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If they open the window at Palace they should be able to hear Stuart Webber laughing. Max will probably beg to be allowed to stay😂

We don’t know the ins and outs of McGoverns contract though. I wouldn’t mind betting he accepted a lower salary for the 3 year contract he got at his age. I actually can’t believe people are questioning this at all, it seems to make perfect sense to me. Two top quality keeps battling it out for the starting jersey. An experienced and more than competent third choice back up and a chance to get your up and coming keeper some first team experience. There is nothing to question about the keeper situation now for me.

Will he need to be deprogrammed after coming from a poorly performing team, in blue and white, who live off their past glories? 🤔😂 Apples

He'd be crucified.

The problem with the railway car parks is that it is a first come first serve basis. if they introduced a priority £50 member ship scheme all would be well 😉

McGov wants to be here and Farke and Webber clearly rate him. 3rd choice keeper rarely plays but he's clearly a good influence around the place. Somebody else on here mentioned coaching too, he could be getting that experience too.

Funny how they moan about Arsenal’s paltry offer for one of their players...

If you're feeling nerdy 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson is a great read. Mainly about tactics but there is a bit about how different tactical styles evolving in different countries led to certain squad numbers becoming associated with certain positions.

With so many new contracts being signed recently, I thought I'd collate them all. Green dates mean that the contract has been signed since our promotion was confirmed (ie. they will be on a Premier League contract). Grey/italic players are players who are surplus to requirements or out on loan. An orange 'H' before the squad number denotes that the player is homegrown. Feel free to point our any oversights or inaccuracies, and I'll update it. We've done well to tie down so many of our heroes to new Premier League contracts; of last season's squad, only Heise, Hanley, Tettey, Srbeny, Thompson, Lewis and Leitner are still on contracts agreed before we became an EPL club. GOALKEEPERS 21 Ralf Fahrmann (born 27.9.88, age 31): signed on loan until 2020 (contract signed in July 2019) H 1 Tim Krul (born 3.4.88, age 31): signed until 2022 (contract signed in June 2019) 33 Michael McGovern (born 12.7.84, age 35): signed until 2021 (contract signed in April 2019) H 38 Aston Oxborough (born 9.5.98, age 21): signed until 2020 with club option to 2021 and on loan to Wealdstone until January 2020 (contract signed in April 2018) DEFENDERS H 2 Max Aarons (born 4.1.00, age 20): signed until 2024 (contract signed in July 2019) H 3 Sam Byram (born 16.9.93, age 26): signed until 2023 (contract signed in July 2019) 6 Christoph Zimmermann (born 12.1.93, age 26): signed until 2023 with club option to 2024 (contract signed in July 2019) H 4 Ben Godfrey (born 15.1.98, age 21): signed until 2023 (contract signed in June 2019) 15 Timm Klose (born 9.5.88, age 31): signed until 2022 (contract signed in May 2019) 16 Philip Heise (20.6.91, born age 28): signed until 2022 (contract signed in January 2019 and on loan with 1. FC Nürnberg until summer 2020) H 5 Grant Hanley (born 20.11.91, age 28): signed until 2023 (contract signed in November 2018) H 12 Jamal Lewis (born 25.1.98, age 21): signed until 2023 (contract signed in October 2018) Sean Raggett (born 25.1.94, age 25): signed until 2020 with club option to 2021 and on loan with Rotherham for 2019/20 (contract signed in August 2017) James Husband (born 3.1.94, age 26): signed until 2020 and on loan with Blackpool for 2019/20 (contract signed in July 2017) MIDFIELDERS 24 Ibrahim Amadou (born 6.4.93, age 26): signed on loan until 2020 (contract signed in August 2019) 8 Mario Vrancic (born 23.5.89, age 30): signed until 2021 (contract signed in July 2019) 19 Tom Trybull (born 9.3.93, age 26): signed until 2022 with club option to 2023 (contract signed in July 2019) 17 Emi Buendia (born 25.12.96, age 23): signed until 2024 (contract signed in July 2019) H 14 Todd Cantwell (born 27.2.98, age 21): signed until 2022 (contract signed in July 2019) 23 Kenny McLean (born 8.1.92, age 28): signed until 2022 (contract signed in June 2019) 11 Onel Hernandez (born 1.2.93, age 26): signed until 2023 (contract signed in June 2019) 18 Marco Stiepermann (born 9.2.91, age 28): signed until 2022 (contract signed in May 2019) H 34 Louis Thompson (born 19.12.94, age 25): signed until 2022 with club option to 2023 (contract signed in October 2018) 10 Moritz Leitner (born 8.12.92, age 27): signed until 2022 (contract signed in June 2018) 27 Alex Tettey (born 4.4.86, age 33): signed until 2020 (contract signed in May 2018) FORWARDS 35 Adam Idah (born 11.2.01, age 18): signed until 2023 (contract signed in July 2019) 22 Teemu Pukki (born 29.3.90, age 29): signed until 2022 (contract signed in July 2019) 20 Josip Drmic (born 8.8.92, age 27): signed until 2022 (contract signed in June 2019) H Carlton Morris (born 16.12.95, age 23): signed until 2021 and on loan with Rotherham for 2019/20 (contract signed in May 2019) Finally, here are all the squad members listed by year of contract expiry, with (+1) indicating we have the option of an extra year: 2020 Fahrmann (loan), Oxborough (+1), Raggett (+1), Husband, Amadou (loan), Tettey 2021 McGovern, Vrancic, Morris 2022 Krul, Klose, Heise, Trybull (+1), Cantwell, McLean, Stiepermann, Thompson (+1), Leitner, Pukki, Drmic 2023 Byram, Zimmermann (+1), Godfrey, Hanley, Lewis, Hernandez, Idah 2024 Aarons, Buendia

I'd rather swallow rusty nails than watch an episode of Love Island

What a great opportunity for the keyboard SJWs to virtue signal. Many have taken the chance to showcase their moral superiority. Virtue signalling will eventually become passé once people realise that those who do it are doing so for somewhat narcissistic motives i.e. to show the rest of us the enormity of their moral superiority. But until then feel free to cut loose on the evils of gambling or whatever else it happens to be. In the old days virtue was silent. It was made up of deeds not words. Somewhat different to this nasty and rather vain modern habit of being so easily offended in order to claim the moral high ground.

If it's not Dunston Hall or ASDA, it doesn't count.

Aren't they known as the Schrakte Boys?

thats where Noo noo went

We let them get away with it really. I was on holiday in the Netherlands last month and one day we drove into the nearest city, Tilburg. It was proper grim, so after a brief wander and a visit to a Decathlon to treat the kids to something to entertain them for the rest of the holiday we thought we'd try and dash back to the car park to get back before we'd been there for an hour. I checked my watch as we got near the multi-storey and was gutted as we were about 8 minutes too late. I got to the machine and was surprised to see that it charged you for every 10 minutes you were there. I walked away thinking how good a system that was, but really, it should be what people demand; you've parked for 70 minutes so pay for 70 minutes, not 120. But we're so used to being ripped off in Britain that we've become so empathetic we just nod along and accept it, and then on the rare occasion we get fair service, we react as though someone has committed some benevolent act when in reality we've just been treated as we should expect to be.

Get a 🚴‍♂️

I don't know how the person who took this photo got their pet elephant up to the top floor of the Holiday Inn.

I have to say, it's a very ballsy move on Todd's part to take the 14 shirt. Given some of the horseshít that was thrown his way after just a couple of average performances last season, let's hope the fans are more forgiving if he doesn't quite hit Hoolahan levels of awesome straight away. Brilliant news to see him sign a new contract alongside so many of our other title-winning heroes.

It's that time of year again. This time round it's the Premier League! As in previous seasons all PUPs who enter are invited to have a free go in aid of Rays Funds.You can enter on line here https://canariestrust.org/20…/…/04/canary-challenge-2019-20/ and email me your BOGOF entry at reephambird@gmail.com. Dont forget, all monies raised by the main competition go towards purchasing shares in our beloved football club on behalf of fans. Last season's competition was won by a Pinkun poster so it can be done! Go on. You know you want to 😉 OTBC - Kathy

A good few people, including me, often use the free parking at the smaller local stations to get to the Norwich match for a relatively hassle-free way to get in and out of the city. Greater Anglia Railways have are now charging £3 a day to park at places such as Acle, Brundall, Haddiscoe, Hoveton & Wroxham, Newmarket, North Walsham, Reedham, which were previously free. Their pathetic excuse was to "bring these car parks in line with others on our network". Is that even an excuse ? Couldn't they operate with some car parks being free ? https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/greater-anglia-commuters-face-new-parking-charges-1-6139315

Boooooom goes the dynamite! 😄

If McGovern and Oxborough aren't viable options, then what's the alternative if, God forbid, both Krul and Fährmann are unavailable? Either we use Grant Hanley as a makeshift keeper or we need to spend even more money on a third senior, frontline keeper when you're already complaining about McGovern taking up a wage. And I used Wright, Marshall, Green and Grant as examples as they're the most obvious and famous, but in order to make a fairer comparison then I'll use last season's bottom six then instead: Burnley had Hart, Heaton and Pope. Southampton had Gunn, McCarthy and Forster. Brighton had Ryan, Button and Steele. Cardiff had just Etheridge and Smithies. Fulham had Bettinelli, Sergio Rico and Fabri. Huddersfield had Lössl, Hamer and Coleman. So, by my reckoning, Burnley, Southampton and Fulham all had three senior keepers who'd all earn a good first team wage. Brighton and Huddersfield basically had a clear number one and a couple of backups who were probably both on less than Krul but more than McGovern- two 'number two and a halves'. Cardiff by the looks of it gambled without a third choice but their number one stayed fit all year. So what we're doing is completely fine: two good keepers and a cheap number three.

According to RTE News Idah is no.35. They're also saying that due to preseason with senior squad, he'll miss playing for Ireland u19 in upcoming European Championship.

So that could add another 50 to the attendance.... 🙃🤣

**** me, I think that might be a full house...

A goalkeeper is a specialised position. It isn't like an outfield player where you can just stick a round peg in a square hole for a couple of games (Godfrey at full back over Christmas last year, for example) and hope for the best. It's also very highly pressurised and throwing a youngster in is a big risk, and an experienced head like McGovern is generally better than someone with no experience like Oxborough. This is why most teams will have two good options and an experienced, cheap McGovern/Nash type for third choice. Stuart Taylor made an entire career out of being a third choice keeper who never played, and in the past few years we've seen Andy Marshall and Richard Wright at Man City, Rob Green at Chelsea and Lee Grant at Man Utd fill these roles. It also allows young players like Oxborough who have maybe outgrown youth football to go out on loan and get some proper experience. So sign Fährmann, loan out Oxborough, and we're all set.

Premier League third keepers can be older, more experienced players like Green, Wright, Manninger, Schwarzer, Worm etc. Their experience in and around the dressing room is invaluable plus them playing on the very odd occasion is preferable to throwing a young lad into the toughest league in the world. Makes perfect sense keeping McGovern here.

Ok... completely and utterly deranged 🤪

Woodman, saw him at Lynn friendly last year and his movement off the ball is decent and he's quick for a big lad - basically built for the PL. In interviews he comes across as very focussed and quite quiet. I'm so happy for him, primarily because this is a massive massive deal for him and us as fans to get to see what could be potentially a massive player in the making like Maddison is becoming. Such a treat right now to watch Norwich and see these future stars and say "I saw such n such when they played in the yella and green!"

Close to signing a new contract too apparently

Somebody said this last week and about 20 names were thrown at him. Regarding Lampard, it's a free hit. If he does well, then he's taken charge and succeeded in difficult circumstances. If he fails, well, he had a transfer ban so his hands were tied: what could he do? He has nothing to lose.

This will be a great signing for lots of reasons - he won't have joined just to give competition to Krul; swapping one bench for another wouldn't make sense. Whilst I'm sure no guarantees will have been given, I would imagine he will expect to start. A similar position Wolves found themselves in last season with Ruddy and Patricio. Whilst keeping the squad together, that's a very admirable form of ruthlessness. We needed a better keeper than Krul was last season and now we have one - if Krul keeps his place, it will be because he is playing better.

If they're genuinely going to bid £10m, I think we should preclude them from any future bids for the player for being such insulting tossers. Bidding starts at £30m, especially as Spurs and Man City have already been linked...

Yes we did! After I'd written that I thought... "Oh yeah, mentioned this a while back and a few people changed my mind!" Might have been with regards to Ole at Man Utd. Still, lots of examples where it hasn't worked out so well. But it's an interesting tactic by clubs to do this and bring back an ex legend, in some kind of attempt for fans to have patience. But, like I said, the Chelsea fans for the most part are a bunch of entitled ****wits and they will be booing like crazy after a few bad results. They have a good squad of course, but are going to have to trust in youth a bit more this season by playing a few of the million players they sent out on loan last season.

Fahrmann now having medical according to Sky.

Hoping it's with us!

I know, it was tongue in cheek but would be interesting to see what he's like on crosses 🤷‍♂️

Bad enough paying a tenner to gain access to the departure lounge at "Norwich International" Airport......I'm still (Awaiting Developments)...... 'HARRUMPH'!...... It's just plane greedy......

Upkeep and maintenance? I don't think you've traversed the Bittern or Wherry lines a great deal. The amount spent on upkeep and maintenance of the car parks is about the square root of zero. And if you think the £3 a day will go on "upkeep and maintenance", then I have a bridge to sell you. I completely agree that communities rely on their service, so much so that I think opening up an enterprise people are reliant on, and in many cases have little to no choice but to use, to nefarious entities or foreign governments that use said reliance to chuck 8-figure dividends out year on year is a questionable policy for a government to make and sustain. I wouldn't want to live within 100 yards of these stations anymore. Commuters with a little bit of sense will simply start leaving their cars on adjacent residential streets where they don't have to throw £3 into the Dutch government dividend fund. I would be genuinely curious as to what Abellio do in Holland, with their compatriot commuters, at rural stations. I've only experience of using the network in the bigger cities where they can justifiably charge for parking spaces.

Ah. You're still suffering under the illusion that the majority of Britons are rational.

It is a bit ridiculous the way big companies haver to have everyone "in line" with their "national policies" and don't allow for local situations. It's just laziness imo, they can't be bothered to think about individual cases.

That's what I thought, we're going to be conceding a lot of corners.

I remember going to PR to see Bryan Adams 25 years ago, it's not so flash there now. If England are going to host a World Cup anytime soon we need to be the 'go to' Stadium in the East of England.

Very impressive stuff. I love ‘ugly’ keepers that use face, feet, anything to keep it out..👏 Clever signing if a Loan. Parma

Surely expansion of the stadium would also bring with it greater opportunities for other revenue streams as a "leading live performance venue" in an area of the country where leading live performance venues are rare.

Those who are using Bristol City's stadium improvements as an example of progression don't live a mile from said stadium like I do. I can tell you that it's an absolute nightmare. The traffic chaos is a serious issue and the public transport connections for Ashton Gate are woeful... in fact... the stadium is about 2.5 miles away from the train station. It's squashed in between flats and a retail park and all they've done is given the front a facelift with some new fancy looking retail units and some new paint. All in all, it's logistically horrific with zero room for expansion. They only did this because they kept failing to gain a permit to move to a new plot. Please don't let that happen to Norwich... Carrow Road is in a fantastic location and there's big potential.

Hydroponics in the river end corner.....Weed control perhaps?..... 🙂

Never noticed the slope before.😟

Um...............the Brits did kind of win at Rorkes Drift, so I'm with LDC on this one.

It's a **** version of Big Brother, full of no mark tosspots trying to be famous by being tosspots. Epitome of everything wrong with society today. None of them are coming over well because they're all self-obsessed ****wits. The only way any of us win is if Kim Jong-Un nukes the entire island.