Blackburn now back above us of course and just paid £7m for a striker plus

Pompey look a decent bet for promotion from league 1 this season.

Two clubs that would be held up as examples of the dangers of foreign ownership but I think could equally be held up as examples of the fact that decent sized football clubs (although Blackburn not really a big club in terms of support) tend to eventually bounce back and don;t go to the wall.

I do agree with CWC though that the quality of decision making at board level can be just as important as having money won;t guarantee success if you make poor decisions. not having money though means you have to make excellent decisions in order to compete.

Posted By: Jim on September 3rd 2018 at 13:04:38

Message Thread

"Deliafication" (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 3, 11:08:39
- Remember that game. Freezing. Bellemy had a blinder of second half kicking to wards Barcla (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 3, 14:56:15
- You do seem very certain (NCFC) - avenging canary, Sep 3, 12:53:56
  - a very wise man recently tweeted (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 3, 12:59:49
    - Matthew Gibson (n/m) (NCFC) - Bristol Graham, Sep 3, 13:14:04
- Chase... What's the current view? (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 3, 12:45:51
  - Preferable to (NCFC) - Pompatus of Creosote, Sep 3, 14:31:45
- it's just nuts (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 3, 12:23:37
  - But isn’t the critical point in that ... (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 3, 13:05:30
    - they are two distinct issues (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 3, 17:22:46
    - This. Delia has stated many times that she just wants what (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Sep 3, 13:17:57
      - *might* be best (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 3, 13:33:10
      - It would only be better if she sells it to the right person. (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 13:26:09
        
        for what it's worth i think he would've passed the Smith & Jones 'right person' test (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 3, 13:39:02
        
        Evans (NCFC) - Pompatus of Creosote, Sep 3, 14:33:29
        
        oh, i misremember Pickover's work of art then (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 3, 14:39:19
        
        It came to light after that, I think (n/m) (NCFC) - Pompatus of Creosote, Sep 3, 14:43:13
    - I very much agree OG (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 3, 13:13:51
  - Fantastic post. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 3, 12:42:35
  - YAY! This is exactly how I feel! Thank you for expressing it so well. (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 3, 12:39:32
  - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - trianglepatch, Sep 3, 12:28:51
- List of similar sized clubs or bigger doing the same or worse (NCFC) - Charles21, Sep 3, 12:17:55
  - Coventry and Charlton good examples (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:21:13
    - And prem title winners Blackburn (n/m) (NCFC) - Dracula, Sep 3, 12:35:21
      - Blackburn now back above us of course and just paid £7m for a striker plus (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 3, 13:04:38
        
        So the fact they are on the way back up means..... (NCFC) - Charles21, Sep 3, 16:20:21
        
        No not envious of them but they are a club who are often cited as (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 3, 16:35:59
        
        then you should be delighted with being able to tell the grandkids about our play off win? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 3, 17:54:09
        
        Yes, great memories although both only happened because we (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 3, 18:01:49
- Should’t We be more like Derby? ROFL how many years in the PL have they had recently? (n/m) (NCFC) - trianglepatch, Sep 3, 11:46:57
- Good song that (NCFC) - Bungle, Sep 3, 11:42:17
- You cannot compare football now to what it was when we were a little bit successful. (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Sep 3, 11:42:08
  - I am going to challenge you on one of those points... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:18:51
    - However (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:27:34
    - Fair enough...maybe 'one off' would be better terminology. Because I can't see that (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Sep 3, 12:23:03
      - Yeah the result is very unlikely to happen again, but just give them their creds for (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:29:00
- You've done it again! Sneering at 10,000 fans (NCFC) - norway, Sep 3, 11:28:20
- “Many of whom just go for the experience.” (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 11:25:34
  - I read that and were wondering what other reasons there were for going? Maybe TBF goes in (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:31:01
    - You should go to see whether the product you've bought is "acceptable" (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 3, 12:47:19
    - were = was. I am not from Yorkshire (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:31:20
      - “Were” is correct. Reasons is a plural word. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 13:28:44
        
        I were wondering ..? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 3, 13:34:45
        
        Ah yes. Wrong were. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 17:06:23
        
        ^^^ this. Ah were wunderun ;) (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 15:06:24
- What exactly is it you want? (NCFC) - Azteca, Sep 3, 11:23:20
  - He wants attention, stop giving it to him everyone please. (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 11:27:03
    - Big Feller is intelligent, articulate and well informed (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 3, 11:37:14
      - I do too. It's well thought out, informative, and usually (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, Sep 3, 13:22:46
      - It’s too contrived (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 3, 12:08:47
        
        Heck! It’s not even always well-written. (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 17:14:01
        
        Passion is good but erudition is good too! (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 3, 13:07:15
        
        They’re not mutually exclusive (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 3, 13:17:51
        
        The problem here is some people believe that the issue is content (NCFC) - norway, Sep 3, 14:26:17
        
        VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Sep 3, 17:34:13
        
        Quite. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 17:08:33
        
        Absolutely! This morning I feel I've been got at for being a fan who enjoys the experience (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 3, 15:14:12
        
        I go with my son. He's 11. (NCFC) - norway, Sep 3, 15:35:15
        
        Nailed. (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Sep 3, 13:59:12
        
        Among the 10,000 citizen journey, there are many who write shit for the experience. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:32:56
        
        journos... (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:33:07
        
        Spot on. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 3, 12:19:17
      - and an attention seeker. (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 11:38:05
    - Typical WOTB reply (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 11:33:45
      - Fuck off GOBB (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 11:34:58
        
        There it is (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 11:40:39
        
        All we need now for a full house is USA,SCC and Pants to wade in on this thread (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 11:42:25
        
        Lol (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 11:45:20
    - If we’d won yesterday... (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 11:27:31
  - Likes, retweets, praise, affirmation, applause, gratitude. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Sep 3, 11:26:55
- Thats really my point, you will often see the "post Cardiff brigade" referred to (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 3, 11:22:13
  - this something i tried to explain many years ago (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 3, 11:30:09
- Too many words (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 11:09:33
  - Far, far too many (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 3, 11:27:14
  - Agreed (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 3, 11:16:41
    - Lol (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 11:21:28
  - put simply: he wants Frank Lampard to be our manager (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 3, 11:14:33
    - I have friends who are Derby fans. (NCFC) - norway, Sep 3, 11:21:31
  - Too much supposition. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 3, 11:13:52
    - Also lol (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Sep 3, 11:28:14

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