Balls are key.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

Does the NCFC board have the balls to dig in and postpone any ''necessary'' sale of key players until at least May when the promotion issue will be settled one way or the other? Will they hold their collective nerve in the face of tempting offers and scheming agents?

If they gamble with Lambert''s promotion train and it runs off the rails or hits the buffers they will deserve everything that comes their way.

But, we''ll know in a short two months'' time.

What say you? Yea or nay?

Me? I''m sitting on the fence on this but  my heart is going  "Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Boom BOOM. Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy, Boom Diddy Boom. well........................!" a la Sellars and Loren.

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[Duncan Edwards 0]

As Balls are key, I''ll wait for Richard to give me my opinion.

It would have been nice, however, if the board had shown some intent and backed the manager before the loan window closed, still, we are skint.

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[quote user="Duncan Edwards"]

As Balls are key, I''ll wait for Richard to give me my opinion.

It would have been nice, however, if the board had shown some intent and backed the manager before the loan window closed, still, we are skint.

[/quote]

But there''s skint and then there''s ''skint'' - it''s not an absolute condition.

Ask a poker player! Or Gordon Brown.

That''s why balls be  so important in the coming phase of the season.

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[Duncan Edwards 0]

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="Duncan Edwards"]

As Balls are key, I''ll wait for Richard to give me my opinion.

It would have been nice, however, if the board had shown some intent and backed the manager before the loan window closed, still, we are skint.

[/quote]

But there''s skint and then there''s ''skint'' - it''s not an absolute condition.

Ask a poker player! Or Gordon Brown.

That''s why balls be  so important in the coming phase of the season.

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I guess you''re right. Sometimes a calculated gamble pays off.

Sometimes though, it doesn''t and you have to take it on the chin. Balls banging against your chin. Sound familiar Bly...?[;)]

 

[Beauseant 0]

It''s not like the good old days. Flicking through some of my old programmes I found this in the notes for the visit of Leeds in February 1964:

"In view of the many press rumours which have appeared recently, we take this opportunity to deny that the Board of Directors have ever considered the question of tarnsferring Ronnie Davies"

Oh, for such an unequivocal statement today.

[Joanna Grey 0]

Another anti-Board post of little substance, makes you wonder which team bbb follows;

David McNally: Hello Ricky and the many other fans who have also asked about the January transfer window. Firstly, and most importantly, there are no plans to sell any players in January. However, there may be fringe players leaving the Club during this period. If the Club does receive any offers for first team players, these offers will be considered by Paul Lambert and the Board. Clearly Paul may decide to trade because he knows he will be allowed to re-invest any monies received into his squad.

Seems like Lambert is calling the shots (quite rightly) on player movements and not the Board. It is quite apparent that we are now thinking like a proper football club, the main priority getting out of this division. The Board know that Lambert is the right man to do that and will not interfere in his plans.

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[quote user="Mustachio Furioso"]

Another anti-Board post of little substance, makes you wonder which team bbb follows;

David McNally: Hello Ricky and the many other fans who have also asked about the January transfer window. Firstly, and most importantly, there are no plans to sell any players in January. However, there may be fringe players leaving the Club during this period. If the Club does receive any offers for first team players, these offers will be considered by Paul Lambert and the Board. Clearly Paul may decide to trade because he knows he will be allowed to re-invest any monies received into his squad.

Seems like Lambert is calling the shots (quite rightly) on player movements and not the Board. It is quite apparent that we are now thinking like a proper football club, the main priority getting out of this division. The Board know that Lambert is the right man to do that and will not interfere in his plans.

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This is a pro-club thread, not an anti-board thread. Dear oh dear whatever next from you.  

It will be excellent if David McNally''s commitments play out in reality over the next few months.

However, the whole history of NCFC would point in an opposite direction.

We are a buying and selling club and always have been.

The key issue this time around is timing. If any key player(s  is to be sold to cover financial deficits then it is crucial that any such action is held until the summer. In our current condition and the existing economic environment this will no doubt require some balls.

Why don''t you campaign for what is patently right for our club at this time and add to the pressure on the board to do the right thing - rather sitting in the corner purring in the laps of those holding transient power and making silly insinuations about a supporter of over 50 years.

I will be the first to cheer if on 1st February 2010 we wake up to find that none of our key players have been sold.

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[blahblahblah 2]

All clubs are selling clubs if the price is right.  If Real Madrid wants to spend 80 million on an over-lubricated show-pony who can''t drive a car, Man Utd will not stand in their way.I do believe you are attempting to set what you would call a "benchmark", when it''s actually a flimsy excuse to moan if and when the inevitable happens and we trade some players in January.

[blahblahblah 2]

[quote]rather sitting in the corner purring in the laps of those holding

transient power and making silly insinuations about a supporter of over

50 years.[/quote]And another thing, give me strength !  transient power ?  Everything is transient you silly old fool - even the United Kingdom if you think in terms of geological time !  We are all transient - what makes you think you''re so special.  Let me guess, there can be only one ? [:S]

[lappinitup 629]

Yep. Typical Bly thread. More balls! [:''(]

[Joanna Grey 0]

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="Mustachio Furioso"]

Another anti-Board post of little substance, makes you wonder which team bbb follows;

David McNally: Hello Ricky and the many other fans who have also asked about the January transfer window. Firstly, and most importantly, there are no plans to sell any players in January. However, there may be fringe players leaving the Club during this period. If the Club does receive any offers for first team players, these offers will be considered by Paul Lambert and the Board. Clearly Paul may decide to trade because he knows he will be allowed to re-invest any monies received into his squad.

Seems like Lambert is calling the shots (quite rightly) on player movements and not the Board. It is quite apparent that we are now thinking like a proper football club, the main priority getting out of this division. The Board know that Lambert is the right man to do that and will not interfere in his plans.

[/quote]

This is a pro-club thread, not an anti-board thread. Dear oh dear whatever next from you.  

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Oh really?

Does the NCFC board have the balls to dig in and postpone any ''necessary'' sale of key players until at least May when the promotion issue will be settled one way or the other? Will they hold their collective nerve in the face of tempting offers and scheming agents?

If they gamble with Lambert''s promotion train and it runs off the rails or hits the buffers they will deserve everything that comes their way.

Seems thoroughly Anti-Board to me, it''s as though you are secretly wishing them to sell one of our star players. That was until you read MacNally''s comments and it''s suddenly a pro-club stance (whatever pro-club means in your eyes). Whether you have been supporting the club for 50 years or not means nothing to me, it just means that the crap you post has had longer to ferment.

 

[Mello Yello 2,571]

Mr Mac is making all the right noises....I have a lot more time for him than his pompous pap spouting predecessor.

But, let''s see what''s occurring in February 2010....and what the movers and shakers are, concerning the playing squad.

I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?

 

[blahblahblah 2]

[quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.It''ll come to me.

[The gut 0]

[quote user="Mustachio Furioso"]

Another anti-Board post of little substance, makes you wonder which team bbb follows;

David McNally: Hello Ricky and the many other fans who have also asked about the January transfer window. Firstly, and most importantly, there are no plans to sell any players in January. However, there may be fringe players leaving the Club during this period. If the Club does receive any offers for first team players, these offers will be considered by Paul Lambert and the Board. Clearly Paul may decide to trade because he knows he will be allowed to re-invest any monies received into his squad.

Seems like Lambert is calling the shots (quite rightly) on player movements and not the Board. It is quite apparent that we are now thinking like a proper football club, the main priority getting out of this division. The Board know that Lambert is the right man to do that and will not interfere in his plans.

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It does seem to be the case and the board does deserve a lot of credit if it is so. I suspect they perhaps though have always allowed the manager of the day to largely call the shots.

Roeder choosing expensive loan signings rather shopping within his budget for "lesser quality" permanent signings. They allowed him to release Huckerby, I guess the board would not have made the decision. 

If the board were only making decisions based on short term finances surely Clingan would have been sold during the january transfer window but was kept to maximise our chances of staying in the championship. Ultimately this must have been the decision of the manager (Roeder/Gunn).

Gunn appeared to have the say in who came and went during the summer.

The impression I have is that our board allows the manager much more freedom to manage the team and transfers than many clubs.

We and they just happen to be lucky that Lambert would appear to be making the right management decisions since his arrival. 

Our managers may not get a lot of financial backing, but they seem to get backing for their decisions.

 

[The gut 0]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]

No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.

It''ll come to me.
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I thought it was more like a post box.

[Mister Chops 7]

[quote user="Mello Yello"]

Mr Mac is making all the right noises....I have a lot more time for him than his pompous pap spouting predecessor.

But, let''s see what''s occurring in February 2010....and what the movers and shakers are, concerning the playing squad.

I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?

 [/quote]

I think the next Prime Minister has promised us one too, and that won''t happen either.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]rather sitting in the corner purring in the laps of those holding transient power and making silly insinuations about a supporter of over 50 years.[/quote]

And another thing, give me strength !  transient power ?  Everything is transient you silly old fool - even the United Kingdom if you think in terms of geological time !  We are all transient - what makes you think you''re so special.  Let me guess, there can be only one ? [:S]
[/quote]

Better a silly old fool than an ignorant, rude ''young man'' with an Ipswich avatar.

And no it''s not clever. Yuck!

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[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="blahblahblah"]All clubs are selling clubs if the price is right.  If Real Madrid wants to spend 80 million on an over-lubricated show-pony who can''t drive a car, Man Utd will not stand in their way.

I do believe you are attempting to set what you would call a "benchmark", when it''s actually a flimsy excuse to moan if and when the inevitable happens and we trade some players in January.

[/quote]

So, to you it''s inevitable that some of our key players will be sold in January.

Why - and to pay which bills?

Your post suggests that DWJ and MWJ would prefer to risk missing promotion this campaign - rather than investing a little further in the club to ward off debtors and ensure promotion.

Or maybe you''re suggesting they''re broke?

Successful investment involves risk, nerve and balls - not folding at key moments.

We''ll see.

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[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"]Yep. Typical Bly thread. More balls! [:''(][/quote]

Dear oh dear Lapp you really must learn to think in geological time.

Then your colleague, Roy, will reveal all to you.

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[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]

No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.

It''ll come to me.
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Presumably you prefer the Welsh windbag and his sainted Glenys. Didn''t they covet the same post?

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[nutty nigel 7,902]

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]

No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.

It''ll come to me.
[/quote]

Presumably you prefer the Welsh windbag and his sainted Glenys. Didn''t they covet the same post?

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I preferred him[Y]

 

[blahblahblah 2]

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]

[quote user="blahblahblah"]I do believe you are attempting to set what you would call a "benchmark", when it''s actually a flimsy excuse to moan if and when the inevitable happens and we trade some players in January.[/quote]

So, to you it''s inevitable that some of our key players will be sold in January.

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[/quote]If the price is right.  Life is never as simple as the way you attempt to paint, no, crayon it.

[blahblahblah 2]

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.It''ll come to me.[/quote]

Presumably you prefer the Welsh windbag and his sainted Glenys. Didn''t they covet the same post?

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[/quote]He fell on his arse and had the good grace to smile about it.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]

No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.

It''ll come to me.
[/quote]

Presumably you prefer the Welsh windbag and his sainted Glenys. Didn''t they covet the same post?

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He fell on his arse and had the good grace to smile about it.
[/quote]

Neil would smile about anything for the cause.

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[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]I mean, didn''t our Prime Minister, promise us a referendum on the EU?[/quote]

No, that was the other guy, the one who looked like a gargoyle.  You know, should be up for war crimes, wanted to be President of the European Universe, damn, what''s his name.  His wife has a mouth like an upside down coat-hanger.

It''ll come to me.
[/quote]

Presumably you prefer the Welsh windbag and his sainted Glenys. Didn''t they covet the same post?

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I preferred him[Y]

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Well, I preferred her.

Still do actually.

[:D]

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[nutty nigel 7,902]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFx9u1t1LY

 

I think you preferred her.

 

And I think you still do actually.

 

[W]

 

[Steak&Ale 0]

Hi, newby here, although I have been reading your posts for years. For what its worth I dont think any players will be sold off merely as a cost cutting excercise. Neither Holt nor Hoolihan will be going anywhere in the New Year. I think PL knows exactly who and what is needed to win every game we play and most matches they will be at the top of his list. Of course we wont win every one but its not in his make-up to start a match looking for a draw. H and H are more likely to win a match than any realistic replacement I can think of. There are obviously players who "play less" and are not very influential when they do. Some of these could go and be replaced if other teams come in for them. There will be a lot of good hungry players who would love to join us. The general atmosphere is better than I can remember for a very long time. No one with any clout is going to want to spoil that.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="SteakAle"]Hi, newby here, although I have been reading your posts for years. For what its worth I dont think any players will be sold off merely as a cost cutting excercise. Neither Holt nor Hoolihan will be going anywhere in the New Year. I think PL knows exactly who and what is needed to win every game we play and most matches they will be at the top of his list. Of course we wont win every one but its not in his make-up to start a match looking for a draw. H and H are more likely to win a match than any realistic replacement I can think of. There are obviously players who "play less" and are not very influential when they do. Some of these could go and be replaced if other teams come in for them. There will be a lot of good hungry players who would love to join us. The general atmosphere is better than I can remember for a very long time. No one with any clout is going to want to spoil that.[/quote]

Hi Steak&Ale. I quite agree with your general analysis and sentiments.

But we''ll have to see about those with ''clout'' come 1st February 2010. It''s only then we''ll know if those with this ''clout'' have balls. Let''s hope so, but our clubs history does not make me an optimist on this. 

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[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFx9u1t1LY

 

I think you preferred her.

 

And I think you still do actually.

 

[W]

 

[/quote]

Great stuff nutty. He certainly knows all about puking.

But even Maggie can''t sway my preference from Glenys, I''m afraid.

Your Welsh windbag was a very lucky fellow.

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