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Jon Moorhouse

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  1. A bargain still be had - and looking to take our fundraising auction over £3000 with this item (we currently sit at £2957)
  2. Hi we have been raising money for Royal Manchester Children''s Hospital after 2 of our children were treated there for leukemia  - they are using the money to refurbish the ward and develop a dvd explaining treatment for new patients. Paul McVeigh has kindly donated his first Norwich Shirt signed by himself. The includes the emails confirming the authenticity of the shirt.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221502998299?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649OTBC
  3. 20 trained including Olson who looked sharp and not afraid to shoot. 14 trained properly others warmed down after game yesterday. No pills, bassong, Johnson or synod grass. Did various drills and a 7 a-side game. The wolf looked sharp, although so did Loza (I think) who finished well. All signed stuff after - last out still signing was wolf.
  4. So we are housed in a more expensive part of the ground - still seems wrong - especially an under 16 ticket at £15 more for an away fan. I have emailed Man City about this so I will see if I get a response and will update if they do. Think boycotting the game is the best option sadly as I can''t justify £77 for me and the lad to a (hopefully) meaningless end of season game. Sad though.
  5. Yeh it was Stoke not Blackburn I remember now. Just seems wrong this - have tweeted McNally a few times but heard nothing back.
  6. I get that - you pay more for better seats - but we won''t be sitting in better seats we will be in equivalent seats/view etc. I just think it should be illegal to charge away fans and home fans different prices for casual tickets - why should a Norwich under 16 pay £15 more than a Man City one for the same match/seat etc. I presumed there had to be a fixed price agreement - we benefited previously from Blackburn or someone similar when they dropped prices for home fans so had to do the same for us I thought. I am stunned clubs can get away with doing this to other fans - but if they all do it then I guess it is fair enough.
  7. I am surprised that this is legal - but maybe I am just naive!
  8. So we do charge away fans a different price to home fans? It is not so much the cost that bugs me as the fact we have to pay so much more than they do - but if we do the same thing then the whole of football is corrupt!
  9. I was hoping to go to the Manchester City game with my 9 year old son but I don''t get why our prices are:Level 1 - Adults £49, over-65s £40 and under-16s £27Level 2 - Adult £51, over-65s £42 and under-16s £27but the tickets for Manchester City fans are:£43 Adult£33 18-21£17 16-17£12 Junior (Under 16)So to sit in the away end it will cost me £76 cheapest but to sit and watch in the home end will cost me £55.Can they do this? Is this legal? Do we charge away fans a different price to home fans? Just seems wrong that a Norwich fan has to make a 300 mile round trip and then pay more to watch a match than a local fan. At the moment I refuse to pay £21 extra to watch a match so will not be giving them my money.
  10. Mixed - saw him play against Barnsley and he was ok without standing out. Had a better game against Blackburn but has mainly been used as sub. Certainly didn''t look a premier league star amongst a poor championship side but he was easing himself back from a lengthy lay off from injury and does have a decent touch and used the ball well. Must be said though that Bolton are very poor at the moment and there is an awful amount of negativity around a club that seems in pretty terminal decline - so I''m not sure who would stand out there at the moment. The Bolton fans I spoke to rated him from the fleeting glimpses they saw and wanted him to stay longer.
  11. The ignorance of some people on here is both astounding and quite frightening. I had several friends at the match - people I knew at the time and people I have got to know since. We were at a packed Villa Park that day  - had we been picked to play at Hillsborough only the fact we are not as big a club as Liverpool would have prevented us from suffering a similar fate.My Liverpool friend who was pulled out of the Leppings Lane end and feared for his life that day made a very pertinent point to me. He said it has been like going on a train journey that ends up in a fatal crash and getting the blame for being on the train when it happened. I''m sure some fans may have had a drink - I''m not sure I have ever been to a Norwich game where they won''t have been any fans who have had a drink! Some people may have attended without tickets hoping to get in - did this make much difference to the fact that the game was held in a stadium without a safety certificate? the fact that there was a 1/2 mile ticket check around the ground the year before and 2 years later when we played Sunderland? the fact that there had been many similar incidents and scares at that end of the ground. At the moment it seems fashionable to blame the police - yes mistakes were made but they were put in that terrible position by the incompetence of an FA who did not give a damn about the fans and safety.Out of respect to the 96 innocent fans that did not come home from a game that day, family that mothers, sons, daughters, fathers will never see again - we should not disgrace out club or their memory. I don''t deny that Liverpool have some idiots - sadly it is hard to find a club that doesn''t. Last season at Villa I was ashamed to sit behind some racist idiots who made comments to stewards like ''are you lost? the jungle is that way'' - does this make us all racist.The wounds and memories of Hillsborough are still raw for many - especially after 23 years of being blamed for being at a match. All clubs have idiots - please don''t be one of ours.
  12. Can I just check how much others got? I had 2 adult tickets and a child ticket and have only got £30 back. The adult tickets went down £14 each - did a junior only drop £2?
  13. Yeh he did - but I don''t remember noticing him too much!
  14. Young team out against Bolton - only Declan Rudd with any first team experience. Bolton scored first. We equalised with a penalty that I didn''t see as I was getting a drink but my 8 year old son assures me that ''he never touched him'' as Loza (I think) went down for a penalty that Clunan slotted home. Bolton probably had better of 2nd half - couple of very good saves from Rudd and scored very late on from a free kick crossed in to the box and headed home. Gunny was there watching with Matt Jackson and signed my sons programme! Team looked very young and pacy but lacked a bit of strength. Loza looked the most technically gifted to my untrained eye. Front 2 of Jacob and Joshua Murphy were lively but looked a bit small and lightweight (not sure how old they are). Impression I got was that the Bolton team were a year or 2 older than most of the Norwich side. Barker played well at centre back and McKenzie looks a big lad compared to the rest. Met 4 other Norwich fans at the game (not including Gunny) - 2 were parents of a player though!
  15. Lovely picture and little bit about Steve Morison in the latest Match of the Day magazine - it''s just a shame they put a picture of Marc Tierney instead!!! The 23 on the shorts is a bit of a give-away!
  16. In this months 4-4-2 each league side has a best ever 11 voted for by a fan - Norwich team is pretty much as you''d expect - but what I did notice was that Holt appeared in the 11 for both Rochdale and Shrewsbury - who both said very complimentary things about him. I must admit, and time will tell, but he is pushing Chris Sutton and Iwan close in my favourite all time striker - I think it is his never give up attitude and the fact that he gets abuse from nearly every other team that makes him stand out for me!
  17. Excellent turnout from the yellow army today and noisy throughout - put the Barnsley ''fans'' to shame. Ratings: Ruddy 8 - one great tip over at 0-0 - assured throughout. Martin 7 - solid and commanded defence Ward 7 - bit of dodgy distribution but strong in the air and tackle Whitbread 7.5 - out muscled/fouled once in fist half - otherwise strong Tiereny 7.5 - looked up for it throughout extra 0.5 for all the pretend long throws that went short. Crofts 8.5 - 2 good goals - especially the 2nd which looked a great finish Surman 8 - looked classy in a strong midfield Lansbury 8 - same as Surman - knocked it around for fun in midfield. Fox - 7 probably was as good as the others in midfield just didn''t notice him as much Hoolahan 9 - unplayable at the moment - was everywhere would have had a penalty but for an offside in build up Holt 7 - worked hard - didn''t look like scoring today. Barnsley fans I was talking to on way out were surprised that we didn''t stick more past them in the 2nd half and that was my only concern as a late goal from them could have led to a frantic last few minutes and would have been completely unjust from a dominant display. 4-4-wes-1 worked a treat today!
  18. Strange start - we seemed to be playing 4-5-1 with Martin on the left and McNamee on the right - we changed this after 27 minutes to 4-4-2 and looked a bit better. Their 1st goal was a decent hit from 30 yds or so - bit surprised Ruddy went for a shot in his top left corner with his right hand. 2nd goal was comedy defending but was at the far end so difficult to say who was at fault. 3rd goal was a deflection off the wall and was against run if play at that stage. Ratings: Ruddy 6 - would need to see first 2 goals again to be sure whether he was at fault R Martin 7 - solid nough and got forward well for the goal Ward - 7 solid and uncompromising Barnett 6 - looks quick but distribution was poor and had to be quick to make up for errors Drury 6 - fairly solid Crofts 7 - worked hard but was a bit on his own in midfield at times Smith 6 - seemed a bit lost in the 4-5-1 formation - improved as game went on Hoolahan 6 - some tricky runs but knocked off ball too easily McNamee 5 - maybe better as impact sub - swapped wings but overhit crosses (looping them in the air) too often Martin 8 - worked hard (compared to previous away performances I have seen) all game and looked our best player and biggest threat (wasted on left wing) Holt 5 - looks out of sorts at the moment. I have a bit of a man crush on Holt and thought him an unstoppable goal machine last year but looked slow and clumsy today. Not fully fit? Subs Hughes - not on long enough to make impact Jackson - on long enough to make an impact but, a couple of runs apart, didn''t Johnson - one run down right but on too late to make impact   Fans - good turnout and made a good noise until 3-1. Their fans were non-existant noise wise - difficult to believe they won by the noise they made.
  19. I''m bringing my 6 year old ''home'' to Carrow Road for the Swansea game and he''s keen to try and meet a few players get autographs etc. Does anybody know where is best to do this? I was thinking as the players arrive but where do they arrive and what time or is it better to wait until after the game? Any advice gratefully recieved.
  20. Arse live 30 minutes from Blackburn but back in the fine county for a holiday that week!
  21. Sorry that''s replying to the banana bloke not the main point. On the main point made - what is our record against the top 12 sides? You give bottom 12 and then say about Millwall''s record against top 12 - how have we got on?
  22. If it''s 95% of games played then scoring in the last few is not going to make it up to 100% as we can''t score in all games if we already haven''t.
  23. If you live in Manchester why don''t you just pop along the East Lancs to the game - much better atmosphere and other fans who''ll tell you how much they love Norwich now!
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