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[quote user="BWs Cat "]So you expect them to be training at half 11 at night?[/quote]   No................ 7 this morning. On Mousehold. In the snow.   OTBC       

[quote user="jed exodous"] [quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]We were doomed from the moment that name appeared on the teamsheet. Playing Howson = weakness = defeat. Have we ever got a win with him in the team?[/quote]   To be fair, I''vr struggled to see what the hype is about Howson.  Maybe we haven''t really played to his strengths very often, but I don''t see why so many rant and rave about him.  I don''t think he''s a bad player, but nor as good as some on here make out... [/quote]   Just what are these ''strengths'' of his?   OTBC

I hear that naturally we are quietly looking at alternatives in case we can''t get Graham and/or Hooper.   Near the top of our list of strikers are Ricky Lambert (whispers are that he is not the new fella''s cup of tea) and Carlos Bacca a Colombian international currently playing in Belgium with Brugge although he may be a bit above our budget.   Any other names going the rounds?   OTBC    

[quote user="TIL 1010"]Good to see this thread make a return Butler and just love the Tesco jokes in your opening post but i must warn you that in light of Pete''s New Year message this may get moved to ''Non Football'' as a couple of days ago i started a thread just about this Tesco burger news and i got up the next day to find it had been moved. It had run for two pages and was enjoyed by everybody except someone who obviously had a downer on it.[:P][;)][:)].[/quote]   If you saved it before you went to bed then you could swerve old blue pencil pete and post it again at your leisure in nthe morning!   Of course you might get a forum asbo, but hell you''re retired now.................. Live it up a bit!   OTBC   P.S. If you still have a problem with him I''m sure nutty will be happy to teach you the double step-over for a small consideration.

[quote user="Duncan Edwards"]PC Tilson was on his horse waiting to cross the street when a little girl stopped beside him on her shiny new bike. Nice bike," Tilly said, "Did Santa bring it to you?" "Yep," the little girl said, "He sure did!" Tilly looked the bike over and handed the girl a £20 ticket for a safety violation, saying, "Next year tell Santa to put some lights on the back of it." The young girl looked up at PC Tilson and said, "Nice horse you got there sir, did Santa bring it to you?" "Yes, he sure did," chuckled Tilly. The little girl looked up at him and said, "Next year tell Santa the dick goes underneath the horse, not on top."[/quote]   [Y] [Y] [Y]   Talking about head and shoulders.....!!!!! Two thumbs (and all else) up.   [:D]   OTBC    

[quote user="nutty nigel"] But Liverpool are nowhere near Champions League so we won''t lose....   Will we[:^)]   [/quote]   Be strong buddy..............Man up and KTF.   There''s a good man.   OTBC

[quote user="TIL 1010"]You saved me the job of bumping this Bly as i was worried for you that it had fallen off the radar. [;)][/quote]   Ooo.......arrrrrrrr!!!??   OTBC

[quote user="Mister Chops"]Sturridge 2, Suarez, Gerrard. Ouch. [/quote]   KTF   They don''t like it up ''em.   OTBC

There''s Dumb, Dumber and Dumber''s Assistant on this thread   There''s Dumb, Dumber and Dumber''s Assistant come on this thread already. Dear me, what a crew.   And now dear readers, I''m offering a Mars bar to the first person to identify all three correctly.   By the way,  if somebody from the United States like Yankee wins they''ll get a Milky Way bar instead!   And still. One love.   OTBC                  

They are reporting that Sunderland have made a formal bid.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21066045   Sky or BBC - which one has the goods?   OTBC

......after we get that win at Liverpool under our belts on Saturday.   I feel it in my bones! Yep, in my bones. After all we surely owe them one after that embarrassment before Christmas. And we''ll be live worldwide on TV - again!   Now who do you reckon is going to be assigned to spoil Suarez'' appetite for a fight in such Arctic conditions?  [:-*]   [:D]   OTBC  

[quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="Wiz"]Christ, to think of the self appointed troll spotters and binner hunters in control of moderation on here fair gives me the shudders.......[/quote] I actually agree with Wiz on this...and he is a prime example of why it wouldn''t work. I mean, half of all posters would be banned on his first day...... .....only to be reinstated the next day and the other half banned! [;)] [/quote]   Ho, ho, ho! Oh, what a little winker you are today Lappy. Ha, ha, ha!   Must be all that snow. Or suffink.........   OTBC    

http://news.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/football/premier-league/out-of-sorts-norwich-great-value-for-premier-league-relegation_134920.html   OTBC

We''re waiting.   [:D]   OTBC

Jeez. [|-)]   OTBC

WARNING NOTE TO NCFC CBs AND CMs!!   Do not do a Kompany in the next few matches.   You will not survive - neither a red card nor an appeal.   OTBC

I feel part of it was that Dean, like me, was getting a bit concerned in the back of his mind with the frequency with which Wilshire it appeared was being rather heavily fouled by the ManCity players. It seemed almost as if they were doing him in turn so as not to get sent off.   No stats to support. Just my feeling at the time.   OTBC    

[quote user="ncfcstar"][quote user="AJ"]Never, ever heard of him. That said, how many people had really heard of Tettey?[/quote] Not me, and it looks like Skjelbred and Tettey are good friends from their time at Rosenborg. [/quote]   Ah that''s rather nice. Good chemistry. We can call them Per ''n Tetts.   [um]   OTBC  

[quote user="Joanna Grey"]Big difference between him and Hoolahan is that he knows how to go forward rather than just sideways.[/quote]   Wessi does thrust forward sometimes. But much of the time you have to go sideways dear. Ask Paul Scholes.   OTBC

[quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="TIL 1010"] [quote user="Dr Crafty Canary"] ''Not particularly asked for'' - does anyone ask for you to post? Is there a new forum rule requiring posts only to be made in response to requests for them? Did he have a motive? Yes, to show that Chase was no more of a seller than any other owner or chairman, despite the campaign to present him as someone with no interest in the football side of the club.[/quote] The point is Crafty that unlike previous and subsequent Chairman who have had to sell because of lean times at the Club you and others have continually banged on about the success of finishing 3rd in the league and success in Europe for the only time in our history under Robert Chase yet throughout this period he continued to sell the crown jewels. Why did he do this ? [/quote]   To generate the level of funds necessary to run the club.   OTBC [/quote] So why then under his watch were we in such dire financial straits which nearly brought NCFC to it''s knees ?   [/quote]   The strategyy worked for 90% of Chase''s chairmanship - our golden era - just as it had on a quieter scale for decades before under both South and Watling.   In the end he messed up - a combination of (arrogant?) misjudgements and  good luck turned bad. No-one disputes that.   And in any event the overdraft of 6m which was somewhat curiously effectively called in prompting more fire sales was far more than covered by the transfer value of prominent youngsters emerging from the academy such as Bellamy, O''Neill and a couple of others i.e. the debt was far less dangerous than the debt accumulated in more recent times.   Where else was the money to be found by South, Watling and finally Chase to operate the club at that increasingly high level in the pre-premeirship days?   OTBC        

[quote user="nutty nigel"] The description is only a criticism if events prove it to be so. I''m sure Delia didn''t intend it as anymore than a description. An accurate one too.   You just don''t get honesty do you babes....   [/quote]   The Lord will judge.   And the World and his Wife are watching.   OTBC    

[quote user="TIL 1010"] [quote user="Dr Crafty Canary"] ''Not particularly asked for'' - does anyone ask for you to post? Is there a new forum rule requiring posts only to be made in response to requests for them? Did he have a motive? Yes, to show that Chase was no more of a seller than any other owner or chairman, despite the campaign to present him as someone with no interest in the football side of the club.[/quote] The point is Crafty that unlike previous and subsequent Chairman who have had to sell because of lean times at the Club you and others have continually banged on about the success of finishing 3rd in the league and success in Europe for the only time in our history under Robert Chase yet throughout this period he continued to sell the crown jewels. Why did he do this ? [/quote]   To generate the level of funds necessary to run the club.   OTBC

[quote user="Lord Horn"][quote user="Bor Bor Bor"] Are you alright there?  Seeing as old David Bowie has come out of retirement, I reckoned I''d follow him.   Now I have two question about our majority shareholders that I reckon we ought to chew over for a bit and see if we can fathom what''s been going on.    1. How did they come about all those shares in the first place?   2. Do you reckon that our current majority shareholders have taken our lovely old club about as far as that''s possible to go without all that foreign money?  Or do you reckon we can still compete and achieve something special with what we have?   Let''s be having you, and all that.   [/quote] Could you possible go back into retirement??????? [/quote]   I beg to differ your Lordship, Old Bor has prompted two very interesting posts from Surfrider and our omnipresent Mr nigel.   Carry on Bor!   OTBC   P.S. And in the interests of posterity:        

[quote user="nutty nigel"] Yep Purple. "All singing all dancing" was the way she described BFB. I remember it because it was a brilliant description. Note I said description and not criticism.   [/quote]   The description is a criticism. By definition. And a clever criticism at that. You''re underestimating Delia Smith.   I''ve learnt to be wary of protagonists in a discussion who want to have it all their way.   OTBC

[quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]As seen on TV there was a significant patch of such seats available in the main (?) stand at the Peterborough match.[/quote] Those seats were clearly a division between home and away fans Bly as is normal. Did you stand throughout the match whilst watching on TV, or did you just jump to your feet when we scored? [^o)][/quote]   I doubt that a square patch of  seats say 15 x 15 at the front of the stand and very sparsely populated was a security division. If so their CEO must be even more inept than their football manager.   Sat the whole time except to brew a mug of fine coffee at half time -  it was a calmly pleasing victory rather than an emotional epic!!   Sorry to disappoint you...............but that fresh start you know...............[/quote] I''m not disappoined Bly, I was making a serious point. How many of the people who insist on standing at games do the same thing in the comfort of their own homes? I don''t think there would be many, if any. Standing is selfish and just the herd mentality. If everyone was sitting, would they as individuals stand up alone? Would they stand in a cinema or theatre? I think not.....unless the rest of the herd did of course. If EVERYONE sat down as they should, EVERYONE would be able to see. [/quote] If I had a nice old-fashioned barrier to stand behind at home with rattle in hand then I might well stand for part of the game - especially if I had a 70 incher in front of me like Yankee!!!!   Agreed, but but I''m afraid that''s behaviour from a bygone era for too many.   I fear that nothing less than fines &/or ASBOs &/or other legal action et al is going to resolve this issue.   OTBC