From the Guardian blogs

This is bang on, isn't it?

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The reason the Hughton out brigade are feeling disloyal is the corporate football served up. The manager did the job last season to cling onto the vast money in the league - he was the perfect business manager. We coped because it was an insane monetary opportunity - but it was tedious.

But to move on and continue; he is failing.

There has been no improvement and the players are not creating any new ideas because they are tethered to playing in his image - that is; it?s cautious and tactically safe (yet, not competently safe).

Money stashed under the mattress; the players are sitting on it and not shifting - hoping those nasty teams around them don?t suddenly pull all the cash from under their arses - and this was only kept safe two games from the end last season, where ever the table says we finished.

This season is just the same - everyone sits on the cash and prays we don?t lose it - it is not safe, with an intelligent defence guaranteed to keep it safe? or conversely, it?s not a bung it all on black and have fun while we see were the feck we end up?(who in their right mind would want to do a QPR? - but their fans might have at least had a little bit of fun).

But watching Norwich for the past two seasons has made me think in these terms - not football, but business.

I don?t want to cheer about being out of debt. I want to cheer expressive football - sport - entertainment - whatever you want to call it. Just not business.

Posted By: thebigfeller on December 2nd 2013 at 02:03:52

Message Thread

From the Guardian blogs (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Dec 2, 02:03:52
- A work colleague who supports West Ham made a bleedin? obvious point (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Dec 2, 08:46:50
  - yes same as pulis at stoke (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:52:27
    - And they'll get it too (NCFC) - norway, Dec 2, 09:10:27
- nail hit on head ..squarely (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 2, 08:38:46
- Bollocks really (NCFC) - norway, Dec 2, 08:31:44
- I don't cheer about being out of debt but fuck me I am glad we are (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Dec 2, 08:02:42
- Seems like the same people moaning about money.. (NCFC) - lurd, Dec 2, 07:54:38
  - that'z a generalisaTion,but it appears to be fairly accurate. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 2, 08:13:56
  - excellent point! (n/m) (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Dec 2, 08:07:35
  - we pay sky fortunes tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:04:54
    - Don't do it then. (NCFC) - lurd, Dec 2, 08:09:49
      - probably won't be actually (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:16:19
- I don't think we were that bad on Saturday (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 2, 07:46:58
- debt (NCFC) - Kar1, Dec 2, 07:34:05
- yep money is destroying the game (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 06:59:44
- I just don't get articles like this! Are they watching the same matches as me? (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Dec 2, 06:26:07
  - the sense of entitlement is amazing (NCFC) - revsimon, Dec 2, 08:13:05
    - nobody thinks we should be thrashing palace (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:17:42
      - whatever you label them,if you can't sre that they were well organized and defensively (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 2, 08:24:01
        
        I'm sorry Proth but palace were neither of those things. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Dec 2, 08:36:10
        
        but it wasn't a park the bus job (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:26:27
        
        see* (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 2, 08:24:17
      - Everton best sack Roberto Martinez then (NCFC) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 2, 08:21:39
        
        as you know and has been explained on here it's not a 1 game thing (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:25:18
        
        Well I'm happy enough with our league position given the fixtures played (NCFC) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 2, 08:44:31
        
        grim times ahead then unless we can actually improve (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:50:04
      - at home that is (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 2, 08:20:17
- Bravo! (n/m) (NCFC) - ChengdeCanary, Dec 2, 05:01:00
- fucking hell ! (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Dec 2, 03:05:57
- every so often I get the feeling many football fans are a bunch of pathetic whiny spoilt b (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 2, 02:44:05
  - well said Sir (NCFC) - revsimon, Dec 2, 08:10:50

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