Truthseeker

I see that even now Fan''s Eye Adam Aiken is being critical of all things Norwich City. How long until he follows Richard Balls and falls on his sword? This negativity has got to stop.

[quote user="tilly"] well Mr TRUTHSEEKER having not read this message board for a few days i am fascinated to see that you are"keen to highlight the fact that NCISA is inextricably linked to at least one of the EDP''s columnists".What on earth are you saying or trying to prove.Are you saying that NCISA writes Fans Eye or that Adam writes the NCISA columns in the Pink Un. In one of your posts you claimed to have only a passing interest in affairs at NCFC and not to be a regular fan.In another you had information on alleged infighting on the NCISA committee and in yet another your contacts within Carrow Road told you that NCISA were not highly thought of. [/quote] Your aggressive tone speaks volumes.

Not for the first time, there has been speculation about my motives.   The answer to those concerns is that I am purely motivated by the truth surrounding various people and organisations that should be whiter than white.   Last year, I exposed a member of the NCISA committee who was writing posts on this board and then backing himself up under his real name. It was deceiving to say the least, and although I got a lot of criticism for what I said, no one actually defended the practice that I had exposed.   Since then, I have been keen to highlight the fact that NISA (which has played a big roll and rightly so in recent developments at Norwich City) is inextricably linked to at least one of the EDP''s columnists   I can''t be the only one who thinks the Archant columnists are struggling to contain their frustration that they can''t find much to criticise at the moment, even if the start of the season hasnt been as good as it could have been. But it is even more worrying is that the cartel of criticism includes both NCISA and Archant, and all I want to do is let people know where the news and comment they read comes from.    (And before people start to complain that I’m here again, this is meant as an answer to various posts about my motives.)

Does this mean the club is now giving its blessing to a supporters group that has gone out of its way to undermine the club?

I thought the Archant columnists were fairly upbeat this week. It seems like they actually support the team now! Whatever next?

Are the same Archant columnists going to be writing this season or will there be a freshening up of the columns?

It''s not about whether there has been doom and gloom in the past. It''s about the same old moaners joining forces and no doubt planning how to spin their negativity in novel ways this season. The fact that an EDP columnist with a prominent platform socialises at a barbeque with the fan''s group that helped get rid of the last manager only proves my point. Ask anyone involved with Norwich City and they''ll tell you the same.

I''m told that Fans Eye and NCISA were seen together at the West Ham game yesterday. Please tell me they weren''t preparing for yet another season of doom and gloom together?

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/commentary/FansEye.aspx As negative as ever, don''t you think? I thought we might be spared these gloomy Archant columnists now the season is over. Or are they going to continue all summer?

Rossi, The point I made about NCISA''s role in the ousting of the previous manager was actually meant as a compliment, not a criticism. Maybe I exaggerated your role in that process, but I was trying to say that NCISA is a major supporters'' group and therefore has more influence on these things than on others. The reason people have a right to know? NCISA often speaks on behalf of many more fans than just your members. The identity of the new chairman has been revealed now, but it could have done (and should have been done) a long time ago.

Thanks for a constructive answer. It''s good that someone here can discuss this reasonably. I have no problem with NCISA receiving coverage in the local papers. I just don''t think it''s helpful that there are people on the EDP who have extremely close ties to an organisation that potentially has an important role to play in terms of Norwich City. It needs to be balanced but I don''t think it can be.

You can carry out personal attacks if you want to, but the fact remains that this was something that could have been addressed weeks ago. The massive coverage of the departure of Roy Blower in the EDP over the weekend also demonstates the cosy relationship between the paper and NCISA. Adam Aiken, I notice, also joined in the self-serving backslapping. I have thought for a long time that there was something slightly concerning about the relatinship between NISA and the columnists. This has only confirmed my suspicions.

I have done exactly that Blahblahblah. I have asked a member of the committee if I can be told who is leading NCISA at the moment and I have been told that it''s confidential. I am not attempting to embarrass anyone but simply trying to find out who is leading NCISA. I was also told that members of NCISA are not allowed to know who the new chairman is. I''m pleased you are more interested in Tesco. That is your right. But it is my right and the right of NCISA members to know who is in charge of the association. It is an important role . . . don''t forget that it was NCISA who were instrumental in leading the calls for a new manager. Perhaps if some of the publicity-seeking junkies in NCISA were more interested in looking after their members rather than cosying up with EDP columnists it would be better for all concerned.

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote user="Cluck "]Perhaps they are just doing what NCFC are up to.....calling someone else "Chairman" in order to deflect criticism away from someone within the Boardroom who has a "squeaky clean" reputation to protect. Just a hunch............[/quote] Or maybe they haven''t got around to changing the website yet, or issuing a press release.  Aren''t there enough serious conspiracies in the world to get your teeth into ?  If I were you, I''d be far more concerned at the stifling of development of zero-point energy solutions, or whether 911 was an inside job, or whether Princess Di was really knocked off by MI5, or anything involving America, rather than who''s the top volunteer in a fans association. [:|] [/quote] That is taking it out of context to a stupid level. This isn''t a conspiracy theory like the one surrounding Princess Diana or September 11th but it is a curious thing to be happening. Rather than question me about conspiracy theories, why don''t you question NCISA about why after weeks of infighting, its members (who pay to be members) have not been told about the committee''s vote and who the new chairman is. I do not care which "top volunteer" runs NCISA. I just want to know why there is something to hide.

I''m sure I''ll get criticised for raising this again but why have NCISA failed to tell us who their new chairman is, even though they have already voted and decided on it?

Adam Aiken wrote in the EDP recently that Norwich shouldn''t sell Earnshaw for less than £10m. If that ridiculous idea is shared by NCISA, will there be all kinds of calls for street protests and demos if he is sold for less?

I was just making a simple point. People like to talk about the cosy relationship between the club and certain reporters. Yet there is just as cosy a relationship between NCISA and the EDP columnists.

I think we should all be a little more concerned about the current state of affairs than with what happened some years ago. Forget the nonsense about reporters being in the club''s pocket.

It''s interesting to see that in other threads there is more discussion taking place about Archant''s columnists. I got torn to pieces when I made similar suggestions here before. So I''ll now sit back and watch others receive the same treatment. I''ll also leave it others to make enquiries about the new NCISA chairman. I hear the vote to replace Roy Blower has happened. I wonder why no announcement has been made?

Adam, it''s not so much a cover-up that I''m concerned about. It''s the fact you are so closely linked with NCISA. And I notice you make no mention of the power struggle going on within NCISA at the moment.

[quote user="nutty nigel"] Truthseeker - Why do you ONLY post about NCISA and why does Roy Blower have to step down while he is Mayor and what situation should we all be aware of? I asked you in the other thread but you didn''t answer! Guess you don''t have to! [/quote]   Nigel - I only post about NCISA because that is who I know most about. I am not a regular at Carrow Road so I don''t feel it is my place to pass comment about the team when there are people on this board who know far more about them than I do. I have said it before and I will say it again: NCISA just needs to be honest and open. I never said Roy Blower should step down to be Mayor. It was the NCISA committee that decided that. The situation that needs publicising is that there is a bitter feud within NCISA about who should replace Roy Blower. That feud is NCISA''s right, but the members have not been kept up to speed with these developments.

[quote user="cityangel"] Why don''t you take up your concerns with the NCISA and whatever journalists you''re not happy with then? I haven''t always been the NCISA biggest fan but was invited to speak to one of their committee members about my concerns and found them to be very honest and informative, so all credit to them. [/quote] No need for that, City Angel. I have already been contacted directly by the journalist concerned. Let me just say that we beg to differ.

It is not about taking myself too seriously. It is about highlighting the hidden agendas that people have. It all started with one of the NCISA committee being exposed for not being entirely straight on these message boards. Now my concern is the spin and the untold facts regarding NISA''s cosy relationship with supposedly independent journalists. I have no problem with anyone''s point of view - I just think that a supporters'' association and journalists should be independent of each other, or at least be open about it.

Yet again in the Fan''s Eye article in the EDP, Adam Aiken feels the need to tell the whole world that he and others wanted a new manager installed long before last October. By others, I guess he means his friends on the NCISA committee. Why does he keep repeating this? Is it some kind of need that he and others on the NCISA committee have of demonstrating how right they were and how wrong everyone else was?

[quote user="Bob M"]if hes moving up here then good because i can see a good future for him, but sounds a bit fishy that the only day he can move house is the day of the q & a, nothing to do with indifferent form and the boo boys as people in the pub were saying? hope not because i think the guy shows a lot of bottle[/quote] As someone who has expressed frustration with NCISA here recently, I can confirm that the facts given here for Peter Grant''s cancellation are right. It has nothing to do with the boo-boys.