Realism doesn't equal rose tinted specs doesn't equal little old Norwich
Realistically, I think we'll be competitive next year but it will (as it always will) be a struggle.
Even if we had owners who would plough huge chunks of cash in year on year and bought us some short term success the chances of us doing a Leicester /Blackburn are nearly zilch (there are loads of clubs who've had money ploughed in and gone kaboom).
Yo-yoing looks about what we can manage in the long term whatever the ownership. Point me to a similar sized club which isn't going to be sucked into a similar predicament (Stoke... Crystal Palace... Brighton... Middlesbrough... Derby... Etc etc etc)
Unless there's a player who would genuinely improve us and not screw up the team spirit I struggle to see why spending a (big) fee would make us a big club.
It's all nonsense and more reflective of people who moan about 'little old Norwich' than the people they accuse it of.
I'll enjoy what success we get, particularly when we've done it against the odds and in an interesting way.
Financially, football is absolutely stuffed, it's not a sport anymore it's a play thing for oligarchs.
I like that we're self financing and aren't beholden to the whim of an owner who has no interest or connection with the club. I'm sure that time will come, and then we'll get to see how it pans out (for good or ill), but coming into another season in the prem after all the excitement of last year I'm in no rush to see it happen.
Posted By: Cardiff Canary on August 2nd 2019 at 16:39:59
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- Love my club but disappointing we can’t strengthen anywhere else’... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 2, 14:45:42
- I love the fact we're not spunking away cash on overpriced (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 2, 15:53:11
- Your assuming they will be ready and good enough. They will all be teenagers still. (n/m) (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 16:33:43
- I'm not assuming anything (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 2, 16:40:49
- A hundred percent, this. (NCFC) - Yurik Hunt, Aug 2, 16:02:46
- Oh and that thread on Twitter, (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 2, 15:57:03
- Your assuming they will be ready and good enough. They will all be teenagers still. (n/m) (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 16:33:43
- Unfortunately many of our fans will never have the bollocks for the fight (NCFC) - FreshBlood, Aug 2, 15:17:56
- Yes, lets give up now..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:35:52
- We can stay up. I am confident we will give it a good go (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:21:41
- Just shows that financially our ownership model is unlikely to be able to (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:14:37
- Your hinting that we need new owners Jim..... (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 15:20:33
- Depends what you want from the club doesn;t it (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:24:29
- "won't let it go out of business and I think many of our fans value that" (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:28:30
- Vourse they do but some of us don;t subscribe to the view that (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:35:47
- Don't think anyone subscribes to that view.. (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 2, 15:57:59
- Vourse they do but some of us don;t subscribe to the view that (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:35:47
- I can understand that too. It just pisses me off a bit us being the paupers. (n/m) (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 15:27:46
- Yes because getting Rich owners guarantees success. (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:26:59
- No but I do think poor owners can hold you back (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:34:14
- Rich owners didnt hold Fulham back from the Champs.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:38:09
- Fulham, Fulham, Fulham blah, blah, blah (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:42:35
- The club said at the outset that we won't be spending massive amounts on new signings. (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Aug 2, 15:49:43
- Agreed. Nothing I can do about it. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:51:00
- The club said at the outset that we won't be spending massive amounts on new signings. (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Aug 2, 15:49:43
- Fulham, Fulham, Fulham blah, blah, blah (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:42:35
- Rich owners didnt hold Fulham back from the Champs.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:38:09
- No but I do think poor owners can hold you back (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:34:14
- "won't let it go out of business and I think many of our fans value that" (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:28:30
- Depends what you want from the club doesn;t it (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 2, 15:24:29
- That's the spirit! (n/m) (NCFC) - FreshBlood, Aug 2, 15:18:58
- I think Jim is only being realistic. Alot of fans are wearing the rose tinted spectacles (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 15:25:21
- Realism doesn't equal rose tinted specs doesn't equal little old Norwich (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 2, 16:39:59
- very much this (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 2, 15:32:25
- ^^ this might be in the wrong place (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 2, 15:33:20
- If he was being realistic he would embrace our financial situation. (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:31:35
- Absolutely - some poeple have short memories with the crap mercenaries we signed which (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Aug 2, 15:53:58
- I think Jim is only being realistic. Alot of fans are wearing the rose tinted spectacles (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 15:25:21
- Your hinting that we need new owners Jim..... (NCFC) - jimbo, Aug 2, 15:20:33
- Groundhog day (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Aug 2, 15:08:52
- OMG....... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 2, 15:01:02
- The new bogs in the river end must have cost a fortune. (n/m) (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Aug 2, 14:54:49
- I love the fact we're not spunking away cash on overpriced (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 2, 15:53:11
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