Mark Smith

[quote user="eddymelito"][quote user="JF"][quote user="eddymelito"]you lot would love to have a nice scoreboard like that![/quote] Aint got anywhere to put it! Our stadium is too full of fans![:P][/quote] i seem to remember a nice big gap between the away area and the barclay? maybe its the cost that stops you getting one [;)] [/quote]Perhaps you ought to have spent the money on some undersoil heating, rather than a luxury big screen? Cowling all over really, all fur coat and no knickers.

If we follow the "Gunn''s Team" theory to it''s ridiculous conclusion, then we could say that "Lambert''s Colchester" has been doing even better than us. Until tonight, of course!

I don''t think Coca Cola had anything to do with the name change - more likely the Football League. It was supposed to make Div 1 etc. sound more exiciting for Sky/foreign tv companies. Just happened to coincide with new sponsorship.

Some of the 1st and 2nd round is covered live now, since ITV have the rights. I remember seeing Leeds lose to a non league team (the name escapes me) in the 2nd round last December live on ITV. So you never know, if we get drawn against a similar ''potential banana skin''.

Also - it''s worth noting that the players/fans were applauding the more relaxed atmosphere at Colney after Roeder had alienated everyone. Seems that this is now seen as ''too soft'', and we may be back to harder times for the players. Funny how things turn around.

Sounds good on there, but the way how Cody described things on Radio Norfolk was a little different. He talked about how the players were trying a bit harder to impress the new manager. Understandable, just as long as they don''t slip back into old ways after a couple of months. Remember, we also saw an upturn in performances when Gunn started.

There''s another thread on this, it''s rubbish - he knows nothing.

Exactly, this smacks of ill-informed Scunny fans, who probably think Delia goes around doing all the player contacts too.

He knows nothing, look at his previous tweets, it''s all garbage. He even managed to predict that we were after a Spurs keeper...3 hours after it''d been announced by the club.

Talking to Billy Davies. Is he our new manager?

Yes he has. At the same time when we got the other two new board members.

Coppell isn''t even in the country at the moment (so says our pet journo Cam).

I was also annoyed by Neil Adams'' comments. If he doesn''t know anything about league 1 football then surely he should have spent some of his summer researching it. After all, that''s his job surely? Imagine if you had Motson or Lawro turning up to a game saying they didn''t know anything about the players? Sounds like Costa del Colney extends to the Radio Norfolk commentary team.

Why do I get the feeling that the much vaunted ''timing'' situation just has arbitrary reasons behind it. Something like they had a pre-scheduled meeting on the Thursday and just decided then. I don''t suppose that satisfies people who want a juicier explanation.

McNally has only recently joined the board. Before that he would have had no influence/power in sacking Gunn just as CE. Also, you have to remember that it is still a joint decision and all board members would need to be convinced that it was the right thing to do. Judging by the opinions just on here, he probably didn''t find it easy, and so the game last week was probably the ammunition he needed to give him the boot. People forget that Gunn was appointed after one successful game. I like the symmetry that he was sacked for one disaster of a game (or at least that''s how it''s perceived by most people with short term memories).

He''s not mine either, but it might be more realistic than someone like Coppell who''s probably waiting around for a Prem job.

According to the show, Boothroyd hasn''t had any contact from us yet (no surprise) but he''s very much looking to get back into the game. Someone at the club - please give him a ring. He at least ticks box.1 - a manager with promotion experience.

Im not disagreeing that getting rid of Gunn was the wrong decision.. Well in that case why wait? We could just plod along, wait for the inevitable to happen in 10-20 games (would of happened if Doncaster/Munby was still here) or we could take the iniative for once and be ruthless. Excellent decision.

Yep, just tried it with my credit card instead - worked fine. What kind of pathetic system only takes credit not debit cards these days though? I guess this one!

Just tried it in Firefox and IE. Same problem in each. Nice to see that it was well tested before launch...

[quote user="kiwiNCFC"]Where does it say on the letter about DD?[/quote] I''d like to know that too, since I''m paying by DD but they''re just sending a cheque.

[quote user="Camuldonum"][quote user="gazzathegreat"]Found the post at last, thanks for the reply Cam. Of course there are wealthy people in Norfolk Cam, and I understand what you are saying re the interest in football, but don''t you find it strange that this area (Norfolk) seems bereft of footballing fanatics while other areas seem awash in them? Is it perhaps to do with our current status? And what about when we were in the Premiership - was any investment likely then, or was it simply not sought too much? Is Keith Harris looking for investment or a buyer? To me that''s a key issue. If Foulger finds an investor/consortium who are worth say £5 million what''s that going to change? Delia will still be in charge and how long would the new people hang around for? IF however they came in and Delia relinquished enough shares so she didn''t hold the majority any longer, than I would see that as a positive move and a step closer to a democratic board. Added to that someone who didn''t see her personality as a reason to invest. The sooner we separate the football club from her the better. While we are Delia''s Norwich City the only way is down. No, Delia does know what to do, and that''s get rid of enough of her shares to trigger someone else coming in to run the club who has enough about them to make a concerted difference. We don''t ever again want to hear the directors asking the floor at an AGM for ideas. What sort of confidence does that give us in the personnel running our club? Unless you see Delia as a celebrity/saviour, the answer is absolutely none. Still I will hope you have some information which will in time benefit our club. I really hope you are right on that score.[/quote] Have not spoken to Harris recently but I''m pretty certain he used the phrase "investment" but that can also mean a buyer if the investment is substantial enough or perhaps a buyer in the future. Those two can''t go on for ever. On the face of it, investment in a Premier League club is obviously a lot more attractive but whether it was sought at the time I have no idea. If you look at it logically if anything happened to one of the major shareholders one assumes that the holding would pass to the other but at some time in the future when the survivor passes on what happens then? They have to have some plan for the future I would hope. I am reasonably confident that Foulger has "something" on the go and - perhaps I am an optimist - I think his recent Press statement might not have been made unless he was reasonably confident of getting money in. This is a man who rarely says anything - in fact I can''t remember the last time he said anything. I don''t think he would hang himself out to dry unless there were matters in the pipeline. I think investment is sometimes "chance" you know. Colchester is a good example. There is an owner with an on paper worth far in excess of Delia & Co who has been a lifelong West Ham supporter (sponsored the shirts for three years). Obviously could not afford to buy them so turns to a local club because he lives in the area. Let us hope someone comes in and puts some decent money in and, as all have said, let us hope it goes to the playing budget. It was a tough League this year and it has all the signs of being even tougher from August onwards. [/quote] But the question is whether Delia and MWJ would allow someone similar to Colchester''s owner takeover. Whenever there''s talk of finding investment, their preference for people who "bleed yellow and green" or have knowledge of "the norfolk way"(whatever that is!) comes up. So I''m not sure they''d want a similar situation to your man in Colchester who''s first club isn''t the club he owns.

[quote user="Mutley"]I find this slightly worrying. Not from the point of you of entertaining Man Utd. Lets face it, its gonna generate a lot of cash, however sir Alex and Gunny are relatively good friends (ok that might be stretching it, but you get the drift) Maybe this is an indication that Gunny is gonna get the nod and is already pulling favours??? Thoughts??? [/quote] I was waiting for someone to suggest that. At last the connections with Sir Alex actually pay off...although lets hope that there''s no truth to this (for that reason). Anyway, isn''t June a bit early for a preseason friendly?

[quote user="TheMarshmallowMonkey"]Got to be Steve Tilson for me. And for what it''s worth Alex, I don''t think Gunny sounded at all as if he "had the job". Far from it. [/quote] I would agree that he didn''t sound like he already had the job, but he certainly didn''t sound discouraged from today ''events''. He certainly wouldn''t turn it down, given the chance. Which is why I hope the board aren’t on the verge of yet another managerial miscalculation.

Who are you talking about here? Munby is on the radio at the moment, not Doncaster.