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I clicked on this expecting to see Vrancic v Sheffield Weds. You have bitterly disappointed me.

There’s already a thread on Adam Idah. Scored two last season so confidence is on the up.

I guess we will find out soon enough , but the poor guy needs the fans to get behind him from the start of the season. The stop start seasons that he has had has not helped, along with some serious injuries and being a bit part player in those early years has hindered him. He now has a chance to establish himself in the first team and as sure as night follows day if fans get on his back he will struggle as i think he is very much a confidence player and needs a fan base that's supportive of him . I get pi££ed of with all the negative cr&p and the continued slagging off no wonder the poor guy is fumbling everything he touches in fear of getting it in the neck.

Holly Willoughby apologised this morning apparently. And it was very sincere.

Not good but ultimately it's basic economics of supply and demand. Our fans turn up regardless so the club can afford to keep the prices high. It also helps that our stadium is short of about 10,000 seats.

Best put the glass down and get the kettle on.🙂

I really don't understand or give a damn about Scofield or Holly (who is she?) or Prince Harry. It's all trite gossip for the dumbest of the masses. Elsewhere there is major war going on that will shape Europe for decades- something proper to worry about

Bottom of the list in the entire world 🙂

I'm clearly bored am I not? Posting free kicks from Twitter. #nonewsmonday That Lappin one here (his first ever goal for us): And though not a free kick this Safri one was probably further out than Roberto Carlos. (Have I atoned enough for you now CanaryDan23? 😊)

I suspect that the vast majority of brits haven't given his name a thought in many months. It's only the dogged old fighters in the trenches on either side that resurrect the corpse from time to time. It's a bit like the people that every so often feel the need to remind a disinterested public that there is something called GB news on sky channel 75826 that we shouldn't watch (even though we had no thought of doing so until we saw the message). Seeing this though it does make me glad that we have two really boring leaders fighting it out. It makes me hopeful that the election will be fact and analysis heavy rather than a charisma contest.

As ever Jimbo you manage to be right and wrong at the same time. Your first sentence begs the question, if not a small club what are we? All things are comparable and a question of perspective, clearly we are in no way a big club in global football terms, but probably larger than whom in EFL terms? Larger than the teams that came down - Leeds, Leicester & Southampton? Larger than Sunderland or Wednesday? Nothing screams out little old Norwich than some chippy fan screaming out we are not little old Norwich. Fact is we are fairly medium, top-end medium but medium all the same. Not big enough a club to sustain ourselves in the top rank, big enough to get there. Top 26 maybe? Top 30, possibly? And this is were you a right, what elevates a club at our rank to the EPL is owners willing to subsidise, or at least underwrite the risk of failure. S&J can't do that. They have the money to run a club evidently, they don't have the where withal to subsidise a club over successive seasons with no hope of return.

I’m looking at the strikers that we have got I can not see any of them scoring many goals . We need a young goal scorer to get us back to the premier league or we can stay in the championship with what we have got.

https://statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/introducing-hops-a-new-way-to-evaluate-heading-ability/ statsbomb have looked at heading ability using a score they’ve come up with and looked at 60,000 players across the world and Shane Duffy came out as 2nd best in the entire world It would make a change to have a great header of the ball in the team if he comes here Data skeptics can just ignore the thread!

The other question has to be asked - just who are you going to sign who is young, "hungry" (whatever that means) and scores goals within our budget who is genuinely going to improve upon Sargent and Idah? Take a look at the top scorers list for the Championship. Joel Piroe is 4th highest scorer with 19 goals. He's 23. How much would you have to give Swansea to even get to speak with him? £15m? £20m? And then - why would he come here? If you drop into League One, you have to go down to the 16th highest goal scorer to find someone 23 or under; that's 19 year old Charlton striker Miles Leaburn. In all realism, he's not going to be leaping ahead of Sargent or Idah any time soon is he? So that leaves you looking abroad. And that brings risks in ensuring they settle and adapt.

Graham Paddon was way better. Heavier ball as well. Still my favourite freekick

Rubbish. It's often the early bursters that don't progress, they tend to "look good for a 16-21yr old" but then fail to really build or progress from that. It is really rare to find 18-22yr olds that are solidly good from those years through to retirement. Even more so when you look at different positions.

I sit near the corner flag and **** myself every time Hanley tries to score with his head.

Probably one of the better guides about the boil times for eggs?

Er no - your memory is playing tricks on you - it was Vrancic who was ahem..... fouled. Even better Vrancic then moved the ball backwards by a yard or two when the refs back was turned to give him more space to get it up and over the wall. 🙂

Oh yes, it ****ing worked. I was enjoying it until the very end when the commentator said, "Norwich never, ever know when they're beaten and that it what's been so impressive about this team this season, they never give up, they never panic and when they need that moment of magic, they've got players than can provide it". How did we get from there to here?! Farke just sitting in the dugout as well not celebrating. Legend.

As ever @Essex Canary, you ask the wrong question. It is not how, it why or why not MA wants a majority. While there has been some obsessing with the 30% threshold on this thread some posters have more interested in the legalities have raised the 75% and 90% thresholds. The easiest way for MA to gain a majority is to buy out S&J. The downside to this is it would almost certainly require him to offer to all shareholders with no guarantees of success and in all likelihood leave him with an unwieldy majority stake (>50%, <75%)that brings with it all the negatives but none of the positives. It is evidently clear that MA or S&J or more likely all, do not wish for this outcome. It gives no cash to the club and no incentive for MA to inject funds. If, or when, the end game it is likely that MA and cohorts would aim to go above 75% and probably 90%. At which point they can do pretty much anything they wish to do with the club within the law and football governance. So @Midlands Yellow be careful for what you wish for. You Essex, would get what you were given for your shares which I suspect may be less than what you hope for. I suspect any delay is related not to S&J, but in the difficulty in developing a legally watertight takeover mechanism to deal with the c25% tail of shareholders in a way that does not become a PR disaster. It may be a case that the major players are also prepared to slowly boil the frog as the saying goes.

The money can come from a variety of measures. They all involve borrowing, but safe, managed borrowing; another bond scheme to raise capital, borrow against the increased asset value capacity expansion would bring to the stadium (similar to households extending their mortgage to fund an extension) or borrow against the future revenue the expansion would generate (slightly riskier). There are ways and means to do it and have been for years. That we haven't has been a choice by the club. I suspect a factor in that decision has been the ability to overcharge (relative to other football clubs) their overly loyal (relative to other football clubs) fanbase. And you covered on what basis you think the increased capacity would be utilised in an earlier post; you can't currently purchase a season ticket. They've sold out, after one of the most abject, boring, goal-free seasons in our club's recent history.

And that’s clearly why it’s time (has been for years) for them to go.

OK, Jim, but you have to hand it to these country bumpkins. Conning this supposedly whipsmart US investment guru into thinking they will step down, so he pumps millions of pounds into the club, when as you say they have not the slightest intention of ever doing so.💔

It all he's got left. Busted washed up bore.

Surely if you do that, you leave the club exactly where it is, but with someone else’s name at the top of the mast head? Yes, they may bring experience in other sports, and possibly some extra cash, but it doesn’t help the club in the short-term. You also lose the experience of the current owners, for what that’s worth (I suspect Attanasio values this more than some posters on here). There’s also the point @Parma Ham's gone mouldy raised months ago, that of what price would you sell those shares at? If you sell them at their genuine, current value, then it costs the acquirer significantly more to buy, but removes the potential of that cash to benefit the club as it goes straight into Delia (and Michael’s) wallet. Greedy Delia! Boo! But if the club is sold for less, it’s effectively giving an American come-lately, who none of us knew from Adam 18 months ago, the club for a discount. He could sell up the next day and make a nice profit. Greedy Americans! Boo! Of course, we know who the real greedy person is, a Canary living in Essex.

Grifter, Shyster, Brexiter.

Only on this forum could a post about weather apps end up in this way😂

No, they're paying between £242 and £659. We are paying between £534 and £896. And that's on the basis of an early purchase discount. Purchased after May 2nd and that price range becomes £612 to £1,026. It is pretty embarrassing. And we were meant to feel all warm and cosy about how they graciously didn't raise the prices this season. Heroes.

Misleading bollox? QPRs ST prices start from £242... So an adult is paying somewhere between £433 and £659 compared to our £534

Being 'nothing' to a stupid person isn't the devastating blow you think it is.

I have a serious alcohol problem. There isn't any in the house.

Starting to think the OP has a serious alcohol problem and we should stop poking fun at it now.

i am sure Josh will be fine if played as striker , Problem lies if he is injured or loses form then we are relying on Idah to get his goal scoring boots on ,

Norwich City - home for platers who might make it, or not. Yes, Morris is scoring now, but would we have won two titles and promotion in those years from his FA Youth Cup winning had we played him here ? What success would we have had, had they all stated....to see if they might make it ? This is a make or break season, in that the parachute money ends this season. Maybe some might care to remember we have been funded by PL or parachute money for over a decade. This is no time for sentiment. Pack him off out on loan and let's see if he is up to it. There will be far, far better forwards out there. We need two, as a minimum.

Those players sold over the past years all showed what they were about very early in their career. Gibbs is now following suit. The problem is Idah has not shown anything other than he is certainly not up to the standard needed. Give him time, they bleat. But you either have it or you don't. Good coaching can only polish what is already there. Watch him play. We are now in Hugill territory. Nonsense about him being a character', a good warm up man, close up magician, uni cycle rider.... anything but referring to him as a decent player. Nothing I have seen of Idah suggests he is any different to Connor Wickham. Big at an early age, with the associated benefits. Only CW did push and shove players. But both lacked the skill/ability to play at this level Idah knows it as do managers. Hence, him being the striker of last resort. Idah is offside so much as he needs that extra advantage if he is to outpace others. It is not his goalscoring that is the obvious failure, it his basic ball skills.

Oh i wouldn't bet on it.

Really? He's quicker than Sargent and Pukki, stronger than Pukki, showed he can hold up the ball and bring others in quite well at times. I think he needs confidence and experience, neither he's going to get with the so called "fans" on his back as has happened already a number of times this summer. He needs a loan move away, not for his own development, but to get away from the absolute bell ends queing up to bash him, despite being so called "fans" of this club.

I think Vrancic is the most consistent dead ball specialist I can remember us ever having, whenever we got a free kick within range, you knew we were in with a chance. Ian Crook was brilliant in open play but for some reason that never translated into expertise at free kicks.

I feel this goes against him also, as he's seen as someone who can be thrown out wide when what he needs is a season up top to start building his confidence as a goal scorer.

Can guarantee if var checked that it would be a penalty.

Good point about Duffy’s injuries Regarding your last sentence I’d have thought it must be an advantage at defending corners and free kicks regardless of Wagners style

He's young for his position and has achieved more than Carlton Morris had at the same age. Sarge is also young.

I do wonder how much we could nick Clarke-Harris from Peterborough for. Not a 'young' goal scorer, but is 'a' goal scorer who's not over 30. But don't think he'd tick the athletic box if Wagner is seeking to high press. Only seen him in highlights and playoff matches, so don't know his full game across 90 mins.

On this board we talk about his cup hat-trick and don’t see how he performs in training. I suspect the coaching staff pay no attention to the fact he once scored three goals but do value what he shows them he is capable of.

Everything there is spot on. The last time when expansion (of the Main Stand) was most feasible was during the lockout, when no crowd disruption would have been needed. Of course, nobody knew just how long that window would be open, but it couldn't have gone on forever. Interest rates were low then too.

My biggest bug bear is the lost opportunity to grow the fan base longer term by getting more young and casual fans into the stadium. It may have eased a little last season due to the dire fare dished up but for several years it has been very challenging to take your kids to games, especially in the prem as it’s been so hard to get groups of seats together or even just buy casual tickets for a lot of games in the top flight. We have not been able to offer cheap tickets to concession groups in the way we used to and which originally saw our fan base grow. The scum are doing it now and claiming back young support in areas of East Anglia that we dominated for several years.

youtube vrancic sheffield wednesday free kick - Google Search Yep, that's what I was also expecting ! Hope this link works

Nope, the prices quoted include the early bird discount. No one, other than perhaps disabled fans, has paid less than £500 for a good few years (if we're being pedantic, I should perhaps say £499.50 which I think they were set at for a season or two).

You can use a free VPN - Proton Enter 'soccer streams' into any search engine - returns sportshub streams, footbybite etc Enter a site and scroll down to the game you want, click and off you go, The time they are running from varies. Butthe latest is never less than 5 minutes Checking a few sites, and links within, will soon locate the best sites. Which can be bookmarked. Individual game links don't carry over so no point in bookmarking. I also use an adblocker ...... ublocker-origin with Firefox, though some sites might request adbloker is turned off an anti-malware/virus programme is advisable FOA Broadstairs. Watching these streams is not illegal. I would suggest most would want to go to the game, with all that entails. I would imagine those behind Canary TV are well aware of people using a VPN. I would further suggest those interested follow the instructions above to watch the WHU final on Weds. And maybe to copy those instructions now in case they 'disappear'.