How to stop the "boom & bust" cycle - NCFC

Pre-season, I floated this question, in other words, how to stop being a yo-yo club. Most posters agreed that you need either, a huge injection of external cash, or you buy sub-Premiership standard players and hope they can step up to the plate. The first option's not open, so just as always before, we've tried the second. Which is far more likely to fail than succeed, as we're seeing again. You might get a Maddison or Godfrey one in ten, but the other 9 won't make it.

Most posts on this board say 'play player A not player B', or 'change the formation', or 'change the manager'. None will make any difference. You can only make a silk purse from a sow's ear once in a blue moon.

Which brings me for to the betting. I've been howled down for betting on us to go down, but it's nothing more than an insurance policy, against the disappointment relegation. Pre-season, we were even money for the drop, so I had £200. I'd be overjoyed to lose it, and see my team stay another season in Premiership. You do the same thing when you insure your house or car. Quite happy to lose your premium, as along as you have no house fire nor you car gets trashed. One poster said '" for the life of me, I don't understand why anyone would bet against his own team!". But perhaps he's never bought any insurance. If you bet for your team, based only on hope and blind optimism, you're simply keeping the bookies in business a bit longer. Just as a postscript, you can't any longer get an even money price on us for the drop ( surprise !).

Posted By: Fudpucker on October 31st 2021 at 18:40:59

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