Amanda T 1 Posted February 28, 2021 Should NCFC be sold if we are to go up and stay up in the Premier League? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted February 28, 2021 Yes. Why I don’t know. It just seems you are begging for that answer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted March 1, 2021 I believe that the club should be floated on the stock exchange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,195 Posted March 1, 2021 It will happen one day, but not in the lifetime of the current owners. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted March 1, 2021 Yes, and the more genocidal dictatory, the better! Billions of quid ripped from the hands of their own starving citizens and handed over to PSG so we can have Mbappe up front please! Less cook books and more cooking of the books please! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bali Canary 11 Posted March 1, 2021 The club would lose it's identity. Maybe it would be financed sufficiently to become a Premier league mid table team for a sustained period, enough to make money and satisfy the faceless owners. Thus depriving the fans of the excitement of promotion seasons and the hope of staying in the Prem for more than one or two seasons as is the norm with the present set up at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,760 Posted March 1, 2021 Depends who to, if it's a dodgy American consortium who are potless and it's being funded by a pension scheme then no thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted March 1, 2021 8 hours ago, Capt. Pants said: It will happen one day, but not in the lifetime of the current owners. So Tom Smith will inherit a football club but not much money, then think "hang on, I'm looking at £40m-£50m here", and then flog to whoever pays him the most money, probably some dodgy Russian who fires a manager every 5 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 500 Posted March 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said: So Tom Smith will inherit a football club but not much money, then think "hang on, I'm looking at £40m-£50m here", and then flog to whoever pays him the most money, probably some dodgy Russian who fires a manager every 5 months. Wanna buy some silk stockings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff Said 5,089 Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, daly said: Wanna buy some silk stockings Not if you've already worn them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wazzock 902 Posted March 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Amanda T said: Should NCFC be sold if we are to go up and stay up in the Premier League? And it's only taken you two posts! Are you thinking of putting in a bid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Selling your club to Russian oligarchs wanted for war crimes and Far East conglomerates who have gone bankrupt 6 times already is so 10 years ago I don’t think we should settle for any less than: > An African warlord with child slave soldiers > A high up official in a country that isn’t recognised by the UN > Somalian Pirates > Caribbean Pirates > The Actual Vladimir Putin (that’d be wild!) > The Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel > The Ghost of Genghis Kahn Anything less just isn’t going to get us the ‘Gram followers we require, and let’s face it, that’s what modern football is all about. Edited March 1, 2021 by The Real Buh 3 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted March 1, 2021 Don't forget Delia has blood on her hands. How many chickens would still be alive if she hadn't told the world how to boil an egg? How many insects would still be alive in corn fields just to make flour for victoria sponges. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,155 Posted March 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said: Don't forget Delia has blood on her hands. How many chickens would still be alive if she hadn't told the world how to boil an egg? How many insects would still be alive in corn fields just to make flour for victoria sponges. I thought you meant she's just done another cookery video about how to cook a lovely rare steak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Thirsty Lizard said: I thought you meant she's just done another cookery video about how to cook a lovely rare steak. I'm afraid we are just left with repeats from now on. I don't see her doing a Frank Sinister or Strolling Bones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,760 Posted March 1, 2021 51 minutes ago, The Real Buh said: I don’t think we should settle for any less than: > Caribbean Pirates Johnny Depp?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HazzaJet 252 Posted March 1, 2021 From the posts I’ve seen related to this subject in recent years think pretty much everyone on here wants Delia to sell, but she won’t as she wants to pass her shares on to her nephew Tom. He might sell in the future, we will just have to wait and see. If the club does eventually end up getting sold though we will need it to be bought by someone who is far more wealthy, and willing to spend their own money on the club and not make us self funded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete 318 Posted March 1, 2021 Love to see more money come into the club and Delia out of the door. But be careful what you wish for there are few exceptions of takeovers working out for the better and these tend to be the top clubs. Lower down the pyramid attracts dodgy customers too many to mention but the Italian crook sniffing around City sometime ago springs to mind. A yoyo club we are and hope to remain so. The occasional foray into the upper reaches may be our destiny. Lets get there before we start to plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,195 Posted March 1, 2021 3 hours ago, TeemuVanBasten said: So Tom Smith will inherit a football club but not much money, then think "hang on, I'm looking at £40m-£50m here", and then flog to whoever pays him the most money, probably some dodgy Russian who fires a manager every 5 months. No but nothing is forever in football. Tom may well inherit the club and a certain amount of goodwill, but who knows what is around the corner. Who'd have thought a year ago we would have been in the midst of a worldwide pandemic? You can't really say for certain in 5/10 years time where NCFC will be. Tom might inherit a load of flak and who knows even debt. He may not want that. The current owners get a fairly easy ride and probably rightly so, but who knows how long that will last after they leave this world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Felixfan 53 Posted March 1, 2021 “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted March 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Ken Hairy said: Johnny Depp?? Local lad apparently, loves the broads 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paint Me Yellow 200 Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Real Buh said: Selling your club to Russian oligarchs wanted for war crimes and Far East conglomerates who have gone bankrupt 6 times already is so 10 years ago I don’t think we should settle for any less than: > An African warlord with child slave soldiers > A high up official in a country that isn’t recognised by the UN > Somalian Pirates > Caribbean Pirates > The Actual Vladimir Putin (that’d be wild!) > The Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel > The Ghost of Genghis Kahn Anything less just isn’t going to get us the ‘Gram followers we require, and let’s face it, that’s what modern football is all about. What no room for Chinese arms dealers or Eastern European sex traffickers?! Why not!? Edited March 1, 2021 by Paint Me Yellow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Paint Me Yellow said: What no room for Chinese Arms dealers or Eastern European sex traffickers?! Why not!? All I’m saying is let’s get ourselves a proper villain. Why limit yourself to the usual “fraud” and “embezzlement” let’s have some war crimes! Some genocide! Let’s get the penguin from the batman comics or something! Why limit ourselves to criminals from this planet? Maybe there’s a galactic crime syndicate looking to invest. let’s get out there and have a look at what we can find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigManInTheBarclay 75 Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) To move up to the next level in terms of team and stadium YES, but with that will likely come negatives such as ticket price rises and corporate decisions being made to the club. You won't please everyone (such is life) and some fans like the 'Little Old Norwich' moniker the club has but other will want us to become something bigger like a Wolves or Leeds with huge investment. Unfortunately this won't happen with Delia and Michael as they don't have the finances to do it. Edited March 1, 2021 by BigManInTheBarclay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,329 Posted March 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, The Real Buh said: Local lad apparently, loves the broads And once he's loved them for a bit, he then beats them up. Nice guy!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, wcorkcanary said: And once he's loved them for a bit, he then beats them up. Nice guy!! I guess the thing is he’s such w versatile actor we could get him to be any level of villain we wanted. He could be Stalin one week and Pinochet the next. We could do online polls and everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,329 Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, The Real Buh said: I guess the thing is he’s such w versatile actor we could get him to be any level of villain we wanted. He could be Stalin one week and Pinochet the next. We could do online polls and everything. Sorry Buho, domestic/ spousal violence is a very low crime, may not carry the harshest penalties, but it's pretty scummy indeed. It's a no to jonny Depp from me , my wife agrees...or at least she better had😇 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 495 Posted March 1, 2021 Perhaps the Myanmar Military Investment Bank might make a bid. Turn it down and they’ll round up the board and declare themselves as owners. Dissenting fans can be shot. What’s not to like? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Scott 243 Posted March 1, 2021 Depends. If you want NCFC to have any chance of establishing themselves as a top tier club, yes. If you don't care, no. All the best. Keith S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,155 Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Paint Me Yellow said: What no room for Chinese arms dealers or Eastern European sex traffickers?! Why not!? After the experience that lot down the road have had with one of them I'd rather steer clear of that particular brand of villain thanks very much..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites