Cognitive dissonance

I don't think I'm weird to enjoy supporting a club with owners who are genuine fans and that is self funding.

We've *just* had the ESL debacle.

I live in a city where the (generous) owner decided on a whim to change the strip from blue to red and and the badge from a Bluebird to a dragon. Despite ploughing 100s of millions into the club, they have been less successful than us. This is the norm for wealthy owners. Not Leicester.

I don't know what mental gymnastics you perform to square with yourself the ideas that having a wealthy owner=having a better or more successful owner when the top three leagues are chock full with them and we do better than most in the current model.

I also don't understand how anyone can look at the ESL stuff and wish that we were also on that gravy train (and yet still locked out) we will *never* be one of the big six.

I also find it pretty galling behaviour to slag off our owners at every opportunity, particularly when we have just had two out of three successful years. Imagine doing really well at work and then getting fired because "you've taken us as far as you can". Or maybe imagine living in a street which has successively been filled with richer families who have all built large extensions and done the houses up. You've managed to 'keep up with the jones' ' with a tonne of hard work and then your family boot you out because they've found some rich randomer who has promised to buy them a pool.

Definitely went past the point at which we should have agreed to disagree years ago, so I'll draw a line under it now.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on June 6th 2021 at 09:14:19

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Important to remember our owners set Webber's budget (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Jun 6, 00:43:03
- You don’t need someone like Webber if (NCFC) - Farkeball, Jun 6, 09:07:03
- It all comes back to Delia and MWJ (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 6, 08:45:41
  - Emily wanted to go though (n/m) (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jun 6, 09:34:47
  - Cognitive dissonance (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 6, 09:14:19
    - I don’t slag them off at every opportunity, there are elements of the model I agree with (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 6, 10:03:05
      - There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood etc etc (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 6, 10:50:23
        
        Once bitten twice shy (NCFC) - pinkney, Jun 6, 12:26:13
        
        Et tu Brutus? (n/m) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 6, 10:57:37
    - Excellent post. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Jun 6, 10:01:01
    - Why does he never respond? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jun 6, 09:55:06
    - 👏👏👏 (n/m) (NCFC) - NxNW, Jun 6, 09:16:12
  - I agree a million percent. They’ve refused any offer of investment (NCFC) - bobble, Jun 6, 08:59:08
    - "We’ve been promoted more times than anyone" (NCFC) - NxNW, Jun 6, 09:09:47
      - Exactly (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jun 6, 09:55:30
      - Oh, and this too... (NCFC) - NxNW, Jun 6, 09:12:12
- Hanging,etc (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 6, 06:10:51
- Didn't work last time in prem (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jun 6, 00:48:52
  - Did we spend 40 million last time in the Prem? (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Jun 6, 00:55:00
    - Marcus Evans is f'ing loaded, how'd that work out? (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jun 6, 01:18:06
      - Zactlee (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 6, 06:07:21
      - Good that you've picked all the successful ones (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Jun 6, 01:26:48

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