They were being thick but at the same time there is something in what they say

The meek acceptance of possible relegation, or "just happy to be there" or as we used to refer to it the "little Norwich" syndrome does still exist amongst a fairly large section of our fanbase and indeed I think at board level.

I think we are all realistic, we all know we have limitations financially and that we cannot spend hundreds of millions but I will still be gutted if we get relegated and I do think we should be pushing the boat out as much as possible to try and add a bit more defensive steel. I don't subscribe to the "if we go down we will be in a better position to come back up" theory because we all know how that can go wrong and there is absolutely no guarantee we would get back up, especially after we have sold the crown jewels which would happen.

But yes Lewis and the other guys arguments were a bit contradictory and they seemed to miss the main points which are iI) we can't spend hundreds of millions and (ii) many of our players are arguably more suited to the prem anyway (we think). he kept mentioning Bournemouth and Brighton as examples of clubs that stayed up whilst keeping faith with the bulk of their promotion winning side which weirdly he used as an example of clubs who had more ambition than us.

Posted By: Jim on July 29th 2019 at 09:45:49

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Did people hear the Talk Sport interview with David Freezer on Saturday? (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jul 29, 09:29:26
- Haha! "Daniel Far-kay" - ?! (NCFC) - bird table, Jul 29, 10:47:23
  - Do wish Freezer would stop calling him Teemu Pucky though. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Jul 29, 10:49:07
    - Better than Luton comms - Timmy Pukki (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 29, 10:59:11
- Did people see this Twitter thread (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 29, 10:14:21
- My God, this reminds me why I never listen to this shite (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 29, 09:51:35
  - The sheer volume of adverts also makes it impossible to listen to imo. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jul 29, 10:13:40
- Typical, badly informed top six centric me (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jul 29, 09:44:25
  - Ha! Media. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jul 29, 09:46:53
- I think there’s a middle ground tbf... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 29, 09:39:51
- He should have explained it better (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jul 29, 09:36:08
  - He did try tbf, but they didn’t seem to want to follow the points he was making. (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jul 29, 09:45:01
    - I don;t equate spending money with ambition. People don;t read what I post properly (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 09:52:49
      - You suggest people don't read what you say (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 10:00:16
      - What makes you think Webber wouldn't be doing everything we can? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 29, 09:58:17
        
        I'm sure Webber is doing everything he personally can. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 09:59:20
        
        I seriously doubt we have £10-£15m to spend, plus wages (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 10:09:43
        
        Do you think he'd tolerate restraints on financial investment (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 29, 10:01:06
        
        Yes I do. He works within the parameters he's set. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 10:10:00
- Yep, total nonsense (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 09:31:37
  - Actually hard to listen to such fuckwittery (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 09:43:55
  - How were you supposed to answer the Pukki question? You were promoted with a striker that (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jul 29, 09:36:23
    - They were being thick but at the same time there is something in what they say (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 09:45:49
      - Groundhog day (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 29, 09:53:30
      - We may not have spent fortunes, but (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 09:53:24
        
        I've no complaints about what we have brought in (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 09:58:54
        
        I really don’t think “some are not bothered if we go down”. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 29, 10:05:09
        
        Who is 'not bothered' if we go down? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 10:03:00
        
        There are loads of fans who say that on social media. Loads. (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 10:12:20
        
        That is literally not the same as 'not bothered if we go down' (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 10:20:03
        
        If we had an owner with bottomless pockets like Villa (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 10:17:18
        
        I agree. I've never advocated making too many signings or doing what Villa are doing (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 10:22:36
        
        There is always fans who say that they prefer the Championship tbf. (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jul 29, 10:03:54
        
        The Champ is great when you're near the top (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 10:06:35
        
        That's just 'every cloud' chat though. (NCFC) - norway, Jul 29, 10:05:59
        
        Yep, Ipswich fans are busy convincing themselves that Lg 1 (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 29, 10:08:07
        
        It was but only because we were only there for one season and we smashed everyone (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 29, 10:13:44
        
        Fewer games moved for tv too (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jul 29, 10:07:36
        
        Always got to look on the bright side tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jul 29, 10:05:05

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