He could be but what it does show is that clubs who

last season we had a financial advantage over are going to overtake us (or indeed already have overtaken us) meanings the task of promotion is only going to get harder, year on year. see also Birmingham City.

All of which just serves to illustrate how big a wasted opportunity last season was. When you have an advantage in football you have to make use of it whether by staying in the prem or bouncing back when you have a huge financial advantage over others. not completely waste it through board level decision making that frankly borders on incompetent.

Posted By: Jim on June 28th 2017 at 13:43:53

Message Thread

Bristol City have signed a striker for £5.3 million this morning... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 13:26:28
- ........................................ ........................................ .......... (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 28, 15:59:16
- They are owned by a billionaire who has moved to the channel islands (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 15:02:11
- Transfer fees now being without exception ridiculous (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 28, 14:13:49
- We have a wealth of attacking players, have signed Watkins; Maddison back... (NCFC) - norway, Jun 28, 13:55:20
  - I'd be more than happy to spend the £5.3 million on a centre half.... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 15:21:26
    - Is he a nobody because you'd never heard of him? (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 28, 15:25:46
      - I've actually seen him play... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 16:47:37
        
        #DefinitelyHappened (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 28, 16:51:30
        
        I'm in Germany a fair bit filming for work so I catch a fair few games over there. (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 16:56:25
        
        You may well have seen him (NCFC) - norway, Jun 28, 17:26:37
        
        Was March this year... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 18:18:32
      - Correct (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Jun 28, 15:29:14
  - We are absolute toilet away from home or against anyone gritty, have absolutely (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 28, 14:36:19
    - The coaching staff do speak English (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jun 28, 18:21:14
    - Nothing wrong with windows XP (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 28, 14:47:19
      - Except Microsoft stopped supporting it in 2014, (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 28, 16:43:47
        
        Woosh !!! (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 28, 19:34:47
      - Our new £3bn aircraft carrier runs on Windows XP (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jun 28, 14:52:28
        
        and thats still floating (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 28, 16:29:46
    - Blub of the year (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 28, 14:43:39
- I like the presumption that paying a lot means he's going to be amazing (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 28, 13:34:00
  - He could be but what it does show is that clubs who (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 28, 13:43:53
    - they'r only going to overtake if they spend wisely (NCFC) - CWC, Jun 28, 14:56:48
    - We have players like Wes, Pritchard, Oliveira and Cam Jam (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 28, 14:23:24
      - I don;t disagree. I would take our attacking players over their any day, I am (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 28, 14:45:43
        
        With respect Jim, this is not a point you have 'merely pointed out'. (NCFC) - norway, Jun 28, 15:32:40
      - Yes. I'm moist with anticipation of the unveiling of at least 3 defenders. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jun 28, 14:32:31
    - trouble is our huge "financial advantage" last year... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 28, 14:01:38
      - Yes going forward is all we have but in my board this board of directors have (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 28, 14:14:24
        
        Book! (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 28, 14:15:04
      - "no point whatsoever in whingeing" (NCFC) - norway, Jun 28, 14:14:00
      - What happened to relegation clause wage reductions? (n/m) (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Jun 28, 14:10:36
        
        sadly they're nowhere near as big as the actual reduction in TV money (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 28, 14:12:30
        
        40% standard on nerd manager. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 28, 14:30:59
    - It did not "border on incompetent". It has been uttlerly totally incompetent. (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Jun 28, 13:48:39
  - He may not be 'amazing'... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jun 28, 13:43:46
    - *statementofintentklaxon* (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jun 28, 15:03:33
    - Erm....me too... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 28, 14:25:29
    - Suspect our squad is worth more than theirs though (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 28, 14:08:49
      - Bristol's chairman is head guy at Hargreaves & Landsdown Financial Advisors. He is loaded (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Jun 28, 14:51:08
    - Naismith and Olivera cost £13 million between them (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 28, 13:45:42
- Yeah cos signing expensive strikers always works out well (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 28, 13:33:40
- they have a rich owner - we don't. And Delia aint goin nowhere ..... (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Jun 28, 13:31:05
  - because she is holding the Club back. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 28, 13:51:51
- Just shows how badly we have been run & so many poor decisions made on signings. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 28, 13:30:54

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