Crafty Canary

Judge you have summed up my intended sentiments precisely. I''m not saying there should be no off-field investment (the jarrold Stand was essential for example) but the board cannot escape from the fact that they have not invested in the team suficiently NOR have they addressed the debt instead. They appear to have failed on both scores whilst spending a huge sum of money. They are culpable AND responsible.

The only opposition players I''ve seen him pass are those sitting on their bench.

Another product of that bar steward in Austria?

This board with their brilliant business acumen. When "let''s be havin'' you" said on promtion that club would adopt an ambition with prudence approach none of us complained as we understood that the board was trying to achieve success without bankrupting the club. However they have not matched ambition with prudence because not only didn''t they invest anywhere near enough in the team but THEY ALSO FAILED TO ADDRESS THE DEBT!!. Consequently all the premiership money and parachute payments were wasted and outr better players asset stripped to fund restaurants etc. This bunch are incompetent on a serious scale and must go if they once again fail to realise this is a football club and not a mega-catering outlet.

if there isn''t sensibloe investment this close-season then the protests against the board should start with the first home game of next season and continue until they are driven out. I''m fed up with my club being used as a vehicle for Delia''s marketing of her cookery programmes on the BBC. We are fast becoming a joke under this administration.

The first post sums him up to a T. He''s struggle in League One let alone the Championship. In League two he''d be fine and given Doomcaster''s words of encouragement that''s where we may well be at the end of the season after next.

At the risk of being accused of being elitist for daring to post a view Yankee doesn''t agree with, I would say that the board of NCFC alone are wholly culpable of the ridiculous situation our club finds itself in. They alone are the ones to make the decisions about our club. As fans we can express our views and opinions on various aspects of the club but only they have the power to act. They alone are responsible for appointments such as Hamilton, Walker (second reign) and Grant. They alone decide whether and what money will be available to managers such as Rioch who resigned because of lack of investment and possibly Roeder this summer. They alone prevaricated over sacking Worthington until a third of the season nearly had passed rather then the previous close-season so giving a new man a chance of getting us off on the right foot. They alone have decided that spending money on non-urgent fixed assets such as the community stand was a better idea than buying Ashton at the start of the Premiership season when his goals would have kept us up rather than waiting until January when it wasn''t quite enough.   They alone make excuses about ambition with prudence and then fritter away £30M Premiership money + £14M parachute payments without showing either ambition or prudence in addressing the club''s debt.   Instead they treat us like fools with their incessant spin about our finances. Quite how clubs like Burnley, Plymouth, Cardiff and Ipswich (until the Evans arrival) can CONSISTENTLY out performance us with much more financial problems than ourselves gives the lie to their duplicitous PR. Remember how players would be replaced one-for-one when we returned to the Championship? Didn''t happen! Remember how we were going to have the big push the second season down and only Croft was brought in at the eleventh hour? Didn''t happen! Remember how the Earnshaw, Etuhu and Safri money was going to the manager for replacements? Didn''t happen! Remember how the players were on status related contracts so that on relegation they would retirn to Championship wages? Didn''t happen! Instead the parachute payments were fritted away on maintaining the Premiership incomes of League One quality and performance players. Unfortunately there''s nothing we as fans can do about it except to make our feelings known and ultimately to stay away. However the club is the Wynne-Jonses'' plaything and as long as it can keep going the fans can go take a running jump. If we are to be relegated (i believe we will survive on GD from Southampton) then the Board must be convinced to go.  

Do you mean you have only just realised this? Where have you been?

Looking at all the remaining fixtures for the clubs at the bottom excluding Colchester and scunthorpe who I think are going down then I came to the conclusion that we would saty up by 1 point on 52 points. Below us would be barnsley and southampton both on 51 points with saints going down on goal difference. Mind you, i will be putting a bet on us going down next season unless GR can produce a minor miracle in transfer dealings over the summer.   l

Matty Pattison - Dean Martin

How about Gordon Bolland who struck up a pretty good partnership with Ron Davies? Then there was Laurie Sheffield who seemed to score in virtually every game he played but didn''t stay too long with us. I remeber seeing him score a hat-trick against Derby County on his home debut.

Figures in my all time worst eleven players to have worn the yellow and green. He was awful and just about summed up Lol Morgan who is one of the worst managers City have ever had along with ''Horror'' Hamilton and ''Good God'' Grant. Jimmy ''offside'' Blair was another of the all time worst eleven and I think Ron Saunders bought him as a two-fingered salute to Arthur South on his way out of the door.

Brum are now in the bottom 3. If they get relegated I don''t see them allowing Tiny to leave as they will lose players who don''t want to play in the Championship.

Poor old Doooooooooooooooooooomcaster would get repetitive strain injury of the wrist having to deal with all the paper work.

Is there really an issue here? The Huckster is a City legend and his contribution to the club since his arrival is unquestioned. However he is also getting older and cannot defy nature with respect to his speed and it is this attribute that hs game is built on. His hip has been a recurring problem over the last year and has undoubtedly affected his performances. Should Darren decide to call it a day at the end of this season and to take advantage of a last good payday in the US I say good luck to him and thank him for all he has done for our club. He could go with his head held high and the support of the fans ringing in his ears.

Why Bertrand? a) we have no cover for Camara except Lappin whilst drury is injured. b) expect to see Lappin depart in next week or so. c) don''t be surprised to see Drury depart in the summer if we get a good offer. He''s become a sick note and has shown he''s not Premiership quality. d) Bertrand is a cheap alternative so leaving the transfer budget, whatever it might be, in tact.   Now we just need Tiny, another decdent CB and a goal scoring front man and we''re away.  

Don''t be silly,Delia needs a new set of pots and pans for the kitchens. You would have to be naive to think it might be spent on something as wasteful as footballers. Anyone would think we''re a football club.  

Let''s not lose our focus on this one!

Sorry old chum but you''re an imposter. I am the original Crafty Canary, Scourge of the Scum. I was banned from Canary Corner several times because the scum infestation on that board just couldn''t take my banter. They complained to that closet binner, Bilverstone who did as his binner mates wanted. Never mind I still wind them up on a regular basis and they don''t like it one bit. What do I now about managing a professional football club? Absolutely fack all which means I''m no less qualified than the clowns doing the job right now!!! 

Unfortunately 12 games becomes 14 then 16 until before you know it 30 have been played and we are still in the soft brown stuff!We are now 1 win off the first safety place and with defeats very likely nay almost certain against West brom, the Scum and watford we shall be even further adrift at the bottom. These are indeed dark days at Carrow Road and it won''t be long before even a crackerjack manager will have little chance of turning it around. This club is sleep walking to League One and I fear for its very existence should we go down.

I don''t blame Peter Grant. I blame the board for putting a complete novice in a situation where he sinks because he''s out of his depth. Let''s remember they described the appointment as that of a ''winner''. In our board''s view winning = cheap. What kind of incompetence is it that doesn''t spend sensible money on the team when we were promoted, ''ambition with prudence'' and doesn''t use the Premiership windfall to slash the club''s debt instead. No, our bunch of ''li''l old Naarwich'' buffoons instead piss £34 million of Premiership dosh up the wallt (including parachute payments) and leave us with the debt intact and a useless team. Delia may know how to cook a superb meal but she hasn''t got a clue about how to run a football club and has surrounded herself with similar duffers. Worthless got the boot for getting only 11 points from 10 games at the start of last season. Grant needs 4 points from the next 6 just to match Worthless. If he doesn''t will they act? Will they do the honourable thing and resign? Don''t hold your breath on either count!!   

Let''s not forget that when the £15M mortgage style loan was taken out to build the Jarrold Stand that the board said that this could be comfortably financed by City being a mid-table Championship club. So what has changed as that''s esentially what we are . As has already been mentioned the loss of parachute payments is hardly a surprise. It''s been known about since relegation so the Board should have planned for it. Are they telling us that the ''big push'' for promotion was to p*ss all the money up the wall on journeymen and never have beens. After all their idea of a ''winner'' is someone with no experience of doing the job at all so I''m not really surprised that the Board''s incompetence, lack of ambition masquerading as prudence and desire to spend money on fixed assets rather than the team has led us to this. Should make for an interesting season!! 

Dave Striker: Did i do OK boss? Granty: Yes son, you get bit part appearances yet you have popped up with a goal. Dave Striker: Thanks Boss, I want to really make an impact! Granty: You have son and to reward you I''m going to stick you back on the bench and ignore you all night. Dave Striker: Why Boss? Granty: So you can get a good view of Browny getting nowhere near to a goal. Who needs scorers, 0-0 ''s just the job!!

Please don''t doubt ''Ambition'' Mumby and the rest of the board. I predicted that no CB would be brought in if there was any chance that Shacks would be fit for the Palace game. I now see that the Pink is indicating that he may be fit. The fact that we need strengthening in this area which might be obvious to supporters is no reason for our wonderful board to start throwing the money about. There must be people playing at local parks who''d do it for a signed shirt, surely?

Jason was really the one at fault here. Instead of jockeying Windass to the by line and stopping any cross there, he went to ground early and Windass being the wily old pro he is just moved out a bit before going forward to make the fateful cross. That goal was an embarrassment!