Is it really a dereliction of duty to maintain the status quo?

...which is being a reasonably decent, financially stable, prudently managed club?

Or would it be a dereliction of this 'duty' to put all that at risk in the hope that a rich foreign benefactor will endlessly pump in money and maintain us at a level that can't be sustained organically (and hope that such benefactor doesn't buy the wrong players, appoint the wrong manager, get bored, run out of money, or die etc) - because what happens when the money runs out? Hope you can find another rich benefactor?

Is the aim of the game to win trophies/promotion 'at all costs', or is it to be the best club we can be 'within our means'?

I bet you'd get a myriad of very opposing views on what the greater good for this club would be. For instance being a well run, solvent big fish in a small pond is probably something that many, many clubs at our level and below us would aspire to.

Clubs don't (or at least don't primarily) get sold to foreign businessmen because the selling parties want to put the club and community first. They do it because they are offered a bucket load of cash (or an escape route from losing bucket loads of cash).

Posted By: CWC on August 5th 2016 at 10:30:26

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West Brom the latest club to be sold to foreign investors. (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Aug 5, 09:50:14
- If our main concern as fans was to compete at the top level with the big boys... (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 5, 10:59:40
  - No thanks, I want to be in the PL. That means new owners, will happen eventually (n/m) (NCFC) - Hulk Rules, Aug 5, 11:02:22
  - Amen (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Aug 5, 11:00:40
- It'll all go tits up at the first Chinese spying scandal. (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Aug 5, 10:59:31
- See I'm not sure we have been 'held back by sentiment'. I think we've done ok (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Aug 5, 10:58:39
- Careful what you wish for. Grass is always greener. Better the devil you know. etc...... (n/m) (NCFC) - col canary, Aug 5, 10:53:07
- That would be the day I stop supporting ncfc and go with my local non league team instead (NCFC) - jAC, Aug 5, 10:44:04
- Is it really a dereliction of duty to maintain the status quo? (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 5, 10:30:26
- Then you look at Hull, and think "hmmmm" (n/m) (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Aug 5, 10:04:42
  - Hull is a bit different. Asian owner but in local business over 30 years (NCFC) - Dunney, Aug 5, 10:18:26
  - Trouble is, hindsight is a wonderful thing. (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Aug 5, 10:15:32
  - Yeah that's it and there's very few cases where clubs just tend to poke along, (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Aug 5, 10:08:26
    - Trouble is, however many foreign investors come in... (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 5, 10:25:56
    - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 5, 10:12:43
      - Leicester, Man City and Chelsea versus Leeds, Blackburn, hull etc (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 5, 10:16:02
        
        So we're quite happy to be the whipping boys when we're promoted and (NCFC) - berstreetsfinest, Aug 5, 10:42:00
        
        Overall yes (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 5, 10:48:41
        
        In our league I think forest, Cardiff and Birmingham (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 5, 10:32:41
        
        Man City and Chelsea have sugar daddies, not investors (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Aug 5, 10:31:11
        
        The guy at Leicester really seems to care about the club (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 5, 10:35:00
        
        I think they will struggle to stay up (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Aug 5, 10:45:07
  - Blackburn, Dirty Leeds, etc (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 10:07:16
- Summed it up niicely jim (n/m) (NCFC) - berstreetsfinest, Aug 5, 09:56:08
  - Nicely even! (n/m) (NCFC) - berstreetsfinest, Aug 5, 09:56:33

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