no, it's about employing limited resources in the most cost-effective manner

Any one can 'deliver a target' by chucking money at the problem. But when money is a finite resource, that's a pretty dumb overall strategy.

(see last government and current state of the nation's finances)

Posted By: CWC on February 1st 2013 at 10:57:18

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McNally tweets (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:28:24
- do people wish we'd mugged ourselves off (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:30:42
  - It isn't about what someone's worth, it's about delivering the target (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 10:53:16
    - If they are honestly trying to tell us there were only 2 strikers out there (NCFC) - RootunTootunHootun, Feb 1, 11:12:42
      - No, that's not what I'm saying at all (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:15:53
        
        I didn't say it was (n/m) (NCFC) - RootunTootunHootun, Feb 1, 11:16:27
        
        Sorry, I thought you put "are you" (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:22:12
        
        Nah, was just a general comment. ?7m is a lot of money (NCFC) - RootunTootunHootun, Feb 1, 11:27:43
        
        VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 1, 11:42:21
        
        I just we're in the champagne league, and that means champagne habits (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:39:56
        
        yep who will be our main target in the summer (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 11:30:24
        
        Hooper I imagine (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 11:33:56
      - BINGO! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 11:14:50
    - Hughton wanted a player we couldnt afford (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 11:00:14
      - We could afford him. That's rubbish (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:01:22
        
        I have some sympathy with the view that (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 11:08:14
        
        But to make 4 bids and never get near that figure, is just really irritating (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:10:56
        
        I remember seeing something showing that it had been agreed, but Celtic then asked for (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Feb 1, 11:45:26
    - Think he wanted Hooper and Kamara and Becchio to be honest (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:58:32
    - no, it's about employing limited resources in the most cost-effective manner (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 1, 10:57:18
      - We weren't chucking money at anything though, Leeds paid us (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:01:50
        
        Think we paid Leeds ?200,000 (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 11:06:18
        
        In a season where we desperately need forwards. We needed to move in this window (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:13:05
        
        haha, no, it isn't (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 11:15:09
        
        Funny following the same rationale isn't it? (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:17:37
        
        Bet ours don't contain horse though (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 11:20:41
        
        I wouldn't have cared either. That's just an admittance with current day standards (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 11:23:35
  - nobody thinks that (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:31:17
    - have you got pants on ignore then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 1, 10:32:49
- so he agrees with celtic (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:30:10
  - ? (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:31:08
    - what lennon said yesterday (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:31:56
      - They didn't want to sell but would have done if we'd stumped up (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:32:52
        
        yeah for crazy money (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:34:22
        
        We don't know what their valuation is/was (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:36:34
        
        well if it wasn't crazy money (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:38:54
        
        Define "crazy money" (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 1, 10:40:42
        
        10 million (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 1, 10:42:11

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