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Perhaps he should be paying closer attention to his career rather than making silly jibes about us: CABLE NEWS RACE MON., NOV. 14, 2011 FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,185,000 FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,207,000 FOXNEWS BAIER 2,104,000 FOXNEWS SHEP 1,969,000 FOXNEWS GRETA 1,669,000 MSNBC SCHULTZ 907,000 MSNBC HARDBALL 866,000 MSNBC MADDOW 814,000 MSNBC O’DONNELL 766,000 MSNBC SHARPTON 734,000 CNN COOPER 565,000 CNN PIERS MORGAN 544,000

Also said that they had 2 penalty claims which he very graciously ''kept quiet about'' unlike Lambert with the one they were given apparently. You kept quiet about them Andre because you didn''t have 2 other penalty claims you moron.

Decent report Darren.

Shocking highlights. Talk about a complete misrepresentation of the game in terms of possession and chances. I can see the meme has gone around the BBC about plucky backwater team ''riding their luck'' in the premiership. Expected more, but then the national BBC''s coverage of us has always verged on the farcical.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/8793761.Albion_fight_off_Norwich_interest_in_Bennett/ The fact that there managing director has said this: "There has been interest. It wasn''t sought, it is not welcome and it has been declined." probably means there is more to this rumour than some on the wind up... Whether or not he''s coming or we could afford him is a different matter however...

[quote user="7rew"][quote user="CT "]Forgive me for this but I fail to see why wanting the board means having to come up with a replacement plan. The basic facts are we dont know the full extent of people out there that want to come in but for whatever reason havent been able to. It is my opinion that Delia has rejected a lot of offers but this isnt what I wanted to cover in this thread. A £56 million valuation of a struggling (then championship )club What i want to cover is the patronising comments made by various people on this message board like ''so when will you be investing your millions into the club'' ''there will be no club without investment and theres no-one out there to invest''. I dont think its the fans responsibility to come up with the necessary plans to get rid of delia and i also dont think any fans that think we should get rid should be shot down with people asking for their plans of action. When Mr. Chase no-one came up with any ways to replace him- the fans just acted and protested against him and his regime. Why is now not the same? The principals are. [/quote] It is not a strawman argument as someone said here - it is the main weak point in the argument -  1) and the logical deduction are definately true and generally agreed upon.  If you can''t back up your argument how can you expect to convince anyone with it? [/quote]My point about the strawman is that fan''s on this message board should not be expected to be provide the name, address, first girlfriend etc etc. of any potential buyer when they suggest they''d like the board removed. It''s illogical to suggest that unless you can provide these things the argument to get rid of the board is worthless as many have tried to do.

[quote user="CambridgeCanary"][quote user="CT "] They own the club- they have to find the new investment. This doesnt mean rejecting EVERYONE [/quote] It is their club and they don''t have to do anything!!   Just as you have a choice whether to look after your car, neglect it till it falls apart with rust or smash it up with an axe, they can do what they like with their club. If the owners want to keep the club and see it decline to the Norwich pub league then that is their decsion and their right.   You can try and influence them but at the end of the day, they don''t have to do anything they don''t want to do!!   It is called real life. Did you hear the guy on Fighting Talk on 5live last Saturday morning mocking those like you calling for the Board to go without a replacement lined up??   Listen to it on iplayer and see how many laughs there are in your viewpoint. [/quote]You''re right. It is there club and they are free to do with it as they choose. They shouldn''t be surprised though when the fanbase turns against them and other fans shouldnt be surprised with the views expressed on here even towards the stowmarket 2 if that is indeed how they view this club.

[quote user="Badger"]You don''t - but a replacement is a prerequisite to getting rid of the board.[/quote]It is, but it''s not a prerequisite of the fans on this message board or else where to say who that person may be every time the question of replacing the board comes up. It''s the boards responsbility to find a new owner, if that means jumping on a plane and scowering the four corners of this earth then so be it. And if they aren''t doing that then it''s the right of the fans of this club to put pressure on them to do so.http://www.thestar.co.uk/sportheadlines/Sheffield-Wednesday-seek-US-investment.5240480.jp

And you''re saying such a debt couldn''t be renegotiated?

I posted about this a week or so ago, saying exactly what you''ve said. Whenever you say you want the board some one always pops up with the "who''s gonna replace them then" line. It''s a strawman argument, just like you don''t know when you put your house on the market who''s gonna buy it. The simple fact is, if Delia''s reasonable, and by reasonable I mean expecting a lot less than she currently wants then i''m certain there will be people around who want to take the club off her hands.

[quote user="crazy"][quote user="GB1902"][quote user="crazy"][quote user="GB1902"][quote user="crazy"] [quote user="SNAP"]Want to know the big dfference? Ipswich shafted a whole bunch of local businesses by wiping out their debt and going into adminsitration. It cost hem nothing as the 10-point rule wasn''t in place. Thye wiped out years of similar mismanagemnt to Norwich at the expense of the community and then allowed a faceless profiteer to buy their debt from Norwich Union for a pittance and roll it back into the club. Would I want to follow a club like that - not really.[/quote] You obviously don''t know your own club''s history. "City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917.[5] The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919. In May 1920, The Football League formed a third Division and Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season." [/quote]Your comparing a period in which half of the Norwich players and fanbase were being shot to s**t in the trenches of France to a period where your greedy owners tried to live the dream and failed spectaculary...? As much as I agree with the original post at the start of this thread this comment just goes to show why you''ll always be a bunch of low grade tasteless common scum. [/quote] You wound up your club and started a new one to avoid paying your debts. These are the facts. As for "greedy owners trying to live the dream", that''s exactly why you''re in the shit now. You went for broke to try and make the prem ...that''s why you''ve had a team full of loanees since...and are now in League 1. And as for low grade tasteless common scum...bit rich from a bunch of supporters who think it''s ok to make fun of young women being murdered. Norwich fans need to look a bit closer to home before slinging accusations at anyone else. [/quote]During the first world war yes we wound up, like many clubs. Just how stupid are you if you can''t see the obvious difference between the 2 time periods? And actually no we didn''t go for broke trying to reach the prem, the board has massively under funded the club hence why we are in the position we are and had to rely on loan players. As for your other comments, well obviously I don''t agree with them and anyone saying them is a prat of the highest order, however I do remember Ipswich fans singing about Gunns daughter after she died. Can''t think Norwich fans have done anything which competes with that. Anyway enjoy your crowing for now. As much as we are going through a bad period and will be for a while, especially while the 2 incompetents we have in the board room are still there, football is circular and in a few years it''ll be us above you once again and in typical fashion you''ll be no where to be seen on these boards![/quote] "No we didn''t go for broke trying to reach the prem" - deluded fool. Where''s all the parachute money, money for Green etc. gone? [/quote]Your right, where has the money gone? It didn''t go on players ergo we didn''t go for broke to try to get to the prem did we you dimwitted fool. Seriously we''ve just been relegated, it should be open season for your lot to fill your boots and this is the best you can come up with? You''re given a massive goal to score in and yet your still missing. Jesus wept...

[quote user="crazy"][quote user="GB1902"][quote user="crazy"] [quote user="SNAP"]Want to know the big dfference? Ipswich shafted a whole bunch of local businesses by wiping out their debt and going into adminsitration. It cost hem nothing as the 10-point rule wasn''t in place. Thye wiped out years of similar mismanagemnt to Norwich at the expense of the community and then allowed a faceless profiteer to buy their debt from Norwich Union for a pittance and roll it back into the club. Would I want to follow a club like that - not really.[/quote] You obviously don''t know your own club''s history. "City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917.[5] The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919. In May 1920, The Football League formed a third Division and Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season." [/quote]Your comparing a period in which half of the Norwich players and fanbase were being shot to s**t in the trenches of France to a period where your greedy owners tried to live the dream and failed spectaculary...? As much as I agree with the original post at the start of this thread this comment just goes to show why you''ll always be a bunch of low grade tasteless common scum. [/quote] You wound up your club and started a new one to avoid paying your debts. These are the facts. As for "greedy owners trying to live the dream", that''s exactly why you''re in the shit now. You went for broke to try and make the prem ...that''s why you''ve had a team full of loanees since...and are now in League 1. And as for low grade tasteless common scum...bit rich from a bunch of supporters who think it''s ok to make fun of young women being murdered. Norwich fans need to look a bit closer to home before slinging accusations at anyone else. [/quote]During the first world war yes we wound up, like many clubs. Just how stupid are you if you can''t see the obvious difference between the 2 time periods? And actually no we didn''t go for broke trying to reach the prem, the board has massively under funded the club hence why we are in the position we are and had to rely on loan players. As for your other comments, well obviously I don''t agree with them and anyone saying them is a prat of the highest order, however I do remember Ipswich fans singing about Gunns daughter after she died. Can''t think Norwich fans have done anything which competes with that. Anyway enjoy your crowing for now. As much as we are going through a bad period and will be for a while, especially while the 2 incompetents we have in the board room are still there, football is circular and in a few years it''ll be us above you once again and in typical fashion you''ll be no where to be seen on these boards!

[quote user="crazy"][quote user="SNAP"]Want to know the big dfference? Ipswich shafted a whole bunch of local businesses by wiping out their debt and going into adminsitration. It cost hem nothing as the 10-point rule wasn''t in place. Thye wiped out years of similar mismanagemnt to Norwich at the expense of the community and then allowed a faceless profiteer to buy their debt from Norwich Union for a pittance and roll it back into the club. Would I want to follow a club like that - not really.[/quote] You obviously don''t know your own club''s history. "City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917.[5] The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919. In May 1920, The Football League formed a third Division and Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season." [/quote]Your comparing a period in which half of the Norwich players and fanbase were being shot to s**t in the trenches of France to a period where your greedy owners tried to live the dream and failed spectaculary...? As much as I agree with the original post at the start of this thread this comment just goes to show why you''ll always be a bunch of low grade tasteless common scum.

But thats exactly the point, he isn''t going to get backed 100%. We have naff all money, an incompetent board, a manager who''s only experience is getting us relegated, hardly any decent players. Quite frankly we''re screwed.

Yes he''s been brilliant. Apart from the whole issue of relegation and all...

Well what does that say about this board then? 50 managers and the best of the bunch they could come up with over the past few years has been Grant, Roeder and Gunn? Seriously, these people are completely and utterly clueless!

I''m getting really sick and tired of this now moronic stock answer being thrown out everytime someone quite rightly states it''s time for the board to go on here and other message boards. It''s a nice way to try and shut down debate by claiming if you don''t know who''s gonna take over from Delia you have no right in commenting on her leaving the club. Do you know who''s gonna buy your house when you put it on the market? Do you think most chelsea fans knew who Roman Abramovich was before he bought them? No then, so stop using this silly response. The simple fact is if Delia and the rest of the board realised they had no choice but to sell and sell cheaply then I have no doubt we''d start to see a few names emerge just as they have in regards to taking over Southampton.

The usual guff fest then. "We''re so brilliant", "We''re so wonderful" "Without Delia, Norwich city would have been sucked into a giant vortex of doom" blah blah... Here''s hoping there''s a few people there to bring them to account tonight.

Yes, a succesful one. Any more questions?

But he can''t make an appropriate offer because Delia refused to speak to him. FACT! The opening offer of 20 million was obviously an opener intended to get the boards interest so they could sit down and then work out a deal. Which Delia then refused to do. If she had sat down and met with him then a deal could have been arranged. I still find it remarkable that some people are trying to paint a billionaire Norwich fan who wants to invest in his boyhood club as the bad guy here. If should be Delia chasing him and biting his hand off.

[quote user="Saint Canary"][quote user="Mr Brownstone"]Jesus H Christ! I fail to see how some people can continually put Cullum down because "if he cared for the club he would already own it", i''m going to say this one last time, YOU CAN NOT BUY SOMETHING IF ITS NOT FOR BLOODY SALE! Is it really that difficult to comprehend? [/quote] You also cannot buy anything if you do not actually make any offer to buy it.  To qoute you, is it really that difficult to comprehend?  Cullum has not made any offer to buy the club or any shares. [/quote] And you cannot make an offer if the person who you want to make an offer too refuses to sit down and speak to you. How hard is it for certain people to understand this?

[quote user="Dicky"] [quote user="Loan City Fc "]We dont want another Abramovich just somebody to buy us one or two players that dont come from the freebie bucket and to be able to stop getting all these useless loans in .Delia Smith cannot provide a football team time for her to f--k off and the quicker the better . [/quote] To be replaced by what?  Take your head out of the clouds and realise that if she was to "clear off" Cullum is not willing to step in and nor is anybody else. Cullum has done nothing other than stir up hatred amongst fans after raising their hopes and inferring blame on the current board.  [/quote]   Jesus wept. Talk about taking denial to a whole new level...

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[quote user="crafty canary"] If that''s so then Preston moght be more attractive to him as it''s closer to Glasgow. That also might say something about his motivation. [/quote] I doubt that will be an issue. There are daily flights between Norwich and Glasgow, so it''s only an hour away by plane. Looks like a decent defender so I hope we can get in

I agree with what others have said, I feel sorry for the fans. Years of underachievement and decline under this board. Time for Delia to start acting gracefully and sit down with Cullum and hammer out a deal, otherwise whatever sympathy she may still have have with certain sections of the fanbase will quickly start to dry up.