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Mokey76

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  1. Surely it won''t be Curbishley as he said he wouldn''t manage outside the premieir league. I''m hoping it''s not Ince. If it is Gunn fingers crossed that they''ve got a couple of really good coaches to assist him.
  2. No, no and more no!!   The question is, If we buy all the players we need to strengthen the squad and spend less them £5 million, will smudge''s protest still go ahead? Surely it''s not about how much you spend, more to do with what you spend it on.
  3. To be fair, when he first cam he was lacking match fitness and was probably very low on morale, like the rest of the players. 
  4. Sutton Flecky Iwan Bellamy Robins With Ekuko, Cureton, Ward, Ashton and Earnie not far behind!!   In Darren Beckford''s defence, what he''d lacked in front of goal he made up for when he was in goal!  
  5. [quote user="FramCanary"] We must always cash in on players when their value is at a peak - and ensure that a good portion of the proceeds are spent on younger players of obvious potential. A tried & tested method of self-sufficiency for clubs like ours. Ordinarily we would be tempted to sell Earnie & re-invest maybe £3m to £4m on squad improvement. But with the £7m parachute monies this is not necessary but may still have been the better of the options given how thin & sub-standard the majority of our squad is. Earnie was sure to be worth more in 1/07 than at the end of the season. [/quote]   Are you suggesting that we should sell Earnie?  And any other player just because they''re are worth something?  Surely the better footballing idea would not to sell off your best players and to try and build a succesful team around them and make your money that way?   And before you have a go, I am not a Delia fan, but I see her as the lesser of two evils.
  6. To jog your memory a bit, a little story! In 1992 after Dave Stringer had ''left by mutual consent'', we came very close to getting Phil Neal as our new manager.  As i remember, Mr Chase was a fan of how he managed Bolton for a long time and not spent much money.  After Neal decided a trip to Norwich was far too far to travel every day, Mr Chase went for the cheaper & easier option of promoting our reserve team manager, Mike Walker. I''m sure Mr Chase, along with rest of us, would never of dreamed of the exciting 18 months to follow - so I wouldn''t really credit him with any part of out footballing sucess in that period.  After one very successful season in charge, Mike Walker wanted an extension to his contract as it was only for 2 years, Mr Chase said he''d discuss it later.  After we had our Uefa cup run, Mike Walker asked again and got the same reply, so he went for a bit of job secrurity and probable a lot extra cash and went to Everton.  We got John Deehan & Gary Megson and relegated and haven''t come anywhere close to that success since. I''m not saying we could''ve had it all if Walker had never gone, but I''m guessing it would have been a hell of a lot better than it is now!!
  7. I''m not a fan of Delia and Jones for many reasons.  The whole wanting to be like Charlton when we went up was very worrying, surely Bolton or Portsmouth are better to aim, insted of a team always in the lower half of the table but are finacially stable!! Another problem I have with Delia, is living in the midlands if you mention Norwich City, the first thing they say to you is ''Let''s Be Having You'' and believe me there is only so many times you can look amused by that!! the complete lack of ambition of sticking with Worthy when things were going from bad to worse wasn''t very good either. they have done a lot for the club, to be fair.  Delia''s catering bit does make the club money and the pie''s are a lot nicer than they used to be.  And of course we have the nice Polish flats in the car park!   As for Mr Chase, he knocked down the Barclay, he said Chris Sutton wasn''t for sale and then he put him up for auction, he wouldn''t give Mike Walker a longer contract so he left, he gave Gary Megson the mangers job twice - which in turn got us relegated in the first place, he lied to Martin O''Neill so he left, and when he did finally leave we found out that even though he had spent the best part of ten years selling off the silverwear, we were completly broke and close to going out of business!!! Plus also, since Delia''s been in charge, i''ve not come close to being trampled by a police horse. To conclude, my answer is Geoffrey Watling!  
  8. [quote user="oh huckerby"] a born leader, club captain!   [/quote] Too right!! After watching him on saturday it made me wonder why the silent Drury and Doc have been given the armband.  I think we should start a campaign now - Dion for captain!!
  9. Derby or Forest.  I llike easy trips on the train!!!    
  10. [quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="USAcanary"] At one time we held the record for selling the most 1 million+ players than any other team in football.   [/quote] And I bet at that time we had never paid 1 million for a player. It''s always been that way, even in the succesful times.   [/quote]   From memory, which isn''t good at the best of times, we sold our fisrt million pound player in the early 80''s and signed our fist in around 94/95 (Jon Newsome?)  and tha was our record fee paid until we signed Deano for £3 million.
  11. [quote user="Black sheep TFC"]   However, as you have purchased tickets in a segregated home area, I hope you will not even attempt to wear your colours or raise your voices in support for Norwich, as your journey will be wasted and your day cut short by being ejected from the Lamb. [/quote]   Don''t worry, i''ve been living in Burton for the last five years so I know how some Tamworth fans can be!!  
  12. [quote user="Sherlock Holmes"] I''m going to spend most of the morning praying that the players don''t humiliate themselves on national television. [/quote]   Make that international television!!!
  13. A quick update on our ticket situation..... My dad popped into the Lamb on his way home from work on the 22nd and picked 6 tickets in the home end!!    
  14. Just a quick note on how our Club is run........   My mum phoned the box office on wednesday to get a ticket for the Tamworth match.  She was told that she couldn''t have one as they were only on sale to members and as she was a season ticket holder she should have made a written application for one.  She argued that as a season ticket holder, she was also a member, but the box office wouldn''t budge.  So now my dad is going to the Lamb on the way home from work tomorrow to get a a ticket for him and me mum (and hopefilly me!!) because Norwich won''t sell them a ticket! And yes, she is complaining directly to Mr Doncaster.   Bit like the old chase days isn''t it!
  15. Chris Martin gets into the 1st team, will we start coming out to Yellow?
  16. [quote user="alex_ncfc"] Hate to be critical but 12 years ago today we were hovering around 9th and had just lost 1-0 to ManUtd at Old Trafford - we would be relegated a few months later. Think you mean 14 years [;)] [/quote]   no it can''t have been 14 years ago, cuase that would mean that i''m 30 and that''s far too horrible a thought!!!!!!   (ok sorry for the typo, but i was supposed to be working!!)
  17. I didn''t fall for the hat-trick idea this season.  To be honest i''ve not even renewed my memebership this season, and that is partly to do with how badly run the hat trick plan was and how i have been treated by the box office staff on the phone.  My other reason for not renewing was because of the useless manager and the board not sacking him!!  It''s sad that i felt this way as i have been either a season ticket holder or member for each of the previous 15 seasons. In the premeirship one of the games i had in my hat trick plan was the Man City game, when i got moved to Monday night i phoned up to cancel it (I live in Burton these days and couldn''t get the time off work to go) I asked the box office staff if i could swap for another match, i was told they couldn''t possibly do that but if i wanted i could phone back in couple of days to try and get a ticket for the west brom game.  From memory it was also around the time of the middlesborough match, which also had tickets on sale for members.  The point about the seats is also true.  In  both seasons i have had the same seat for each game, even though it was not in my preferred part of the ground.  I say that all members should boycott the hat trick plan or get the club to change it and not charge extra for it.  If you are paying for service you want to get what you paid for!!
  18. [quote user="Baahmy Army"] [quote]Evening Baahmy Army ( do sheep really make that noise ? ) Thanks for logging in as I''m sure you realise that probably the most us Canaries know about your fine town is the '' Tale of the Tamworth Two ''( for those who''s finger''s not on the pulse they were the two pigs who, a while back, legged it out of the abattoir,and, instead of ending up as rashers on our plate, were put out to grass for the rest of their lives. A result ! )  Just looked on the Tamworth club web-site but can''t find anything about the size of the ground and/or away support capacity. I''ve been to Burton Albion before. From the pictures on your web-site your ground looks similar. Is it a bit like that ? At least if we can''t all get tickets it''s bound to be one of the live matches on TV [/quote]   The Lamb holds 4,100 in total, but against Stoke last year that was limited by safety reasons to 3,700 ish. The away end (which does have some cover and a very good snack bar!) hold around 850, plus you''ll get a few seats in the main stand. You probably went to Burton''s old Eton Road ground (they moved to a nice new ground last year) which is very similar to ours, except painted a horrible yellow colour (oops - sorry!) You can park at the ground but it''s a nightmare getting out so follow signs for The Snowdome and park there, it''s a short walk to the ground from there. As for pubs, none really close to The Lamb but town is only ten minutes away and there are plenty there. Enjoy! [/quote] the only problem is if it''s on a sunday they''ll be nothing open!!
  19. A bit stuck, think i''m being a bit dopey though.  Can''t get the full backs or the other central midfielder!  My be misplelling invovled as well!?!?!?    got the loanee striker straight off.  remember the game very well.  It still makes me laugh how Gary Megson was so inpressed by how he couldn''t hit a barn door for us, that he signed him up on loan when he left us!!
  20. Efan got 4 against Everton at Goodison in Sept 93.  Beckford got 3 at home to Everton at home, think it was the season before and was possibly on a monday night.   Worst player ever? without a doubt Simon Tracey
  21. I hadn''t thought about Peter Grant, I think we should go for him, West Ham are in a bit of mess and it would be nice to nick someone off them for a change!
  22. Do you mean Lee Hendrie from the Villa?
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