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Not sure about the Alan Black line.... But we had Matt Crowe - he was a black one Terry Allcock was close by reputation Barry Butler wore black suits - and a bow tie Errol Cross-un was a bit of a mixture and Ron Ashman was left after the black coals were burnt

You seem to easily overlook the passion and everlasting commitment to NCFC of the major shareholders They have been slagged off mercilessly on this forum but they are still leading this ''model'' club

the Portsmouth landlady has won her case and this I hope will mean that live football matches can be shown Quote from BBC The ECJ now says national laws which prohibit the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards are contrary to the freedom to provide services. ''Relief'' It said national legislation, which banned the use of overseas decoders, could not "be justified either in light of the objective of protecting intellectual property rights or by the objective of encouraging the public to attend football stadiums". Freedom to buy football matches globally - SKY were and are ripping off pubs by their high prices -may be they will get real and charge realistic prices My one example was a pub paying £10000 per year for SKY and he ditched them in favour of a full Premier league choice at £5000 pa Good business - yes he can now attract more customer and not make a loss on paying excessive monies to SKY Of course there will be knockons but paying less for the rights and reducing players excessive wages might be the start - followed by reducing ticket prices - make matches available to all...

1. Selling out the ground is not important at this stage - high prices, games in pub etc ~ no one looking for casual tickets outside the ground ~ believing all games are sellouts 2. Extra games help to bed in fringe players ~ think it would have been great to progress a round or too in the Carling Cup - get players used to playing a system 3 Of course we are stronger but we need to put the chances away ~ just compare Park feeding Welbeck rather then blast the ball against Ruddy ~ good wages and a team players ~ contrast Morrison against Chelsea * 3 and twice against Man U - playing for the glory and not the team 4. No need to decide that one - time will tell, but Lambert organised the squad to get back into the Premier - ok it''s Lambert 5. what expertise do football pens have ~ get them to give £1000 and then ask their opinion Mine is City will finish 15th or 16th ~ please tell me where to send my £1000

On at the Lake Lothing in Lowestoft - probably 50- 100 city fans I''m watching at the Coach House in cleethorpes expecting a point 1-1

What is Trappatoni thinking about by not selecting Wes for the Irish team - he was watched for his cameo sub appearance where he was brilliant for 15 minutes - he must have been watched for the Bolton game - once again a star performance Think he will have to find a Welsh great grand mother if he wants to play international football On the plus side for Norwich it''s great news - keep him fit and fresh to fight for premier league points

It is interesting that you are writing Grant Holt off as a force in the premier and at the same time thinking Morrison is able to perform at that level I thought Morrison was ok in the game against Bolton - strong in the air and won some high balls, ran the channels quite well and gave the line some mobility, showed skill to turn and nearly score against Knight. On the downside he was caught offside from standing positions on at least 3 occasions and his composure when through one - on - one with the keeper was poor + he lost control several times when in good positions Needs to sharpen his game put a bit more effort into maintaining control and staying onside and think TEAM when near the goal - memories of Chelsea when he could have played Holt in ( to score ) on 2 occasions. Think he has a role and his workrate and contribution is better then Chris Martin But I would still play Grant Holt - he''s more mobile than he''s given credit for AND will normally put the chances away. Would like him to stay on his feet more and forget playing for free kicks... Not sure if we can afford to play 2 strikers often without drastically weakening the midfield and maybe conceding too ofter If we play 2 strikers then its Morrison and Holt upfront for me until I''ve seen more of Vaughan

He certainly played well on Tuesday night and was a constant threat. I couldn''t prevent myself making a direct comparison between Baldock and our Jackson. Both small central forwards with a lot of pace Baldock was faster, more incisive, stronger with better control and first touch, and rarely lost the ball. Usually there was an end product... He is now going to play in the Championship - based on one game I think he will be a great success

that''s good , could well be there on Saturday - if the Lake Lothing in Lowestoft are showing Liverpool Do they sell any good real ales !!

most of game on Parma tv www.fcparma.com and then tv or webtvfcparma.com looks like the whole game enjoy

This in the modern era is straightforward to me - It''s Bryan Gunn signing a form which took him from respected City Icon to NCFC manager A legend in terms of appearances , loyalty and respect - not many to match him His mistake, taking on a job too big for him , albeit in my opinion to try to save the club from instant relegation, was disaster He is still hated by many but , to me , putting pen to paper was the biggest mistake of any NCFC manager All the best Bryn, in the Chester area

the Football League show Yes I know we are Premier League but just interested in those whose wider football interests would have meant that they had to watch the telly till 1am Of course there would have been the bonus of seeing Ipswich go top of League Maybe that would have been the reason why most would have had an early night - maybe getting ready for the full fill of Premier League next week Seriously who are just City fans and who are also more avid football fans

The article appears to be saying that Blackpool paid premiership wages and has now reverted to basic championship pay. But their financial rewards are now lower than some of the Championship ''gamblers'' Result - 16 players have left and others are discontented We all know that clubs like Derby were breaking the bank to get promoted ( Ipswich as well) - but money , and paying high wages does not guarantee you success Don''t understand why they are not using some of the parachute payments to have a reasonable go at getting promotion but they probably broke the bank in trying to buy a side to stay up Cue Paul Lambert - 7 modest signings and financial prudence McNallys 3 year plan might be appropriate A real go at maintaining Premiership status A second season where finances are controlled then improved - without reducing the quality of the team Then a viable future as a long term Premiership club

Norwich have not won an opening day fixture for the last 8years can we break the hoodoo and get off to a flyer at Wigan. The record shows just 4 draws in 8 fixtures. Do we not prepare well... 2010 H 2-3 Watford 2009 H 1-7 Colchester 2008 A 0-2 Coventry 2007 A 0-0 Preston 2006 A 0-1 Leeds 2005 H 1-1 Coventry 2004 H 1-1Crystal Pallace 2004 A 2-2 Bradford Interesting stats lets hope the pre season preparation gets us to the top of the premier with 3 points. Also, we have achieved only one point in the final day fixtures in the last 7 years - the home draw against Coventry was the first point since the 2003 home win against Preston Perhaps we are doing something right in the middle period

Well I can remember the days of paying five and a tanner to get in to Carrow road thats 45p to you young-uns Not so well you remember five and a tanner was 27 and a half p now 9 shilling is now 45p Just so we don''t confuse our younguns

The Lake Lothing in Lowestoft has a package which will allow all Premiership games to be shown The Portsmouth case and the rocketing costs for Sky allowed and forced the change However - the pub has equal shares of Liverpool, Man U and Norwich supporters so fixture clashes will have to be managed

At this point in time you are the only one ......... The only time Wes will get found out if he holds on to the ball for too long - the pace will be faster and there will be a lot less space. The premier league is packed with fully fledged international players but I believe that Wes can star and still get international status

In my opinion we will need another 22 points to gain second place - from 10 games . There are only 2 ways of getting them 7 wins and a draw or 6 wins and 4 draws. OK the leagues not won on paper - but the bookies play on paper -just check the latest odds Can we win all our homes games - not on the current form Ok how many away can we win - Hull (yes) Swansea ( would be nice),Watford (yes), Ipswich (yes) and Portsmouth ( a challenge). So maybe 3 wins is a possibility...... If we avoid defeat at home and can manage 4 wins out of 5 we would gain the second spot. I think the play offs are an odds on bet and 2nd place is a possibility but not if we have any more slip ups at Carrow Road We need 26000 totally behind the team -forget who is picked, just give the lads 5 games ototal support We might just do it....

yes - I''m jealous - they have just made a bout £1 million pounds for the two ties against the gunners - - could provide another two big value signings - all above any budget plans City knocked out in 3rd round - lossess against plan - I suspect Leeds gave a great effort for a Championship team

No he will not come good -seen enough of him now to know that he is not good enough, strong enough or intelligent enough for this division If we can trade him for the same cash , or less, lets get shot in the January window - brings nowt to the game - 4 goals, and pl,enty of misses in 20 odd games - not good enough - won''t come good...

Just read that Ralph Coates , former Spur s forward has passed away aged 64 years Coates scored the winning goal in the 1973 League Cup final against Norwich at Wembley Ray Graydon did the same thing 2 years later - scoring the only goal at Wembley, again leaving Norwich to travel back to East Anglia empty handed We had to wait for the win against Sunderland in 1985 to give us success at Wembley with Asa Hartfords winning goal Brought back Wembley memories RIP Ralph Coates - no hard feelings

I know Sotland scored two goals for Ipswich in the snow yesterday but a straight exchange for Chris Martin would not be good business - throw in Roy Keane and we might have a deal - LOL

Yes I was there and agree that Kevin Keelan was unbeatable - a great goal from Denis Law scored at the end where we were standing - hit on the volley off the outside of his boot Some sloppy defence from United let Don Heath and Gordon Bolland score the City goals - it was only the third time in 3 years that United had been beaten at home Lol Morgan was the City manager - can''t remember too much about him

Just been looking through the tables for the top two divisions and I see that Arsenal, Man City, Norwich and Scunthorpe are the only side with a better away record then their home record. With games coming up , in January against Cardiff and QPR I would have normally thought that we would have advantage – playing at home – but do we In the game I have seen at Carrow Road this season no team has come and parked a bus, they have attacked and scored goal against – albeit on the break. We have missed too many chances at home – at we scoring more from the chances we create away from home If you take out the two occasions when we have scored 4 at home ( Leicester and Ipswich) we have score 11 goals in 9 games and lost a hell of a lot of points. Lots of attacking, lots og missed chances, plenty of corners ( never seen us score from many) The home form is where we need to improve – obvious – but it’s not happening . We are always playing catch up like losing to Prtsmuth and recovering with a great win at Coventry Of course I will get the usual – have you looked at the table, stop moaning, it’s not broken Tes we are doing better than I expected but Pl need to adrees the home issues – can’t keep doing a Worthington and saying we played well in front of 26000 great fans and lost

yes - I have a 100% record - played one won one - away at Scunthorpe- would have been at Coventry today making played 2 won 2 - but the weather meant that I forfeited my ticket - but great listening to the win on Rdio Norfolk - pinkun text and BBC text, hopefully next away game will be Middlesboro'' giving 3 out of 3 -all wins