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  1. Len
    [quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="Len"]On the field, the main objective this season was to avoid relegation. We are on track to do this whilst simultaneously re-implementing the Chase-Stringer model.Wynn-Jones and Delia need to be congratulated for swallowing their pride and going back to what worked so well before. Better late than never.[/quote]Even though Ed Balls said that if we were not promoted it would cause severe financial problems ?[/quote]I was only pointing out a truism. Ed Balls seems to more or less to be saying that we won''t get promoted and justifying the sales of high earners, rather than indicating that we were going all out for promotion (and risking a far worse position).What comes out of the mouths of Delia and co often needs to be decoded into its real meaning!
  2. Len
    Rather than chase the top six, we have an opportunity to tune up our playing style, experiment and integrate young players. This becomes more possible the closer we get towards a safe position.
  3. Len
    On the field, the main objective this season was to avoid relegation. We are on track to do this whilst simultaneously re-implementing the Chase-Stringer model.Wynn-Jones and Delia need to be congratulated for swallowing their pride and going back to what worked so well before. Better late than never.
  4. Len
    If I do a lot of physical activity then I find it essential to have a rest afterwards. For example, I can often be found pottering about in the garden the day after a long shopping trip.
  5. Len
    Sao Paulo to beat Novorizontino (2/5)Norwich 0-0 Sheffield Utd (17/2)Norwich 1-1 Sheffield Utd (11/2)Good luck pups!
  6. Len
    It should be noted that the selling won''t completely stop once the dead wood has been cut out of the squad.Fans need to realise that they got it wrong in the past, and that the Chase-Stringer type model that we are re-adopting wasn''t as broken as many had been led to believe.One of the main criticisms of Chase was that he sold off our best players to the highest bidder, and under Wynn-Jones we have tended to try and keep hold of our best players rather than cash in when their value is high.The post-Chase era was generally far inferior to the South-Chase equivalent. The recent situation is largely free from being clouded by exceptional issues such as the fire at Carrow Road, the rebuilding of a stand or the collapse of ITVDigital. And so the comparison is easier to make (even after accounting for the huge changes in football generally from the 1980s to the 2010s).The recent upheavals highlighted the weaknesses of the the post-Chase model, and left the owners with no excuses for not reverting to the mostly successful methods of the Chase-Stringer years (via employing Webber). In a couple of years time selling our better players will be to make the club stronger. Holding onto them for too long could potentially weaken the club in the long run.
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    It''s maybe time for ex-Chelsea coach Ray Wilkins to buy into this Webberlution. Here''s what he said back in May when Farke was appointed....“He was Dortmund’s reserve manager, which I find a little bit strange,” he said, speaking last week on the Alan Brazil breakfast show. “It tells us we are not getting a lot of respect from the clubs, to be perfectly honest. When you think of Ryan Giggs sitting out there, Tim Sherwood. Garry Monk, now without a job. This is very sad that we are bringing in a reserve coach. We are bringing in coaches we don’t know about and it is a tough old league.”[url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/i-was-ignorant-to-it-as-well-stuart-webber-on-new-norwich-city-head-coach-daniel-farke-s-background-1-5038733]http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/i-was-ignorant-to-it-as-well-stuart-webber-on-new-norwich-city-head-coach-daniel-farke-s-background-1-5038733[/url].
  8. Len
    We need to score a goal.
  9. Len
    Very unlucky Chellecity, we unfortunately got hit by that early penalty.[quote user="nutty nigel"]Love that lucky fox on Len''s avatar[:D][/quote]Any pup wanting to imbue themselves with luck ought to try driving [url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/52.6671751,1.1961383/52.6758756,1.2199997/@52.6734284,1.1977281,15z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0]this route[/url]. I''ve seen several at the Drayton end I''d imagine there are two separate foxes given the distance and the fact that a river separates the areas.One could go on a circular route through Old Costessey, but be careful not to turn right towards Costessey off the main road by the petrol station in Drayton. You need to turn left by Domino Pizzas and take a quick right around the island (with the village sign).
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    £40.16 is the exact same amount as Chellecity is due. Let''s hope the fox''s luck extends to double our winnings!
  11. Len
    I am currently in the praying position.
  12. Len
    A lot of late money seems to be going on a Norwich win.
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    I went for a drive in the early hours of this morning. I hadn''t driven in weeks and thought a nice drive up to the city boundary (at a time when few vehicles are on the road) would be ideal. I was cruising along at a leisurely pace, and as I was passing Costessey Pits a fox ran across the road a few meters in front of me. According to my wife this is very lucky.In response to this lucky fox encounter I have removed most of the covering bets and am aiming at Norwich wins up to 2-0 in size. Norwich win - £2.40 William Hill1-1 - £1.15 William Hill0-1 - £3.20 Bet3651-2 - £2.70 Bet3650-2 - £0.55 Good luck pickers!
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    Deportivo Petapa to draw with Municipal (2/1).Good luck Chellcity!
  15. Len
    Keep the Norwich match suggestions coming!
  16. Len
    We need to improve our passing of the ball.
  17. Len
    [quote user="lake district canary"]The mantra that was put out by McNally during our PL years was "every spare penny will be spent on the team" and no-one quibbled about porta cabins at Colney then.  Had that strategy worked and we had stayed in the PL for a couple more years, then maybe there would have been money for development at Colney.  It turns out that the strategy was wrong - and it would have been better to be less ambitious for the team and used at least some of the money to build the infrastructure of the club, but it would have needed someone very strong as CEO to resist the temptation to spend on the team - and risk the wrath of fans for not opening the purse strings.  We gambled and it wasn''t enough.[/quote]The trouble with your argument LDC is that it wasn''t just a recent strategy, as similar happened in the PL under Worthington. Soon after taking control Wynn-Jones ripped up the footballing strategy which Mike Walker has instigated (much of which was youth-oriented).Some things were done well, early under Worthington and under Lambert. But any gains were squandered and soon enough we''d find the club treading water in the middle of the Championship in a generally worse position than where it had started, going from one clueless manager to the next.At least the rot has finally stopped, I would assume because of growing pressure from fans who were getting tired of repeatedly ending back at square one.
  18. Len
    It''s the aging, unsaleable players on high wages that is the biggest millstone around our neck at the moment. Combined with the general squandering of transfer resources, lack of investment in infrastructure and lack of strategic direction under Wynne-Jones, we''re facing something of a perfect storm.What amuses me are the recent posts along the lines of getting rid of the new DoF-type model and going back to exactly the same kind of ad hoc ''strategy'' which has repeatedly failed in the last twenty years! We would supposedly need an investor to backstop the losses that would invariably follow.Sales are absolutely necessary at the moment, and always will be if we want to press ahead with a return to a successful Chase-style mode of operation. Delia has effectively admitted that Chase was getting it right, at least up until the cashflow issues saw him knocked off his perch.
  19. Len
    [quote user="keelansgrandad"]Even if any abnormalities could be reversed, there would surely be those who don''t want to be cured? Some seem to as happy as Larry (or Larissa!). Not sure about that Len. I just asked what was the reason for this mix up in genders and why all of a sudden we are talking about schoolchildren wanting it.[/quote]My money is on the rise in chemical usage in the last century or so, eg plastics, pesticides, the birth control pill etc. I have heard stories of fish changing sex.Perhaps the authorities want to normalise gay and transsexual attitudes in order to hide the true source of the LBTG epidemic?
  20. Len
    Coalville to beat Sutton Coldfield (6/4).Norwich 0-3 Chelsea (9/1).Good luck pups!
  21. Len
    [quote user="keelansgrandad"]I have it on great assurance from someone who consults transgenders that it is not hormones or biology as such. It is the brain that makes someone transgender. Studies are being carried out to see if there is a way that the brain can be tricked into reverting to would should be appropriate to the body. That is why there is a great deal of counselling before any surgery is warranted.[/quote]Even if any abnormalities could be reversed, there would surely be those who don''t want to be cured? Some seem to as happy as Larry (or Larissa!).
  22. Len
    [quote user="Rock The Boat"]No, I am reading Walt Heyer, who describes himself as a transgender. Some statistics for you, as it is always better to argue with fcts raher than emotion. 90% of suicides are because of mental health issues, Unsurprising. In one study in the USA it was found that 41%  of so-called transgendered people had attempted suicide (wikipedia). While many studies suggest the rate of suicide attempts is around 30%.This figure is comparable with other mental illness categories. For example, schizophrenia carries a 20% risk.[/quote]You seem to be conflating suicide attempts with so-called mental illness. Taking this argument further, someone suffering from a chronic disease who had attempted suicide would hence be suffering from a mental illness (instead of a medical disease). Reductio ad absurdum.
  23. Len
    There will always be gays.
  24. Len
    [quote user="DDD In The Fine City"]I bet on what I think will win me money regardless of who''s involved, that''s why the last two seasons I''ve made money and you look like a grungy pedo[/quote]Both of your betting performances could possibly be evaluated via this and last season''s pup league tables...[url=http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/5/3588255/ShowPost.aspx]http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/5/3588255/ShowPost.aspx[/url][url=http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/4/3523263/ShowPost.aspx]http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/4/3523263/ShowPost.aspx[/url]
  25. Len
    Tis been raining in Barnsley! The Shaw Lane pitch is waterlogged and the game postponed.I will instead go for Ashton United to beat Sutton Coldfield.
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