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[quote user="City1st"]Spot on today with the dirty Leeds losing and Charlton winning. We are out of it so just think who you don''t want in the championship next season. Basically any ''big'' club. Looks like Colchester will have a say in things given their next three games Millwall, Swindon and Charlton. It''ll either make or break them. As to the others Charlton still have S''oton, Leeds, Col Utd and us. And on the last day Millwall and Swindon battle it out on the last day ![/quote] I would have agreed with this a few weeks ago, but Col Who seem to have gone right off the boil and I don''t think that they''ll make the play-offs, in my humble opinion.

[quote user="Captain Holt"]Can we cut all this crap with ''scapegoats''?? As soon as someone criticises a player that player instantly becomes ''this week''s scapegoat''. If a player is crap in somebody''s opinion they have the right to state that. Some of us need to realise we aren''t the perfect footballing side, and that some of the players we have are being deployed purely as passengers. Rant over, sorry. (Family friendly version)[/quote] It''s funny. I did exactly that last night (said that, in my opinion, 3 or 4 players didn''t perform - not the whole team, the remainder of whom did well) and I am suddenly the Norwich-hating beast from hell.  A forum is about opinions and some people on here forget that, thinking that their opinion is always right. If posters disagree, that''s life, get over it and move on.

[quote user="CanaryJames"]Firstly, that game means nothing. There was absolutely nothing we could do to win (or even draw) that game, so it’s best forgotten about. With Millwall drawing and Colchester losing, we didn’t even lose out much to rival sides. Throw in the fact that it’s impossible for both Leeds and Swindon to profit massively from our misfortune today, and it’s not disastrous. Frankly, it’s barely relevant at all. Everyone who saw the game will know the situation with the officials, but here’s my thoughts on the major incidents. 1st Penalty – Was not a handball. Ball to hand if ever there was one. Russel had no chance of getting out of the way of it, kept his hands by his sides, and Forster would have saved it comfortably anyway. If it was (as the referee believed) a handball, it should be a straight red. So can someone explain why Russell Martin – as opposed to the culprit Darel Russel – was booked, while DR got nothing? Odd. 2nd Penalty – Replays proved my initial instinct to be correct. The player went down before reaching Forster, and thus shouldn’t have been a penalty. The ball was also running easily out of play for a goal-kick (or at the very least away from goal), so according to strict laws it should have been a yellow card, not a red, regardless. However, I can appreciate why the penalty was given. From the ref’s viewpoint, and especially to the linesman (who I in no way sympathise for other reasons) it would appear that Forster clipped him. Thus, I can fully accept (although I maintain it was the wrong decision) why a penalty was given. I’m still very, very doubtful it should have been a red, but the difference between a yellow and red offence is marginal. For me, he’s going away from goal and the ball’s getting away from him, so it’s yellow, but that’s just how I saw it. The 3rd goal – Won’t go into much detail here. It was a disgrace. How is it possible for the same linesman who so aptly spotted a very doubtful handball in a relative melee of players, to suddenly miss a handball that was the monstrous hybrid of messrs Maradonna and Henry? It was worse than both of them. So ridiculously obvious that EVERYONE (Norwich, Tranmere, Commentators) stopped assuming it was a foul. That should have been picked up on, and it’s frankly pathetic it wasn’t. That said – and I know this won’t be popular – Darel Russel could have easily cleared the ball off the line had he ‘played to the whistle’. It’s a cliché, and in this instance should NEVER have been needed, but I’m still disappointed we didn’t. We are a professional football team – and a damn good one right now – who should do less moaning and more focussing on the actual game. Admittedly, 99% of Tranmere players stopped too, but I don’t care. I know (as does everyone, especially Curran) it was a foul, but the assumption should be that the ref won’t give it till he does, and to play on accordingly. Disappointing, as that killed a game we were very much in up to that point. Our goal – there was talk of it being offside, but it definitely wasn’t, as a player was playing Martin on. However, my first instinct (it remains hard to call from replays) was that the ball had gone out for a goal-kick before Martin crossed it. Now, for obvious reasons I wasn’t too displeased at the time, but it begs the question of the SAME linesman. He wasn’t fit enough to keep up with play like required, and thus could make no reasoned judgment on whether or not the ball was in play. Regardless of whether it was or not, there is a serious issue not only with said linesman woefully poor standards of officiating, but also fitness. How can we have a ‘Respect’ campaign with useless trash like him? Our penalty appeal – for me, as much as I was screaming for it at the time, it’s not a penalty. Neither player gets the ball, and both end up scrapping over each other in their attempts. It would have been a very harsh penalty to concede, but given prior decisions, you could make the case it was more clear-cut. However, take out the ‘evening it out’ situation, and in a NORMAL game I wouldn’t have considered that a serious appeal. Lamberts Sending Off – Another farce. Tranmere players were timewasting, he got the ball back on. Nothing wrong with that. The referee has changed his story (post-match) which only serves to weaken arguments to support his judgement. Simply got it wrong, as Lambert was only hurrying things along. Tranmere time-wasting – I don’t blame them one bit. If we were in their position, I’d probably want us to do the same. But it’s more than a little irritating when a player heads a corner, unchallenged, watches it go wide, before clutching his face and lying around for several minutes. Fair enough, when you get a knock exaggerate it a bit, but don’t embarrass yourself! Our team – I actually think it was one of our best performances. Largely outplayed 11 men with 10 for 80 minutes. And yes, I know Tranmere had many chances, but the majority were on the break. We played some lovely football, and I can’t fault the players commitment. We showed more bottle in losing 3-1 tonight than Leeds have in winning the few games they have since Christmas. Somewhat bizarrely, this game has confirmed to me that we will go up – as Champions – because of the belief in the side that we could turn around (despite ultimately failing) an impossible and pretty unfair score-line. I was extremely proud of most (there may be 1 or 2 exceptions, but it’s not the time for slating) of our team last night, and firmly believe poor old Stockport will get the full monty on Monday. We have been wronged in a big way, and I will be amazed if we don’t want to re-affirm our position as the best team in this division, by achieving anything other than a total annihilation of our next opponents. I genuinely think we will hit 6 or 7 against Stockport, as there will be a renewed hunger. In an odd way, this may be the thing we need to push us over the line, and I can’t wait! Bring it on! OTBC![/quote] I think that you are spot on with that opinion - we always come back after a poor result.

He''s always had something against Norwich, for some reason.

[quote user="AndyCanary"]How do you know. You''ve not seen us play this season other than on tv. [/quote] I''ve been to every home match this season. How about you?

[quote user="AndyCanary"]You talk like somebody who reads the Sun player ratings and hasn''t seen the team play. But I don''t need to disect you. Everyone else is doing a pretty good job at highlighting why you''re wrong. [/quote] You haven''t answered my question. How many games have you attended? And, by the way, everyone''s entitled to their opinion (but don''t let that stop you).

Definitely. Stephen Hughes didn''t take his cahnce, IMHO.

[quote user="AndyCanary"]Link you SO blatently haven''t been to ANY of the games home or away this year. Let me guess this is only the second game you''ve seen Norwich play with Leeds away being the first? [/quote] I''m a season ticket holder and I have been to EVERY home game this season. Which is why I feel that I''m in a positon to make my observations. What about you? The point I''m trying to make is that we will be punished for these errors next season, whereas we''ll get away with them (in the long term) this season.  

We won''t be out of our depth. What I was trying to say was that we will we punished for the way we played at times tonight. Two out of the three goals against us were the result of poor defending. 

[quote user="pennywise "]is it 3 games i thought it had to be violent conduct for that ?[/quote] I think it''s three games.

[quote user="birchfest"]and with only 10 men and no manager! Bring on Monday, and thankfully Holt didnt get a yellow. [/quote] A fair observation!

[quote user="ncfcfan"]He wasnt that good. Not all his kicks kept on the pitch and he flapped for 3rd goal. [/quote] His kicking was good but he did flap at crosses.

[quote user="morty"][quote user="LinkNR9"][quote user="morty"][quote user="LinkNR9"] [quote user="morty"]Jesus, here we go. Have a word you tit. [/quote] OK. Do you think that the four players I highlighted played well tonight? [/quote] We were the better team over 90 minutes with 10 men. Seriously, take yourself away somewhere and have a quiet word with yourself. [/quote] I have taken myself away, as advised, and we still disagree. [/quote] Feel free to keep going away until you do then. [/quote] I can''t bear to be away from your enthralling posts.

[quote user="morty"][quote user="LinkNR9"] [quote user="morty"]Jesus, here we go. Have a word you tit. [/quote] OK. Do you think that the four players I highlighted played well tonight? [/quote] We were the better team over 90 minutes with 10 men. Seriously, take yourself away somewhere and have a quiet word with yourself. [/quote] I have taken myself away, as advised, and we still disagree.

[quote user="AndyCanary"]Can you complete a hatrick of moronic threads for the evening please by making a 3rd thread as follows: Subject: A warning for now on Message: Don''t read any topics by me. I''m a mongloid. Ta x. [/quote] It''s ''mongoloid''. Must try harder.

[quote user="Largey"]I''m not jumping on the backs of our players following one unique match, but Hoolahan has looked merely a shadow of his performances from the middle of the season. Slightly concerned as he is a catalyst for many of our great moves. The pitch tonight did not help, but i hope he will pick up his game in these next two home matches as with him on form, we look imperious.[/quote] Don''t you dare say that, Largey. I said the same and now I''m the Anti-Christ.

[quote user="morty"]Jesus, here we go. Have a word you tit. [/quote] OK. Do you think that the four players I highlighted played well tonight?

[quote user="Lincs CR"]Have you not bloody bothered to watch any other games this season? Our clean sheet record is terrific. There''s always one clueless prat who thinks ONE game in the season under Lambert that is riddled with poor decisions from players and officials will mean a relegation battle next season... moron...[/quote] I''ve been to every home game this season. If you''d bothered to read the post, you might have understood what I was trying to point out - obviously, you didn''t.

[quote user="Lincs CR"]Yes LinkNR9, because next season we will be playing every single game with 10 men :/ fucking idiot...[/quote] Two poor decisions from players have cost us this game - we will get hammered next season if we do that. 

[quote user="AndyCanary"]Idiotic thread title. Russell had the ball kicked into his arm and Docs back pass got stuck in the mud.. sorry pitch. That cnut dived before Forster had even made contact! [/quote] It''s not an idiotic thread title. I''ll praise wher praise is due, but we''ve shot ourselves in the foot big time.

[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="LinkNR9"]Why are we always crap on Sky TV?[/quote] I''m not sure that Doc''s bad back pass meant Forster had to bring the striker down, but let''s not miss a chance to knock one of the old favourite scapegoats. [/quote] I''m a Doc supporter through and through, but that was pants!

Hoolihan anonymous, Russell anonymous, Hughes anonymous, Martin anonymous. Against fourth from bottom.  

And what really pees me off is Peter Beagrie - the Norwich hater - giving it large at half time.

Why are we always crap on Sky TV?

[quote user="Yorkshire Canary"]Chris lines is the Bristol Rovers player that has great potential. 25 years old, midfielder 6ft 2 ins and scored 10 from M/F this season[/quote] Good call - a very impressive midfielder. As for the other suggestions, we need to stay clear of too many loan players, as they have proved to be a problem in the past on the whole.