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Did they make you ''sand'' on the desk and sing Ruthers, or did they just nick your books? Neither, but they did teach me how to read and write properly Mr Jenkins. Do your kids call you Mr Jenkins or Sir?!! Lol.

Thumbs up if you think ruthie should just feck off. Love it. Even when you lily livered, happy clapping muppets are being negative you still ask for a ''thumbs up'' to endorse it! Lol. No doubt you''ll all be back on here this time tomorrow picking the ''positives'' out of another Canary capitulation.

Steve Mclaren was facing the old ''tin tack'' just as Norwich were rolling into town (or should that be toon) earlier in the season. The outcome? A 6-2 demolition job and a stay of execution for the wally with the brolly. The ''special one'' now finds himself in the exact same situation as Mclaren was in but will be confident of achieving a similar outcome to him come ten to five on Saturday afternoon. Make no mistake this will be Chelsea''s springboard for a top four finish as they put at least 4 goals past our mid-table Championship defence. There is a glimmer of hope however - Captain Calamity may not be brought straight back in to the team following his recent suspension. Here''s hoping our model professional is busy saving babies from burning buildings or helping old folk cross the road. As long as he''s a million miles from Stamford Bridge we stand a chance, however small.

Kei Kamara or RVW? Unemployed, retired or retarded Lapps? Whatever it is you''ve got too much time on your hands.

Not sure what Smudger thinks about it, don''t really care. I haven''t changed my mind though - he was brought in to score goals and so far Lafferty''s matching him in that department despite being on the pitch for a fraction of the time Mbokant has.

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Sorry, I should''ve qualified my prediction - but didn''t foresee Russell Martin missing any games: My argument was always we''ll need to score 3 goals to win any game because of his lack of defensive and leadership qualities. However, we were very sound at the back today without him and in Tettey we have a real leader at last. So here''s praying we don''t see RM back in a City shirt any time soon - but if we do my prediction still stands - we''ll need to score 3 goals to win any game - to nullify the ''2 handicap'' he brings to the team.

"Gulp" You better believe it. It''s one centre half for around £5 million and maybe a striker on loan and that''s our lot.

There will be no big spend in January, fact.

Still waiiting for a definitive answer to how many chances Mbokani spurned yesterday, I believe the answer to be none............ You are wrong my friend - it was one chance he spurned not none. He missed what should''ve been a free header at the River End by trying to kick the ball at head height - in a similar fashion to his goal at Newcastle. However, he only got in a goal scoring position ONCE in 90 minutes proving my point that Mbokant! Whic

I put my height and weight into the calculator, and coincidentally my "BMI Buddy" is Martin Olsson. I put mine in and ironically my ''BMI buddy'' is John Ruddy. I''m 46 and addicted to cheap red wine but I''m probably as fit as John Ruddy I reckon and a little more agile.

Good one. So, by your reckoning, anyone who has missed a game of football in order to get married isn''t a committed fan. There are 52 Saturdays in a year bore of which more than half do not involve Norwich City playing at home. The fact he got married in Norfolk is even more laughable in that he could''ve attended a second home game of the season (after Boxing Day) if he''d have been a true fan and had consulted the fixture list.

It''s no coincidence that 3 of the players mentioned as being overweight by the NHS out of only a handful that are named in the report from the entire Premier League are from our ''fat back'' four!!! And out of the only 2 players in the league that are highlighted as being super fit - Kyle Lafferty is one of them!! You couldn''t make it up.

Sorry can someone put the link on correctly?

I''ve said for a long time that we are simply not fit enough as a team and that John Ruddy especially could do with losing a stone in weight - well finally here''s the proof: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/premier-league-footballers-overweight-bmi-10276159 Why not use the next month by forgetting about Citeh, Arsenal and Chelski (because getting a result in any of them games is beyond us) and instead concentrate on bloody fitness? Never mind the Messiah let''s bring back Ron Saunders and Mousehold hill training!

"a nice touch from one of our Directors." I thought it was also a nice touch when he got married at the same time Norwich were playing a Saturday home game. Told me all I need to know about his commitment to the club.

FFS What a fickle bunch. AN needs our support but he also needs help, both he and Gary Holt have nothing to call on experience wise at that this level - dare I say they need a Mike Phelan type character in there with them - now isn''t that ironic? They of course also need £20 million to spend on some quality in January. We can still stay in this league however and I predict we will.

Careful now - they don''t like the truth on here

So that was ''the reaction?'' FFS. God help us Talking about a reaction where''s happy clappy lappy and his scarfer pals to admit that I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG about: Russell Martin - centre half? Pffff captain? Pfff Mbo''cant - he can''t - today proved that Jarvis - 45k a week - said he was a waste of money - he is Goals - said we''ll need 3 (minimum) to win a game - spot on so far! Smudger - not me - and in time I will prove that too... Is that enough evidence?! All quiet on the happy clappy front tonight. Sshhh! X

Thanks for the offer of the pint Tilly. You already know me though, and will likely see me in The Nelson after the game without realising. I will not reveal my identity however until Norwich win a game in the Premier League without needing to score 3 goals. So, you''ll have to go on wondering for a while yet...

Everyone knows ruthers is smudger but you all keep talking about Newton. Is he Newton too? Huh? [:^)] How many more times - I am not the (p*ss) artist formerly known as Smudger. Will the original Smudger emerge from the football message board wilderness and confirm this please?!

Ok, so we got our pants pulled down in front of millions of TV viewers across the world and were given a right royal spanking. But that''s gone now, the important question now is what will our ''reaction'' be like Saturday against the Baggies?! We see ''reactions'' from our opponents all the time. We saw Leicester''s ''reaction'' against us after losing 5-2 at home to Arsenal. Then we saw Newcastle''s ''reaction'' against us after losing 6-1 to Citeh. What will our ''reaction'' be against West Brom Saturday? John Ruddy, Russell Martin, Sebastian Bassong, Steven Whittaker, Graham Dorrans, John Howson - Your performances stunk the place out against Newcastle and reduced us to a 5-a-side team effectively. What are you made of I wonder? Saturday will tell us all...

McNally out Messiah Back At last! Someone who realises that the only way Lambert can come back is if McNally leaves.

He was poor today but Dorrans was even worse! What anyone sees in him is completely beyond me. Hughton would''ve loved him - every time we looked dangerous today he passed the ball backwards and killed any momentum. Shocking

I agree Cambridge but having to admit to needing to ''muddle through'' until January is a joke with the amount of money we''ve had at our disposal. Spending just £3.9m (net) in the Summer was a travesty and the board have failed in their duty of care