Yes, but….

He left the club in an utter mess. 18 months of disarray after the previous success. The club were days from bankruptcy. The bank forced the sale of Jon Newsome and Ashley Ward for knock down prices to avoid disaster and the adding for Mike Sharon activated by Stoke reaching the playoffs saved the club.
The club was insolvent and trading illegally which forced a director to resign and we had the Dean Windass fiasco, when the Hull chairman accused NCFC, quite rightly, that we didn’t have the money to buy him, which Chase denied.
And then the Chris Sutton, if he leaves I leave, quote from Chase.
For a second time Geoffrey Watling had to save the club from bankruptcy.
It all went t*Ts up for Chase when NCFC slid from 6th at Christmas to relegation despite Chase being sure they would survive, so he told me personally. Gunn not being replaced being a principal reason, after his broken leg.
18 disastrous months cost us a long period in the championship.

Posted By: Eric Morecambe on November 8th 2023 at 19:36:32

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Chase knackered the club at the worst possible time (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Nov 8, 15:07:06
- Yes, but…. (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 8, 19:36:32
- Dark days indeed 3rd in the premiership, UEFA cup an2 2 FA cup semis (n/m) (NCFC) - KevinBond, Nov 8, 16:27:08
- He bought a lot of the land around the ground which helped us later on (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Nov 8, 15:28:06
- Yes. A lot of Norwich supporters look back at him fondly nowadays when in fact he (NCFC) - Adster, Nov 8, 15:14:45
  - Mike Walker was on £30k basic. Chase said there were lots of bonuses. (NCFC) - norwaay, Nov 8, 15:28:56
    - But when Chase told Walker there wasn't any more cash (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Nov 8, 16:04:40
      - He’d spent all our money on land and Mike Sheron (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Nov 8, 18:26:37
- oops -nbtt (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Nov 8, 15:07:42

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