Message #355862

[guest2487]

Well, I can't imagine this will be received too well but here you go..

Thanks for the email.

 

As you know I certainly don’t respond to anonymous questions however as they have indirectly come through you happy to answer.

 

1) Has NBC told you when they will finally decide on the land lease issue?  Unfortunately, not.  We are now 11 days past the deadline they gave the Trust.  It is very disappointing and demoralising for us.
2) Have you a design for the East Stand to publish?  Until we get the green light and everything in place releasing plans will only be showing something that possibly can’t be delivered and that is not our style.
3) Have you plans to increase the capacity for the rest of the ground (12K)?  Not at this time no, not convinced of the business case of increasing capacity at this point
4) If so do they include safe standing and the corners developed?  See 3
5) Can we expect new owners or investors before the start of next season?  We have said consistently for the club to compete higher up we will need financial help and whilst the partnership/ownership of 5U didn’t work out for other reasons, the principle of that type of deal remains the right course of action for the club.  Whether that is in the next few months I would have no idea at this point.
6) Will the new manager be an up and coming person who hasn't been sacked or failed previously?  A very general question, but I said that we will not discuss a manager until the season is over.  Dean and Jon have the team until then and that is the immediate focus.
7) Will it be a condition that a more attacking/ entertaining style of play will be the aim?  It is always the aim
8  Will the new manager be encouraged to play 2 or 3 local young  players?  It is not our style to implement Football demands on a manager, however always in favour of developing and brining on young talent
9) Will you be doing a 'open forum' before mid-May?  Don’t think mid-May will be the appropriate time but later in the summer I would expect
10) What are your plans for the next 6 months for NTFC?  Hard to make any plans when we still have the season to finish but it will certainly include a full review on what has gone wrong this season and what happens next.

 

You are correct when we are rubbish on the pitch all kinds of questions do come up, but the club has been through times like this before and will come out the other side.  It’s been a depressing and disappointing season so far for all us us and everyone is truly gutted at the moment, but we still have four games to go and amazingly given our record we can get out of it, I know it would be an incredible turnaround, but we can hope.

 

This season has been probably more frustrating for fans and us alike, as we have invested more this year and were expecting things to be so different, there was an excitement and expectation generated.  Even after January and the investment made there we really thought we had turned a corner and even as recent as Feb 10th we looked in good shape after beating AFC, but then we seemed to have fallen off a cliff.  It’s hard as a board because once you get past January there is very little you can do, and it’s been as tough to watch for us as it has been for the fans.

 

Anyway, hope this answers the questions as openly as possible and thanks for the support, even in the crap times.


Cheers,

 

Kelvin