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[quote user="nutty nigel"] Great selections Pete! I''ve had a good feeling about this all week. Yesterday I could smell a win and today, having seen these from you, I can nearly touch it!   The first game is Celtic at 3pm tomorrow so I''ll sit on these overnight just in case there''s any postponements before then.     [/quote]   OK, they all look to be on so I placed the bet with 365 and the potential return is £23.77. I''ve learnt a lesson here because had I have placed the bet last night it would have been 25.61. By trying to do the right thing it looks like I did the wrong thing. Still got a good feeling about these though.   Bet Details Date/Time Stake Return Celtic @ 2/9 AZ @ 1/12 Barcelona @ 2/7 Benfica @ 1/7 PSV @ 1/10 FC Porto @ 1/9 Six-Folds, 1 bet * £10.00 11/02/2012 13:21:26 10.00 0.00 10.00 0.00   Celtic get us underway at 3pm. Then we have AZ at 5:45, Barca at 7pm and we end today with Benfica at 8:30. Hopefully we will still be running tomorrow when PSV kick off at 1:30 and Porto at 8:15.   Thanks again for these Pete. You have been brave to face your Dutch demons head on. Wasn''t it PSV who let us down in added on time two years ago? I think you''ll lay that to rest with these. Good luck to you and all us PUPs[:)]    

I''ve oly been to the MK Dons game [:''(]    

I agree that using stats like that you have to take into account what leagues the wins came in. But my opinion, for what it''s worth, is that Lambert is the best of the lot. I don''t think some fans realise how massive his achievement really has been. League One champions followed by automatic promotion to the Premier League and then hopefully a mid-table finish would have been exceptional at anytime. But in the modern game it''s not just exceptional it''s astonishing, almost unbelievable!

  [quote user="Desert Fox"]Nutty, Your post perfectly typfies for me why this site is dying. Anyone who bothers to express an opinion that doesnt suit is a target for hounding off the site. No doubt the rest of the pack will be alerted so that can add their disapproval too. Enough said!! [/quote]   [quote user="Desert Fox"]Nutty, I didnt even mention you. All I did was express an opinion about why I think this site is dying. You took upon yourself then to criticise me for asking for some maturity on this site. Now I am rat! What next? Do you want me to get in a game of sticks and stones? Would that make you happy? For gods sake, I left the playground over thrity years ago and simply have no wish to be baited. I stand by my post - this site is going downhill fast and I think the behaviour on here by many is far too agressive for a group of people who all share the same interest. If you think that I am referring to you, that is something for you to reflect upon and I will leave it at that. [/quote]   Hi Dessy Baby...   Firstly I must apologise because I didn''t realise that first post I just quoted didn''t mention me. You must have meant that other Nutty. But in my defence I''m sure you can see how I made that mistake. It makes sense now though because Jez didn''t seem to take offence to my post. Anyway, I''m feeling quite contrite and think you should change the rat to O''Connor.   I left the playground 40 years ago buddy. Well not strictly true because I never used to go into the playground. In those days school playgrounds were quite scarey places to be in. They weren''t like Smith''s school playgrounds of the present time, full of teaching assistants making sure you stay warm and come to no harm. These were Watling/South/Chase school playgrounds full of bully boys where only the strong survive. I used to cower in the toilets, not these Smith indoor toilets all heated, comfy and clean. These toilets were the Watling/South/Chase toilets, open to the elements, stinking of p1ss  with green stuff growing up the walls.   So you see I''ve grown up to be anything but aggressive. And I don''t know who ''the rest of the pack'' are but I have always posted my opinion independently from anyone else.   Now I agree that there''s lots of posters left this board over the last year. But most of them used to post criticising the club. As it became apparent that the club was really going places they disappeared one by one. Some I reckon because they only used the board to complain and some because they''d set their anti-stall so far out that their position had become untenable.   Many posters only ever post on threads where they can complain or know best. If there''s threads about players, tactics, past players, game experiences and the like they''re never to be found. On this thread you''ve got posters who disrupt and posters who complain about them. How many of these posters have made any attempt whatsoever to take part in any discussion prompted by the opening posts. If you think that I am referring to you, that is something for you to reflect upon and I will leave it at that.    

Thanks for that Des.   Over the years I only wish my hounding had been as vitriolic that by those that targeted me.   I would suggest any problems you have with me are related to my views over the years rather than any alleged hounding. I post on here on a variety of  threads with honesty and passion. I could take you on a tour of those threads but WTF because your mind is made up.   What I would say though is that the only time I ever see you post is to complain about people who have an opposite viewpoint to your own.   Without wishing to be rude I reckon you should either man up or change the fox to rat.    

Lovely old job Jez & Des.   The best thing to do is to have a thread pinned to the top of the board where posters can name and shame the people they want banned/fined/relegated to their own forum. Or they could be called "The Pueriles" and relegated to the Wrath. Punishment could be determined by Des.   If you get it off the ground could you add this suggestion : -   Tangible Fixed Assets Anyone ? to be sentenced to 10 hours in a bath of baked beans, sponsored by the PUPs to Rays Funds for Foncy.   And just think Dessie.... You''d get to wear a wig and use a gavel.

Great selections Pete! I''ve had a good feeling about this all week. Yesterday I could smell a win and today, having seen these from you, I can nearly touch it!   The first game is Celtic at 3pm tomorrow so I''ll sit on these overnight just in case there''s any postponements before then.    

Probably starting it when the club was already 100 years old makes it slanted towards the more modern player. Although people from further back in history seem to be added in every new intake. This time it''s Alf Kirchen from back in the 30''s. Maybe they have some sort of agreement that there has to be some sort of historical balance in each intake. Originally there were 100 for the centenary. After this intake there will be 125 so that''s 25 added over 10 years which is 2.5 times the original intake!   Now you know as much as me!! Which isn''t a lot. The Historical Trust probably know more and I believe the club have a big say too. Roy Blower could be your man to ask but he doesn''t post on here. Or probably on anywhere!   I think the Hall of Fame is quite important. I think it''s good to preserve and recognise the clubs history. It''s more accurate if more people become involved at times like this. But I think it''s unfair for the club to make suggestions in the way they have because it must influence the voters. I guess I''m doing the same on a much smaller stage with trevor Hockey.

It was created as part of the centenary celebrations in 2002. It''s not an actual Hall[:O]   The physical Norwich Hall of Fame is probably "The Andrews"! A famous meeting place for disgruntled fans and once upon a time disgruntled Shareholders[;)]    

[*-)] Is it safe to come in [*-)]   I reckon McNally is right that customer complaints are down. But that''s probably got more to do with success on the field than customer service. You''ve only got to think about what this messageboard was like when results were bad. The slightest thing would bring complaints but now we''re winning in the EPL people do seem more tolerant.    

[quote user="RUDOLPH HUCKER"] Wouldn''t it be better, and it''s something Archant could lead on, if all of us common supporters made the Leicester supporters particularly welcome for this game. I''m sure there will be mixing in the pubs and around the ground before and after the match and therefore plenty of opportunity to show how ridiculous the labelling of this fixture has been. North-Norfolk is full of retired Leicester folk; those who have moved and those who come here on holiday. Even their landed gentry owns a pad near Wells-Next-The-Sea.   Last season they conceeded us 6 loverly points and even let Wilbrahamovic have a goal at their place; these are generous people who just want a nice day out however badly their team performs.     [/quote] I think they''d feel a warmer welcome if a couple of their players wore a fetching pair of white tights like the last FA Cup game[:O][W][;)]

Bayern are on my shortlist. I think there''s some good things across Europe this week.   Famous last words! That''ll be the kiss of death.

He''s another good shout Shyster. But the only way you can have any influence is to vote. My 5 were Trevor Hockey, Terry Anderson, Greg Downs, Andy Linighan and Geoff Butler.   Vote here    

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[quote user="Mark .Y."]   Unless my memory is playing up badly, wasn''t Mike Bailey a Gorleston boy or player ? Mark .Y.   [/quote]   That''s the one Mark. He played for Gorleston before Charlton & Wolves. He had a great career and played for England. Don''t think he was a Norfolk boy though.   Not to be confused with former PUP and now Journo Michael Bailey [;)]   Great to see the interest in this. But if you think Hockey should be in the hall of fame you''re going to have to vote. He''s up against it because he''s not on the list of candidates printed in the club programme or in David Cuffley''s article. This little corner of the net can''t possibly compete with that kind of publicity.   I think the following list is up to date with the current Hall of Fame members. Another notable omission is Trickey Hawes who scored bucket loads of goals for us in wartime friendlies. That was before my time so I''ll leave Tilly to tell you about him[;)]   Neil Adams, Terry Allcock, Russell Allison, Ron Ashman, Mark Barham, Craig Bellamy, Gordon Bennett, Terry Bly, John Bond, Jimmy Bone, Mark Bowen, Phil Boyer, Bobby Brennan, Max Briggs, Ken Brown, Steve Bruce, Tommy Bryceland, Ollie Burton, Barry Butler, Ian Butterworth, Mick Channon, Robert Chase, Robert Collinson, Ian Crook, David Cross, Errol Crossan, Matt Crowe, Ian Culverhouse, Hugh Curran, Ron Davies, John Deehan, Kevin Drinkell, Dion Dublin, Darren Eadie, Les Eyre, Justin Fashanu, Robert Fleck, Craig Fleming, Kenny Foggo, Duncan Forbes, Reg Foulkes, Ruel Fox, Billy Furness, Johnny Gavin, Dale Gordon, Jerry Goss, Robert Green, Bryan Gunn, Tom Halliday, Joe Hannah, Asa Hartford, Roy Hollis, Gary Holt, Jimmy Hill, John Howes, Darren Huckerby, Ralph Hunt, Tom Johnson, Kevin Keelan, Sandy Kennon, Darren Kenton, Noel, Kinsey, Bill Lewis, Doug Livermore, Doug Lochhead, Norman Low, Archie Macaulay, Ted Macdougall, Mel Machin, Malky Mackay, Andy Marshall, Roy McCrohan, Paul McVeigh, Gary Megson, Peter Mendham, Denis Morgan, Roger Munby, Jimmy Neighbour, Ken Nethercott, Rob Newman, Jon Newsome, Maurice Norman, Joseph Nutchey, Martin O''Neill, Graham Paddon, Tom Parker, Martin Peters, Mike Phelan, David Philips, Don Pickwick, John Polston, Tony Powell, Bill Punton, Stan Ramsay, Kevin Reeves, Iwan Roberts, Bernard Robinson, Davie Ross, Ron Saunders, Tim Sheppard, Peter Silvester, Delia Smith, Sir Arthur South, Dave Stringer, Colin Suggett, Daryl Sutch, Chris Sutton, Bryan Thurlow, Arthur Turner, Andy Townsend, Percy Varco, Jack Vinall, Mike Walker, Geoffrey Watling, Dave Watson, Dave Williams, Chris Woods, Nigel Worthington, Michael Wynn-Jones, Bob Young.

GP & Trent - I wouldn''t like to see anything earlier than Saturday morning for the final selections. It puts too much pressuer on the weeks picker to get his selections to me early and too much pressure on me to get the bet on with 365. Sometimes I can''t do that before these games kick off.   Tilly - You do realise that you paid £3.50 because Dick Turpin took for one for himself [Y][;)]   Now for my pick. Portugal for me - Porto W8 D1 L0 F26 A6 at home Vs Uniao Leira W1 D2 L6 F8 A15 away.   Porto                v                 Uniao Leira           Home Win   Best of luck Pete. There look to be some great selections already. I can smell a win this week!!

[8]You''d like to teach the stand to sing in perfect harmony 　 [8]Sing in time, Sing in time Come on, eblock, Sing in time Sing in time Sing in time, Sing in time Sing in time, Sing in time Never need a reason, Never need a rhyme Sing in time, you sing in time! Down the Barclay! Down the Barclay, sing in time Down the Barclay, sing in time Never need a reason, Never need a rhyme Down the Barclay, sing in time Flap like the snakepit! Flap like the snakepit, sing in time Flap like the snakepit, sing in time Never need a reason, Never need a rhyme Flap like the snakepit, sing in time Lower Barclay Block E Row W Seat 128   Come and say hi![Y]   I want to see if you''re as fit as my old music teacher[:^)]   Well, fit as she was then.. she''d be really old now[:$]

[quote user="Nuff Said"]And being a little geographically challenged, can someone explain how Southampton''s academy is so successful under the 90 minute rule? [/quote] It could well have something to do with what''s 90 minutes away from Southampton?

[quote user="Alan BowCLUCK"] Lets not forget he inherited a ground where the main stand was a pile of ashes. He was responsible for overseeing the development of the GW stand and the new Barclay stand. In addition he obtained for NCFC a £2m grant for the new Barclay stand, developed the Colney training complex and recruited Gordon Bennett to develop the youth scheme. He certainly left a fantastic set up! Rather like Monty Python''s " What did the Romans ever do for us" then Tangy? [/quote] Now Tangie gets away with accusing me of being an expert in making stuff up yet cannot ever provide something I''ve made up. God only knows how you two get away with what you do on here. You must have something juicy on Pete.   Chase did not inherit a pile of ashes. He inherited the Geoffrey Watling stand. Already rising from the ashes when Sir Arthur''s board were forced to resign. Just another example of something you two make up. That Geoffrey Watling Stand that you give thanks to Chase for had feck all to do with him. The grant for the Barclay Stand came from the Football Trust because clubs had to comply with the Taylor Report. At the same time seats were put on the river end terrace.   It''s impossible to have a reasoned debate about anything on here when the likes of you two to$$ers make up stuff and then play the victim when you lose the argument. I know for the majority of posters on this board the truth is of no importance. But you two accusing me of making stuff up is laughable. If the plastic mods and tut-tutters don''t like this post then try reporting it because there is nothing in it but the truth.    

[quote user="cityangel"][quote user="nutty nigel"] When you''ve lost the argument the best option is obviously to wreck the thread. [/quote] So thats why so many threads have been ruined over the past few months  by the same old people argueing like they were in the school playground?  and may I add that was before Cluck reappeared recently [:D] [/quote] Same as it ever was Angel. Just like when you were ripping into Myra Hawtree[;)]

FFS Tangie. What makes you think you can make stuff up and post it as fact. Ruel Fox was born in 1968. He was on our books October 1983. Chase pushed Sir Arthur out in November 1985.

Who said I was arguing with you? I was sympathising with the fact that this type of rubbish helps shape some poor folks opinions of our club.  

Spin it how you like Tangie but you can''t deny that Chase inherited Gordon and Fox and sold them. Chris Sutton is a strange one because he was here and then rejected before being offered YTS. Dion Dublin was rejected during the Chase era and went on to be signed by Man U for 1m.   This great Chase love in doesn''t do him any great service. He inherited a fantastic set up and enjoyed the fruits but it''s also fair to say he contributed greatly to the glory days of the late 80s early 90s. However if he''d had to inherit his own mess none of that would have happened.    

[quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="nutty nigel"] “key players such as the goalkeeper David Marshall, the midfielder Sammy Clingan and the winger Lee Croft likely to be manning the lifeboats, just who will be lining out for the Canaries next season “ 　 　“Whether the majority shareholders, the celebrity chef Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones, have the stomach for such an overhaul is debatable, but Baldwin, who writes a regular blog on the club, says the consensus among fans is "Let''s be having you out". "I think she wants to leave, I don''t think I would like to hang around and take the level of criticism that she is taking now. It''s a bit of a moot point to what extent they are seeking outside investment. They''ve been in contact with Keith Harris, the dealmaker who looks for buyers for clubs, but it doesn''t look like anything has come from that, particularly in the current economic climate."     What a load of unsubstantiated bollox. I thank god I can follow the club in person rather than just googling my fix. No wonder some posters on here have such flawed views.   Beth - Shaun has posted on here as "the bigfella". I met him at around that time and he''s a top guy. I don''t agree with all his views but he is genuine and passionate. In fact I sat next to him at that infamous St Andrews Hall meeting that Tangie is so fond of[;)] [/quote]   So sourpuss, Clingan, Marshall and Croft didn''t man the lifeboats?   OTBC     [/quote] They did Babes. But they weren''t key players in the sense of that article. They were key players in getting us relegated. The key players are those that stayed at the club helped with the recovery. Key players like Wes Hoolahan. Adam Drury, Gary Doherty and Simon Lappin.

Greetings PUPs and welcome to week twenty three of the Rays Funds for FONCY season. This week we have Sports Desk Pete in charge and making the final selections. Pete has always supported these threads on his board both by taking part and attending many of our socials. And of course Pete remembers the pin every week so that we’re easy to find. He’s also a very successful PUP in his own right. His lifetime stats of 104/144 72% is great picking over such a long period. In fact by publishing these lifetime stats each week I am beginning to realise how rubbish I actually am!!   Now you PUPs did well last week in trying to avoid the games likely to be affected by the weather. I think we will have the same issues this weekend. The only advice I can give is that I have noticed the very top leagues in Europe have the best chance of being played. This is probably due to under soil heating and the like. Don’t forget for your selection to be eligible for the final six it must be listed on Bet365 website. You can also check this on odds checker. 　 So now I’ll hand the thread over to Sports Desk Pete now. Remember there’s no pressure because we are all going to be doing our best to help you get your name in the Free Bet Hall of fame. We all stand together with the single aim of raising money for our great clubs academy.   Good luck all you PUPs... Take it away Pete ... the free bet is yours.......[:)].....   As always I leave you with Rays signature which now reads :- 　 Carve their names with pride.Yankee,3,Fellas,3,P''boro,2,Mr Chops,2,NewYork, Inch High,3, Blahblahblah, NCFC_Shaun, 1st Wazzock, Fonejacker,3, Norfolkbroadslim, Norfolkchance1, Scooby,2, Trent Canary, Cosmic Twin, Graham Humphrey, Leedscanary, NcfcStar, Herman, Delia’s Devonshire Dirtbox, Lappinitup, Statto, yes Norfolkchance1 £1509 for the Academy,so far.