"Ambitions' got nothing to do with it"

[beelsie 0]

How many times have we heard threads that imply that the boards got no ambition for NCFC. I say the facts are that they are solidly in debt to the sum of 20 million. To get to this level of debt says it all. Ambition has got us to the point we are now 2nd in the league, on the back of years of poor performances and bad results and poor management and board mistakes for several seasons now past. I believe that we are at a point where we can see that at last common sense prevails at board level, and we are just a hard up first division club, never mind the state of others in this division. This last share offer has been made by a shrewd board, I feel a little belatedly, They the board, that is, are saying to us, "right you, the supporters, keep saying to us, where''s your ambitions, What about you as supporters, you show us, by putting your hands in your pockets and invest in the club shares that we now offer, because we as a management group are not prepared to go further into debt on your behalf to drop further into a Leeds scenario". What''s our answer to this. Come on posters'' what do you think?

[Hayden 0]

I think you have hit the nail on the head with "the board are asking supporters to put their money where their mouths are". NCFC fans have already shown great support with the previous share offer and season ticket sales and now it is down to us again. I guess it is also a question of what you class as "Ambition". Man Utd fans get the hump if they don''t win the Premier League or the European Cup, thats football, until you are the best you are going to aspire to have a taste of being the best or at least having a shot at it. It all comes down to how you approach it, with NCFC it is a steady ship and hope we can sneak promotion rather than doing a Wolves or a Portsmouth and spend shed loads to go up. Wolves did not go up for a long time and we don''t have a loaded chairman to sustain it over a number of seasons. By issuing this latest share option the board can come back to any fan saying "wheres the money?" by simply saying...."Well we told you there is no cash, and we gave you the chance to have an influence on your football club, you didn''t take it so shut it" I guess they are feeling aggrieved by the fact that after all they have done people like me and you still demand more, but that is what fans do, be it from an individual player, the team, the manager or the board.