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[quote user="morty"][quote user="julian hudson"]F*cking awful year so far. Who''s next? Iggy? [:@] Dear greedy record company [:@] please re-issue Gold Experience [Y][/quote]Iggy must surely be immortal?Mind you, I thought that about Lemmy[:(][/quote][Y][:(]

[quote user="Katie Borkins"]Tom Jones Robert Plant Mick Jagger Ray Davies Stevie Wonder All bricking it.[/quote]Springsteen''s another terrifying prospect. Kill the best live performers in one gigantic f*ck you of a year [:@][:(]

F*cking awful year so far. Who''s next? Iggy? [:@] Dear greedy record company [:@] please re-issue Gold Experience [Y]

[quote user="Paul"]He may of got us promoted through the play off final but this year he hasn''t done anything for us. He may as well move on at the end of the season back to Scotland where he cane from![/quote]Of course he should keep his job if we''re relegated - he''s made a few dubious signings, of two or three that may depart, and he needs to prove his/their worth. A better question to pose would be one of whether or not he should remain as manager if we do stay up - which I reckon we will.

When I was 17 walking home down Riverside road after we drew against Spurs, three of their fans came out of Chalk Hill road and gave me a hiding.For this reason I want Leicester to finish Champions.

''It''s Character Forming''[quote]If I were an Arsenal fan I would be fuming this season because with Man City and Chelsea both self-destructing, it was the perfect chance for them to win the title.  And yet again, they will end the season winning nothing, and are still by no means sure of getting a CL place.   But I''m glad because Arsenal fans tend to have a massive sense of entitlement so it''s good to see them failing consistently.[/quote] And they''re going to fail against us come Sat Apr 30 [Y]

[quote user="Vanwink"]Good cause Frank 👍[/quote][Y]Will Helen McDermott be there? [:)]

Sunderland have the easiest run in, but I reckon they''ll falter in their home games and f*ck up at Watford who''ll be wanting to see the season out on a high. Sunderland total: 36pts.

Never cared much for her comedy, but very sad news indeed.By God the reaper is having a bumper year thus far.

I voted ''Yes'' - we''re long overdue a victory at Arsenal. Then we only have to garner 3pts from our final 3 games. 37pts should be enough [Y]

[quote user="Yorkshire Canary"]Anything can happen and expected the unexpected. All 3 sets of supporters are worried and of course only one will survive. We need to beat Watford and probably one of the other sides, trouble is this season we regularly bottle the big games for whatever reason. I hope we pull off an escape, all 3 can do it. Do i expect us to probably not indeed we have as much chance of second bottom as 17th. I will go for Sunderland, they are showing consistent fight and have a manager for this league who is head and shoulders better than AN[/quote]Can we have that again in plain English? [:)]

[quote user="Vanwink"]We''re getting pretty short of defenders Sooty, Bassong Bennet and Russ it would have to be I think. Pinto fits the bill in a back five for me, Ollsen as well, and how about giving Redmond a free reign in behind a striker as Parma suggested.[/quote]That (Redmond) could work, VW, but Naismith''s fitness levels are catching up and he must be on the verge of raising his game against the likes of Arsenal, aka Liverpool earlier on.

I''d prefer to leave Bassong out, but as we only have two ''proper'' centre-backs available I''d include him in a defence minded 5-4-1 - it''s Arsenal where we''ve only won twice since 1972, so a point garnered would suffice nicely thanks.5-4-1:RuddyMartin - cbBennett - cbBassong - cbPinto - dmrOlsson - dmlHowson - mTettey - dmO''Neil - mNaismith - amMbokani - ssubs:RuddBradyJarvisHoolahanRedmondMulumboJerome

[quote user="mrs miggins"]What was AN''s win percentage in the championship, does anybody know?[/quote]I''m pretty sure it was roughly the same as Adams [:|]

[quote user="mr footy"]Could be worse[/quote]You should consider writing a book.

[quote user="Vanwink"]I''m sorry to hear that Julian, she never got to see your cheeky little chops.☹[/quote]It''s okay, Vanwink, I didn''t feel a thing.

''Belief''

"It might take £180m and three years to get Leicester in the top five" Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha said.Talk about exceed expectations.

[quote user="Vanwink"]Julian Hudson "How refreshing it is to finally read a member of the forum who has a similar knowledge of football to mine Yes [Y]" Your mother would be proud of you Julian.[/quote]I guess I''ll never know. She died giving birth to me [:(]

Parma Ham''s gone mouldy ~ The reason that Naismith plays is not dissimilar to why Russell Martin is regularly selected at centre back in the premier league by managers. It is essentially because of the type of player that Naismith naturally is and the characteristics of the preferred centre forward Mbokani. Mbokani is a dangerous, central-focused target player, who has great ability at taking the ball in and protecting it, whilst also winning a high percentage of aerial balls. He is also very awkward to get hold of for a defence, meaning that the defending side win very few balls cleanly against him. This in turn means he creates a great deal of second ball opportunities near his playing sphere regardless whether he wins the ball or not. In the Premier League it is a huge tactical risk not to operate with three players occupying the central midfield space, typically in a pyramid shape. The 10 role needs to perform this. Naismith or Wes are the obvious choices for this. However, because of the characteristics of Mbokani, he is very unlikely to run in behind the defence. This will allow opposition defences to hold a high line and compress the play, restricting midfield space and allowing them to oppress us, unless we offer a threat in behind and lateral movement into the wider areas from the centre of the field outwards. Thus because of playing Mbokani the number 10 must be the front pivot of the pyramid, move into wider areas from central, offer runs in behind the defence, perhaps linking to flick ons, offering a short outlet to the central midfield pair and equally get around Mbokani for second ball. This a hugely tactical role that requires a player with all of those multiple skills. It requires a great deal of running off the ball and will frequently be unrewarding, particularly when balls into Mbokani are imperfect. It is crucial that such a player have shooting skills as they are expected to score a good amount of goals. In the first half it can be clearly noted that Naismith linked the play right across the pitch, plus movement in towards Mbokani, into channel areas plus a desire and intention to get in behind. Unfortunately Mbokani was well shackled by Kaboul and the gameplan falls down. The definition above does not apply to Wes. He does some of the things - linking midfield, dropping deep and offering options - but these skills might be expected to bring wider players into the game, even allow central midfield players to go beyond him. We don''t want this at the top level - particularly not in the first half of games - because we don''t really want those players making those runs forward. The equation is that it exposes our defence and makes conceding a goal more likely than scoring one. Remember that just because you increase your chance of scoring by 20% by opening the game - super in the championship if you have better players overall or are against defending sides with flaws - if you concurrently increase your chances of conceding by 30% you have tactically "got worse" and increased your chances of losing.....despite the fans being excited and delighted. This is the reality of the Premier League for Norwich. I am afraid the uncomfortable truth of yesterday''s game was that we did change to attack more. In doing so we exposed our central midfield, our full backs and and out central defenders. Compact opposition with pace on the break, then turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-0 defeat in classic counter-attack / over-commit fashion. Whilst terribly uncomfortable it is entirely possible that on such occasions, retaining a closed shape, negating risks and playing for set pieces, a moment of magic, or a refereeing decision is better odds. That''s why Naismith is chosen ahead of Wes and why Jarvis is chosen ahead of Redmond. ParmaHow refreshing it is to finally read a member of the forum who has a similar knowledge of football to mine [Y]A bit cheeky to ask, but are you on the clubs books, Parma?

[quote user="mrs miggins"]Biggest c0ckup that we''ve had since appointing Neil Adams after helping relegate us.[/quote]Yes, that relegation had nothing to do with Hughton or the fact Adams only had a handful of games left to try and save us- definitely his fault [:P]Adams also remains the most harshly dealt with manager in NCFC history - he did leave the club just outside the play off places for AN after all.Would Adams have taken us up if he''d stayed? Probably not, but to dismiss him for his efforts and blame him for that relegation is very disrespectful. 

Ah, so you admit and recognise it''s the defence where we''re weakest, yet you somehow claim that that''s Jarvis''s & Naismith''s fault in the following thread > [url]http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/2/3364747/ShowPost.aspx#3364747[/url] [8-)]

[quote user="mrs miggins"]Jarvis for away matches is logical, but in a key home game that you need to win[/quote]The Man C & Newcastle games were home matches [:|][quote user="mrs miggins"]You''ve even got the notion of hindsight now which had we won you could''ve made the point you just did. But now you look rather silly.[/quote] [8-)]

[quote user="mrs miggins"]Agree about Jarvis. Why that man started in a crucial home game I have no idea. I can totally understand starting Naismith; often works well with Mbokani and more of a goal threat. Not starting Redmond and also the tactics when not in possession were abysmal; it''s like AN hasn''t even done any research on how Sunderland play. Should be disappointed in himself for that.[/quote]Jarvis played against Man City, WBA & Newcastle - we garnered 7 points from those three successive matches; something we''ve failed previously to emulate all season - so we then lose narrowly to Palace (Klose''s injury had a lot to do with that) and you people seriously suggest that Jarvis should be dropped for Sunderland at home!?!It''s like an episode of the Twilight Zone in here.

[quote user="norfolkbroadslim"]Is Naismith saving himself for the Euros?[/quote]Scotland didn''t qualify.Again [:D]