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A few months ago pretty much everybody was staggered as to what a healthy position the club was in. Frankly, taking a step back from the emotion, it still is. Yeah there's question marks over some players who we assumed would step up but have struggled, and the defensive injuries have stymied the start of the season. But even if we go down the club is in an incredible position- top young players who will either be sold for big money or will have another season tearing up the championship with us and a squad of players who have proved they are a class above that league.

As someone who worked tirelessly for the clubs commercial department (we used to look forward to his visits with the lottery tickets, he made us smile from the moment he came in the shop to the time he left to cheer up some other shop workers day) Big Dunc would've loved this. 😀

He'd get sent off in the warm-up. 😀

Some interesting information for the easily offended Brexit bunch, from the Daily Mash. 😂 How to be an offended baby boomer DO you feel you’re being unfairly attacked for being a baby boomer, despite believing anyone with a grievance is a ‘snowflake’? Here’s what to do. Suggest ‘boomer’ is a deeply offensive slur Claim it’s on a par with racism and should be banned. Completely fail to see the irony that you’ve been moaning about political correctness for years and possibly even believe it was much better when you could call people ‘shirt-lifters’, ‘gypos’ and worse. Accuse anyone younger than you of lacking respect Don’t concern yourself with whether simply being older means you deserve respect – after all, quite a few serial killers probably live to be 100. Also ignore the fact that younger people generally are quite respectful and are not all lazy scumbags just because they grew up with double glazing. Double down on saying ‘In my day…’ Make growing up in the 1960s sound like some sort of Dickensian nightmare. Eventually you’ll be totally convinced you did have to walk uphill to school nine miles each way in three feet of snow, even if it never actually happened. Ideally all younger acquaintances should genuinely believe you lived in the Monty Python ‘Northerners’ sketch. Insist you’re always right because of the Second World War You weren’t actually in it, but your dad nearly was so that makes you hardened to the harsh realities of life, or something. This doesn’t really make sense, but nor does being a Daily Express reader who believes everyone and everything is terrible these days.

Just surreal feeling here in Finland. Been following national team actively since late 80s, watching most of the games during years. So often starting qualifiers with big dreams and dose of hope, going through times of despair. And finally the dreams came true. In Finland, this qualifying was often referred as the dream of generations. Today it felt so real when I was watching the match with my father and my children (only on tv though, as could not manage to get ticket).

Apparently this supporter is 79 and has been attending Finland games for over 50 years waiting on them to appear in a major tournament. A very happy and emotional man....

Fixed it for you winky.

Just seen this photo.👍

BBC Billy's Brexit Climbdown........you saw it here first 👍

I’d like to spend an evening with Holly Willoughby. I’m realistic enough to know it will never happen, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t got any ambition to.

Pleased for him and love the guy but sounds like we need to treat the rest of the season as if he wont be fit to play any part and if he is? Unexpected bonus.

Right then, another go at BTTS as i didn't realise Oxford Utd had internationals in their team 😂.......Northampton v Crewe.

Thought it was a bit of waste of my time to watch it, so TT gets "massive respect" for ordering a Cortado with coconut milk! Wow. I have to admit I gave up on it after about 20ish mins, so maybe I missed the interesting insightful bits. What I did glean from it was....pretty attractive Ukrainian woman tries to make it in US of A , didn't go so well so returns to Germany and marries a footballer.

Seconded.

Enjoy the Pukki Party !! Congratulations from Norwich City 💛💚

Yeah, we're the reckoning, we're now paying for you fu**ers getting cheap property, free higher education and gold plated pensions. You could get free broadband too, but this time you'd have to share it with everyone else. Boll*cks to that, free things are good but only if they're for you and no one else, eh boomer?

Very nice article about Jamie and his long career in today’s Daily Telegraph.

They did mention that he had 'pulled up' and was continuing a bit 'gingerly'. To me it looked like one of those 'run it off' injuries and he was moving freely when he went off.

It was a fitting tribute and impeccably observed by all in attendance.

Amazing! Hopefully he survived the pitch invasion... last I saw of him he was in the midst of several thousand crazy Nordic folks going bat**** crazy!

Subbed - no injury - Hell of an ovation.🐐

If only City could sign Roy Race and Blackie Gray😀

Watching the game in canada pukki scores his 2nd saw lots of Norwich shirts in the stands

The best and the worst GIF ever.😀

I said at the time Pukki was a marquee signing that showed real intent on the part of the club...

blimey, this will come as a surprise 🤣

I don't think that it has anything to do with ambition. I am sure the ownership would love us to compete regularly in the Premier League or even the Champions League. The issue is how to achieve what you wish to do. Some think that there is a simple solution - you just borrow money that you don't have, buy brilliantly and stay up with ease. Others think that this view of the world is a little simplistic and that if you borrow money, you do so by risking the future. In essence it is more a matter of whether you believe in simple solutions to highly complex issues.

I just think some people will never be satisfied, however well the club do, they will always find something to criticise it for. Fortunately, despite the voice they have on here and on social media, they are in a minorty. Long may it be so.

it is a playable clip

Well that is one point of view. On the other hand the role of the government is to help advance the common wealth of the people, it is why we have roads for example, the first generation being private toll roads but now the vast majority are publicly built and maintained for the public good. You are free to run your private care or private bus company on that road for a modest use fee. And we drive at about the same speed as most countries, and we have roads that connect most people to the national network. The internet should be the same, it is the equivalent of roads to trade in a modern economy, but we are stuck in the early toll road era. That may sound great if you are one of the toll takers, but the fact is the common wealth of the people is not being properly served at the moment; not everyone is connected to the national / international network, and we certainly do not enjoy the same speeds as are available in many other countries. So it’s a very good idea worthy of consideration, not to be immediately shot down - private companies can be just as bad as nationalized ones, it’s all about the management and governance in place.

It wouldn't put ISPs out of business because what we are talking about is the Internet's backbone. Currently Openreach provide 90% of the domestic market so it is clear competition isn't really a factor in this. They also don't do this very well with only 8% of homes getting superfast broadband and they do it very expensively with Italy, France & Germany having cheaper BB. They also do it uncompetitively, with Ofcom fining them for their commercial practices. Net Privacy is a whole other debate.

we had a referendum on that...

I'm afraid @RTB that you are displaying a total ignorance about how the internet actually works - the Government via GCHQ, amongst other agencies, already has this ability, and indeed if you paid any attention to serious, rather than fake, news sources you would know that they have been censured in the High Court for using this ability illegally and snooping on large numbers of people without any reasonable or legal justification several times in recent years. The ability to snoop on internet traffic is entirely independent of your ISP provider - GCHQ can see the lot unless it is very heavily encrypted (and probably even then if they're really bothered), as by and large can the Yanks.

I go all England games are you serious ?. We were all saying we dread to think what the score would be with Sterling playing ?. Sterling is a real world class player the best we have produced for years. Montenegro really were shocking, possibly the worse team I have seen at Wembley. We won’t be winning anything without Sterling in the team.

It absolutely does make your vote count more. People who live in what is currently a mega safe seat may as well not vote under FPTP, and there is undoubtedly some that choose that option. Under a PR system, their vote will count for something. And it will also change the decision-making process, as coalitions, often more than two-party strong, will be forced to compromise and collaborate, as I stated. And I think policy that is rigorously scrutinised from multiple perspectives may end up more suitable than one that has merely been formed in the echo chambers of a single party and then given an easy-to-ignore examination from the opposition in Parliament. Again, I've listed the pros, I'm struggling to see what continued FPTP offers, other than the fact that it suits the two parties who occasionally swap the keys to Number 10. And let's be honest, they're not doing a good job, are they?

I'm order to sign any overseas player in January we need to take one out of our 25. I should imagine that would be Klose and we won't leave him in just in case he can play 2 or 3 games.

None of this will enable our political class to make better decisions and none of this makes your vote count more. It naturally creates career politicians who are close to totally immune to the wishes of the electorate. It increases the sway of minority parties with extreme views. In fact changing the voting system alone changes very little on its own. As the old maxim goes it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government still gets in.

Evidence that Labour is now a party of the middle-class

Harry Kane has a NCFC tattoo?

You need an extra long guitar strap, leather jacket and stand with your feet about six feet apart to be totally in command the JJB way. Nowadays I need an extra long nap, incontinence pad and sensible shoes to be totally in command of KG way. But I still have a vivid imagination of course.

I think the first question you should ask is whether 'surviving in the Premier League' is the most important objective. For me it most definitely is not - I dislike the Premier League (for many reasons) and much prefer to watch the Championship, especially when we are in it. My main objective is to watch Norwich City play football, ideally exciting and entertaining football which is exactly what Farke has provided and Alex Neil too, for that matter. The Premier League has nothing to do with sport, it is a business providing football based entertainment and if you think your club is participarting in a sporting competition whilst in the Premier League then you are always going to be disappointed. It is first, second and always a business and it is run in the interests not of football supporters but the business owners. Of course I want to see NCFC do well and when we do very well in the Championship then we have to put up with a stay in the Premiership, but its exciting when we go up and it can often be pretty exciting when we go down. Do I want to play every year in Premiership mid-table mediocrity, watching a bunch of mercenaries who have no real link to the club and are there for no reason other than the money?? No I ***** well don't - give me yo-yo every time.

RTB's list of topics he knows very little about but likes to pretend he does gets bigger all the time. He must be like Johnson and addicted to lying. 😀

I'm surprised you use Sheffield United as an example. We've had more Premier League seasons than them in recent times. I don't think it's anything to do with different personality types, or fans ambition etc. It just depends what side of the fence you sit on and nothing more. If you think that "oh with a bit of investment we'll be a Prem regular" then of course, that's your prerogative. But there's more evidence that this isn't the case - the odds are against us. On the basis that there are 20 or more richer owners of clubs below us in the football pyramid already - the concern is that with different owners we might fall further than with our current owners who, for all their lack of wealth, seem to have out performed so many other owners with wealth. When changing owners we have to weigh up risk / reward. The problem here for most fans is that our existing owners, again despite having no money in football terms, have still delivered up and above that of many richer owners. When you also consider that our current owners are fans and very much custodians of the club too, we know we're in relatively safe hands. They're close with the fans, with the community - as a club we do so much community driven things. Of course, that's not to say a new owner might not do the same, heck, they could do even more - but what are the chances? How many examples are there of rich owners doing exactly that? Maybe three, four, five at a push? Feels much more like a pipe dream to me, especially when you consider we've clearly had no genuine, hard interest in our club from anyone in recent years.

Groundhog day, will posters ever tire of this the filthy rich owner pipedream? For a club like ours football is always going to be cyclical. Good years, followed by bad and then good again. The idea that you can kick on to the next level and become an established Premier League club on 27,000 crowds in a provincal city is a nonsense. Sure, some clubs do, for a while until gravity catches them. Equally, Stoke prove you can be a established Prem club with a filthy rich owner and still und up facing League 1. Though I will give you it would be a pleasent change to have more than 1 or 2 consecutive years in the top flight.

The other day people were slaughtering the club for not having spent 10-15 million more in the summer. Now we have people.saying once we get relegated it's sad that we haven't learnt our lesson. What lessons are you wanting us to learn?

You'd best go tell/show that to your nutter, FBPE friends over at Twitter 🙃 Go and study the ECHR, you insufferable nincompoop.