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If we had eleven players of Kenny’s solidity, consistency and ability in their relative positions, we’d comfortably be top six.

I appreciate what Cambridge does on this board. I don't need to go scouring the internet to find the latest news; I just come on here, confident that Cambridge will have unearthed even the most trivial story or comment or article. It saves me loads of time. EDIT: And at least he isn't one of the few who spend all their time on here picking fights with other posters and insulting them.

Not really interesting to anyone who actually knows anything about what they're watching. Well-deserved.

Hardly surprising he would be our nominee as he has been our most consistent and best performer. In fact I think that's been the case for several months this season.

September 1, 2001; didn't even need to Google it. One of those days that's etched in your memory forever. I watched it at the now-demolished Earl of Leicester on Dereham Road, where my then-girlfriend was working at the time. England's very first non-English manager; a thorough, intellectual and charismatic coach, a world apart from the gung-ho recklessness of Kevin Keegan. He laid the foundations for what constitutes the England team today; the moment where we finally moved away from our parochial, island-nation mentality and embraced the global game. I guess it was always coming, given the influx of foreign players in our domestic game through the 1990s, but Sven was a great poster boy for the 'new England'. Thoughts are with him and his family, and I hope his last days are peaceful rather than painful.

Happy to clarify, I believe the rules are:-

Not entirely sure if that’s the game at Bournemouth when he came down from the stands or his official first game on the touch line. We were mid table with a team underperforming. We missed automatic promotion by one point, made the playoffs comfortably and the rest is history. Why are so many people, including it appears the board, prepared to just write off this season and wait til the summer before doing anything? Admittedly we probably had a slightly better side then but this side is clearly capable of much better than we’ve seen recently and of pushing for that top 6 if we change coach and make an astute signing or two. I do not understand why we’ve not already done both in January.

LONDON 0 HULL 4.......

Any chance to attack the fans, eh? I think people like you and me, who don't live in the UK and therefore never get to games, should hold back from attacking people who do go to games, often travelling a long distance and at great expense if it's an away game, often in miserable, cold weather, and for the last two and a half seasons generally paying to watch dross. And then, to cap it all, getting insulted by Webber and Delia Smith.

Asking a manager of a club who are struggling in January about transfers is a futile exercise. They’re going to give absolutely nothing away.

Yeah of course he would've made a massive difference, not just through what he brings as a player but it would've changed the job being asked of Farke which was basically to find a way of coaching and fitting many inexperienced pieces to make a jigsaw that was lacking the central pieces even if fully assembled. I don't know if we would've survived, as there's too many factors at play, but we would've been a better rounded team for sure. That transfer window was just crazy in hindsight and fuelled by the money of his transfer. I think the whole approach would've been far different otherwise.

Aye. You could argue that the NHS was the most badly hit by European health workers leaving. And then the pandemic arrived of course. We lost a lot of very skilled health workers. Didn't the very people who cared for Johnson himself at St Thomas' Hospital also leave (seemed to recall one or both may have been Portuguese?). Isn't it that 15% of Brexit voters still believe it is good for the country. I suppose there will always be a rump of support (like for any matter) and that won't change. I doubt Khan will be successful in his attempt at rejoining but having more debates (but this time there would be a lot more honesty) would not be harmful but rather expand understanding for a greater number. All of this is not to say the EU would be that welcoming of any application. The future of the EU is very interesting of course, more so in an uncertain world at the moment. Financially / economically, it is definitely in our interests to improve trading links (and of course freedom of movement). Any kind of closer alignment has to be welcome.

Somewhat agree. I find it remarkable that many castigate Southgate on here when he's got a decent crop of midfielders, Harry Kane, and pretty much ****-all else. Eriksson had a pretty mighty set of players there, most of who in their peak would get into this current England team, but he kept falling for the fallacy that just putting the best players together made the best team.

And what about the rest of the league? That this nomination comes from? Has the entire league been that bad? Or is Kenny just better than many give him credit for? This forum and some of these 'fans', honestly.

The job of the CPS is to assess whether the evidence provided to them by authorised investigators (i.e. the police, post office etc) is sufficient to make a conviction in a court of law likely and in the public interest. Thus they rely fundamentally on the integrity of the evidence that they don't themselves procure. Judges and juries throughout the land convicted sub-postmasters based on the evidence provided by the Post Office in its private prosecutions. On what grounds would the CPS have judged that a conviction for fraud was unlikely in the 11 cases it prosecuted given the evidence (now known to be fabricated) the Post Office investigators provided? BTW The idea that the DPP sees sight of every one of the hundreds of thousands of prosecutions the CPS considers across the country is so absurd it really ought not need stating.

To Grenfell, add Hillsborough, the water companies.....that's taking Feargal Sharkey most days to announce where the sewage is... it's Toby Jones as Alan Bates. That's the accountability we get isn't it? And what the class system gives you when all the chickens are finally counted. Little people don't matter. People like sub postmasters. It's the David and Goliath story very much alive in 2024 isn't it?

Jess Phillips deserves an award for not laughing. https://www.indy100.com/tv/ian-hislop-tories-post-office

This is what I said will happen with the Grenfell disaster. The initial shock and outrage will quickly get replaced by the very slow and ponderous parliament, courts and inquiries. The outrage will dissipate,a half-arsed report will be published and everyone will walk away with no real punishment or lessons learned. Toby Jones needs to get busy to get the leaders doing their jobs or there won't be any justice served.

Gracious! 70 years ago. I can remember as if it was yesterday. My dad gave me newspaper to stand on as it was so cold. Oxford made one save and fell on his head and we thought he’d broken his neck.

Went to CR with my grandad in 1946/7season think Ron Ashman was captain

Oh, come on. Who doesn't love a good Sunday roast?

Blame Dean Smith, he signed Emi SO technically Smith completely fcuked us on every level.

15 years tomorrow Kev. This has been a great legacy. I reckon we"ll hit £30,000 this season.

A national tv event in which City can show their skills. Everyone will know then how abysmal we can be. Obviously we need to beat Rovers not a given but desperate Wagner will want to put our strongest, whoever that maybe.

I feel the EU would prefer us back in some sort of way, for economic and pragmatic reasons. (Although they have planned and prepared much better than us after the change). But, as has been mentioned, the belligerence and childishness of brexiters needs to be expunged for good before the EU would be comfortable enough for this. In fairness to Sunak he has managed to calm this. The big problem is Fifth-Column Farage and friends, waiting in the wings, desperate for a reason to exist.

What do you think! No point in asking a question and not giving your own opinion. The simple and obvious answer is not a chance in hell. Love the guy but not even Pep could polish the turd of a squad he was left with. No Emi, No Skipp and generally a school playground full of kids at Colney. EDIT, 62% said yes! Wow, fans really have short memories and rose tinted glasses.

I’d add Hanley and Kenny as players who work hard and give a damn and could be considered’ hard nosed professionals’. Hard pushed to think of anyone else from our current squad though. Pukki would’ve qualified too.

Strangely, have been discussing low tax policy during my morning dog walk!.....and I came to the conclusion that the low tax mantra of the Tories is one of, if not the biggest thing, that needs challenging. Hearing those words ought to ring alarm bells. We've transferred public services like water to private companies because of the sheer investment needs in the sector. Give it to the private sector to generate profits, pay the little people off with some minor shareholdings. Decades later, the results are showing themselves. We need to pay for services for the greater good and there needs to be a narrative (don't like that word but it seems apt) and an understanding why tax is so important. The trouble is that high tax and spend is used as a stick to beat up Labour. Yet, you can't invest without paying for something. We cannot continue a 'fight to the bottom'. Unpopular but necessary. That's the integrity that's needed from politicians. In other words, the hard truth. It requires a new contract with voters, with the public. Like the kind of position you read about in some Scandinavian countries. In fact, I might argue that being a low tax government is anathema - that such a statement (typically Hunt says it) shows that there is no intent to service the very basic public services the nation needs. Low tax is supposed to incentivise an entrepreneurial attitude, to grow and make money. To some extent I can see that but only if the proceeds of growth are redistributed. Profits are not and it's become worse over the last decade. Income inequality has widened. As you state too, this Tory party has the highest tax levels ever, coupled with swingeing cuts and austerity. "Trusted with the economy"? Don't make me laugh. As @horsefly has stated in another post, it's the sheer injustice that leads to real anger. And tax and how it is used (for what purpose) is an injustice. And linked to the point above, watching the Post Office Inquiry now gives one a sense of how stooges (and agents) may have been used to protect capital and the higher establishment. Maybe it's the same all over the country in many institutions.

I'm assuming that you meant to say competence rather than confidence, if so then I think the answer is both. Clearly this country would be in a much better state if we had had competent governance instead of being run by the corrupt and incompetent shower that have actually been there for the last 13 years. But even so, I can't think of a low tax, minimal public service western economy that would deliver what the majority of the British people expect, and given that the Tories have actually managed to deliver a high tax, very low level of public services whilst promising the opposite I don't think that right wing philosophy is going to fly again here for a very long time, if ever.

What a truly appalling sight to see so many right-wing frauds (Farage etc) desperate to twist the Post Office scandal into an attack on Starmer rather than seek the accountability of the people at the PO and Fujitsu actually responsible for this grotesque injustice. Utterly shameful naked gaslighting. The victims deserve so much better

I would have Howson over Sara.

As an emotion, the natural object of anger is injustice (it's what distinguishes it from feelings of frustration, annoyance etc that can look very similar). What is so apparent in Hislop's take down of Berry is the genuine anger that he feels. Very good to see.

To put this in perspective, he came down and asked the coaching team what they would do, he then asked the captain what he would do, it was the opposite to what the coaches said, he went with the captain, which probably says a lot given the then captain is manager of a high flying Championship team.

The last thing the club needs is knee-jerk short termism - we have had enough of this. That is assuming that doing something, doing anything would be able to turn this round or even that Wagner can't yet redeem himself. The EPL money would be handy but can anyone imagine a side based on these foundations in the EPL? If strategic change comes it needs to be methodical, planned and well thought out ahead of action. The January window is no place for it.

It is if they break the law, it doesn't matter if they are political opponents, no-one is above the law. Trump is being prosecuted because he broke the law not because he's in politics.

Great day out at Wembley!

You should've just stopped when you realised you were 'wrong', it's a common theme with you. There's a world of difference between a judge and a Supreme Court in a state ruling that Trump should be removed from the ballot due to his involvement in an insurrection and a Republican official trying to remove Biden with no evidence. https://newrepublic.com/post/177928/missouri-gop-secretary-state-panics-reason-remove-biden-ballot “There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection,” Ashcroft said of Biden. When Sanchez pressed him to give more details, Ashcroft said he had “seen allegations from the lieutenant governor of Texas,” but then suddenly seemed incapable of stringing a sentence together.

I hope we play daring, attack minded exciting football! I predict we will play frustratingly slow, invite pressure on ourselves by passing out from the back and embarrass the club on TV. I hope not, but that’s my prediction.

Project Sparrow, had a government representative and they were likely complisent with the decisions made to protect the post office. Fair play to Ian Henderson, but the rest of them ? Happy to carry on protecting the post office until the court of the public spoke. In the words of the husband appearing on the Panorama programme B*******

Norman Low was captain as from 25/12/46. My first game 13/9/47 - City 1 - Ipswich 5. Don Edwards took over in goal next two matches. Came up to the home match with him on the bus from Wroxham. Lost again 1-5 to Bristol Rovers !!!! Don’t think he ever made the first team again. Bought Ken Nethercott.

Hats off, Nutty. This interview contains straight answers to literally every bit of conspiracy-minded speculation about Webber's involvement since his departure. Looks like it's less that the club has a communication problem and more that a lot of fans have a listening problem...

The whole post-war history of NCFC right there. We're so lucky to have people like you and @ricardo on this forum. Helps to put the current slump in perspective, I guess.

Oh look at me, I am important I am. That phone protest, that was me that was. I started that, I did.

What amazing supporters you all are. He's not up to first team standard and probably needs a loan. To call him "truly awful", "crap" and hope you "never see him in a Norwich shirt again" is more reflecting on the sort of **** level of supporter we have at this club than anything else. Disgraceful.

When Webber pulled his previous trick of raiding Dortmund II I thought Farke was a pound-shop Wagner after a mediocre first season. Now it feels like in Wagner we have a pound-shop Farke

The question is nonsense though- Farke was given loads of faith! He got a whole season to get his system in place and then the chance to bounce back after losing 10 on the spin to finish the season. The idea Wagner has been shown more faith than Farke doesn't make any sense.

Oh, completely agree. I think and hope that @cambridgeshire canary knew my comment was tongue in cheek.

Lighten up

After her performance at the AGM, I imagine it's getting a little easier.

Such entitlement, so many hurt feelings that BK isn't pandering to the desire of a few posters on here to do something, anything even.