The club statement

Great that they'll be appointing a new manager quickly - though I've got a mounting feeling it's going to be Zola. Would shake things up, reputation for great football (and therefore the anti-Hughton), record of doing well at Championship level in the past... he ticks pretty much all of the board's boxes, but certainly wouldn't be my choice.

But the rest of that statement? The corporate speak throughout turns my stomach. "Unable to secure Premier League status"? We've been s**t; we've been relegated. Stop using f**king business jargon about football.

"We backed the manager with funds"... to sign Joseph Yobo and Jonas Gutierrez. That's it. The writing was on the wall in January, and we did nothing about it. Throwing Hughton under a bus, as this statement does, is cheap, unpleasant and unnecessary. They're doing it to cover their own backs; no other reason.

They'll get away with it of course. New manager is appointed, everyone gets behind him, fresh start is made. I just hope they've learnt the lessons of their mistakes. Focusing on football, rather than the corporate bottom line all the time, would be a nice start in that.

Posted By: thebigfeller on May 11th 2014 at 21:16:28

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The club statement (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:16:28
- You bet wrong. :) Meanwhile, you spend much of your time on here getting perversely, (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 22:16:25
  - Nope. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 22:25:33
    - Oh no, tut tut. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 22:38:02
      - You see, it's not necessarily your opinion. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 23:07:22
        
        One man's pompous is another man's earnest. And that earnestness comes from lack of (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 23:26:41
      - I rest my case! (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 22:43:39
  - Response to avenging canary (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 22:17:18
- I bet you're not big at all. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 22:04:49
- If I was a betting man I would certainly put my money on Zola (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 11, 21:38:09
- Are you forgetting RVW, Hooper, Fer and Redmond? (n/m) (NCFC) - Verity Lines, May 11, 21:26:30
  - Are you forgetting that we were already in trouble in January? What's the point of being (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:39:56
    - Do you know that the board wasn't prepared to release funds? (n/m) (NCFC) - Verity Lines, May 11, 21:49:48
      - What fucking difference did it make if we didn't ultimately spend? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:50:59
        
        Err...because you are slamming the board for not releasing the cash (n/m) (NCFC) - Verity Lines, May 11, 21:51:45
        
        I'm slamming them for not getting the signings in that we needed, yes (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:54:43
        
        Up to a point, yes, but the board can't force unwilling players to move (n/m) (NCFC) - Verity Lines, May 11, 22:04:13
- i agree with you on a lot of that but (NCFC) - Tombs, May 11, 21:24:32
  - Agree on the Board (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, May 11, 21:37:48
  - If I were in McNally's shoes, I'd resign. I also agree about the need to find new owners (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:30:09
    - No you wouldn't. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 22:38:50
      - I turned down a job which pays more than 3 times my current job a couple of weeks back (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 22:39:59
        
        Three times of nothing. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 11, 22:45:13
        
        Intelligent response there. (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 22:45:56
    - nailed (NCFC) - Tombs, May 11, 21:43:44
      - ^^^ good post (n/m) (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, May 11, 21:52:43
        
        thanks, i'm still well angry though (NCFC) - Tombs, May 11, 21:59:23
        
        LOLF (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 11, 22:03:33
    - The Cortese model seems ideally suited for this club (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, May 11, 21:40:23
      - Exactly. (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:42:55
    - Do you really hate Mc NcNally? he is still ahead of the 7-year plan. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 11, 21:31:22
      - No, he's on a par with it now actually. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:35:24
        
        Imagine the big name players, when the youth boss is suddenly put in charge (NCFC) - phrankin, May 11, 21:47:46
        
        *nods sadly* Hence, I think, the sudden deterioration in Fer - he was doing great before (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:50:12
  - exactly Mr Tombs, but why are you being all sensible? (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 11, 21:26:06
    - cos i'm massively fucked off with it (NCFC) - Tombs, May 11, 21:34:27
      - I have found this relegation more annoying than any other because I felt we were well set (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 11, 21:42:48
- I thought i was a miserable cunt but you take it to a different level, love you. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 11, 21:21:38
  - Another satisfied customer. :) (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 11, 21:23:58
- think whatever they put out wouldn't be right (NCFC) - earlydoors, May 11, 21:20:43

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