So I assume you weren't part of the Chase Out protests then

Remember them? Which set in as we plunged towards, er, relegation from the Premier League. Heck: Chase was unpopular even when we finished 3rd!

By 'self-aggrandising', I mean the absolutely ludicrous sense of pride many fans plainly feel in us being a 'community club' which 'does things the right way'. As though all other clubs aren't community clubs too. As though they're all doing it 'the wrong way'.

Posted By: thebigfeller on September 2nd 2018 at 18:35:14

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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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