MANY teams have done better than us. A lot better than us.

Fans of those clubs, even when they go down, have a lot more to sustain themselves with than we do.

Why have we not been able to do better than we have? Our owners' lack of resources. Which having hitherto been too scant to sustain us in the Prem, are now too scant to sustain us as challengers in this division. Next stop: too scant to sustain us in this division at all.

Do you think the fans of all the clubs who've changed ownership over the last 20 years somehow have no soul? Have no sense of what 'matters'? That we're better than them or something? What would the fans of most other similar-sized clubs to ourselves say if their owners were as poor as ours are?

They'd say: "Well, we'd better get new ones if we want to succeed". Ours say: "Oh no, we might become Portsmouth! We might become Sunderland! We might become Ipswich! Let's stick to the tried and failed". And bit by bit, we shrink - to the point whereby there's barely any difference between ourselves and Ipswich as it is.

Posted By: thebigfeller on September 2nd 2018 at 18:26:27

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The Guardian report absolutely nailed the reality for both clubs (NCFC) - Kev, Sep 2, 16:59:48
- Apart from, to an extent, 2006/7, the last time we were both this bad was (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 17:09:37
  - Serious question: can you name 1 medium sized club that has been consistently successful (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 2, 17:27:16
    - Yes, there's a huge churn. Yes, clubs go up and down. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 17:29:54
      - There are only a handful of owners wealthy enough to sustain anything (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 2, 18:43:04
      - Sustaining. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 17:56:49
        
        This is Watford's fourth straight season in the Prem. Bournemouth's too. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:00:18
        
        If what you want from your team is to stay in the Prem, I'm not sure you'll ever be (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 2, 18:27:56
        
        Nope, sorry. No sense of 'entitlement' here whatever. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:39:19
        
        Sounds good, wanting us to be the best we can be. (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 2, 18:57:27
        
        WBA and Stoke were there for a while, got relegated. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:16:09
        
        "They'll go down in the end". So what? Our norm if we ever go up is to come straight down (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:20:25
        
        Self-aggrandising? Eh? Are you sure that’s the word you mean? (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:30:12
        
        So I assume you weren't part of the Chase Out protests then (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:35:14
        
        Yes I was. That was 1995/6, after he’d followed a selling policy for too long. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 19:04:55
        
        Incidentally, were you? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 19:05:31
        
        It's also Crystal Palace's sixth straight year. Leicester's fifth straight year. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:13:30
        
        What exactly is your point? (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:20:40
        
        MANY teams have done better than us. A lot better than us. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 2, 18:26:27
        
        Ok, go and get us some new owners please. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 2, 18:31:46
        
        We could get Marcus Evans in... (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 2, 18:43:17

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