Probably got broken quite easily
Mended by putting it in a Bracewell
Nah.... I get their point. I was remarking to Red that it was as close as you can get in real life to a quote from Yes Minister.
In short, I found it amusing and, although to some extent illogical, reasonable.
This does mean you wont get to say unpleasant things to me (at least with any justification) and for that I apologise.
My favourite part was Sir Chips saying that we are the most over-achieving club in the PL when you look at points vs transfer spend. While this is true, this and talk of other 'objective metrics' is unlikely to placate the mouth-breathers we have as fans/small shareholders.
It also ignores the most important point completely. Which is that the primary complaint isn't the value we get for our money, it's the refusal to spend more money and get more value when more value is so badly needed.
I expect Chip knew this, I'm not convinced you did.