Interesting Q & A although not sure that we learned much that wasn't already known. Certainly appreciate that Norwich City is at the forefront of communications with fans in a game where the divide is increasingly distant.
he would be an improvement Joking aside, I think he's actually very consistent and straightforward - he simply doesn't give wishy washy answers. He sticks to his guns, which are: (1) Delia and Co. are good owners (they are, after all, his bosses). (2) The performances need to improve. (3) We need to get promotion. (4) The fans are perfectly entitled to voice their dismay. All of which (perhaps with some tentativity over (1)) I agree with. Our fans' obsession with billionaire buyers and McNally's bonus is all a bit pathetic though. So yes we've learnt nothing new, but I remain firmly in support of this guy.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE- No foreign owners. Speaking personally, I would rather stay fairly much as we are than have wealthy foreign owners!!
Anyone heard these rumours that were mentioned about the yank; Tony Pergola? Not saying I would want him to invest in/ buy the club. Just it's rare for a rumour like that to not have got even a slight mention on here? Bah!
Stop the dualling of the A47 keep em out!!! don't want no foreign dubious money in our Club thanks with some spoilt rich kid playing with our club like a toy just to be cast aside when he gets bored
Do we want to stay as we are yo-yoing between the divisions never winning **** all ? Or sell our souls to the devil and have the club establish itself in the EPL possibly winning a cup or two and qualifying for European football .....................Hmm ?
i heard about this a couple of weeks ago. he's a billionaire who appears to have been talking about investing in norwich at a conference recently. he is based in norwich. norwich, connecticut its absolute nonsense
We are owned and managed no differently than if by a wealthy foreign owner apart from one thing, she has no money. We have one person majority, just like a wealthy foreigner. I swear if a foreigner had of been in charge when we were nearly bankrupted again they would of been hounded out instead of a sainthood. I just do not get this xenophobic no foreigner, sell our souls, remain small, don't change or progress. How dare these foreigner invest there own money in our clubs to make us successful. Who do they think they are? Some of you are so narrow minded, its pathetic and embarrassing and quite frankly no wonder we are thought of across the country as little Norwich. No ambition or imagination.
Some of us still retain some of the old, and possibly old-fashioned, values of football, where the idea was to play your way to success, not buy your way there, got nothing to do with being narrow minded in the slightest. Wealthy owners have, for the most part, no interest in the club they take over, and are only in it for what they can get out of it, and if they suddenly see that they can get more somewhere else, then they´ll be the first to bugger off, ours thankfully, will never do that.
You're right it is very old fashioned and impossible. All success is bought. You are clinging onto something that died 20 years ago. How many foreign owners do you know of who have bought and made **** loads of money out of it, probably 2, Arsenal and Man Utd. Southampton maybe another one but they have invested previously and had an element of luck with the youth team, and I doubt they are making massive money.
i can see both sides but nobody can argue that foreign ownership has been a bad thing for the game! the likes of abramovich or sheik monseur have been hugely successful and transformed both their clubs!!! i don't think they feel any differently about their clubs than delia does about ours. they have their best interests at heart (perfectly illustrated by the new city training complex). ok, we won't ever get to their level and yes, there have been many examples where foreign ownership has been a terrible decision, pompey spring immediately to mind, but equally there have been just as many poor british owners! i take on board that it is is nice to have a fan as owner, or somebody local at least - but i get the feeling delia and co may be the last line of local owners of norwich city. times have changed and we will have to roll with them.
Over 35 league clubs have entered administration since Delia became majority shareholder. Unlike many clubs, we survived the unexpected loss of ITV Digital money and a drop to league 1. Now we are debt free. Most are not. Is the record is so bad when looked at in that context, when we are, in your words, owned by someone with no money?
Good point Supers and I would add QPR to the mix. IMO, the worst example of foreign ownership. Carrabuh, I can also accept your argument - this is a forum after all.
I don't have any objection to a foreign owner with billions per se. But the obsession from some fans is ridiculous (also at this guy being interested in investing in Norwich, Connecticut) If a foreign buyer comes along, fine. But let's not obsess about it
See, if auntie Delia had done a seasonal book about "How to disguise sprouts so kids eat them - even though they detest the vile, hideous things" there'd be no need for all this conjecture. She'd be rolling in it {Snappy book title for a stocking filler, don't you agree? }
