Isn't the point of having him on the board to give him experience

People are always going on about giving the youngsters a chance.

And what football experience do most owners have? Have any of the overseas owners (American, Russian, Chinese or other) been involved in the day to day running of a football club in one of the leading leagues in the world?

Posted By: watfordcanary on January 21st 2018 at 12:35:23

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Have to feel sympathy with supporters re season ticket renewals ... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 08:55:18
- Hard to support the stance...? (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 10:04:16
  - Read the times article (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 10:10:59
    - Ron Liddles one? (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 10:22:35
  - When they’ve publically stated they don’t trust Foreigners and they won’t entertain bids (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 21, 10:08:17
    - "investors" only care about making money out of the club for themselves (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 10:22:12
    - I'd respectfully disagree (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 10:12:43
      - Your argument seems to suggest Delia are actually good owners themselves. (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 21, 10:16:45
        
        An investor would put the club into deeper debt because they would loan money to the club (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 10:27:26
        
        What like the banks do now we’re in debt? (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 21, 10:29:55
        
        Yep, investors act a lot like bank loaning money to a club (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 10:48:50
        
        Any examples of this actually happening in real life? (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 21, 11:06:51
        
        Well.................. (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 18:08:07
        
        Vimto ! (n/m) (NCFC) - brianguthrysluvchild, Jan 21, 10:27:22
        
        Your analysis suggests (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 10:22:02
        
        My point is that we’re not a particularly well run club anyway. (NCFC) - lurd, Jan 21, 10:29:04
        
        Isn't the point of having him on the board to give him experience (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jan 21, 12:35:23
        
        I think it is pretty well run with the exception of some managers wasting money (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 10:51:36
        
        It’s not. Managerial decisions are terrible and the truth is that (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 21, 11:22:54
- so transferwise, nothing has really changed in at least the last 35 years (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 21, 09:42:32
  - Indeed (NCFC) - Miles Dewey Creosote, Jan 21, 09:58:38
  - Having had my season ticket through the dark days of Grant and Roeder (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jan 21, 09:58:13
    - Now THAT is commitment (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 21, 11:07:46
  - Under mcnally we never seemed to cave in... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 09:53:11
    - McNally is part of the reason we are selling our better players (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 21, 10:03:04
      - Sure but easy to forget be brought Maddison in... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 10:12:14
    - How many did we have that others wanted? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 21, 09:55:53
      - Well We would have lost out on a few years of Wes for starters ... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 10:13:41
  - Yep and in the late 80s early 90s a good proportion of clubs (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jan 21, 09:53:03
- Yep and I bet Jamal Lewis won’t be here in August. We are that vulnerable nowadays. (n/m) (NCFC) - Hulk Rules, Jan 21, 09:09:51
- Any u23 watchers have views on how far away Abraham and Fonkeu are? (n/m) (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 21, 09:04:21
  - Abrahams possibly, Fonkeu no (NCFC) - trt354, Jan 21, 10:04:22
  - Abrahams a lot closer than fonkeu in my view ... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 09:07:21
    - Don’t see what we have to lose by giving him some gsme time (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 21, 09:37:45
    - I think we definitely need to create a team without Oliveira. (NCFC) - APB, Jan 21, 09:21:28
      - Tired? Or bothered? I couldn’t decide. (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 21, 09:53:11
- Has Farke got nothing to do with transfers then? (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 21, 08:58:12
  - Very little no not how ... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 09:00:18
    - He would choose who comes in though, surely (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 21, 09:10:33
      - It seems that Webber is Farke's boss (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jan 21, 10:34:35
      - IIRC there is a recruitment committee, Webber, Farke and the head scouts (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 21, 10:06:30
      - Depends on the relationship between Webber and Farke (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Jan 21, 09:47:00
      - He would have a say (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 21, 09:37:32

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