatage on the pitch.
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But the same was said of our situation. It is what it is.
 

fatso

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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They should immediately be banished back to the Championship and replaced with the playoff final runners up!!!
 
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stay_up_skyblues

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Should probably keep our heads down on this one.
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Flying Fokker said:
But the same was said of our situation. It is what it is.
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Well....Wasps agreed that we had primacy over the use of the ground when in fact we were locked out. We paid full rent and Luton put the money instead into the team over seasons.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
Well....Wasp agreed that we had primacy over the use of the ground when in fact we were locked out. We paid full rent and Luton put the money instead into the team over seasons.
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We hadn’t got our ground ready when we moved into the Ricoh
 
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quinn1971

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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stay_up_skyblues said:
Should probably keep our heads down on this one.
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think your right although we didn’t postpone our games, couldn’t they play it somewhere else
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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quinn1971 said:
think your right although we didn’t postpone our games, couldn’t they play it somewhere else
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We played our first games away
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Grendel said:
We hadn’t got our ground ready when we moved into the Ricoh
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I don't see the equivalence. For Luton it's the sisu new pitch you should be comparing to. A bit like Santa , God and the Tooth Fairy
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
I don't see the equivalence. For Luton it's the sisu new pitch you should be comparing to. A bit like Santa , God and the Tooth Fairy
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Eh the Ricoh stadium wasn’t ready when we first played there and we couldn’t play the first game at home
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Grendel said:
Eh the Ricoh stadium wasn’t ready when we first played there and we couldn’t play the first game at home
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I know but it was well on the way. Where is the new Luton ground that's compliant with the regs that they've been 'building' for years?
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
I know but it was well on the way. Where is the new Luton ground that's compliant with the regs that they've been 'building' for years?
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Its 1 match
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
well, well, well. Cheats failed to spend on the ground and got the advatage on the pitch.
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Eh?
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
I don't see the equivalence. For Luton it's the sisu new pitch you should be comparing to. A bit like Santa , God and the Tooth Fairy
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They were told by the PL they could play their first 3 games away; same as us.
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Grendel said:
Its 1 match
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If they'd built a compliant stadium they would still be in L1 at best. They failed to get their ground in order and cheated the rest of us in the process
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Sick Boy said:
They were told by the PL they could play their first 3 games away; same as us.
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Yes but they still don't meet the regs
 
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Travs

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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You're starting to reach Sunderland levels of bitterness here tbf
 
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covcity4life

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie shut the fuck up mate
 
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jim20

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
If they'd built a compliant stadium they would still be in L1 at best. They failed to get their ground in order and cheated the rest of us in the process
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I agree, I’ve said it before, in the past teams have not been promoted as stadiums not up to scratch. They’ve made a conscious decision not to spend money on the stadium and spend it on players, knowing their ground is not fit for the PL. our situation was different in that we paid the money to rent the stadium and the landlords didn’t have it up to scratch, we didn’t gain a competitive advantage, where as Luton surely have. A bit like Red Bull over spending the budget cap on F1, a conscious decision to cheat.
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Travs said:
You're starting to reach Sunderland levels of bitterness here tbf
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They have to ground share to meet the rules. Is it 20k capacity?
 
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procdoc

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
If they'd built a compliant stadium they would still be in L1 at best. They failed to get their ground in order and cheated the rest of us in the process
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They’ve not cheated anyone you bitter moron
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
They have to ground share to meet the rules. Is it 20k capacity?
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What's the capacity got to do with anything?
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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procdoc said:
They’ve not cheated anyone you bitter moron
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Here we go again - incapable of civil interaction at any level
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 14, 2023
  • #25
Grendel said:
Eh the Ricoh stadium wasn’t ready when we first played there and we couldn’t play the first game at home
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And the first game there was at reduced capacity as well. Though I think the club actually got some money off the council for that in the form of a rent reduction.

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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jul 14, 2023
  • #26
jim20 said:
I agree, I’ve said it before, in the past teams have not been promoted as stadiums not up to scratch. They’ve made a conscious decision not to spend money on the stadium and spend it on players, knowing their ground is not fit for the PL. our situation was different in that we paid the money to rent the stadium and the landlords didn’t have it up to scratch, we didn’t gain a competitive advantage, where as Luton surely have. A bit like Red Bull over spending the budget cap on F1, a conscious decision to cheat.
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The most they’ve spent on a player to get promoted is £1.8m - some cheaters
 
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Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head said:
They have to ground share to meet the rules. Is it 20k capacity?
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What 20k capacity?
 
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procdoc

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  • Jul 14, 2023
  • #28
Speedie's Head said:
Here we go again - incapable of civil interaction at any level
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But you Talk absolute bollocks. It’s baffling
 

jim20

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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SlowerThanPlatt said:
The most they’ve spent on a player to get promoted is £1.8m - some cheaters
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Until this season it’s more than we’d spent on a player
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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jim20 said:
Until this season it’s more than we’d spent on a player
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What?
 
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jim20

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Grendel said:
What?
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I should’ve added since we’ve been relegated
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jul 14, 2023
  • #32
jim20 said:
Until this season it’s more than we’d spent on a player
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I know but doesn’t sound like some masterplan!

Fair enough if they were throwing tens of millions of pounds around but clearly they’re a club who operate within their means
 

usskyblue

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 14, 2023
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Grendel said:
What 20k capacity?
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It's was a question.

Luton Town: Premier League promotion could cost £10m

Luton Town are well-placed for the play-offs or automatic promotion, but need to improve their ground.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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jim20

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  • Jul 14, 2023
  • #35
SlowerThanPlatt said:
I know but doesn’t sound like some masterplan!

Fair enough if they were throwing tens of millions of pounds around but clearly they’re a club who operate within their means
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But if they’d spent the money on the stadium they should’ve done, they wouldn’t have had the team they had. I’m not saying they shouldn’t have gone up. There are teams that have bent or broken the rules (e.g Derby) far more than they have. But in my view it could still be considered a form of cheating.
 
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