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I grew up in the village of Barrow, Suffolk and occasionally played for the village team. This is basically the completion of a dream I’ve had for years and years….loving this soooo much!

I agree with this, I think they will be going down. My bigger concern is I don’t want us to be in the same league as them next season as they are almost a certainty to take a top two place, slightly reducing our own changes…..IF we go down.

Well if I could be bothered to study the Brentford team then I would care. I guess you’d probably be challenging for the top four if it wasn’t for that terrible situation. You have my sympathy.

We are also missing Cantwell, who last season was one of our key players too. So three of our best players are missing, that’s been a big hole to fill, the settled Brentford squad I feel is probably the main factor. I’ve wondered how well we may have done with the same team from last season and I think we would certainly be higher up the league.

I played in the same team as James Scowcroft. I know he had Ipswich connections but I was with him a number of years and honestly, he was a goal scorer. We won the national smiths crisp cup with him when I was about 12. He was from Stanton and I was from Barrow (Suffolk). I also played in a team with Darren Eddie and scored from a corner he delivered…..I knew nothing about it!!

We are averaging points to give us 27 at the end of the season. These fixtures are a tough run, but we need to be getting between 8 and 10 points to keep our survival hope alive. I fancy a couple of shock wins in this run!

Just a mention for Pukki. The timing and technique on that finish was simply exceptional, oooooo I do love a net buster!!!

I still think there’s a player in him. Not sure this game suited him tonight, looks like he’s better when we press and works back hard. That wasn’t required tonight, but would have been the assumed game plan. Idah came on, linked up well and made the difference in the end. That was encouraging.

I love football and supporting my team. The emotions during the game….from fuming to glory….then hope. Taking my emotion out of it, a point away against anyone in this league is solid. The circumstances don’t matter. We stopped them winning a must win game for them. I’m happy with the point. OTBC.

Work their keeper…..please

Shows our lack of depth.

Rupp has zero creativity.

A game of patience required…..they will tire

I tend to look at keeping up with a points target as we progress. Rather like 2 points per games to gain promotion, survival is basically 1 point per game. If we can beat Newcastle that’s 12 points from 14 games and given we have played some of the tougher teams, and perhaps with a lack of belief, which now looks improved, that’s ok. But I’ve got that nasty feeling about the Newcastle game and 9 from 14 starts to make me feel it’s too much to catch up. But as others have said, I feel we are in with a shout, whereas I had us doomed previously!

Wow. Lots of analysis here on the new crest and why they did it. Honestly surprised with the negative comments. I don’t really care why they did it. For me, it looks way better than the old one, a fresh take on the old, subtle changes but a total tidy up of what was a hand drawn effort. I get the nostalgic factor, but that badge will live on forever. The new one will too. Move on folks and embrace change, when it’s being used on the shirts, Carrow Road etc it will have context. It’s gonna look classy.

Actually, I think they have nailed it. After studying it for a few mins and taking it in, when going back to the old badge, it suddenly looked very dated, which it is. It’s cleaner, sharper…..modern and they have kept the principle of the original badge which was really important. Much improved, and guarantees premier league survival 😜

He’s one of our better players, one of the few ‘game changers’ we have. So yes, you are doing him an injustice……in my opinion. Perhaps Farke was the problem….and why he’s now sacked? Webber sees all, just a thought.

Good to see the majority in this tread can see how this appointment probably panned out. No idea why some appear to consider it was a mess, frankly no one knows the facts so why make stuff up? Either way, we have a new manager who starts afresh and should have every City fans support. I’m optimistic about our future. Welcome Deano!!!

My god….everyone just making stuff up. Just calm the f down. Seriously. No one knows sod all, but they want you to retweet, watch ssn, listen to talksport, then place a rubbish bet, even the journos on the pinkun are basically quoting other news outlets. No idea 🤷🏼‍♂️

Of the country?

This is exactly what’s going on. The fact that many believe all this drivel is hilarious 😆 None of the media outlets have a clue!

It may have been lined up. Then the Villa job turned up, which would have certainly delayed proceedings if say Lampard was the target and had already tipped his hat? Eitherway, it will all unfold over the next few days, it’s a pure guess right now where the betting companies are making stuff up by feeding Twitter accounts and Talk****e….to fill their coffers with pointless bets.

Over the last few days, I’ve gone from gutted about Farke, to understanding the need to move on, to not terribly impressed with the idea of Lampard or the Norwegian dude, to Lampard actually being quite a good fit for our needs not only as a manager, but as a football club. I’d rather him than any other names mentioned thus far. I’ve read this board for years, and I still love it when someone confirms a tip-off…..brilliant stuff if correct! PS my source recommendation….Leon Thomago Ketchup with poached eggs on toast……no one will be disappointed!!

Just on losing a stand while construction underway. There is an option that retains the terrace of the main stand, (which is just concrete with seats on it, no need to remove it as any new structure could be independent from the existing) while the new upper tier and new roof are constructed behind. Then, once works behind are suitably progressed, the roof of the existing main stand is removed, and then a link terrace formed to join the two plus new internal facilities, this final phase planned in the close season. It’s pretty much a standard way to extend stands these days to not lose attendance. The best recent example is Liverpool’s new extended main stand, very clever sequencing. The fly in the ointment may well be the depth of Carrow Road behind, it’s not exactly generous before it meets that new road (whatever that’s called) and as I mentioned earlier, this may end up being a hindrance in final main stand capacity, and a full new build might therefore be their final conclusion. And also, the angle of the existing terrance is quite high, which adds further problems in regards to overall height and depth. A new design would have a similar rake to the lower terraces in the the ground to maximise the space available. I’ve been hoping they do this for years, I agree it’s a must have, and I think it will happen sooner than some think. I recall they purchased the required land a couple of years back, I’d imagine after this some reasonable options have already been completed. It’s now a matter of getting the costs and finance right…planning permission and suitable programme.

The space around the main stand will always restrict the actual capacity of it. It’s about 4000 seats right now, can probably go to about 8000 or to 10,000 if they get clever with design giving us around 31,000 to 33,000 as capacity. But there is scope to add on the South stand too, but I think once main stand works completed that will be it for many years. A move from Carrow Road only happens if we have a massive financial injection. I’ve always thought 35,000 is our max requirement too, Carrow Road could get to that number.