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  1. Posted

    Definitely a huge impact on the team and the dressing room. Real leader, and the comparisons to Holty are bang on, similar sort of player and both have that ****house intelligence to win the free kicks, relieve pressure etc.

    Love the guy.

  2. Posted

    8 hours ago, Hank shoots Skyler said:

    Yes, but a lot of things that are seen as ‘fair’ in football would also be deemed assault on the street.

    If I slide tackled a pensioner down Gentleman’s Walk I’m fairly sure I would not under any circumstance be let off by the policeman, even if I insisted I had won the ball first.

    There's only one way to test that theory...

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    1 hour ago, PurpleCanary said:

    The Washington Post has a piece by its editorial board welcoming the new ownership, and suggesting there may be another name change, presumably as a symbolic way of distancing the club from the Snyder era. Which drew this below-the-line comment:

    "I noticed the line that the club may change its name. I am not surprised. I understand the reason for the recent change, but what tone-deaf idiot came up with a three-syllable atavistically macho name that cannot be shortened to anything sensible?"

    Yeah I think a name change and a return to RFK are both on the cards to be fair.

    I'm pretty happy with the new ownership group. Very competent, accomplished and who doesn't love Magic Johnson?!

    The bar is so low right now that being a normal NFL franchise will be heralded as a major win

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    1 minute ago, TheGoogler said:

    You don't struggle for talent. You either have it or you do not. Simple as. A professional footballer tends not to get into professional football teams without having some confidence. I don't care what some randomer named "RobJames" on an anonymous internet forum says. 

    Confidence is something that does come and go and anyone watching Idah play can see he's lacking it. It's not a mutually exclusive thing either. You can be lacking in confidence and ability., 

    That's not true though, by definition you can struggle for something you don't have. Idah clearly has the physical tools but not the talent. Same as Placheta - just no footballing brain. Trying to make a career as a pro-footballer when you don't have the requisite level of ability/skills would be struggling for talent in my book. It's not a perfect turn of phrase but it's not indescipherable. 

    Idah lacks confidence because he is masquerading as a footballer despite clearly not being good enough. If he was good enough, then he wouldn't lack confidence. You can't say he's been "lacking in confidence" for years at a time. You said yourself it comes and goes... so you surely therefore have to accept he's lacking in ability which is why he has never made an impact

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    5 minutes ago, TheGoogler said:

    You don't "struggle for ability" for ****s sake. What a stupid phrase. 

    I mean you've clearly never watched me try to anything art related. Struggle for ability is precisely the right phrase!

    Seriously though, Idah is living off the fact he is big, and quick and strong. What has he ever done to suggest he can have any kindof decent career as a striker at any professional level? I know many of the appearances below have not been starts, but come on. 

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    1 minute ago, KiwiScot said:

    Someone should be pleased @kick it off

    Pleased, relieved, ecstatic, optimistic etc etc.

    It's a good day to be a Washington fan (and that's something I've rarely said in the 15 or so years I've been a Washington fan!!).

    Seriously, Snyder is the most toxic of toxic. The new owner literally can't be any worse, even if the franchise still sucks on the field, at least we won't be guilty of such a disgusting culture off it.

  17. Posted

    I'll add a few here that haven't been mentioned so far (at least if they were I didn't see them).

    1) The Beach - The book is infinitely better, but the film is decent enough. Captures the 90s wanderlust culture pretty well.

    2) The Blindside - True story about a black kid being neglected and abandoned, being adopted by a white family and becoming incredibly successful in the NFL. Incredibly powerful.

    3) Seven Pounds - Very clever. Ending is predictable-ish but still blows your mind when it happens. One of the only films ever to reduce me to stunned reflective silence and contemplation afterwards.

    4) Milk - Based on true story of first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.

    5) Remember the Titans - Another based on a true story, about the end of segregation, racial tensions in the South as schools became mixed through the lens of the 1971 Virginia State Champion American football team (Don't let that put you off, it's an incredible film - Denzel Washington stars in it)

    6) Gone girl - Fiction, brilliant story, clever ending.

    I might add more later, but I'll leave it there for now.

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  18. Posted

    15 minutes ago, kenfoggo said:

     If Ashley Barnes is such an asset why was he not taken forward into next season by his former Club ? 

    I'm not particularly for or against Barnes as I'm pretty apathetic to Norwich in general at the moment... but remember when we went up under Worthington and let Malky go? Didn't Malky go on to get promoted with West Ham? and then again with Watford?

  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, Inch High aka Inchy.. said:

    I have never for 1 single day lost the passion I have for this football club so admit I don't get it, sorry.

    Try Man City or one of those big clubs, that way you'll be happy most weeks. Me, I'll stick to the club I've loved since childhood.

    Good luck.

    I mean, I've supported the club for 30+ years, been a mascot, and have put thousands and thousands of miles and pounds into supporting Norwich. I have lost interest in any football outside Norwich entirely so hardly likely to glory hunt with a big club (the money side and glory hunting is probably the biggest reason I've utterly lost interest in football outside of norwich)...

    But you can keep being a sanctimonious **** all you like.

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  20. Posted · Edited by kick it off

    2 minutes ago, Inch High aka Inchy.. said:

    NO!  We've been a lot worse than this. 

    Wait until you've done 50+ years as a Norwich fan then I'm sure you'd understand.

    It's nothing to do with how good or bad we are. I made a 4 hour round trip to Exeter away for example. I can't put my finger on it, and there's obviously some level of attachment there, but I just don't feel the passion for it like I used to and don't have anywhere near the level of interest I used to. It's more apathy than anything.

  21. Posted

    Pre-covid, I would always make sure I was home at 3pm on Saturday to watch Norwich. I did 11 away games in the pre-covid season, several of them on my own and long trips..... Covid sucked a lot of the joy out of it but we had Buendia and were playing beautiful football with a cult hero manager and winning the league. Then we got back to the Prem and got battered every week. Again. I thought it was just my hatred for the soulless sack of **** league that caused my malaise. Then I thought it was Dean Smith that caused it. I went to Coventry away under Wagner and I was inspired, it felt like the dawn of a new era and we had our club back....but something just still felt a bit off... and then the wheels fell off Wagner's wagon and I realised what it was - I just don't care any more...... I will watch the games if I'm at home and not doing anything else, but the days where I would make sure I was at home so I could watch are long gone. I can't imagine me making the 2 hour each way drive up to Hull on a cold Novemeber night in horrific weather anymore....I will still go to games, and I will still watch them on TV when I'm around but something has fundamentally shifted in my psyche and I just don't have anything like the level of passion anymore.

    Anyone else feel similar?

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  22. Posted

    33 minutes ago, king canary said:

    Are you guys after tackles or interior O-Line? Tackles I think this a thin class- some good guys at the top but not much depth. Interior I've heard good things about Cody Mauch who played tackle but seems likely to slide inside to guard. He also has bright ginger hair and his front teeth are missing so he could become your Iwan Roberts!

    Our OL is a bit of a ****show to be fair. We need a new C as Roullier is injury prone, and could do with upgrades both at G and OT. Especially OT.

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    3 hours ago, king canary said:

    Emmanuel Forbes over Christian Gonzalez is...interesting. We'll see how it plays out.

    Yeah, I think it was scheme fit and needing a ballhawk as much as anything. I was shocked Gonzalez was still there and even more so when we didn't pick him though tbf....  Forbes is so skinny it's a concern but his tape is good and he's a playmaker. 6 pick 6s in college (SEC so he wasnt playing nobodies). I'm not excited about it, but I'm OK with it and our CB group was a glaring need along with OL. Almost certain we go OL tonight. We don't have a 3rd due to Carson Wentz so wouldn't be surprised to see us drop back a bit in 2nd and try to recoup that.

    Eagles draft looking good. No surprise.

  24. Posted

    5 hours ago, king canary said:

    I saw Chase Young's 5th year option has been declined- what happened there?

    I've got the Eagles taking Jalen Carter if he falls as people seem to think he will.

     

    Nfl network saying Bijan Robinson is a target for eagles and also that Eagles were making calls to move up (unclear if it was to move up from 10 or 30)

  25. Posted · Edited by kick it off

    1 hour ago, king canary said:

    I saw Chase Young's 5th year option has been declined- what happened there?

    I've got the Eagles taking Jalen Carter if he falls as people seem to think he will.

     

    He blew his ACL and didnt play for 18 months pretty much. DROY in rookie season, disappointing start to year 2, then blew his ACL and missed the rest of year 2 and all of year 3. I'm surprised we didn't pick it up - seemed like a no brainer, although maybe they know something medically that we don't (more than likely just a collective lack of brains though).

    Some of our beat guys have said CY likes being a football player more than he likes playing football so maybe declining 5th year option is a "Prove it" type move to motivate him.

    Possible Carter drops to your #10 pick. He'd be an awesome addition. Worryingly.

    I'm hoping for an OT tonight but the big 3 will be gone before we pick I think. Lot of noise around Rivera and co loving Darnell Wright who is a bit of a reach at 16 but think it's clear we want to trade back anyway.

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