Well...

For Fernandes, the entire venture is purely a vanity project - no more, no less.

He is ONLY interested in the reflected glory of a West London boutique club, attracting world class footballers and charging world class prices.

Everything he has done up to know points to his utter determination to run before he can walk - hence the squad fall out as big bucked mercenaries with (ahem) "global reach" were parachuted in and clashed with stout yeomen like Clint Hill, Shaun Derry etc etc.

He is equally determined to get a new stadium, which he can fill with monied tourists (like some kind of EPL Monaco). Problem is, he hasn't got a site yet and now reckons it could be five years away.

He appointed Philip Beard as Chief Exec even though he had no idea about football. He is a venues man and may well take the hit in due course for the calamitous recruitment policy of the club. You can't blame Warnock, Hughes or Redknapp - they're just playing with the toys in front of them.

So, this will go one of two ways. Continued failure due to poor football management at Board level (no sign of that changing really) or a return to the Premier League and yet another round of unsustainable spending (for the umpteenth window running) next August. And off the cycle goes again. No stability, no building, no momentum.

Personally, I'd be amazed if they came up this season. Hooper would have been the perfect buy and so that's another reason to be happy we got him. Otherwise... Richard Dunne? Karl Henry? No-one is learning.

Fernandes is an egotist of monumental proportions. QPR is his grand folly.

Posted By: norway on July 29th 2013 at 16:02:50

Message Thread

can i just say (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 29, 14:25:47
- Anyone slightly worried we're going to do a QPR? (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Jul 29, 14:45:49
  - If you think we are (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 15:39:56
    - On that subject... (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 15:45:08
      - Well... (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 16:02:50
        
        Ta. Useful (didn't know the stuff about the ground, in particular) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 16:17:15
        
        His own and the Mittals up to a point (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 16:25:46
        
        Check out the rhetoric here... (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 16:35:36
        
        lol. Brillyunt (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 16:41:07
      - Ask him how the ground expansion is going. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 29, 15:57:33
  - We have not spent that much of this years budget if you consider that (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 15:24:24
  - cant please some people - can you imagine the moaning if we had not "invested" and bought (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 29, 15:01:03
    - I think it will take a while for the "we are massive" comment to sink in (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Jul 29, 15:58:53
    - Kane on loan again maybe (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 15:16:11
  - No (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:54:22
  - nope (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 29, 14:51:36
- Only Chelsea and manchester City have spent more than us during this window (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 14:31:32
  - We did have a bit of catching up to do though (NCFC) - NJ_Canary, Jul 29, 15:36:42
  - we are going for the Champions League places...BMTP (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 29, 14:39:28
    - FA Cup (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:40:15
  - useful (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:36:28
  - which does beg the question - why would we have more money to spend than most other clubs? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 14:35:15
    - no debt and a low wage bill (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 29, 14:50:46
    - Some of not most of those are trying to manage large external debt (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 14:40:26
      - re good income - presumably it's no bigger than any of those other clubs, first order? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 14:46:35
      - YEP. (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jul 29, 14:43:47
        
        even though the other premiership teams haven't been sitting on their arses? (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:45:15
    - We have no external debt and a stable board/management structure (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jul 29, 14:37:22
    - Low wage level to start with, no significant outgoings (debt repayment)? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jul 29, 14:36:49
      - But Chelsea AND Man City are both outspending us (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:38:38
- Got to spend to stand still (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Jul 29, 14:31:19
- Club's a joke (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 29, 14:27:47

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