As a season ticket holder I believe that the board of Norwich City Football Club plc have systematically mismanaged the club’s finances over a long period of time. I understand that a new buyer can’t be plucked from thin air and due to the current financial climate may be a long time coming. We therefore want the majority shareholders to continue to remain in control until such time as a buyer can be found. We also appreciate the money they have put in and their ongoing commitment to the club in covering any financial shortfall. On this basis, I agree to allow the club to keep the rebate due on my season ticket for the 2009 – 2010 season subject to the following conditions:- • All rebate money is ring-fenced to be used on buying (not loaning) in players to get us out of league 1. From what we have witnessed and in our opinion too many loan players have had an adverse effect on the team this year. We are not saying no to any loan players in the squad, merely that our rebate may only be spent on purchasing/paying our own players. • Neil Doncaster is removed from his post as Chief Executive and be replaced with a person who can make the necessary changes to the way the club is run. He must be held responsible as Chief Executive for the shortcomings of the club over the last several years. Mistake after mistake has been made. No doubt we are all speaking with the benefit of hindsight, as he is fond of saying, but it''s a fool who learns nothing from the past and repeats behaviour that has led to failure. • The club continues to seek alternative investors, including an outright buyer and sets more realistic criteria for such a person and a more realistic price on a business that is losing money hand over fist and is failing badly at what is its core business. • Bryan Gunn is replaced with an experienced football manager who knows all about getting a team out of league 1. We love Gunny and admire him for stepping into the breach at the club we and he love, but believe the board were mistaken in appointing an inexperienced person in the situation we were in back in January. ENDS Hope as many of my fellow season ticket holders do this and post it back to the club as possible, I very much doubt anything will come of it but at least we can start to exert some financial pressure on our intransigent board to make the necessary changes. You can chop out points which you don''t agree with, add in your own, whatever you want, just register your disapproval with the current regime. Thanks.
