AGM

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Wouldn''t miss it for the world!

[lake district canary 0]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

You must be some sad, sorry  individual.   The way you talk about other people gives you away every time you post.    Try showing some respect - then you might get some respect back.

[R Mellie 0]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

 

Do you mean "pointless" as in your posts? 

[Mr Jenkins 0]

I shall be enjoying a lovely cup of Earl Grey with dear Etty.

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it.[/quote]How about standing up and asking a question about our plastic fans mungo?

[H4H 0]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

I cant work out what’s worse... not going to a Tuesday night cup game against Doncaster or bad mouthing every NCFC player, manager, board member, fan??

Either way, you''re a miserable (probably Ipswich sc*m) old git.

 

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

It will be a refreshing change to spend the evening with real fans - those who stuck their hand in their pocket in the club''s hour of need. It would be ionteresting to know how many of the shareholders sneekily missed out on the Donny, Sunny and Spurs games. I''m guessing none. Stout-hearte dfellows, the true heroes of htis clubn who would hold truck with such lilly livered nonsense

[lappinitup 629]

At a guess I''d say there will probably be more shareholders miss the AGM than there were season ticket holders who missed the Scunny and Donny games. You said yourself they were mainly happy clappers! Now, will you be standing up and asking any questions mingo?

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

Lappinitup - if you had ever been to an AGM you would know that the questions from the floor are very carefull;y choreographed. Many hands go up, very few will be selcted and those that will be selected are picked well in advance...

[ROBFLECK 134]

Well Mungo, I''m a shareholder and I''ve been picked to ask a question before, just once agreed but I can''t say I was briefed before I was allowed to ask one. Can''t you just go and be cynical and downcast anywhere else?

I inherited shares from my grandfather who went to the nest and enjoyed games there, I bought some shares because I love the club... So just stop talking this way about people who attend the AGM, ''cause you most probably don''t have a f*¨%ing clue who they are.

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

I think you must have started on the sauce early today Flecky, I was actually being complimentary about shareholders. Off to Lidl for another can of industrial strength cider?

[H4H 0]

For Mungo...

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

At least they bothered to turn up for the Donny and Scunny games...

[TIL 1010 5,246]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

It''s Peter Wolsey a retired Barclays Bank manager who has been supporting the club since 1947 and is a season ticket holder in The Jarrold. Always sits on the front row just to the right of the top table and i do have to agree with mingo he does ramble on making a statement rather than ask a question.Do not forget dear old Cameron Newark who used to coach youngsters around circa.1950 for Norfolk FA and how could you forget the comedy show that is David Bately a retired headmaster from Gorleston.

In the days of Munby and Doomcaster these three monopolised the Q&A sesiion and were a total embarassment but thankfully the new regime wised up very quickly to their pontificating.

[Mungo Bumpkin 0]

The question/staement about the club sanctioning a hotel stay in Ipswich before yet another humiliating drubbing at Portman Road will live long in the memory... God knows who was manager - think it was Grant or Roeder who tried to defend the decision

[Webbo118 0]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]Lappinitup - if you had ever been to an AGM you would know that the questions from the floor are very carefull;y choreographed. Many hands go up, very few will be selcted and those that will be selected are picked well in advance...[/quote]

 

I know from personal experience that that is most definitely not true.

[Webbo118 0]

[quote user="TIL 1010"]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

It''s Peter Wolsey a retired Barclays Bank manager who has been supporting the club since 1947 and is a season ticket holder in The Jarrold. Always sits on the front row just to the right of the top table and i do have to agree with mingo he does ramble on making a statement rather than ask a question.Do not forget dear old Cameron Newark who used to coach youngsters around circa.1950 for Norfolk FA and how could you forget the comedy show that is David Bately a retired headmaster from Gorleston.

In the days of Munby and Doomcaster these three monopolised the Q&A sesiion and were a total embarassment but thankfully the new regime wised up very quickly to their pontificating.

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In a strangely bizarre way, it is almost entertaining.

[Webbo118 0]

[quote user="TIL 1010"]

[quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]A week tonight. I''m quite looking forward to it. The level of entertainment is inversely proportional to success on the pitch. Things going well - a love-in for the tipsy cook. Going to hell in a hand cart? Fun and games ahoy! I predict an upbeat and erudite performance from the manager on his debut and the normal staged, sycophantic questions from the floor including the evening''s highlight - Peter Colostomy-Bag or whatever his name is - the guy who has been going to matches since before the Nest and his annual eternal, rambling, pointless statement.[/quote]

It''s Peter Wolsey a retired Barclays Bank manager who has been supporting the club since 1947 and is a season ticket holder in The Jarrold. Always sits on the front row just to the right of the top table and i do have to agree with mingo he does ramble on making a statement rather than ask a question.Do not forget dear old Cameron Newark who used to coach youngsters around circa.1950 for Norfolk FA and how could you forget the comedy show that is David Bately a retired headmaster from Gorleston.

In the days of Munby and Doomcaster these three monopolised the Q&A sesiion and were a total embarassment but thankfully the new regime wised up very quickly to their pontificating.

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In a strangely bizarre way, it is almost entertaining.

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

Some likely topics at the AGM on Thursday:

1. The overall financial picture is, of course, an improvement on past years. There will be congratulation and self-congratulation. But, as outlined in the ACCOUNTS 2012 thread, the picture is more nuanced. We do have a large amount (more than might have been expected) of debt to repay this season, and we are forecast to run out of money for a while next summer. I don''t think that is terribly serious, but it does emphasise how PL costs rise in line with PL income. And this season, I am sure, we will have raised wages considerably. Another factor, along with the debt repayment, in the temporary shortfall. Any WOW! enthusiasm should be kept in check. The fact remains that until we attract an altruistic sugar daddy like the admirable Marcus Evans at Ipswich Town we will be stuck with a hand-to-mouth existence, even in the PL.

2. The question of high ticket prices (exacerbated by the grading system). The unspoken answer is that demand is exceeding supply so the club would be stupid not to take advantage of that. The spoken mantra is that every penny goes to Hughton''s transfer budget, with the implication that no true fan would complain about that. And it is hard to contest that, especially at a forum like an AGM - not the easiest place to put across a complicated argument to do with balancing longer-term interests (including finance) with short-term gains. What would be nice would be if the board at least acknowledged that there is a longer-term point to do with attracting the next generation, whether or not we...

3. ...increase capacity. Another perennial. There is no doubt the recent public statement by McNally (in a Q&A) was less bullish than before, in terms of how soon - if at all - this might happen. Apparently ditto with Bowkett soon afterwards at a fans'' forum. So any response on Thursday needs to be listened to carefully. Body language may be a sign as well.

4. Compensation disputes. If they are sensible the directors will say absolutely nothing on this subject.

5. McNally''s bonuses. The question here is not whether McNally should be rewarded for success, although this year''s £967,000 is rather eye-watering. It is the lack of information on what the criteria are. Shareholders deserve something a bit more detailed than "an improved financial performance and retention of PL status", which sounds rather like a tautology anyway, the two being so linked. Will a bonus still be paid if we get relegated, for example?

6. The share price. The above are all questions which can be brushed off or avoided with a politician''s answer. But this is one simple question which invites a straightforward answer. What IS the official (or practical) price now of the ordinary shares? It was £25 until raised (from memory at an AGM five or so years ago) to £30. But the Norwich City Supporters'' Trust had to pay £100 last year. As someone who always maintained the club (even at the time of Cullumgate) was undervalued at £16m I have no complaint with what would now be a £61.6m valuation. But shareholders have a right to be told if the official price has been raised from £30 and - if so - why this wasn''t put to a vote at an AGM.

[mrs miggins 0]

it''s fine people, he''ll realise he''s being a c*nt sooner or later, if wiz can do it i''m sure mungo can

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

[quote user="PurpleCanary"]

Some likely topics at the AGM on Thursday:

1. The overall financial picture is, of course, an improvement on past years. There will be congratulation and self-congratulation. But, as outlined in the ACCOUNTS 2012 thread, the picture is more nuanced. We do have a large amount (more than might have been expected) of debt to repay this season, and we are forecast to run out of money for a while next summer. I don''t think that is terribly serious, but it does emphasise how PL costs rise in line with PL income. And this season, I am sure, we will have raised wages considerably. Another factor, along with the debt repayment, in the temporary shortfall. Any WOW! enthusiasm should be kept in check. The fact remains that until we attract an altruistic sugar daddy like the admirable Marcus Evans at Ipswich Town we will be stuck with a hand-to-mouth existence, even in the PL.

2. The question of high ticket prices (exacerbated by the grading system). The unspoken answer is that demand is exceeding supply so the club would be stupid not to take advantage of that. The spoken mantra is that every penny goes to Hughton''s transfer budget, with the implication that no true fan would complain about that. And it is hard to contest that, especially at a forum like an AGM - not the easiest place to put across a complicated argument to do with balancing longer-term interests (including finance) with short-term gains. What would be nice would be if the board at least acknowledged that there is a longer-term point to do with attracting the next generation, whether or not we...

3. ...increase capacity. Another perennial. There is no doubt the recent public statement by McNally (in a Q&A) was less bullish than before, in terms of how soon - if at all - this might happen. Apparently ditto with Bowkett soon afterwards at a fans'' forum. So any response on Thursday needs to be listened to carefully. Body language may be a sign as well.

4. Compensation disputes. If they are sensible the directors will say absolutely nothing on this subject.

5. McNally''s bonuses. The question here is not whether McNally should be rewarded for success, although this year''s £967,000 is rather eye-watering. It is the lack of information on what the criteria are. Shareholders deserve something a bit more detailed than "an improved financial performance and retention of PL status", which sounds rather like a tautology anyway, the two being so linked. Will a bonus still be paid if we get relegated, for example?

6. The share price. The above are all questions which can be brushed off or avoided with a politician''s answer. But this is one simple question which invites a straightforward answer. What IS the official (or practical) price now of the ordinary shares? It was £25 until raised (from memory at an AGM five or so years ago) to £30. But the Norwich City Supporters'' Trust had to pay £100 last year. As someone who always maintained the club (even at the time of Cullumgate) was undervalued at £16m I have no complaint with what would now be a £61.6m valuation. But shareholders have a right to be told if the official price has been raised from £30 and - if so - why this wasn''t put to a vote at an AGM.

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Shamelessly bumped up for today. And re-reading this thread it does seem as if there will be a fascinating mix of NCFC fans attending. Sadly the UK''s draconian tax laws prevent me from being one of them.

[TIL 1010 5,246]

I understand that Peter Wolsey will be asking a question with regard to ticket pricing but i don''t suppose for one minute he will help matters with his usual ramble about supporting since 1947 and addressing the audience as opposed to the top table.The man does make some relevant points but over the years he has become part of the comedy value of the proceedings and as he rises to his feet it is greeted with mutterings and bum shuffling by the other shareholders.

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="PurpleCanary"]Shamelessly bumped up for today. And re-reading this thread it does seem as if there will be a fascinating mix of NCFC fans attending. Sadly the UK''s draconian tax laws prevent me from being one of them.[/quote]Shame you can''t make it for reasons given Purple. It may be beneficial to you to contact Marcus Evans for advice as he seems able to come and go as he pleases, yet still manages to avoid British taxes (allegedly). [:#]BTW, I trust you have received your Winter Fuel Payment by now? [;)]

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Will anyone be "all fur coat and no knickers"[:^)]

 

 

[Mr Jenkins 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

Will anyone be "all fur coat and no knickers"[:^)]

 

 

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Terribly vulgar!

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="canarygirl"][quote user="nutty nigel"]Will anyone be "all fur coat and no knickers"[:^)][/quote]Terribly vulgar![/quote]Your style of posting reminds me of another poster called "Miss Jane Marple", are you brother and sister?

[ricardo 8,034]

[quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="PurpleCanary"]Shamelessly bumped up for today. And re-reading this thread it does seem as if there will be a fascinating mix of NCFC fans attending. Sadly the UK''s draconian tax laws prevent me from being one of them.[/quote]Shame you can''t make it for reasons given Purple. It may be beneficial to you to contact Marcus Evans for advice as he seems able to come and go as he pleases, yet still manages to avoid British taxes (allegedly). [:#]BTW, I trust you have received your Winter Fuel Payment by now? [;)][/quote]I may well invest some of my "Winter Fuel Allowance" in a Pre AGM swift half tonight.

[Mr Jenkins 0]

I believe there was a brother but he was never mentioned, where he is now goodness only knows dear!

[nutty nigel 7,902]

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

Will anyone be "all fur coat and no knickers"[:^)]

 

 

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Terribly vulgar!
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That''s how AGMs were in those days. They''re not so vulgar now Delia is at the helm. I guess all icing and no cake would be the modern way....

 

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