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  1. According to Sporting Life our guy is one of the subs
  2. I watched most of the match. Idah generally played very well against some top centre backs. He took his penalty really well. The big question marks for me were over the two occasions when he laid the ball off to Ogbene to take a shot at goal and both shots were blocked. On both occasions, I wondered if a more confident (selfish?) striker would have taken a shot themselves - it looked to me as though Idah was in a good enough position to do so. Of course, if Ogbene had scored then we would have praised Idah for the assist. Duffy seemed to be calling the shots as captain - constantly directing other players. He also made some strong challenges to stop Dutch attacks and generally looked a formidable defender. On the down side, as paddycanary said, it seems he played the goalscorers onside for both Dutch goals. Good that both players now have six days off before the Stoke game - they must both have been exhausted. Rare for Idah to play a full 90 minutes +
  3. Yes, a fantastic article. All my best wishes Kathy. Thanks for writing it and thanks to Parma for the link.
  4. Accrington Stanley winning 1-0 at half time. My new second favourite team! Shipley booked in 37th minute but him and Hills helping keep a clean sheet so far! great start for the youngsters!
  5. I'd been surprised that Warner was listed in the u-21's on the club website rather than the first team but obviously because Tomkinson is just ahead of him in the plans and is due back sooner than first thought. Wonder if he will go out on loan now or whether we will hold him back in case we have another CB injury crisis.
  6. Disappointed that none of our younger players from the academy are in the team. No Gibbs, Rowe, Omobamidele.... But should be a good enough team in the Champs
  7. I enjoyed it. Made me hope we can keep him for a couple more seasons.
  8. Another thing about the Hayden loan is that he wasn't the only CDM we were after last summer. We agreed a fee for Ismael Kone from CF Montreal last July but couldn't agree terms with the player. It seemed we immediately went in for Nunez who of course is a very different player. I saw a bit of Kone in the World Cup when he came on as a sub for Canada - he looked okay but nothing special (as is often the way with CDMs!). He then moved to Watford in the January window and I see he played 16 times for them but I can't remember noticing him in any games I watched. Anybody know more about how he's done and whether he would have been a good fit for us? I presume the idea was that Hayden would be the main man in CDM with Kone learning from him and developing last season - and filling in for him if Hayden was injured!!! I wonder if Webber now wishes he'd have gone after another young CDM (they must have a list of them) instead of Nunez. Nunez may well turn into an important player for us but wasn't what was needed last season.
  9. I preferred paying the club direct via Canaries TV. Not so keen on paying Sky.
  10. I saw a little bit of last week's u-21 match when he played and was struck by the fact that he looked a fair bit slimmer so maybe he's already sorting himself out. He applied himself well from what I saw of the match but didn't do anything magical
  11. Pete, do you know why he hasn't been playing recently? He seemed to do very well in his first couple of games with Stevenage and once in the team I would have expected him to stay there.
  12. I enjoyed him as co-commentator watching on i-follow
  13. I think Dean Smith said when we got Ramsey on loan that it was connected with Rowe's initial injury being likely to keep him out for a few months. Rowe is now nearing fitness (after a second injury) so better to have our own player involved??
  14. Tomkinson came on for the second half for Stevenage and from the brief highlights made two important contributions - blocking a goal-bound shot and then conceding a penalty - I thought it was very harsh decision by the ref - looked a great tackle to me https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/64348744
  15. I watched most of the S'ton v Man City last night and was very impressed with S'ton. It sounded a week ago as though the S'ton fans had already become disillusioned with the prospect of Nathan Jones turning things around but now they have won away v Palace and beaten a top side like Man City. It struck me that Jones has them set up in a way similar to what we are expecting under Wagner - high press, full backs pushed higher up the pitch etc - Jones is also a very exuberant character - more so than Wagner but a lot more than Smith - and seemed to have a great relationship with his players. It then got me wondering if playing this style is a relatively quick way of improving things - perhaps more simple than the Farke style that took a season to get established. Any thoughts? If Jones has changed things quite quickly (and we'll have to see how they do v Everton at the weekend and in subsequent league games) then maybe Wagner can do likewise and we'll soon be starting to "hunt down" the teams ahead of us!!!
  16. Excellent report as ever Ricardo. Many thanks. Great to have you back.
  17. I was disappointed to hear we were selling him when he has had such a successful loan but that is a bit lessened if he is coming towards the end of his contract and maybe doesn't want to stay with us. He (and the club) might look at Sam, Dimi, and Bali all being ahead of him.
  18. And a really good goal too. Well struck shot across the keeper into the far corner.
  19. A couple of things: 1. What Dean Smith said sounds a bit different to the bullet points when you read the full transcript here Norwich City: Dean Smith on toxic Blackburn defeat and fan comments | Eastern Daily Press (edp24.co.uk) 2. The transcript is from what he said exclusively to the Pink Un - was there just nobody else there or is this a sign of some healing in relationships with the local media? And is that why it's not behind a paywall - so everyone can see it because it is to help also heal the relationship with fans. I hope so.
  20. That's very sad news. Thanks Ricardo for taking time to explain your situation. Sending you and your family all my best wishes. I'll look forward to welcoming you back to this forum whenever the time feels right for you to return. I used to just be a reader of this forum for many years and there will be lots of similar non-posting supporters who regard your match reports and other observations on our club as a main reason for looking in - I'm sure they are all similarly moved by your loss and would also want to send their commiserations and best wishes.
  21. My take on this is that Cantwell possibly has a move lined up for January and doesn't want it scuppered by an injury And maybe it suits the club also not to play him in the meantime
  22. He certainly looked like the sort of defensive midfielder most of us would have liked to see us sign. He wasn't outstanding but reasonably competent in that role - people with more expertise than me might like to say what they thought. If he doesn't shine and get a bigger move then perhaps we might re-visit our earlier bid - probably Webber wouldn't do that after we've been turned down once.
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