Even when that did happen

I can't help but think we'd adjust to the ratio that happens

Knowing us, we'd probably reduce the prices to ?10-?15, whilst other clubs keep it the same, and then go on about how skint we are

Whilst other clubs just carry on signing players, and keep prices at ?20-?25, and get on with it

This board has had a long time to prove this strategy they have, and in that long time, they don't have a lot to show for this failing, apart from a full stadium every week, a team that largely is borrowed, and in current status, is year on year teetering on relegation

That's why I'm not filled with joy about Lee coming today, because 4 years ago, he was available for 100k, but we decided of cardiffs troubles at the time, we'd go for a 33 year old on a free instead of paying that 100k

That's my frustration with this club, missed opportunities, and often, and wasted opportunities, often (ie Cureton, whatever we paid for him)

We do it to ourselves so often, that's why it hurts

It's obvious I like A Lee, otto will vouch for it, but I wished we could have had an affordable player when he was at his best (yet he was at his best when a club who couldn't afford to do anything, bought him. This is why I don't buy this we can't afford this that and the other, it's just a poor excuse for failing)

Posted By: pants on March 18th 2009 at 23:53:04

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I dont give a shite that Alan Lee use to be a binner (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Mar 18, 22:03:07
- Exactly - only the small minded (NCFC) - Fozzybear, Mar 18, 22:57:22
  - he also scored the 2nd goal I ever witnessed (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:10:50
  - agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 22:57:41
- And he has clearly seen the light! (n/m) (NCFC) - Alan, Mar 18, 22:39:52
- I don't much care either (NCFC) - Ben, Mar 18, 22:20:19
  - I've always like Lee, but as usual, we sign someone in their twilight and hope for the bes (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 22:27:03
    - As usual? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 22:50:25
      - Graham Stuart, Thorne, Walsh, Cottee, Constant interest in primus, Cort, (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:10:10
        
        Fair point... to an extent... (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:13:43
        
        Surely if we had any brains, we'd actually loan someone like Danny Graham off carlisle (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:18:00
        
        or Cody McDonald, or Hoolahan, or Clingan (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:19:40
        
        Of course he is (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:28:04
        
        On that - "one day". Yes, we did go for it (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:43:33
        
        Even when that did happen (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:53:04
        
        I kind of see what you are saying, but (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 19, 00:00:40
        
        were we not in the Premier League 4 years ago? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:55:38
        
        so you want us to spend lots of cash (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:31:05
        
        But this is frustration about football at our level as a whole, surely? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:30:35
        
        maybe you should have said so in the "as usual" reply (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:33:34
        
        Well, its pretty obvious what I was disputing there though, wasnt it? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:37:40
        
        But then you said you shared my frustration (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:40:20
        
        Well, it took a while for me to get waht you were actually trying to say... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:41:51
        
        I have no idea how you remain so patient (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:43:07
        
        with you there (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:47:01
        
        Same here, it's pretty hard for me too whilst the children are staying up late (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:45:39
        
        I always thought you were single (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:46:37
        
        ... (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:45:34
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:46:51
        
        In all seriousness (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:50:56
        
        well I like to think I'm the same as you (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:59:08
        
        Yeah but that's why charles is here, to see you do a long post, not respect your view and (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:55:17
        
        "you're" (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 19, 00:01:02
        
        Have to agree with you there. I just think you have an element (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 19, 00:05:16
        
        It often is a game though (NCFC) - pants, Mar 19, 00:05:08
        
        what do you "why?" (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 19, 00:08:59
        
        Surely, at some point, you have to ask yourself (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 19, 00:07:33
        
        I'm definitely not taken that either, I've heard it all tonight, and that's the bingo (NCFC) - pants, Mar 19, 00:39:58
        
        are you drunk? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:19:34
        
        I'm not bothering reading that, merely because of the first line (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:25:00
        
        ignore it. Carry on. Dont use it as an excuse to get the hump (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:26:29
        
        Hard when people are actually spoiling for it in the first place (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:28:44
        
        He was attacking YOU though, was he? He doesnt know YOU! (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:32:50
        
        i most definitely am (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:34:57
        
        are you serious? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:34:27
        
        exactly (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:35:46
        
        nobody is spoiling for anything (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:32:20
        
        Quality wind up charles (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:42:42
        
        get over yourself you fucking idiot (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:43:47
        
        oh look, he's blown (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:44:26
        
        I'm actually being serious charles (NCFC) - pants, Mar 19, 00:01:43
        
        I was serious too (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 19, 00:05:29
        
        I've just switched (NCFC) - pants, Mar 19, 00:08:29
        
        no probs (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 19, 00:10:02
        
        no you make that excuse (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:30:41
        
        you getting easily offended (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:26:28
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:25:57
        
        alcohol addiction charlie (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:21:16
        
        ROLF (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:22:13
        
        well his list proves it not to be usual (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:11:41
        
        please do (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:11:08
        
        Simon Charlton, Thomas Helveg, Marc Edworthy, Sibierski (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:16:37
        
        yeah we should have got helveg before we went up (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:17:52
        
        so we shouldn't sign experienced players? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:17:25
      - Ashton (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:07:11
        
        Or we could have bought Lee for 100k like he was available at Cardiff (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:10:55
        
        erm, we arent the only club to try and buy players though, are we? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:14:40
        
        I don't see us actually bidding for many though (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:31:23
        
        I cant agree or disagree with that at all im afraid, as I have abosultely no evidence to b (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:36:14
        
        there were hardly any deals done during the last window (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:37:44
        
        and how much did they cost? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:32:30
        
        Not to mention Gallagher, we could just cut out the fecking middle man, and sign someone (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:13:30
        
        apart from the list of 10 or so I gave, who we have signed in the past year? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:16:38
        
        is that the Gallagher who has been firing Plymouth to the play offs this season? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:15:32
        
        The 3 you mentioned are valid (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:19:46
        
        Good players need money, surely? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:21:29
        
        last time we had some money perhaps?? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:21:06
        
        We've never got any money, neither have anyone else (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:22:09
        
        Yep - agreed. What other clubs in our financial position have signed (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:23:46
        
        we had money when we signed ashton (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:23:21
        
        that's why they don't sign lots of expensive players either (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:22:51
        
        oh, I hadn't realised Norwich had a monopoly on signing players (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:11:39
        
        We're a big club, we get 25,000 a week (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 23:14:43
        
        and in the middel of absoultely nowhere... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:16:06
        
        1/10 for originality (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:16:34
        
        I took longer and concentrated on my spelling (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:17:12
        
        and we're based in norwich, norfolk (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:15:41
    - did you like him (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 22:28:30
      - I liked him the most when him and Robins were keeping Rotherham in the champs (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 22:30:22
        
        scc mumbles to himself "can't exactly say much to that, best try someone else" (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 22:40:55
        
        still waiting for you to answer the question... (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 22:42:00
        
        This is, what we were warned about (NCFC) - pants, Mar 18, 22:49:50
        
        not answering the question? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 22:51:42
        
        No, you weren't warned for that (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 22:51:37
        
        so what if they were warned anyway? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 22:58:47
        
        Yep. That's what made me post in haste saying as much (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:00:13
        
        he could have responded 'LOL' (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:02:48
        
        Actually scrap that - I take it back (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 22:56:26
        
        i wasn't forcing him to say anything tyvm (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 22:57:53
        
        and i noticed your post titled 'as usual?' (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:00:01
        
        grow up. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:00:52
        
        just pointing out you're a hypocrite (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:03:51
        
        fuck off am (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:04:15
        
        chill arturo! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:04:51
        
        and relax. Ignoring really is so much easier... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:05:36
        
        why would he ignore? (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:07:48
        
        he meant it's easier if he ignores (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:08:25
        
        oh, sorry (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:09:22
        
        sorry - dont do spethal needs classes... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:10:12
        
        just as well (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 18, 23:12:44
        
        haha (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:13:34
        
        well it was when dealing with the rwandan genocide (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 18, 23:06:57
        
        I. Don't be a twat. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:04:47
        
        A bit like now (n/m) (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Mar 18, 22:54:45
  - i do hope you booed Mooney's goal on Saturday (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 18, 22:24:32
    - Its not a case of booing loan players (NCFC) - Ben, Mar 18, 22:29:36
      - what difference does it make if we own them or 'rent' them? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 18, 22:39:01
        
        None of them will be here to build on next season (n/m) (NCFC) - Ben, Mar 18, 22:45:39
        
        To be fair, i'd rather not have our good loanees next season, then have those players Ralf (NCFC) - megson, Mar 18, 22:49:46
        
        None of them got us to top of the league like huckerby did! (n/m) (NCFC) - Alan, Mar 18, 22:41:29

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