NCFC to go Net Zero by 2025

[A Load of Squit 5,173]

They're already experimenting with plug-in hybrid players.

 

[cambridgeshire canary 6,742]

Gentlemen, we can rebuild Rowe. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic footballer.

[essex canary 497]

Is this an update on the £96 million debt?

[CANARYKING 639]

1 hour ago, essex canary said:

Is this an update on the £96 million debt?

With interest it’s probably well over £100 million by now 

[Duncan Edwards 2,237]

3 hours ago, CANARYKING said:

With interest it’s probably well over £100 million by now 

£500 million I reckon

[7HAR1980 102]

So no more taking planes up to Blackburn then?

Electric coach trips? 

[dylanisabaddog 4,933]

4 hours ago, 7HAR1980 said:

So no more taking planes up to Blackburn then?

Electric coach trips? 

I get a little concerned when I hear complaints about clubs flying their players to away games. 

If you were in charge of the National Gallery and a French museum asked to borrow a Van Gogh worth £150m you wouldn't send it 2nd class Royal Mail. 

Footballers are the same. You'll hear that a manager has a fully fit squad to pick from but the reality is that they may be fit enough to play but they're carrying various knocks and problems. Sitting them on a coach for 7 hours isn't going to help matters. Football games are won and lost by the smallest of margins and it's essential that players are transported to away games as quickly and comfortably as possible. 

In the 1970s John Bond was asked at a shareholders meeting why we hadn't won an away game for 2 years but rarely lost at home. He said it was due to the A47 and the A17. Fifty years later those roads are still the same. 

Players are Norwich City's biggest financial asset. Fifteen hours in a coach over 2 days isn't exactly looking after them is it? 

[Mello Yello 2,296]

Future away game squad transport that combines environmentally friendly flying and also including peloton exercise.....

[yellowrider120 765]

1 hour ago, dylanisabaddog said:

I get a little concerned when I hear complaints about clubs flying their players to away games. 

If you were in charge of the National Gallery and a French museum asked to borrow a Van Gogh worth £150m you wouldn't send it 2nd class Royal Mail. 

Footballers are the same. You'll hear that a manager has a fully fit squad to pick from but the reality is that they may be fit enough to play but they're carrying various knocks and problems. Sitting them on a coach for 7 hours isn't going to help matters. Football games are won and lost by the smallest of margins and it's essential that players are transported to away games as quickly and comfortably as possible. 

In the 1970s John Bond was asked at a shareholders meeting why we hadn't won an away game for 2 years but rarely lost at home. He said it was due to the A47 and the A17. Fifty years later those roads are still the same. 

Players are Norwich City's biggest financial asset. Fifteen hours in a coach over 2 days isn't exactly looking after them is it? 

No they're not actually! In ant event many folk travel to the Midlands (even the 'North') via A11, A1(M) specifically to avoid The Fens.

[dylanisabaddog 4,933]

18 minutes ago, yellowrider120 said:

No they're not actually! In ant event many folk travel to the Midlands (even the 'North') via A11, A1(M) specifically to avoid The Fens.

They are still predominantly single carriageway and now take even longer than 50 years ago. 

Using the A11 to travel north doesn't reduce travel time but adds 40 miles

[Deptford Yellow 259]

Is there an actual story here about NCFC’s carbon footprint or is this just a ‘jokey’ thread ?

 

(The point about marginal gains is accurate of course but would be moot if all clubs agreed not to fly…)

[essex canary 497]

A Fire Sale could be on the horizon.

[Google Bot 3,278]

1 minute ago, essex canary said:

A Fire Sale could be on the horizon.

Excellent news! Can you put me on the priority list for your underpants please, sir? 🙂

[stratton canary 134]

4 minutes ago, essex canary said:

A Fire Sale could be on the horizon.

Less Red for Delia might help! 

[A Load of Squit 5,173]

12 minutes ago, Deptford Yellow said:

Is there an actual story here about NCFC’s carbon footprint or is this just a ‘jokey’ thread ?

 

(The point about marginal gains is accurate of course but would be moot if all clubs agreed not to fly…)

It was meant to be amusing as the picture makes it look like they're plugged in to the mains.

I forgot that the permanently disgruntled don't have a sense of humour and see everything as a hobby horse. 😀

[Deptford Yellow 259]

Apologies if I seem disgruntled - possibly I am this morning … 

[A Load of Squit 5,173]

3 minutes ago, Deptford Yellow said:

Apologies if I seem disgruntled - possibly I am this morning … 

Apologies accepted. 😀

[C.I.D 302]

Are we talking about our goal difference here ? 😉

[Addick/Canary 73]

Think they are talking about our fans being neither Negative  nor Happy Clappers by 2025.

[Pyro Pete 1,900]

Is Net Zero a new fancy name for a goalless draw?

[essex canary 497]

1 hour ago, Pyro Pete said:

Is Net Zero a new fancy name for a goalless draw?

Bring back Chris Hughton all is forgiven.

[Capt. Pants 4,252]

It will probably be our transfer budget for next season.

[yellowrider120 765]

8 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

They are still predominantly single carriageway and now take even longer than 50 years ago. 

Using the A11 to travel north doesn't reduce travel time but adds 40 miles

That's because of the voume of traffic I

[yellowrider120 765]

Just now, yellowrider120 said:

That's because of the voume of traffic I

'Volume of traffic' even! Agreed that the roads are 'predominantly' single carriageway though. That said many bypasses have been built from 50 years ago.  

[Yobocop 1,099]

F**k me you’re brave mentioning anything hybrid related on here, even in jest haha 

[Yobocop 1,099]

14 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

They are still predominantly single carriageway and now take even longer than 50 years ago. 

Using the A11 to travel north doesn't reduce travel time but adds 40 miles

4 hrs 50 m of that is sitting on the m6 through Birmingham, I see you’ve failed to use the toll road 

[7HAR1980 102]

22 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

I get a little concerned when I hear complaints about clubs flying their players to away games. 

If you were in charge of the National Gallery and a French museum asked to borrow a Van Gogh worth £150m you wouldn't send it 2nd class Royal Mail. 

Footballers are the same. You'll hear that a manager has a fully fit squad to pick from but the reality is that they may be fit enough to play but they're carrying various knocks and problems. Sitting them on a coach for 7 hours isn't going to help matters. Football games are won and lost by the smallest of margins and it's essential that players are transported to away games as quickly and comfortably as possible. 

In the 1970s John Bond was asked at a shareholders meeting why we hadn't won an away game for 2 years but rarely lost at home. He said it was due to the A47 and the A17. Fifty years later those roads are still the same. 

Players are Norwich City's biggest financial asset. Fifteen hours in a coach over 2 days isn't exactly looking after them is it? 

Wasn't being serious. 

But, it would mean NCFC couldn't possibly become Net Zero.

[dylanisabaddog 4,933]

6 hours ago, Yobocop said:

4 hrs 50 m of that is sitting on the m6 through Birmingham, I see you’ve failed to use the toll road 

Sorry, here it is with the toll road. Obviously the times suggested by Google are nonsense. I regularly travel to Kirkby Lonsdale which is a bit further north. I can't remember the last time I got past Manchester that quickly. 

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,822]

1 hour ago, dylanisabaddog said:

Sorry, here it is with the toll road. Obviously the times suggested by Google are nonsense. I regularly travel to Kirkby Lonsdale which is a bit further north. I can't remember the last time I got past Manchester that quickly. 

Google Maps takes into account current traffic conditions though, and I guess all roads are fairly clear at 7am on a Saturday morning. I doubt it would be that quick during the day.

[A Load of Squit 5,173]

8 hours ago, Yobocop said:

F**k me you’re brave mentioning anything hybrid related on here, even in jest haha 

My George medal arrived in today's post.