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How does it feel, despite your statement in the press, to have your integrity questioned?

Yep - that really sums up my hidden agenda doesn''t it, Herb!Again, on re-reading, I find this part of the NCISA statement incredible. And in appointing the managing director of Archant to the club''s board, will there now be no medium for fans to voice their opinions and no support for fans from local newspapers should things continue to go wrong at Carrow Road? Is it only me who sees the irony in the fact that this was reproduced on the Archant sites and I assume in the paper?

[quote user="Smudger"][quote user="LQ"]I really wish I hadn''t looked at this forum again today.I''ll stop commenting now I think because quite frankly I find the childish insults pathetic. If you can''t hold a reasoned argument don''t pretend you are.And now I get Smudger wishing my company to the dogs.Nice, and so very grown up.Still, it''s nice to see him as the NCISA spokesperson on this matter. Sums it all up. [/quote] Would it go to the dogs if we went in to administration tomorrow LQ? I think an honest answer to that would show your hidden agenda? Why does an Arsenal fan care so mcuh about what happens in the NCFC Boardroom??? [/quote]What the hell are you on about?The only work my company does for the Club, it does for free - I give, I don''t take. I''ve never taken a penny out of the place and I wouldn''t want to.

Sums up the typical kneejerk reactions I''m afraid Butler.Perhaps this quote from MWJ should have been taken into consideration?Wynn Jones said the Canaries now had a "dynamic, ambitious and very experienced board" but there was still space for a new face. He said: "There is room on the board for new people to the extent that we''re looking for suitable people. The issue is not closed but for the time being this is our working board, this is the one that''s going to take us ahead. But by no means rule out one more."As I said, about 6 pages ago, NCISA have commented on this as a fait accompli - throwing out the assumption into the public domain (via the now heavily biased Archant Group [8-)]) that that''s it, now the Club are just going to sit on their collective behinds, twiddling their thumbs. Evidently they''re not!

I really wish I hadn''t looked at this forum again today.I''ll stop commenting now I think because quite frankly I find the childish insults pathetic. If you can''t hold a reasoned argument don''t pretend you are.And now I get Smudger wishing my company to the dogs.Nice, and so very grown up.Still, it''s nice to see him as the NCISA spokesperson on this matter. Sums it all up.

Were those two people from NCISA, blah?

I just can''t buy into this conspiracy stuff, sorry ACE.People are saying that if there''s a damaging story it''ll get toned down and the like. That doesn''t add up to me for two reasons:1) Archant''s job is to sell newspapers; the juicier the content the better the sales. Stephan Phillips being on the Board of NCFC should not have any influence on editorial unless his integrity is in question.2) There need to be damaging stories in the first place! And much as some on here would like it, there just aren''t those kind of skeletons in the cupboards at NCFC. If there were someone would have got them out and dusted them off by now!

But Archant have been shareholders in NCFC for years so why should this make the relationship more of an issue?

[quote user="canaryspike7"]I will repeat my point though, yes Roeder was manager, but Gunn was HEAD of player recruitment. Or was that role just dreamt up for Gunn?![/quote]Be honest now, exactly how much do you think Roeder listened to Gunn''s opinion about players?I''m guessing (from his character) not much!

[quote user="GMF"]To suggest that the Board is in some way being defended completely misses the point. How many corporates do NOT have the CEO on the Board? Very few I would sugggest. John suggests that this was previously a mistake and the same has happened again. Is he seriously suggesting that the NCFC should be made up completely of non exectuive directors?[/quote]That''s what you get from people who ''think'' they know how business works though.

[quote user="Jumpers for Goalposts"]NCISA should be congratulated for keeping the pressure on the Board. It is difficult to see how these appointments address any of the Board deficiencies.[/quote]What?For years the Board has been slated for not embracing business nous and footballing experience. Alright, McNally may not offer the football experience we''d like to see but he comes close with the contacts and dealings he''s had in the past and the other two are at the top of their game in their respective fields. Short of getting Dion (or similar) on there for the footie side I seriously don''t know what more could have been done.That NCISA statement reads like they believe that''s it. Job done. Time to wake up and smell the coffee though isn''t it? As I said previously the new appointees are probably better than any reasonable person could have expected (we don''t all live in cloud cuckoo land) and surely anyone can see that bringing in investment is going to be far easier with this calibre of Board in place?Or maybe it''s just too hard to stop moaning once you''ve started?

...., you carry on believing that.

And when someone comes along who does have it, ...., that''ll be fabulous.Till then I''ll hope this lot can make good with what we do have as opposed to what we have in fairytale land.

Get real indeed.In the last month the Club have added a PL quality Chief Exec, a Chairman who has just stepped down from one of the biggest companies in the UK and another Board member who is in charge of a large part of one of the biggest media corporations in the country.We are a League One team in a recession.What more could have been done?Some people won''t be happy until there''s blood (or their own name in the Boardroom - god forbid that should ever happen!)

Oh good God.I don''t even know where to start!Seriously, has anyone on the NCISA committee ever run a decent sized business?

Great!Cheers Evil - that''s my nightmares sorted for tonight then...[+o(]

Ahhh...Conspiracies are always so much more fun than truth!

[quote user="Beauseant"][quote user="canarytom"]Undertaker, didn''t you once tell me you had 4 different users?[/quote]   That sounds mildly dirty! [/quote]Only ''mildy''???brrr...Hey Butler, stop taking my name in vain![:P]

We''ve spent more than they have in the past few years because they didn''t have it before.Hoyle only came on board with them last summer and only put his money in (in a big way) a couple of weeks ago. 

Sorry - I forgot where I was for a minute![:P]

Dean Holye - the guy who owns Huddersfield Town - is loaded.There''s your answer.

Like loan renegotiation, Purple?I can''t wait [;)]

[quote user="GRIFFTER45"]Trust me it''s not going to be exciting at all and with very little or no investment at all. I wouldn''t waste much keyboard time on this matter. [/quote]I don''t think that''s entirely right but for me, I''m not putting out the bunting!Funny though isn''t it? You read all these stories from people with ''inside knowledge'' and yet many of them seem completely contradictory. We''ve had Wizard and WAY alluding to a secret something for a few weeks now, all this about the Foulger takeover and yet MWJ is independently of the club setting up meetings with various fan groups for the end of July.Hmmm...

Less than two hours to go...Please God - don''t let it go to penalties!!![8-)]

Thanks for the update.