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a point per matchroeder''s second season sydrome has kicked in once more, oh dear!anyone else got to that stage where you no longer feel angry about losing...you still want them to win and support them, but things have got to that point where you don''t really feel angry or surprised that we''ve lost.

Oasis - I''m outta time

lita''s always offside...as for the last win away their..I asked this earlier in the week, I beleieve it was 5-1, david nielson hat-trick..so i''m guessing 2001?!

[quote user="CT "]Go away scummer. [:P][/quote]Another fanstastically mature response there...yes the guy''s an ipswich supporter but at the same time he''s also an honest human being asking a simple, non-taunting question based on the fact that having played their already we should have some knowledge of the area...basiaclly chris there''s a massive tesco''s near by which you can park by but don''t wear colours and you should be fine.

surely this is the most pointless, aimless thread of 2008 now the boards are un-moderated so to speak....back in the glory days of 606 messageboards, it was all the rage....

Anyone got any facts and figures for our record vs. sheffield wednesday @ hillsborough? and even at carrow road come to think about it....I can''t even remember the last time we won at  their place

roeder is far too arrogant in my opinion (and others that have had informal chats with the bloke) to resign, but one of the posters suggested ''for sale'' signs...how funny would that be if say 20 people or more took them in...though you would be hard pushed to get them in, it would look great on the monday morning papers, whilst helping the supporters and club alike...what a pr stunt, even doomcaster would be proud!

[quote user="Saint Canary"][quote user="ZippersLeftFoot"]We are a candidate that for sure - we should have enough to survive but then so should watford and charlton.   It does feel as if soton are particularly weak but we cannot rely on them and forest/donny to be worse than us - but thats what it feels like;   looking for 3 teams worse than we are... [/quote]Sums it up for me.  No one knows if we will go down or not but we are definately in the group of clubs who will be in a relegation battle at some point this season.  The table doesn''t lie, we are where we are.  We have lost more games at home than we have won and that''s ominous for any team.There is some cause for optimism, the Wolves game for example but the longer the season goes on it appears that performances like that are the exception and not the rule.  [/quote]I too would echo this statement. I genuinly think we won''t go down because we do have enough quality to get the results at home in my opinion, unlike say donny and forest. I''m not sayin were too good to go down, there are many examples of that, I think were finish bottom halve

''YOU ARE NOT WORTHY,WE DON''T WANT A GRANT, WE DON''T WANT A LOAN...WE ARE FOREVER NCFC''

[quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="The Lord"] everyone is aware what hoolahan can do...he''s a tricky player that can twist and turn, inject pace into the game and pickout passes that the defence can''t see until it''s too late but then again because of his size he will and did get out-muscled by the big centre-defenders, so you can''t really play him in midfield with two strikers.. [/quote] But he did ok early in the season in midfield with two strikers. The football we played against Coventry and Birmingham was far better than anything we have seen since. Including Wolves. I see where you''re coming from too though. But hand on heart I''d rather we had lost last night trying to play football like we did in those early season games. I am often mystified by Roeders thinking and I am totally baffled why he hasn''t tried Lita\Lupoli as a front two when earlier in the season he was happy to go with Cureton\Lupoli and Russell\Lupoli. I am beginning to think the signing of Sibierski was the worst thing that happened this season. It''s certainly the worst thing for Hoolahan.     [/quote]It just shows how long ago the start of the season seems doesn''t it nutty!, I had completely forgotten how well we played against birmingham with hoolahan behind the 2 strikers (I didn''t witness the coventry performance)..I remember now that some people''s worries at the time of signing ''ski were indeed that we would lose our passing momentum and instead play hoof  ball, how spot on they were!I''m not a fan of teams playing only 1 upfront (unless they have that striker e.g davies for bolton or anelka perhaps) but would lita/lupoli work?! I guess you don''t know unless you try, but knowing roeder away from home, he''s likely to play a 4-5-1....I just hope we operate the famous ''prudence'' policy and save money by getting rid of ''ski

I think you could look at it two ways, yes from the norwich point of view there was a lack of movement.. but from a palace point of view the constant pressing was superb, something our midfield failed to do for the majority, classic warnock sides

everyone is aware what hoolahan can do...he''s a tricky player that can twist and turn, inject pace into the game and pickout passes that the defence can''t see until it''s too late but then again because of his size he will and did get out-muscled by the big centre-defenders, so you can''t really play him in midfield with two strikers.. Last night I really was shocked why he started ''ski before hoolahan, were at home, he stated his intention to attack and we have a player who is supposed to like the physical side (although how many headers did he win?) rather then the technical side..in the first halve we didn''t get the ball to croft and semmy nearly enough and palace were excellent at pressing in midfield with carle and watson Like someone else said the two squads are on a par with one another, sadly the managers are not..as frustrating as he is, it was superb management by warnock last night and I thought speroni had an excellent game, constantly aware making smart stops when needed For Sheffield Wednesday we surely have to play 4-5-1, I would have kennedy and the impressive clingan at centre back (I actually believe he play better here rather then the rabbit in headlights drury), have drury at left back, russell and pattison in the centre, bell and croft on the wings, then hoolahan floating with lita upfront

ok thanks for that jimmy....trouble is I have no money, haha! oh well suspose I could just borrow the mind set of a spurs fan and buy him ''next year''...

7 games in and i''m 6th but I just can''t score goals! ...but i''ve only let in two...seeing as we don''t start with much funds, I sold marshall for a million and brought in ''Ian Walker'' for 140k, yep that old-timer but he''s superb, clean sheet after clean sheet....also bring in tordoya (150k) and mascio (22k) both superb players.I play a 3-5-2 formation with plastic and semmy as wingbacks, but does anyone know a decent striker? or the best striker that is with us at the start? I''ve got velicka and chopra on loan as well as sibierski, lupoli, koroma and sodje..but i cant get chopra scoring

[quote user="silver fox"]It was like watching those who were giving everything for Norwich which included Marshall 9, Kennedy 7, Doherty 7, Clingan 9, Croft 8, Bell 7, Pattison 7, and Hoolahan, 7 whilst he was on the pitch.  Then there were those who didn''t look as though they were up for the fight which included Omosuzi 5, Bertrand 5, Lita 4, Otsemebor,5 and Fotheringham, 4.   [/quote]Completely agree with this statement. The only one I would perhaps question is Lita who although didn''t seem to be able to control the ball / lay off the ball to another city player in the second halve must have been frustrated...It ain''t halve difficult playing upfront by yourself when you''ve lost your main link up player (hoolahan) especially when that''s not his game

...for me today Lee Croft was absolutely outstanding, yes he sometimes doesn''t look a natural footballer but his work-rate today was absolutely outstanding. For a player that perhaps struggles with his stamina for 90 minutes today he worked his heart out today tracking back and forth and running the ball out of danger. Anyone could see today he really wanted to play, the same also goes for clingan and for me these two deserve a special mention for the commitment and workrate you need when you go down to 10 men, long may it continue.

just watched the first halve, so with those of you without tv coverage here''s a snapshot...Doherty completely exposed to pace yet again, referee spot on with the red card and where the foul took place (the lino gave a penatly)great response, clever ball from bell and tidy finish from pattison, could have easily blown it over2nd halve will be back to the wall defending without a doubtomusnoozy absolutely woeful not big or strong enough to be a defender, if we were playing kevin doyle they would have had 4 marshall having a great game, 2 superb shots but just slipped for their goal otherwise a routine savewere lacking a tall, strong centre mid to get a grip of the game with lita huffing and puffingcroft looking good and energetic but both defensive units are appalingnot looking forward to the second halve, I have to admit

anyone that actually writes an honest un-biased opinion about the games those that can actually still spell in english (e.g not - wiv, shud, 2k8)gets to the point fairly soon, and doesn''t just start a thread for the sake of starting onethose that have a life outside this forumso i guess that rules out ''ct'' ''smudger'' and ''we8wolvesforums'' on a more positive note!..i enjoy reading ricardo''s and shack-attacks points and also other non-regular posters who put up their player ratings, always useful to read

This joe lewis debates keep cropping up...it''s simple, at the time the decision was a no-brainer, a previous post has explained why (we had 2 good/equal keepers coming up behind, marshall was clear no.1, we had no money)..It''s obvious that lewis is a good keeper but it hasn''t been so straight forward as people think for him at the posh..he''s playing well at the moment, but he had a shaky start to the season and like any player (with the exceptions of world class players ala messi and rooney) needs to gain experience before he''s ready for the higher levels...should he have been sold at the time, yes....move on.as for the original post, there are no 100% facts in the post to confirm it definately is one of the players, neither is it likely that human beings keep ALL information confidential, especially after a few..so it''s an individual thing whether you believe superwes or not...of course none of it matters though because anyone with commonsense knows that when something is winning everything is good...when something is losing, most things are bad...it''s natural

sorry I also meant to add to that the much ''invested'' youth team that hasn''t produced a single player good enough to play at this level regulary in the past 4..5..possibly 6 years?

sadly were not average, were not extremely bad (ala derby last year), but just poor, ''poor'' in every single departmentthe boardthe teamthe financesthe managers tacticsand sadly this is what worries me rather then the immediate next few matches...we have nothing in the future, and the long term really does look bleak at the moment without much needed cash...if you add in the eventual dwindling crowds, as and when this happens we surely will be relegation fodder...can u imagine what our budget/financial statements would look like based on a burnley/preston esque average crowds of 11/12,000?!

i totally agree with this, but today was a fantastic performance by marshall...not just the 2 or 3 excellent saves that won us the match but reassuringly he was collecting every ball that came into the box from wide areas for a change and seem to be much more vocal and arranging his players for set pieces...not the finished article but at 22/23 a very good player, and easily good enough as a keeper to help us get out of this division

''is this the infamous barry i''m talking to by the way?'' LOL...a 92nd minute winner against sheffield united in the blazing sunshine and it''s topped up by this line...what a day

atlast a constructive post...you''re actually able to state the truth that norwich played poorly but with an honest assestment regarding the longer term view of how the season has gone so far...rather then ''WEVE LOST ONE GAME....WERE GONNA FINISH BOTTOM AND GO INTO ADMIN.'' that some fickle fans on here believe

someone asked me last night halve way through the second halve asked me ''so where is dough-ert-e then?'' that''s how poor the game got...anyway on the extent on the injury, depends what damage he has done to his ankle...a severe knock = 2 weekstwisted/sprained = 3 to 4 weeksligament damage = 2 to 3 months