It can be awfully deceptive

November 2004. Away to Charlton. We lost 4-0 - it was the day many of us realised we were out of our depth - yet the hosts didn't look any good at all really! Just solid, no more than that. But over a whole season, they were miles and miles ahead of us, because they had years of revenue and experience on us.

Like Palace did when walloping us at Carrow Road on the first day of 2015/16. They were so far ahead that day, it was a huge shock.

Bridging the chasm separating 'yo-yo club' from 'established Premier League club' is hard enough without the massive financial disadvantage we face. We're doing incredibly well just to be in with a shout.

Posted By: thebigfeller on September 28th 2019 at 20:11:25

Message Thread

No Jim. We're not. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 19:32:57
- TMW (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 28, 23:43:40
- Just 54 weeks ago you had written City off (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 28, 20:38:41
  - Listen very carefully. I shall say this (more than) once. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 20:57:53
    - Quite. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 28, 21:35:19
    - You’re not allowed to say that on this board (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 28, 21:05:18
- Our players are. If you watched that game today you would see that. (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 28, 19:45:21
  - We're not. This isn't about one game. It's a squad game over a whole season. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 19:53:24
    - Totally agree. So far this season we’ve had one game (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Sep 28, 20:37:31
      - Which away games are not “really hard” away games though? (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 28, 20:46:32
        
        We never win at Palace (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 28, 23:51:35
        
        Nobody's 'writing off' any away games. It's just that they're all very hard (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 21:01:10
        
        Pointing out issues is not whining. I think we could/should have got something today (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 28, 21:12:46
        
        All away games in the premier league are very tough... (NCFC) - loz, Sep 28, 20:53:50
        
        And an untried youth and srbeny on the bench, and (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 28, 21:00:24
    - Of course we are not in the same universe as Liverpool or Man City (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 28, 20:14:21
    - He’s deluded he thinks literally every team is shit (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Sep 28, 20:02:57
      - It can be awfully deceptive (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 20:11:25
  - Can't ignore the physical aspect (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Sep 28, 19:49:39
    - Yep. Ekoku highlighted that too. (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 19:57:15
    - Not really today. For 25 minutes they couldn’t get near us. Unfortunately (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 28, 19:51:46
      - Hodgson made a tactical tweak after the break... (NCFC) - loz, Sep 28, 20:00:36
      - You mean the period when they were sitting and sitting and holding us off (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 19:54:42
- Too many words. Boy. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 19:41:16
- we're doing ok for a Champs team. (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 28, 19:37:11
  - think that's a little disrespectful to the players (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Sep 28, 19:42:48
    - there's no shame in it (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 28, 20:18:08
      - If this season was going wrong, we'd look like a tadpole in an ocean. Thankfully, we don't (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 20:19:45
    - Wasn’t this team though was it ... (NCFC) - loz, Sep 28, 19:49:18
  - And we're also one point ahead of my Chase-esque "how do we get to 40 points?" guide (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Sep 28, 19:40:19
    - Oh well. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 28, 20:34:20
- POTD (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Sep 28, 19:35:38

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