CJ, a sensible and balanced post.
Tel clearly has issues with the Trust and has done so for a long time. He is acting like a jilted lover. Over the weekend he referred to the Trust as the “Kingsley Park momentum party” and “Kingsley Park Navel Gazing Society.” Ho ho. I wonder if it is it a case of the The Man Who Would be King but no one would let him into the Kingsley Park robing room.
There is also an assumption that posters such as myself are annoying trouble makers, always stirring the pot and inciting dissent. There is a fiction in Tel’s postings (he is not alone) that he represents the majority. Note the numerous “we” references always linked to accusations of “agendas” and incorrect references such as, and to quote the man himself, that critics have an “incessant opportunistic attitude towards swiping at the club”. Half a dozen posters on here do not constitute a majority of any supporters but he and they seem to think they are.
There is a further consistent thread and that is references to critics being anti-club. More misleading nonsense. We, (how dare I use the first person plural?!) the supporters are the club and we will be here long after the present custodians depart. There is a very clear distinction between criticism of the owners and criticism of the club. The failure to see that distinction is deliberate and very convenient resulting in the “we” camp loyally defending the “club” and you lot, the critics, being rubbished.
There is much to be critical about concerning our owners and my criticism is set out extensively in the Redevelopment thread. The Trust has been the only NTFC supporters group to openly raise questions with KT and make public statements on the East Stand and the club’s finances. It is fast approaching 5 years since KT’s arrival and, putting to one side the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, in that period up until March this year and there has been little or no progress on any front. Financially the club is in a position very close to the one it was prior to Cardoza leaving, namely one of unsustainable debt and a chronic lack of investment in the stadium and the general infrastructure of the club. If that does not cause alarm bells to ring nothing will.
Time and time again supporters are badly let down by our club’s owners promising much and delivering very little. The pipe dream of a benevolent sugar daddy turning up at Sixfields still persists in the minds of many. The definition of insanity is doing (in our case wanting) the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The latest custodians and their performance over 5 years is there to see but when the reality is staring some in the face they are blind and in denial. Redevelopment, 5USport, managerial merry go round, relegation, stagnant crowds anyone?
And then along came a pandemic...................................
So I return to the same point, assuming these opinions are vindicated and the current owners have failed the club, what and who comes next? Whether it’s the owners, a manager, whatever, vilifying and condemning the present is the easy bit, negotiating a path to an alternative and obvious improvement should be the overriding priority and emphasis in any debate? So, whether it be the redevelopment thread, here, or Curle out, constant criticism is pointless without an indication of an attainable alternative? This has been my argument all along and it continues to be a persistent failure in the endless discussions and protestations of many? FFS what is the real alternative that offers a realistically achievable and brighter future? I promise you, if it’s attractive and attainable I’m on board and so will be most others?
