Peanuts

It's never been a problem so far. At least not according to Mrs Peanuts.

I was feeling pretty negative at the game thinking here we go again and its going to be a long season. But on reflection and watching the highlights back I think it was mainly fatigue and lack of sharpness that let us down. There were encouraging signs and we are definitely stronger than two seasons ago.

If he's being fouled the keeper has to do more to get away or shove the player off, but he just lets him like he's not bothered. Arsenal had the look of league cup side with a bunch of reserve and youth players who've never played together before. I doubt Brentford will have an easier game all season. I'd fancy us to thrash that Arsenal side last night and beat Brentford too. I didn't think they looked anything special, just Arsenal were awful. Not sure how long Arteta has there but other than Tierney and Smith Rowe the players didn't look bothered and that can't be a good sign.

He played in 4 pre-season games for a total of around 300 minutes.

Really good watch this. Spolier alert: we aren't mentioned as a potential target for dodgy foreign investment.

This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWj0CiM8WU

I'd be surprised if Archant agreed to hand over the forum data to a third party as there are potential issues with GDPR and copyright. Another option would be to scrape the post data from this forum and reproduce it on a new forum as a kind of archive. This is technically non-trivial but I'm sure someone has done it before and it has the advantage that it could be done without any cooperation from Archant. Id' prefer it if Archant just fixed this forum though. The white screen thing is usually php out of memory. If it's a question of cost then why not monetize this a bit better? They could introduce a paid member tier (one off or subscription) with a few perks (no ads, supporter flair etc.) that should raise some money to keep the lights on a bit longer.

In their last live Q&A Connor and Paddy said that signing a defensive midfielder was now top priority, followed by a full back. They said the club no longer see another centre back signing as a priority given how impressive Omobamidele has been. Paddy also said negotiations for Billing had been going on for weeks, so I expect that is who they want for the DM role although I'm not convinced by him myself. Still plenty of time left for signings, but you have to say that given the impact Skipp had last season it would be suicide to go into the PL without a decent replacement.

I tried to embed the twitter post above but who knows with the forum on the blink again. Quote from Bailey is "For the record, Villa will not be coming for Todd Cantwell during this window - so scrub that one off."

Pretty unequivocal here from Bailiey

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-insight-pod-leeroy-maguraushe-_xizAw79Suh/ This is the podcast where he makes the comments. It's a good listen and Jamal comes across as very thoughtful, intelligent and well spoken. The quote is accurate but it's clear from the whole conversation that he still has a lot of love for Norwich.

There was also the incident before the goal when an Italian player was rolling around in agony in the box but as soon as the goal went in he jumped up and ran across to celebrate with his team mates. You'd think after seeing a fellow player being defibrillated on the pitch we might see a decrease in the amount of pointless playacting, but it didn't take long for normal service to resume.

In a similar thread on Reddit recently there wasn't a lot of love for Garth Crooks as a pundit, but maybe the average age of posters there is a bit too young to appreciate him at his best. Always been a fan of Garth and I remember a time where he was presenting non-football stuff on the BBC too - always a bit surreal to see him interviewing a politician or hosting a current affairs debate. He was also pretty good as "Garth Brooks" on Fantasy Football League.

Not sure I buy Bailey's line about it all being decided back in May - if so why did Kensell agree to appear at a Canaries Trust event tonight only to withdraw at the last minute once this news was announced?

While I applaud your efforts I just want to point out to anyone else reading this that official guidance is not to put anything in the mouth of someone having a seizure. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/what-to-do-if-someone-has-a-seizure-fit/ Also when it comes to CPR it's really not difficult to learn and I'd encourage anyone to have a go if they are ever unfortunate enough to be in a situation where it is required.

Villa have spent hundreds of millions and are bankrolled by billionaires. We might as well say we should be competing with Manchester City.

Yes but nobody really knows the story there - were there even any genuine bids? Was a deal done with Emi for him to see out the season and then move on? If the two situations are identical as you imply, what's your explanation for us selling him now and not then?

I interpreted the "no need to sell" stuff from Webber as we don't need to sell to balance the books or keep the club afloat, not that nobody would be sold. We don't know what has gone on behind the scenes but if Buendia was pushing for a move then getting him out the door early for a record fee was probably the best option. In theory the club could have told him no and insisted he fulfilled his contract but in practice that rarely seems to happen if the player wants to move.

Villa are in a very different position to us as they have new owners who have pumped a significant amount of money into the club in the last couple of years with a view to establishing themselves higher up the league and challenging for Europe. Whether it'll all end in tears who knows, but I expect they see signing Buendia as part of their commitment to building a more competitive squad.

And since they came up they've spent something like £200 million to stay (barely) in the Premier League. According to the accounts their billionaire owners put £126 million into the club in 2019-20. I daresay we'd all welcome Delia and Michael stumping up the odd hundred million, but it ain't ever gonna happen. Unless the objections are that they could invest that kind of money but choose not to or that they are refusing to sell the club to someone who could, I get why people wish we had more money, but it's just that, wishful thinking.

It's also possible Skipp has pushed for a return given the uncertainty over the manager at Spurs. Everything I've read suggests he's absolutely loyal to Spurs, but he may not want to take his chance with whoever comes in and prefer guaranteed first team football at a club he already knows. The longer he waits to decide his future he risks us signing his replacement and him potentially having a loan back in the championship or sitting on the bench for a season at Spurs. If Kane is sold there is going to be huge pressure to spend the money and strengthen the first team, and I can't see a new manager with that level of expectation being able to trust a 20 year old with barely any premier league experience.

In the original Sky Sports article the tweet references the first paragraph reports a source says a second bid of £35 million has been made but the second paragraph then reports another source as saying no bids have been made. I guess one makes a better headline than the other!

Jonathan Woodgate throwing a right hook outside the Majestyk nightclub?

The relevant thread on the Huddersfield board is worth a giggle: https://downatthemac.proboards.com/thread/115799/prichard-appreciation-post

First shot on target in a while.