I'm sure that this board always had it under control

We have a good mix of football and business people - looking at what is happening now, you can see that selection of transfer targets is being left to the manager entirely, which is how it should be.

Grant has given the board a list of players he wants, and they handle the financial side of things. We're only going to sign someone if it's the right player at the right price. Looking at the players we've signed, they are decent players at this level; put a few more in there and we'd certainly be a good team in this league. And we're not going to be paying out huge wages - we've got Earnie off the books now, and there won't be many more on big wages now (Hucks probably the only one now, and Marshall will probably be one too). The players we've got in are generally stepping up and therefore less likely to command huge salaries (unlike Earnshaw who we had to give a big incentive to join). Lappin and Fotheringham are good examples of this - and if they can get used to the Championship then they could be good signings.

Posted By: Hull Canary on July 2nd 2007 at 14:14:05

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official site (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 2, 12:28:13
- If they could swallow some pride (NCFC) - megson, Jul 2, 12:42:08
  - it's a no-win situation for the board really (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Jul 2, 13:10:33
    - Yes, but there appears to have been no oversight at all (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 2, 13:43:00
      - too be fair I don't think we are hardly struggling for cash at the moment (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 2, 13:52:15
      - and is the club going bust? (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Jul 2, 13:51:02
        
        That's not really my point (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 2, 14:03:59
        
        I'm sure that this board always had it under control (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Jul 2, 14:14:05
      - if he did it within his budget and didn't overspend i don't see how they could complain (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jul 2, 13:47:09
        
        Well, to me, it's irresponsible to provide that kind of budget (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jul 2, 13:57:00
        
        that's really got fuck all to do with it though (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jul 2, 14:06:41
        
        at the top clubs it doesn't happen that way indeed... (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 2, 14:02:10
        
        exactly (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 2, 13:54:08
    - Absolutely spot-on - a rare dose of pragmatism on here... (n/m) (NCFC) - Greeny, Jul 2, 13:34:39
    - Great post. (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Jul 2, 13:33:03
  - if we do sign all these players to come straight into the first team (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 2, 12:47:12
  - The same thing seems to be going on at Newcastle (NCFC) - lurd, Jul 2, 12:46:08
    - agree - especially if they get Gudjohnsen (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Jul 2, 12:56:23
- Have you seen these guys in training Dave?? (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 2, 12:33:15
  - Yeah but, Neil, (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 2, 12:43:10
    - Get it right! (NCFC) - bongo33, Jul 2, 13:01:34

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