Re: They kept it quiet at the time...

Not at all! Remember Doncaster and Munby saying that they were taking a calculated gamble...and Doncaster says as much in the article...

?During the 2003-4 season we invested heavily in the likes of Peter Crouch, Kevin Harper and Darren Huckerby on loan, and also the full-time transfers of Leon McKenzie, Matt Svensson and, of course, Huckerby again.

It was a risk, without a doubt, but it was calculated risk. We always made it clear that we were taking a calculated gamble in signing those players and it was that gamble which pushed our wages to turn-over ratio way above the Championship average."

Posted By: Jim Nasium on June 8th 2005 at 12:11:52

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Finance update on us....... (NCFC) - PK_Canary, Jun 8, 11:46:02
- The word "Gamble" appeared too many times in that article (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jun 8, 12:21:28
  - All calculated... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 8, 12:22:59
- In hindsight (NCFC) - brandmoanio, Jun 8, 11:59:46
  - we would have been a bit buggered if we hadn't gone up though (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 8, 12:03:47
    - It's a difficult one to manage as... (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 8, 12:10:19
      - when the gamble went wrong (NCFC) - brandmoanio, Jun 8, 12:32:27
        
        That's a good idea, but if a player... (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 8, 12:40:16
        
        to an extent (NCFC) - brandmoanio, Jun 8, 12:49:12
        
        And where are those three clubs now? (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 8, 12:59:06
      - but no-one else WAS paying those wages (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 8, 12:25:29
    - I thought we'd pushed the boat out a fair bit to buy promotion... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 8, 12:07:37
      - Re: They kept it quiet at the time... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 8, 12:11:52
        
        thought at the time... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 8, 12:27:05
        
        they did say it was a calculated gamble (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 8, 12:13:57
        
        Yeah but... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 8, 12:19:39
        
        quite (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 8, 12:23:05
        
        beautifully illustrated... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 8, 12:24:31
      - i think an awful lot of bullshit comes out of CR (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 8, 12:09:36
  - also we have a small squad so must be paying over the odds? ...n/m (n/m) (NCFC) - mattpinkney, Jun 8, 12:02:36
    - an average wage ? (NCFC) - brandmoanio, Jun 8, 12:10:09
      - thats a lot for a tea lady (n/m) (NCFC) - mattpinkney, Jun 8, 12:28:28
- Good gamble (n/m) (NCFC) - DDiM, Jun 8, 11:46:38

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