Captain Obvious

Unfortunately, sections of the press (including the BBC, I think) have been framing it this way. Very frustrating.

I don't think Rangers are the pragmatic option for him. Yes, he'll get to play in the Champions League but how many games? And against what standard of opponent? Most teams in the Champions League are not Barcelona - they'll be playing in the qualifying stages, mostly against teams from leagues not much better or worse than Scotland. There's no guarantee they'll even make it to the group stages. Then in the league most weeks, he'll be playing against Championship-level opposition at best. At least with us, he'll be playing a higher standard of opponent week-in week-out, and whilst he won't be playing in the Champions League, he'll get 10-12 games against Champions League group stage-level (and better) opposition.

If you go theathletic.com instead of .co.uk you can subscribe for free (at least that's what I did) now I can read all the articles on the .co.uk site and haven't paid a penny.

Sorry, this just can't be true, it would fly in the face of everything Webber has said. He's always been very forthright, never been the sort to say one thing and do another. He said we'd be the lowest spenders in the league and I believe him. If this came true I'd be extremely suprised - unless there's some kind of wildcard thrown in the mix like a high value sale we dont yet know about.

Articles I've read say he's on a shortlist - he's probably going to be on a lot of shortlists at the moment. Doesn't mean to say they'll go for him, they'll likely go for someone a bit more 'proven'. If this story was in a year's time after a good PL season then I'd be a bit more worried. Wasn't he on the shortlist of some big Bundesliga club not too long ago as well?

The hold up seems to be that Fulham need to replace McCormack and seems they''re about to do just that. According to HITC, they''re on the verge of securing a £6m striker. So things may get moving now.

Windows 10 is fine. The reported ''spying'' is blown out of proportion.If some anonymised telemetry bothers you, just download Spybot Anti-Beacon and it''ll turn that all off.Linux is fine if you don''t mind wrestling with niggling issues. I''ve yet to encounter a default Linux install that isn''t riddled with loose ends, even with a beginner-friendly distro like Ubuntu. If you''re tech savvy that''s fine, but for your average Joe it''d be a bit much.

Their Twitter says they''ll be back up in 15 mins

In many ways I agree.We will make some signings at some point - even in the unlikely scenario we don''t, we have a team capable of staying up and only didn''t before because they seriously underperformed. I am certain we will be staying up next season.But... The lack of any kind of news is driving me up the wall. My housemate is a Crystal Palace fan and seeing their transfer news (especially Cabaye - and Bamford) hasn''t helped.I keep telling myself it''ll all come good. Just frustrating.

[quote user="UTB1986"]What has Norwich ever done for the country, never mind the world?[/quote]Well, Norwich has never been industrial but it was Britain''s second city before the industrial revolution.As far as contributions go, aside from the obvious (farming) Norwich and Norfolk as a whole contributes hugely to scientific research. Plant and microbial science, genome mapping etc. We''ve got some of the top research institutes in the country.Lotus is based in Norfolk - which is where their F1 team was run from - so there''s motor sport science and research too.That''s just off the top of my head. I''m sure there''s lots more.

I haven''t been out to a pub to watch a Norwich game in quite a while and was planning on going tomorrow.I was wondering if anyone had any particular recommendations.I was hoping there might be somewhere I can actually watch the game while sitting down, but I realise this might be a tall order as I expect everywhere to be packed out.What say you?

f you use Acestream software you can get a stream that is identical to full HD TV quality.They can be a bit iffy, but the one for the Ipswich game was flawless. I''m hoping for the same tonight.

Here you go:-http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Football+streaming

Ed Balls and George Osborne are equally incompetent in my eyes.I cringe whenever I hear Ed Balls talking about Norwich. The man is an embarrassment.

He was crap for us before, why would that be any different now?

My vote goes to Earnshaw. A face the could make children cry.

[quote user="Moosheep"][quote]I don''t count the mail as reputable in regards to football.[/quote]Suggesting that in other regards you do consider the Mail as reputable?!Moo[/quote]Seconded.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-could-chris-hughton-sack-6594710It''s literally been years since I last started a thread on here, but this made me think.The above article (which speculates about the irony of Newcastle potentially causing Hughton''s sacking if they beat us) has some very interesting comments from some Newcastle fans,"If he does get the sack, can we have him back please...............? I''ll pay for his train ticket, I''ll pay for a return....the return I''ll gladly give to either MA, JK or AP......."It seems some still think very highly of him - even preferring him over AP. This comment was voted to +9 when I saw it.One Toon fan''s withering assessment of our attitude -"Norwich fans don''t seem to realise that they still have one of the weakest squads in the Premiership, a squad that always should''ve been fighting relegation in 16th or 17th instead of bobbing around in mid table under Lambert and Hughton. For the first time in several years under the mangers mentioned above, they sunk to around where they should have been all the time, about the same as Wigan under Martinez and almost immediately there was talk of Hughton being sacked. Norwich fans are pathetic and deluded about what they have."My initial reaction to the above comment is to be offended and shout obscenities at my PC.But is there a grain of truth to that? Are we being fickle and expecting too much too fast?Another comment attempts to explain Norwich frustrations -"maybe a nice bloke I have little doubt about that, but the football, the tactics he was employed in his season and a half have lead to perhaps 75% of city fans wanting him gone. It has been boring, predictable, defensive and uninspiring for the fans to put up with any longer. He bought very good players but still doesn''t know how to play them or get others to play to them either. All in all many believe he has lost his way"This comment was voted to -8.Is Hughton as bad as we make him out? Or are we just horrible people as the Newcastle fans seem to imply?

What does it say?

It''s horrid because it sounds American and tacky.It''s reminiscent of NFL and has no place in English football.I can almost hear it now,"It''s The Nor-Wich Carnaries VS  The Manchester Devils for the Premier-Bowl XXII!!"With the copious use of phrases like "overtime" and "field goal" [+o(]

[quote user="The Pinkun Role Model"][quote user="Manchester Canary"]We''ll probably be the 91st club on, but we''ll have around 30 seconds coverage before they finished off with Manchester United.[/quote]A 30 sec dry hump on the railings and back to the studio.[/quote]You weren''t far wrong.

Is it this thread that the radio guys are talking about?

It seems quite simple,This isn''t about the club wanting to ruin fun and/or atmosphere - it''s if people stand, the club will be sanctioned by the FA.Why would people actively try and make that happen?

[quote user="Asdfghjkl"]He shouldn''t ever have gotten out of prison in the first place my opinion, he played his part in ruining a poor kids life, fuck him, his life should also be ruined! I remember being 16, you don''t think any less clearly than you do at any later stage of life, he knew what he was doing, he''s got no excuses and deserves no second chances. I find it amazing that someone hasn''t already run onto a pitch and battered him yet! Those actually committing the rape of a child deserve execution, they''re sub human. Dogs get put down for biting people to make sure they never injure another person, is that seriously worse than what the child rapists did? and are they any better than an animal?[/quote]If we act in that way then we''re no better than the criminals.Killing a murderer is still murder.If we allow state-sanctioned murder, then we''re all murderers.If you describe a crime and criminal as ''sub-human'', how can we then act sub-human ourselves in response to that crime? It makes the whole thing an exercise in hypocrisy.It may be a cliché but two wrongs don''t make a right. Second thing:I agree with singupcarrowroad in one important respect,We shouldn''t sign Mboyo, simply because it would be controversial, it would split the support, upset the dressing room and cause all kinds of strife we can do without.Whilst a few would give him the benefit of the doubt and support him, many would likely carry hardline attitudes. Whilst I can understand this and it is a perfectly natural emotional response, it doesn''t mean it''s the right way to act or deal with such things.The mark of a civilised society is how it treats it''s criminals.On another note, Mboyo is probably an adequate striker but we''ve got bigger fish to fry in the form of Hooper and Wolfswinkel.

In many ways, I don''t disagree with a lot of what you say but let me just clarify my position,His allowances in regards to football whilst inside is part of a rehabilitation process - all prisoners do have access to such services (degrees, vocational qualification etc.).Without this, he would be released form prison with nothing, and no prospects for the future, this would likely lead to a relapse to a life of crime. This to isn''t ''liberal wishy washy'' stuff, this just makes sense.We don''t know his circumstances as a youth or why he got involved with gangs but kids who do for whatever reason get involved with this stuff are often led to do things they wouldn''t do normally as part of pressure from the group. Allowing him to play football is most likely the reason he isn''t back there.I understand the trepidation people would have with this and it''s not something that''s easy to let go of emotionally, but in my opinion is the right thing to do. Not just for ''liberal'' reasons but for pragmatic ones too.