I think plenty of alarm bells went off

when we "cancelled" an event here, which has cost us at ?35k (probably more in planning)

If it's a new board, and 1100 seats were a priority, then that should have been communicated at the same time, instead of wastefully allowing this situation to arise

The club have kept this very quiet because it wants it to go away. The true cost of this might eventually surface at an agm

By then it will be all "it was a year ago, move on will you", which will be nice and convenient

What won't be, is how many of these little slip ups are occurring which aren't being made public

Just why do we have 25k a week and other teams embarrass us with 50% or more less crowds?

Something is inherent here amongst long term board members, and not existing productively

A new board being be the answer, reminds me of what a new manager every year being the answer

If blame just filters down from the top all the time, then it will only ever filter down onto the next one down

If that is the case, then a new board is on just as much a hiding to nothing as the management team

Just how did a club with 8m debts, get promoted in 2005 to the tune of 30m over 3 years, end up with 23m debts by 2010?

Posted By: pants on June 7th 2010 at 12:53:58

Message Thread

What are everyone's thoughts on the signings so far? (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:25:14
- WE WILL WIN (n/m) (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Jun 7, 19:14:50
- meh. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 7, 12:06:10
- Overall going mostly by fans opinions of the Clubs they have left to join us (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 7, 11:37:31
  - Re: Foxy (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:45:08
    - Mulryne was excellent until Dailly broke his leg, after that he lost the little pace he (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 7, 11:46:07
      - Yes. My point is, though, is that Fox is attributed to have all the same skills Mulryne ha (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:47:02
        
        d (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:47:12
  - Crofts, I forgot about him! Too many signings, everyone should be on holiday. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:41:37
- I don't expect too many cash signings (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 11:36:55
  - I wouldn't get hung up on the big screen thing too much, I think it was a bit of a throw (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:48:36
  - Our board has only been in place for a year. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 11:40:56
    - Meet the board (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 12:09:51
      - For 3 of the 6, including the Chairman and Chief Exec, it's less than year, isn't it? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 7, 12:14:10
        
        Whether or not it's more or less than a year, this is in SUBSTANCE a very new board (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:22:21
        
        Yes, so whilst soe of the current board have been on the board for longer, this board has (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:20:30
        
        I think plenty of alarm bells went off (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 12:53:58
        
        How do you know it cost us that? Was it us or the promoter? I don't know how it works so I (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:01:57
        
        We also know why we are so indebted fro previous accounts. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:15:05
        
        Isn't a lot of this conjecture though? (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 14:23:48
        
        No you misunderstand my point. I was talking about prior to now. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 14:40:06
        
        good post, I agree (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:39:40
        
        Erm, I'm guessing cos we cancelled it (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:11:39
        
        Did we cancel it? (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:15:20
        
        Yeah, cos we want to put the 1100 more seats in (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:16:45
        
        We cancelled it, or the promoter due to lack of interest and that was the story put out to (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:21:02
        
        I haven't seen any official stories about lack of interest (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:35:18
        
        OH JUST FUCK OFF (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:43:41
        
        1100 x 22 matches (min) x say ?15 (conservative) = ?363,000 turnover for one season. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:39:37
        
        Yes, I appreciate that (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:42:19
        
        this is a fair point once it's confirmed we owe somebody some money (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:48:12
        
        Tru dat. But commercially, if it became obvious that Tom wasn't going to sell out it may (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:47:49
        
        The guy is worth about ?200m (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:23:12
        
        The concert had only sold around 3000 tickets. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:28:55
        
        I've stuck to the facts (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:39:53
        
        The offical line is that it's "Postponed" (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:45:19
        
        It's Not Unusual. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Jun 7, 13:47:56
        
        Are we reverting back to rational debate now? (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:47:39
        
        I'll tell you what, if you promise not to mention this until it's confirmed (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:50:24
        
        Nah, it's fine, it will come out eventually (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:53:41
        
        They probably wighed up any cost and looked at it against revenue from seats and decided (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:30:26
        
        But he hadn't had he? Sales were going badly weren't they? (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:27:17
        
        Yes but was it us or the promoter? (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:20:11
        
        Their will have been consquences to postponing it (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:21:58
        
        The promoter hires the ground. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:08:11
        
        oooooooooooo missus (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:22:40
        
        Oooh you are awful... (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:24:29
        
        ........ (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jun 7, 12:27:33
        
        McNasty could give me a new feel any time he wanted (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:26:25
        
        He could massage my double entry to elicit a dividend anytime he wanted. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:31:04
        
        He could slide into my seat without a season ticket (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:42:19
        
        He could value my assets and strip out anything required (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 12:46:24
        
        He could budg-et in many different ways (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 12:48:37
        
        He could make an unauthorised approach for my prized assets (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 13:00:24
        
        He could orally discipline my staff member. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:03:35
        
        He could do a 360' appraisal and work out some issues (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 13:08:53
        
        ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 7, 13:55:58
        
        couldn't be arsed (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 14:02:52
  - "froogle" (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 7, 11:39:53
    - ahem (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 11:49:35
- I know what you mean.. (NCFC) - loz, Jun 7, 11:35:13
  - Re Cody (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:38:11
    - a loan would be good.. (NCFC) - loz, Jun 7, 11:43:11
- Think Lambert is going to go defensive TBH (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 11:31:42
  - If Rusty is off we need another destructive player in there unless Smithy is going to sit. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:34:11
    - Personally think Smith is great at that role (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 11:35:46
      - We need an alternative though. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:38:52

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