Following on from this

it seems to me that a lot of clubs, in both the championship and the premiership are going s**t or bust to make sure that they are in it next year. Any of the clubs around us are going to be in a far worse position than us if they go down.

And, Middlesbrough and Derby have spent silly money to try and get into the premiership. Both have average attendances that aren't much different to ours, so it is just the extra TV money is like some kind of medicine that will cure all their financial issues. It won't, not in the longer term.

Aston Villa are likely to be the next Leeds Utd or Sheff Weds, but Sunderland could be as well.

So, whilst we probably aren't in the top 20 clubs in the country, I think we are in the top 5 as to how well we are run. And in the long term, regardless of whether we are in the prem or champ, we are in a much healthier state than 95% of football clubs out there and I am pleased about that.

Posted By: trueyellow on February 15th 2016 at 15:22:51

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The fact that Norwich City are in the Premier League means they are overachieving. Discuss (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 13:28:43
- Following on from this (NCFC) - trueyellow, Feb 15, 15:22:51
- ^^^ This is a good post ^^^ (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 15, 14:13:12
- So what is your other regular user name then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 15, 14:03:45
  - ? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 14:56:40
- We are in the top 20 clubs (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Feb 15, 13:34:54
  - Almost certainly in the bottom 3 on any financial measure, probably bottom (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 13:37:15
    - we are in that group between the PL and champs no doubt. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Feb 15, 17:07:46
    - How do you come to that? We have no debt whereas most clubs do (n/m) (NCFC) - Drinklebells, Feb 15, 14:40:07
      - Not having debt doesn't give you any real competitive advantage (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 14:59:08
        
        yep, some would rather we did that in the short term.... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Feb 15, 17:08:43
      - what relevance is debt? (NCFC) - mr carra, Feb 15, 14:44:41
- So what? there will always be trends of overachieving and underachieving (NCFC) - pab, Feb 15, 13:34:53
  - The "so what" is that we are already over-achieving (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 13:50:44
    - it's a fair point - certainly there is a lack of perspective at times (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 15, 13:59:29
      - Agreed - definitely underachieved in the cups. Partly due to league focus (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 15, 14:55:26
        
        Haven't had many mid-table finishes in recent years (NCFC) - mr carra, Feb 15, 15:10:58
- Wages (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 15, 13:30:06

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