Guest Grandad Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Seeing so many people repeating the Chairmans idiotic statement from last week - especially in relation to who we can attract as a manager. Yes we ARE a big club. Certainly in the top 20% of ALL clubs in the UK Don't let the fact we have been run into the ground so appallingly by a series of dreadful Chairmen and boards in the last 20 years (including him) cloud your judgement. This club has massively underachieved in the 21st century. But don't for one minute let your Chairman convince you to lower your expectations of the club and what it is capable of. That would be letting him off the hook and allowing him to continue the under achievement. STOP doing his work for him and hammering home the message we arent a big club. We are one of the biggest in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Very well said that man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyowl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Grandad said: Seeing so many people repeating the Chairmans idiotic statement from last week - especially in relation to who we can attract as a manager. Yes we ARE a big club. Certainly in the top 20% of ALL clubs in the UK Don't let the fact we have been run into the ground so appallingly by a series of dreadful Chairmen and boards in the last 20 years (including him) cloud your judgement. This club has massively underachieved in the 21st century. But don't for one minute let your Chairman convince you to lower your expectations of the club and what it is capable of. That would be letting him off the hook and allowing him to continue the under achievement. STOP doing his work for him and hammering home the message we arent a big club. We are one of the biggest in the country. Don't agree. It's been 25 yrs not 20yrs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Depends who you are comparing us to. Would say clubs I used to think we were bigger then as a kid like Leicester, Southampton and Wolves have left us far behind now. But would say we as big as anyone outside the Premier League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spondon Owl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Grandad said: Seeing so many people repeating the Chairmans idiotic statement from last week - especially in relation to who we can attract as a manager. Yes we ARE a big club. Certainly in the top 20% of ALL clubs in the UK Don't let the fact we have been run into the ground so appallingly by a series of dreadful Chairmen and boards in the last 20 years (including him) cloud your judgement. This club has massively underachieved in the 21st century. But don't for one minute let your Chairman convince you to lower your expectations of the club and what it is capable of. That would be letting him off the hook and allowing him to continue the under achievement. STOP doing his work for him and hammering home the message we arent a big club. We are one of the biggest in the country. All depends on perspective. From his perspective big clubs are those which compete in the higher echelons of the league above us. I'd generally say we are a big club but when considering our league and position. Certainly relative to lot of PL clubs we are not a big club. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh_weds_we_love_you Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Big club? Absolutely. Big attraction to any half decent manager right now,? I doubt it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Nah, we're not. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post @owlstalk Posted November 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Hitcat said: Nah, we're not. Have a guess what any manager will say when he's in his press conference unveiling Similarly ask any manager who is asked if they'd consider the job and hear what they say too Then also listen to what every single pundit says about us Ask any player about our club and see what they think The only person in football saying we're not a big club is the chairman for some bizarre reason Even more bizarre when he's about to appoint a manager and tell them we should be getting promoted this season 10 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepcar_lights Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Big like a big rusty rocket. With cobwebs in the jets and cracked windows. To get it to the moon will require great effort and force. Who will be the one to shine our rocket, folks? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnssweetshop Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 All a manager has to do is make us successful and attacking minded. We will be that club again. How many club owners looking at the scenes against Wycombe when we got promoted, turned round and said, small club. medicore club . eh ? Most were jealous as hell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh_weds_we_love_you Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Have a guess what any manager will say when he's in his press conference unveiling Similarly ask any manager who is asked if they'd consider the job and hear what they say too Then also listen to what every single pundit says about us The only person in football saying we're not a big club is the chairman for some bizarre reason Even more bizarre when he's about to appoint a manager and tell them we should be getting promoted this season Let's not re-write history here. Mr Chansiri said the AIM should always be promotion, he never said we should get promoted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Big club maybe but compared to clubs like Man U and Arsenal we're a million miles off. Clubs like Newcastle and Chelsea who I would have said we're bigger than them in 1990s are way ahead of us now. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spondon Owl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, bradowl said: Big club maybe but compared to clubs like Man U and Arsenal we're a million miles off. Clubs like Newcastle and Chelsea who I would have said we're bigger than them in 1990s are way ahead of us now. This is it. People get really precious on the size of club but we aren't a big club relative to most prem clubs. Its a sad fact. Relative to league 1 clubs and most championship clubs yes, but not looking above. I think thats where chansiri was comparing. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I get the feeling that Chansiri made that comment in response to fans telling him he should sell the club to red bull and that he was saying that was a non starter as red bull just wouldn’t be interested in us as we are not that big a club in their eyes. Its not easy to interpret exactly what he means at times as his English is not that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lythamowl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 we are big in terms of history and heritage but lets not fool ourselves. We still have a magnificent fan base and we have potential. We got off the premiership bus 20 years ago and we've been walking ever since...... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamAP22D Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, Grandad said: Seeing so many people repeating the Chairmans idiotic statement from last week - especially in relation to who we can attract as a manager. Yes we ARE a big club. Certainly in the top 20% of ALL clubs in the UK Don't let the fact we have been run into the ground so appallingly by a series of dreadful Chairmen and boards in the last 20 years (including him) cloud your judgement. This club has massively underachieved in the 21st century. But don't for one minute let your Chairman convince you to lower your expectations of the club and what it is capable of. That would be letting him off the hook and allowing him to continue the under achievement. STOP doing his work for him and hammering home the message we arent a big club. We are one of the biggest in the country. We've got a decent fanbase, although a high % of the online fanbase are idiots & we generally have had some success in certain periods in history. That's pretty much about it these days. I think you need more to be classed as 'Big club' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 37 minutes ago, Grandad said: Seeing so many people repeating the Chairmans idiotic statement from last week - especially in relation to who we can attract as a manager. Yes we ARE a big club. Certainly in the top 20% of ALL clubs in the UK Don't let the fact we have been run into the ground so appallingly by a series of dreadful Chairmen and boards in the last 20 years (including him) cloud your judgement. This club has massively underachieved in the 21st century. But don't for one minute let your Chairman convince you to lower your expectations of the club and what it is capable of. That would be letting him off the hook and allowing him to continue the under achievement. STOP doing his work for him and hammering home the message we arent a big club. We are one of the biggest in the country. Based on what though? You talking about support and nothing else. Many more variables to it than that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 We are about level pegging with clubs like Derby and Forest. Would you say they are big clubs? I would, yes. But the younger under 30s.....absolutely not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I think we are a big club and the fans have big expectations. We always seem to do better with a big name manager with charisma and I’m hoping our next appointment will be someone who has a good track record and who the fans can relate to. I’d personally go for Nigel Pearson. Whether DC approaches him and whether Big Nige accepts is debatable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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