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  1. The red card won''t be rescinded, because Oliver is the FA''s golden boy and they''d lose face if it was.
  2. [quote user="morty"][quote user="LinkNR9"] Are you Selwyn in disguise? With the 11 we had out there tonight we would probably have one by 4 or 5.   [/quote] Me? I agree with you. But we didn''t have 11, did we? Which is kind of my point. [:|] [/quote] No, no, Morty, not you, I totally agree with your original comment. I was referring to the buffoons on here saying that we should have won it tonight and that we''re in poor form, etc. What planet are they on?    
  3. ... some of the rubbish being posted on here about our performance last night! "We should have won it with 10 men"... "Ward was awful" .... "our mentality was poor". We were 3-1 up and cruising before the Sky refereeing curse struck again. To play for 50 minutes and come away with a point against a good side who were playing at home was a fantastic achievement. Everyone ran themselves into the ground to battle against a defeat - no wonder the manager was so proud of the team. I am no ''Percy Positive'' and do not wear green & yellow tinted glasses, but it was a great performance, all things considered.      
  4. Are you Selwyn in disguise? With the 11 we had out there tonight we would probably have one by 4 or 5.  
  5. I understand where you''re coming from - I just hope that tonight''s efforts haven''t taken too much out of the legs of our players.
  6. I''m going to be positive for once and say that we''ll beat them 2-1 to break our Sky Tv curse!
  7. [quote user="BlyBlyBabes"] Interesting. If you''ve seen it before, please forgive and ignore.  The Times - Tom Putzinson August 20, 2009 Who ate all the pies? I did The goal: to eat a pie at all 92 grounds in English league football.The results: in some cases, surprising It was a dismal rainy afternoon at the Reebok Stadium. Unfolding in front of my eyes was a meaningless end-of-season encounter between Hull City and my beloved Bolton Wanderers. The action on the pitch was dire. But this didn’t concern me. I brought the pie up to my mouth and paused in silent contemplation for a minute. A pie crafted with love and precision at Greenhalgh’s bakery and reheated with zero love or precision in the Reebok Stadium microwaves. This was the 92nd pie that I had consumed in the past nine months. I had just spent the 2008/09 season watching football and writing a book, 92 Pies, about my adventures along the way. I travelled across ghost-town England, spending a very large amount of money and driving vast distances in my ropey old Peugeot 206. I watched clubs play 92 matches in 92 different stadiums, from the Premier League down to League Two. And I ate a pie at every single one. Food at the football, as any supporter will tell you, has a bit of a tricky reputation:the image of the grim grey slab of burger, or the barely edible phallic hotdog, the £2 Wembley Kit Kat or the cup of tea resembling dishwater. But there is the holy grail of footy food, the culinary treat that could make even the most hardened Millwall fan go weak at the knees with stomach-grumbling desire: the pie, in all its majestic simplicity. The pie and football go together like strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, like popcorn at the cinema or like ten lagers and a kebab on a Friday night. It is a match made in heaven. The pie may as well have been hand-crafted by God for the sole purpose of cheering up 5,000 miserable Sc***horpe fans at a freezing-cold goalless evening match against Huddersfield. I had therefore made a vow to eat a pie at each of the 92 grounds; pies of all shapes and sizes, the good (see below) the bad (Walsall) and the ugly (Chester City). The pies are the meaty glue that holds our football together. More than flags, replica shirts and ticket touts, they are the one specific thing linking all 92 clubs. I tried to vary my pie choice as often as possible. Steak pies are usually a safe bet, but the choice of champions is undoubtedly the chicken balti pie. It’s a British institution nowadays, but many dark moons ago the creation of such a curious spicy delight mystified the Midlands. The best pie, the overwhelming victor, the Tiger Woods of football pastries, was whisked up at Morecambe FC by the small local bakery Potts’ Pies. Morecambe are a tiny club with rickety old terraces at their Christie Park home, but their food is second to none. The huge meaty pies (baked from pure lard, I have since been informed) came on a full plate with thick gravy and mushy peas. The plate, rather than the traditional pie box, was worth the relatively cheap £3 price alone. It was splendid. If this wasn’t enough, they also, quite spectacularly, served hefty portions of Lancashire hotpot. If you’re going to eat food at a football club, make it Morecambe. There were some worthy runners-up. The best that the Premier League had to offer was at Wigan Athletic. People tend to associate Wigan with pies and pier; while the pier is nothing more than a dank slab of graffiti-covered wood (Orwell would have worded it more delicately, I suspect), the pies did not disappoint. I remember taking a bite of the hefty, sauce-filled pie and a thick splodge of brown gloop and indistinguishable meat fell on to my new white shoes. But I didn’t care about the birthmark stain slowly forming on my spanking-clean footwear, such was its quality. Exeter City, as well as being one of the most charming clubs of the 92, is well known for its food. There was a wispy white-haired old man selling home-made carrot cake outside the ground. Get that at Old Trafford? I thought not. Inside the ground there was a Domino’s Pizza stall, possibly the only case of a fast-food chain in a football ground. Darlington may be one of the Football League’s most troubled clubs, but they showed title-winning form with their pies. They set them out as at a bakery: freshly cooked and displayed at the front of the food counter. At £1.30, the meat and potato pie represented probably the best value for money anywhere I’ve been. The pies at Delia Smith’s Norwich stuck in my mind. Along with the traditional pies that you would expect, there was the “pie of the week”, a regular special that’s a favourite of the Norwich elite. I wondered if Delia hand-crafted them herself before the match. The “pie of the week” for my trip was cauliflower cheese. Cauliflower cheese! That was ... unique. The week before, it had been beef in red wine gravy. Why couldn’t I have gone to Carrow Road that week? One of the best things that happened to me on my nine-month tour was when I visited Yeovil Town. Queueing up to get my pie, I witnessed a majestic sign handwritten in Biro, Blu-Tacked to the wall next to the menu of the typical pies, burgers, drinks, etc. The sign boldly stated: “Soup — past sell-by date — clearance, 50p.” This was simply magnificent. Out-of-date soup for sale. Openly. Where else in the Football League could this happen? Sometimes I just did not want to eat. A very hungover trip to Leyton Orient on my birthday presented an undesired and undercooked pie that didn’t say happy birthday quite as effectively as a cake with candles. But I always forced myself to get a pie no matter how ill I felt, and over the course of nine months I got lost in a football food-fuelled adventure, culminating in a tour of a pie factory before my last match at Bolton. It was surreal watching the pies being made — the way in which the pastry and the filling are magically combined to make a perfect package of hunger-destroying goodness. It was all a bit like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, if Roald Dahl’s imagination had been more grimly realistic and Lancastrian. And with fewer Oompa-Loompas. The entire trip had made me become slightly detached from reality. I would cancel evenings out with friends to stare at fixture lists, I would sleep nights in my car and obsess over the lower leagues that I had previously cared nothing about. I took my girlfriend a few times, but she hates pies and football in equal measure (what’s wrong with the girl?) so we had some problems, especially when I travelled to Swansea City by myself on Valentine’s Day. Forgetting any odd obsession that I had developed with every last detail of the intricacies of pies, the football journey itself was full of highlights and lowlights: goals, tears, fights, good times, bad times and many, many laughs. More than anything else, I just fell deeply in love with the Football League. For every scabby, undesirable, bland monstrosity of a ground, there is a stadium such as Exeter’s St James’ Park or Brentford’s Griffin Park that will take your breath away with its individuality and charm. And some decent grub always helps matters hugely. Football fans have short memories, and over the summer break the supporters of all 92 teams will have reconvened with wide-eyed optimism about all the great things that their club can achieve in the forthcoming months. They will by now have arrived at their clubs to purchase their first pie (or out-of-date soup) and prepare themselves for whatever the next nine months will bring. In a league of their own: Tom’s top five food stadiums Christie Park, Morecambe The daddy of all pie-makers, Potts’ Pies, provide the perfect mix of piping-hot meaty goodness and crisp pastry. St James’ Park, Exeter Huge pizzas, carrot cake and the best hot chocolate in the Football League at a beautiful old crumbling stadium. Oh, and the pies aren’t bad, either. The Northern Echo Darlington Arena A bakery-style set-up that defies the club’s financial woes. And some of the cheapest food in the Football League. Carrow Road, Norwich City Delia Smith-inspired grub baked with love. Keep your eyes peeled for the legendary “pie of the week”. DW Stadium, Wigan Thick and generous Pooles pies, a true chunk of Wigan in pastry form. OTBC [/quote] Thanks, BBB, that really made me laugh out loud! You can imagine the people that bought it saying, "I''ve got dysentry, but I got a bargain"!!!
  8. [quote user="cityangel"] [quote user="LinkNR9"]CA, I think that the main reason for Holt being ''on the wing'' a fair amount is because of the formation we play. With the ''diamond'' our midfield is quite narrow; if our full backs can''t get forward (for example, if the opposition is playing with out-and-out attacking wingers), then the two forwards have to get on to the end of anything that is played into the advanced wing positions. It''s not just Holt - Jackson or Chris Martin also do this (take a look next game).   [/quote] I thank you for your comments Links, I will watch carefully on Tuesday night and return with my observations I love Holt as much as everyone else and it honestly wasn''t mean to be a knocking thread. [/quote] People will know that you''re 100% behind the team, CA, and that you wouldn''t moan about any of our players (unlike some of the posters on here!). 
  9. CA, I think that the main reason for Holt being ''on the wing'' a fair amount is because of the formation we play. With the ''diamond'' our midfield is quite narrow; if our full backs can''t get forward (for example, if the opposition is playing with out-and-out attacking wingers), then the two forwards have to get on to the end of anything that is played into the advanced wing positions. It''s not just Holt - Jackson or Chris Martin also do this (take a look next game).   
  10. The record was never going to be broken with a Norwich game because there is always the need to segregate supporters when we play, thereby losing seating capacity. (There was no requirement for segregation last night).  
  11. [quote user="Raymond De Waard"] I have recently posted an Andrew Surman song on here, which you all agreed you quite liked. Can we get this song going when he''s back fit and able!!!! Also, thought up one for Elliot Ward (To the tune of ''Lord of the dance'' - I think!? LOL)   Ward, Ward Plays for City Din''t cost fu@k all, we got him on a free Good on the ground and up in the air Wins the ball and we all fu@king cheer...........(repeat)   Also.............WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE St Pauli song going, but our own version obviously!  The atmosphere needs to improve on a match day!  There are far too many fans simply happy to sit and moan and not participate in what being a football fan is all about...........cheering your team on, singing, having fun, banter with the fans etc I really wish all area''s of the ground sung, would make for an incredible match experience for everybody and how intimidating for the away fans and team!!!! [/quote] Why does the atmosphere need improving? Lambo loves it and the players comment upon it all the time.    
  12. [quote user="open goal"]so i was thinking about this earlier today. If by some miracle (possibility with Lambert in charge) we are still 4th (or in the top 6) come January what position would you like to see us spend Big on. Im guessing funds would be made available for a push so lets say the board come up with 1.5M quid. Would you A get 4 or 5 in as just in case someone got injured B- Get one fantastic player in (I.e Hucks) Or C get a couple of good players in to help with back up? I think id have to go for B. One fantastic player. Maybe a striker or maybe even a defender. The thing is, our boys seem to be doing so well right now. You wouldn''t want to replace any of them. Interested in your thoughts... OTBC[/quote] The only problem with that is if that great / expensive player gets injured, you''re back to square one.
  13. [quote user="Herb"][quote user="HeadofEnglish"]I have been a Norwich City supporter for 27 years.  I have read this board without posting.  I am currently Head of English Studies at one of what is said to be one of our great Universities.[/quote] I would love for that to be true but c''mon fella, you''re pulling our legs? If you really were what you say you are, your head would have exploded reading this board long before now. Innit? [/quote]   Of course he''s fibbing - the lack of commas in the above sentence demonstrates that he is!  
  14. [quote user="paul moy"]If they all played so well, how did their scorer manage to get a free header from a set-piece ?[/quote] All you''ve done on this board today is whinge!
  15. I think it might be some bloke down by the players tunnel. His name''s Lambert apparently!
  16. By the way, Larry, we have had a quick left winger since Clint easton''s time. Some bloke called Huckerby.
  17. We have Anthony McNamee, who could play as a very pacy left winger. However, Lambert appears to want to play a certain system to accommodate Wes Hoolihan, so I presume he believes that Surman should occupy the left of the diamond. 
  18. [quote user="Muddy funster"]What? I can''t believe what I''m reading! Fox isn''t a ball winner, or indeed trying to be a ball winner. He is comfortable on the ball and instead of having an enforcer in that role, we have Fox who can collect and progress our play from the back. I think it''s a genius idea and was not the slightest bit to do with our loss last night. That was defensive frailties. The first should never have been allowed to have been chested down, the second was naiivety and the 3rd again nutmegged Ward when we were stretched trying to win the game. Croft was excellent last night and it seems a real shame to curtail him to being a bit part player to act at the base of the diamond as an enforcer. Yes we''re playing the diamond, no we''re not playing the same type of diamond as last season. We have players with more dimensions to their play. It will come good, I am certain. The real question is away from home, what formation will we play then???[/quote] It''s not just about the goals, though. If you were watching, Graham or Sordell were dropping deep off Nelson and Ward to collect the ball and the defensive midfielder (Fox) got brushed away by these two time and time again, so Watford were able to set up chances in the final third - it wasn''t his fault, he''s just too lightweight.
  19. [quote user="NCFC man"]robert koren filipe teixeira steven caldwell chris riggott steve finnan liam rosenior jay demerit marlon harewood geovanni personally i think we still need a right back and a centre half every that performance tonight and liam rosenior and chris riggott would be good replacements for russell martin and michael nelson because they both look out of their depth. Also marlong harewood would be a addition to the squad and would be a good back up for holt, if he was to get injured or suspended. [/quote] Nelson is far better than Ward, based on tonight''s showing.  
  20. As stated in other posts, put Crofts in the holding role and Korey Smith or Fox on the right.
  21. [quote user="ryan1992"]If these 3 had been playing in place of R. Martin, Ward and Fox, does anybody else feel we would have not been so poor at the back? Rusty was never afraid of a tackle but for most of tonight, I even forgot fox was playing! Ruddy looked hopeless, and i still cant understand how they didnt take advantage of his blunder in the second half, where, somehow, their player headed wide from 2 yards. However, my main concern lies with Ward. He''s slow, cant header for toffee despite being one of our tallest players, struggled to tackle the opposition and dont get me started on his clearances from his feet, has he learnt how to kick a ball? For me the Doc (or Askou) would have been much more convincing, and we may not have been beaten tonight. The defence was shambolic, even sunday league teams would be disappointed with that standard of defending![/quote] Yes, yes and yes! I agree with the other poster, that Crofts should be at the base of the diamond instead of Fox and Korey Smith should be on the right, like last season.
  22. [quote user="G"]Its 1 game but i thought Ward started brilliant. Chris Martin looks in top shape very strong. Fox looked whack. Jackson didn''t get the service. Surman made some good passes. Crofts looked superb. Korey Smith for our Holding midfielder. Not convinced by Russell Martin, neither Nelson.[/quote] Are you for real? He started poorly and went downhill from there! Our worst player by a mile.
  23. We lost because we defended appallingly - nothing to do with the crowd or Sky TV!
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