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Please Mr Lambert, sir, could we have Lewis McGugan?
First Jedi replied to Walphy's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"to add to a pretty creative midifled of Hooly, Surman, Crofts, Fox and Macnamee" I doubt McNamee will kick a ball in anger for us this season... no offence to the lad, but he isn''t good enough for the Championship, let alone the Prem. I''d love McGugan, personally...! Him, Bennett (done deal according to the Brighton papers... probably should go down stairs and ask the club directly!) and a couple of defenders and I think we''d be there! :D -
Norwich City - in When Saturday Comes
First Jedi replied to woodsy's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
It was Scottlarock in this thread; http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun/cs/forums/3/2534751/ShowPost.aspx -
"Omar Koroma" Genius, sir, genius! :D
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Cody McDonald AGAIN. Deal with it.
First Jedi replied to Hoolahan? Youlahan!'s topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Put me down as another rare fan who wants him to stay under a longer contract, but the first 1/2 of the season on loan at championship. -
"A good friend of mine posts on there so i set up an account (which he doesnt know is me) to wind him up. All in good fun." Heheheh... nice work dude! :D
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@ NCFCPaul - awesome, totally awsome! ahahaha!
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Norwich 10,000/1 to win PL
First Jedi replied to Thecanaryfan's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Where can I get those 10000/1 odds? -
Norwich 10,000/1 to win PL
First Jedi replied to Thecanaryfan's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
So, as a Norwich fan, you''ve a better shot at winning more money than Swansea... what are you whinging about again? :) -
Blackpool Dumping Players
First Jedi replied to The Voice Of Reason's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"Playing guitar right-handed - surprised me that since he is soo left-footed!" I''m right handed and (very) left footed. But I skate and snowboard right footed... which oddly, I think, makes it easier.... so meh! Does make playing the drums a total pain tho! :) -
Lambert Best Manager in England!
First Jedi replied to NCFC for life 1993-'s topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
He got manager of the year by Football 365; http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8750_6947234,00.html -
Latest Lambert rumour courtesy of The Sun...
First Jedi replied to Alex Moss's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"Pay the man... end of story." They are. Do you think he''s been here for free the past 2 years...? Or maybe that he got paid...? hahahaha! "Sky is blue... end of story." -
Latest Lambert rumour courtesy of The Sun...
First Jedi replied to Alex Moss's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"Premier club wants Lambert" - is a statement that is true for as long as we want him! WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE! -
Latest Lambert rumour courtesy of The Sun...
First Jedi replied to Alex Moss's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
A rolling contract rolls on, you don''t re-sign it. That''s kinda the point...? "Prem clubs what Lambert" has been true for over a year now, and remains true. If they didn''t want him, he wouldn''t be as awesome as he is! :) -
"Isn''t 2/1 a one in three chance, ie two chances against one chance, total of three chances?" Um... to be fair, I''ve never thought of it like that...! But it''s essentially - put in 1, get 2 back. Hence you''ve doubled you money... which is a 200% payback... so - theoretically the bookies are setting that price for something likely to happen every other go...? e.g. 50% chance of it happening. But as you are also getting your stake back, also.... so in that sense you bet X and get 300% back... so you might be right, actually... gonna have to check this out later! Can''t believe I''ve might''ve been thinking about this wrong so long! Lucky I don''t bet, eh? ;)
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Sky Sports News NOW! MARC TIERNEY WHAT A HERO
First Jedi replied to Cappsy's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"Exactly the same went through my mind. The numbers are certainly going to be shuffled." Why? Didn''t Delia years ago say they''d not change numbers, so that people who''ve bought shirts with numbers wouldn''t be annoyed? -
6. Consider if QPR had been given a 10 point, 30 point or even a relegation as a punishment announced in March. How would this have affected their own players approach to remaining matches and what impact would that have had on the points earned by the teams they later played who could have had an unfair advantage playing against a team that had psychologically imploded. Far more sensible to delay any announcement so that everyone assumes no points will be deducted, so the chasing pack give it their all and assume that 3rd place misses auto-promotion, and 7th place misses the play-offs. This would ensure that no one can have any complaints of unfair advantage when a decision is made. 7. Also if a relegation is the penalty imposed then if this had been announced in March it would have meant QPR would have had to gain promotion to the Premier League to ensure they stayed in the Championship. This would clearly be an intolerable position to put them in at that time or indeed for the other clubs so the FA, by delaying the decision, have ensured the integrity of the season, and also giving a massive hidden clue that a points deduction at least is guaranteed. Consider the alternative, if it was just a fine then impose it now, why wait? 8. Points deductions are imposed for far less serious offences. A club going into administration, which mostly happens due to mismanagement and not fraud guarantees a 10 point deduction. Luton Town were deducted 10 points for illegal agent payments and a further 20 points for issues around their administration status. This effectively relegated them out of the Football League! QPR should be looking at a minimum 10 point penalty plus an additional penalty for attempting to deceive the FA. The treatment of Luton Town demonstrates that the FA will impose the rules ruthlessly regardless of the implications to the punished club. Hereford and Torquay were deducted 3 points and 1 point respectively for each fielding an illegible player in their match on 1st February. This was the day after the transfer window closed and basically resulted from clerical errors in the form filling process of players signed in the last few hours of the transfer window. So a @#$% up, not fraud, but resulted in points being docked. If QPR don''t get a points deduction for what they have done then it will fly in the face of the precedent set down to all other clubs. 9. In summary then I believe QPR will face something like a 30 point penalty deduction, as that is the scale of the seriousness of the offences, which assuming they fill one of the top two slots will equate to a relegation. All this talk of legal cases are a smoke screen. The FA have QPR bang to rights and determining the penalty is all that needs to be agreed. They are going to take a very dim view of the attempt to deceive them, as they did with Luton Town. 10. A 30 point deduction would place QPR out of even the play off mix, allowing for the playoffs to proceed unhindered
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Dunno if this has been posted before, but it''s a very clear explanation (if still speculation!), including why the FA have waited till now, and also why they''ve postponed the decision till after the last game... http://www.qprnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10013&start=15 QPR Points Deduction It seems to me that the whole QPR points deduction scenario is one coloured by uncertainty about what the implications would if a points deduction were imposed and to that end, depending on which camp you''re in, whether you''re an optimist or pessimist, or whether you are prone to clutching at straws will determine how you view the scenario. Most people, I think sensibly, have adopted the bury the head in the sand philosophy and will wait and see with everyone committing to "getting as many points as we can". Before our game with QPR on Saturday the BBC were reporting that they "understood" that QPR will ultimately be fined and not face a points deduction, and indeed the QPR spin machine has been engaging in a full on assault since the charges were brought to push the message that they would not be getting a points deduction. I must confess to have only taking a passing interest in the QPR story when it broke in March, but as we reach the climax of the season my interest was piqued and I have spent several hours researching the allegations, reading the FA website, reading news reports and reading blog reports of several fan websites including our own, QPR''s and Crystal Palace''s who''s fans have taken great interest in the plight of their local rivals, particularly after their own points deduction last season. My conclusions should give QPR fans real concern and should only lead to one possible outcome, and are as follows: 1. The charges faced by QPR are extremely serious and are fundamentally two-fold. That they broke third party player ownership rules that were clearly established and made clear to all clubs after the Tevez affair, and that (in my view more seriously) they then attempted to cover up this breach in October 2010 by submitting falsified documents to the FA. 2. Alot of people compare the QPR situation to West Ham''s with Tevez, however when charged West Ham held their hands up immediately and many feel this helped them avoid a points deduction, plus there was never any real suggestion of attempted fraud, ultimately it was found that they had broken the rules but, lets say, they had perhaps been naive of the rules. QPR on the other hand have refuted the claims the FA have brought (which as we have seen with Rooney recently doesn''t go down well with the FA), and we have the added issue of an attempted fraud. 3. This fraud element moves this (in my view) into a very different scenario and one which people haven''t suggested as a comparison, but here goes 1990 Swindon Town. If you''re not old enough to remember Swindon won promotion from what became the Championship to what would become the Premier League via the play-offs but were found guilty of making illegal payments to players and a few weeks later were relegated two divisions by the FA this was later reduced to a one division relegation and they found themselves back in the Championship. 4. It is this precedent that I feel will mean that QPR will face a points deduction at least. . Many people have said that the FA have screwed up by delaying the decision until the last week of the season, I think this is entirely deliberate and is ultimately the right way to have handled this - consider the Swindon example from 1990. The charges against Swindon were identified well before the end of season playoffs but the FA sensibly allowed the season to run its course with all teams trying their best. Some might say it was cruel to Swindon fans to let them experience promotion however had they lost the playoffs presumably they would have been relegated to what became League One, instead of back to the Championship i.e the faced a one division relegation as their penalty regardless of how they finished up. I think the FA are using this as a precedent, to give no indication of a points deduction so that all teams play to their potential without bringing the integrity of this Championship season into question. QPR may need to gain promotion to the Premier League in order that they are relegated back to the Championship and not League One as with the Swindon case.
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Has someone upset 1st wizard again ?
First Jedi replied to im spartacus canary 's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
"Has someone upset 1st wizard again ?" Oh, I hope so! :D -
Holt (Bolton) and Elmander (Norwich)
First Jedi replied to Bovril's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
At least Grolt plunks his eyebrow. -
Because having a bus in front of goal, might make it difficult for people to score past it! :)
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I thought they''d removed the vowels and it was pronounced "T.W.a.T '' eD"