I’d also like my son not to be laughed at at school

The mid/late 90s were tough as a young canary in the shires.

Posted By: CWC on December 28th 2021 at 20:04:27

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PM: Jim / Loz (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 18:41:27
- I would see us competing with the likes of todays opponents (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 19:25:25
  - Thanks for your reply, Jim (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 19:33:21
    - Yes. I’d take being a top flight club. Finishing mid table in the prem is a (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 19:51:34
      - Funny enough the fans got fed up of that exact thing under hoots. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:23:35
        
        not true (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, Dec 28, 20:53:16
        
        No they didn’t (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 20:28:36
        
        You are rewriting history we were going down under Hoots (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 20:27:00
      - 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 19:53:07
    - There have been lots of really shit years since then (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 19:43:11
      - Fair enough, I'm on the other side of the fence myself (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 19:51:27
        
        Well yes - lower mid table Prem inevitably leads to (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 20:05:26
        
        I’d also like my son not to be laughed at at school (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 20:04:27
- Fair question and can I be clear my main gripe is … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 18:47:31
  - How do you KNOW they have refused offers. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:27:14
    - They do not listen to offers. Horses mouth. They won’t have had concrete offers because (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 20:36:10
      - Unsubstantiated bullshit. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 23:08:34
  - Thanks for replying (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 18:56:37
    - We’ve also been relegated 5 times. The promotion seasons are obviously fun but (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 20:43:21
    - Spot on. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:29:55
    - It’s a good point but soon … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 19:01:32
      - "I refuse to believe their isn’t a prospective owner out there (that isn’t satan)" (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 19:26:52
        
        Exactly. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:41:43
        
        People who think nobody has been interested in buying us in the last 25 years are gullible (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 20:44:17
        
        Cullum, Fernandes and (to an extent) the Turners (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 21:00:03
        
        Don’t believe it for a moment. And in any event hard to progress things when the owners (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 22:21:22
        
        You are just making shit up based on no evidence. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 23:10:46
        
        If we carry on as we are we'll end up not competing. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 28, 19:51:40
        
        So what...that's football. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:32:39
      - I disagree with your first statement, but if that is the case then so be it. (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 19:09:42
        
        Before Farke /Webber performed mission impossible …. (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 19:24:05
        
        You just made a case against your own argument for... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:34:18
        
        Does that not justify the self-funding model then? (NCFC) - NxNW, Dec 28, 19:28:58
        
        Also... Nobody 'invests' in football (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 19:32:56
        
        As opposed to a poor cooks plaything? (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 28, 19:54:39
        
        As opposed to being owned by a fellow fan (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 20:02:44
        
        Amen. All of this. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Dec 28, 21:16:25
        
        Don't let logic and a well thought out argument... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 28, 20:38:19
        
        Chatting with a couple of quite moral Toons fan mates (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 21:32:19
        
        Not really because it means that sooner rather than later … (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 19:31:57
        
        Or, alternatively, our owners are some of the most experienced in the tiers (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 19:37:24
        
        IDiOt. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 28, 19:55:15
        
        :) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 28, 20:03:31
        
        ^ Mystic Meg (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 19:46:02
    - Just to add to that... (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Dec 28, 18:59:57
      - a billion percent. I want us to be a top flight club. not the occasional best of the rest. (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, Dec 28, 20:55:27
      - Yes, without a doubt (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 19:37:19
        
        Edit (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 19:38:11
      - Yes. Absolutely. And the next promotion season (if there is one because it’s not (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 19:27:37
- Leicester were much the same till taken over. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 28, 18:44:41
  - He’s in for a lot of shit anyway… not sure he realizes that. (n/m) (NCFC) - ChengdeCanary, Dec 28, 18:57:00
    - Must be awkward for him. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 28, 19:47:45
      - Sure the £80m he will no doubt bank will soften the blow (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 28, 20:35:15
      - He will flog us off at the first opportunity (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 28, 20:07:02

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