Yeah - it all went wrong with the transfer business from the start of the PL season onward

We signed some rubbish players when we went up, then carried on signing rubbish players when we came back down.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on September 24th 2025 at 10:56:22

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Dave Jones saying that he got offered the Norwich managers job (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 24, 10:16:11
- I think we did the right thing (NCFC) - Happy Crapper, Sep 24, 12:56:13
- Plus there was the child abuse thing hanging over him (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 12:13:19
- It was Jones' Wolves who imploded in 01/02 (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 11:10:55
  - Its totally an open ended debate as we'll never ever know (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 24, 11:17:11
    - I was never a fan of Jones (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 11:26:13
- I remember Worthy with great fondness (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 24, 11:10:12
- Can’t imagine much difference to be honest (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 24, 10:44:35
  - The disrespect (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 24, 11:05:51
- Under the cosh? Saw it advertised looks interesting (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Sep 24, 10:31:18
  - Yeah - it all went wrong with the transfer business from the start of the PL season onward (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 24, 10:56:22
    - Point me to a promotion / relegation sequence (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 11:12:22
      - We did pretty well from 2011-2015 (NCFC) - lurd, Sep 24, 11:26:19
        
        You misunderstand (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 11:41:36
        
        Well maybe but the only time we've gone straight back up, we signed much better players by (NCFC) - lurd, Sep 24, 11:52:19
        
        But the discussion was about Worthy and his signings (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Sep 24, 11:57:19
      - We've been relegated and had a very good championship side the season after (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 24, 11:21:27
    - Too true! (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Sep 24, 11:10:47
- I'd say Worthington did a better job with us than Jones did with Wolves (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 24, 10:30:10
  - it totally could've gone much worse under Jones (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 24, 10:45:16
    - He did a really good job shifting the momentum of the club (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 24, 10:57:40
      - In my head I seem to only be able to remember the end of Worthy (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Sep 24, 11:11:32
        
        A dark end as it often is (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Sep 24, 13:05:17
- Worthy went more than ok (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 24, 10:21:11

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