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[Football] Zaha watch - *** The SEGW finally managed to escape***









Bozza

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Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,828
Back in Sussex
So was there nobody in these 50 homes or has he kicked them out?

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Exactly my thought so I clicked through to read more - something about renting them out to those travelling on business, so, presumably, AirBnB or similar short-term rentals - a market that now doesn't exist.

It's irrelevant though - it's a very decent gesture that he didn't need to do.
 


Birdie Boy

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2011
4,108
Exactly my thought so I clicked through to read more - something about renting them out to those travelling on business, so, presumably, AirBnB or similar short-term rentals - a market that now doesn't exist.

It's irrelevant though - it's a very decent gesture that he didn't need to do.
Thanks for checking. Yes, I agree, still a good thing to do

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jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
7,774
Woking
Well that’s annoying. It was much easier to dislike him when he was a pantomime villain.

That’s a great gesture, whichever way you look at it. Fair play.
 




Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
19,735
Eastbourne
Churlish. He didn’t have to do it, and he’s no Robbie Fowler (in either a football or landlording sense). If I earned 130k a week I’d expect to have a bloody good portfolio of something.

There’s nothing negative here IMO (annoying as it is, obviously, to say so)

Yep, a good deed is a good deed. This crisis goes beyond petty rivalries and he is a very decent chap in my view now.
 






drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,072
Burgess Hill
Credit for the gesture apart, does an area like Croydon really need 50 houses for business travellers or am I putting to much emphasis on business and not enough on travellers!!!
 


Wardy's twin

Well-known member
Oct 21, 2014
8,461
I think it was a great gesture and yes its on social media but let's see if other players and former players do similar.
 




loz

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Apr 27, 2009
2,244
W.Sussex
Credit for the gesture apart, does an area like Croydon really need 50 houses for business travellers or am I putting to much emphasis on business and not enough on travellers!!!

You do realise Croydon is only about 7 miles from central London and on the main line to Gatwick. It also
Has major insurance companies and the home office as well as a huge shopping hub. So no real need for that silly comment.
 


Stato

Well-known member
Dec 21, 2011
6,607
You do realise Croydon is only about 7 miles from central London and on the main line to Gatwick. It also
Has major insurance companies and the home office as well as a huge shopping hub. So no real need for that silly comment.

Much as I applaud Zaha for doing his bit in the current situation, I think that the underlying point may be: Do we want to be the kind of society where a shortage of affordable housing for low paid people, who may be working in essential services, goes hand in hand with houses being built for the exclusive use of business travelers? Drew's comment was obviously a gag, but maximising profit above all other considerations is turning more and more of London into a sleeper city for the exclusive use of the super rich. This is happening to the detriment of the community which supports Palace and which has provided them with so much raw talent over the last few decades, Zaha included.
 




trueblue

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
10,444
Hove
Well done Wilf. You may be an irritating twunt on the pitch (and annoyingly decent player tbf) but that is a class act. Hope other players follow suit and help where they can.
 








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