I think some do, whether or not they care to admit it

Or at least, derive a certain pleasure from failure (or the failure of certain managers or regimes) - eg, post farke, quite a few (probably me included) were quite pleased to see some later justification for our belief that he shouldn't have been sacked - it's human nature

Posted By: paulg on August 27th 2025 at 09:33:11

Message Thread

Has he gone yet? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 27, 08:32:35
- The carrow road poisoned chalice strikes again.. Knapper out (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Aug 27, 09:27:02
- We Want Our Club Back (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 27, 09:20:12
  - Not the country then ? (n/m) (NCFC) - MORDENCANARY, Aug 27, 10:08:26
- He's got another ten games, (n/m) (NCFC) - MORDENCANARY, Aug 27, 09:00:17
  - Give him 10 games, get behind him, then take stock (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 27, 09:06:41
    - I think it’s been evident that Knapper is out of his depth at this level of leadership (NCFC) - Canarrojo, Aug 27, 10:00:09
      - Have you seen Mannings speeches? They are fucking dire, players look half asleep. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 27, 10:47:15
        
        I have. I was shocked as a whole at the quality we’ve seen in official club videos. (n/m) (NCFC) - Canarrojo, Aug 27, 12:54:02
      - He seems to be great at extracting maximum value for departures (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:12:03
        
        True. But he didn’t sign many, if any, of them. (NCFC) - Canarrojo, Aug 27, 10:13:59
        
        Yep the higher transfer fee recruits like Jurasek and Crnac especially (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:16:45
    - Nobody wants this, but its already evident things are going v badly wrong (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Aug 27, 09:55:45
    - Agree 100% (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 09:52:27
      - It’s true, our fan base love a hipster foreign manager. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 27, 10:49:32
        
        not sure the fanbase do .. (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 27, 10:54:01
      - Two of this board’s great snides. (NCFC) - Snakepit Divorcee, Aug 27, 10:11:16
        
        Irony just died (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:12:35
        
        Nothing snide about me, mate. (NCFC) - Snakepit Divorcee, Aug 27, 10:14:50
        
        Please elaborate (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:17:51
      - great hijack.. (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Aug 27, 10:02:45
        
        Not intended - an observation (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:10:37
        
        👍💛💚 (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Aug 27, 10:12:37
      - FFS! This is a NCFC football thread (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 27, 09:56:45
        
        Wasn’t the intention - apols if interpreted as that (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Aug 27, 10:10:06
        
        👍💛💚 (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 27, 10:11:56
      - lol wtf (NCFC) - SCC 28, Aug 27, 09:54:18
    - Seems to be the general attitude at most clubs (NCFC) - inutero, Aug 27, 09:42:42
      - Yes - its a ridiculous approach (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 27, 09:45:02
        
        It could be like one of those food 'pop-ups' (NCFC) - inutero, Aug 27, 10:20:43
    - Nobody wishes failure I’m sure (NCFC) - SCC 28, Aug 27, 09:27:09
      - I think some do, whether or not they care to admit it (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 27, 09:33:11
        
        I don’t recall any justification (NCFC) - SCC 28, Aug 27, 09:38:28
    - Yep, it's not even September yet. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 27, 09:21:40
    - Mannings sides are reportedly all slow starters … (NCFC) - loz, Aug 27, 09:20:04
    - Give him 9 league games .... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 27, 09:14:41
      - October will be interesting Ipswich followed (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Aug 27, 10:01:31
      - That sounds about right (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 27, 09:29:28
        
        "Living in England" (NCFC) - CB41, Aug 27, 11:17:24
- Depends if they mean 10 games or 10 league games, either way not long to wait (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 27, 08:46:14
- Yes. I'm sure he will be back later posting more shit statistics (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Aug 27, 08:36:56

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