Punching above one’s weight is subjective

How can a team assess their own potential “weight”? Are Brighton or Brentford punching above their weight with the financial resources they have? Did we punch above our weight for the two promotions? If so then are we underachieving since or have we returned to where our expectations should be?

If a team punches above their perceived weight for a prolonged period of time (eg Brighton), then when does it stop being above weight and start to be an expected level?

I doubt any fan base would have a common opinion on this.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on November 7th 2023 at 09:43:37

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Brewers fans aren't the biggest Attanasio fans looking at the replies to this (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Nov 7, 09:09:13
- BREAKING NEWS:.......Fans not happy at their local club..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 7, 13:24:04
- We knew this (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 7, 09:13:57
  - I guess the difference is they seem to consistently… (NCFC) - loz, Nov 7, 09:15:32
    - US sport isn’t as competitive, is it? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 10:22:01
      - It can be competitive, but there is a lot of tanking going on if you have a bad year (NCFC) - city_lad, Nov 7, 10:29:24
        
        That’s what I mean by less competitive (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 10:38:17
        
        Less competitive? (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 10:43:19
        
        We’re talking cross purposes (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:02:50
        
        ….. (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 13:16:59
        
        👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 15:45:55
        
        More competitive, more equal, but no real jeopardy for failure (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:45:44
        
        Must still be financial worries … (NCFC) - loz, Nov 7, 10:48:24
        
        I guess if you get the commercials wrong, yes (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:50:28
        
        Premier League…. (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 11:04:13
        
        Absolutely…. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:14:38
        
        Yes, fair points (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 11:05:30
        
        Yeah, turnover shouldn’t have that cliff edge (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:03:59
    - Punching above one’s weight is subjective (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Nov 7, 09:43:37
      - I suppose these days the weight would be related to wage bill (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:24:04
        
        Yes, turnover and wage bill I would say (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:17:37
    - Maybe they don't 'adore' the Head Coach (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Nov 7, 09:25:59
      - Their head coach just had his contract expire and went to a rival (n/m) (NCFC) - city_lad, Nov 7, 10:02:48
    - Yeah I hope that we can learn from them. E.g. maybe on the data driven recruitment side (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 7, 09:21:21
      - Could've hired a sporting director to achieve that (NCFC) - CWC, Nov 7, 09:57:20

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