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[quote user="Steve H"]I seriously can''t believe some of the posts on here since we lost to Leicester. Since that direction changing international break after Plymouth (a) there have been numerous occasions at home and specifically away were City have either rode their luck or just commited plain daylight robbery, very few could argue against that... but some will. These results have just papered the cracks that were there anyway. [/quote]Staern John missing a penalty in the Southampton game and the Sheffield United offside "goal" spring to mind.

I thought you meant a moaning pundit (with or without the big chin), and I was about to point out that we have plenty of them on this board.

must be a blue moon, since i don''t see any flying pigs

WBA have already said that they''re over-budget and it''s only because they''ve got the pending sale of Curtis Davies that they''ll be able to afford him.

I''d don''t think the issue is the midfield, the issue is lack of cutting edge upfront. Whilst Dion is playing out of his skin, he''s pretty immobile these days, Jamie can''t buy a goal which just leaves Ched.

ah but this is norwich, we''re 1-0 up and we''ll spend the next 45 minutes biting our fingernails

must be one hell of a big burger

[quote user="sandboy"]Hang on. At present we are safe but many a slip between cup and lip. I still believe that Roeder will leave this club poorer and is only here to enhance his reputation. He still eyes the premership as where he wants to be and not with us.He will find some excuse to desert at the end of the season leaving us with same old squad and no new signings. I will apologise at the end of next season if he is still here as he will be linked with every vacancy between now and then.Please give me as much abuse as you want, but it is only my opinion-unless any one out there agrees  [/quote]Well he''s doing a great job of enhancing his reputation :-P He''s worked miracles with a threadbare squad.I find it unlikely that he''d leave Norwich, especially given the cut-throat nature of the Premership relegation battles.

If Birmingham get relegated, I think there''s a strong chance that they''ll reinstate him at the heart of their defence, since he''s so good at Championship level. With Wigan and Bolton both winning, Birmingham''s position is looking precarious.

[quote user="Graham Humphrey"]It''s never that simple is it? You get people moaning that all these players are rubbish, we''re not going anywhere or whatever, and then you get the people who think everything is brilliant, we''ll reach the playoffs and everyone will live happily ever after. Has anyone ever thought it might be somewhere in between? Here''s my view (as if you care): I think (in my opinion) we are skint, or at least close to it. That''s why we''ve only made one permanent signing and a load of loan signings. Especially as we''ve sold two players for £400k each and let more go on frees. [/quote]Well, for a start we had a £1 million bid on the table for Martin Taylor, but Birmingham wouldn''t let him go as they couldn''t get a replacement in.Also, we were sniffing around Martin Paterson, but Scunthorpe won''t play ball until they get relegated.So I''d say that there''s about £2 million available, but they''re trying to spend it wisely and get value for money.

Fotheringham off injured - hope it isn''t serious

[quote user="Kathy"][quote user="Norfolk Chance"]Are we signing Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from Celtic?[/quote] Thats original! [/quote]Reminds me of that Fast Show sketch where the woman would suggest something, they''d ignore it, only for a guy to repeat it moments later and get all the plaudits.

[quote user="JaundicedJockGeorgy"]How frustrating. I have found 10 of the players, but I''m completely "foxed" by one. He''s the six letter centre back. Can anybody give me a clue please?[/quote]Big clue is to think of central midfielders ;) Especially ones sold for good money at the end of that season or the next one

[quote user="Salahuddin"]The recent story in the Pinkun that leads with Roeder buying in bulk is a little curious to me.  But Roeder said: “Every position is on my shopping list. When I''ve finished you won''t recognise this squad.”[/quote] Well, if things go the way they look like they''re going, the squad on Feb 1st will be identical to the one we have now.

[quote user="Graham Humphrey"]Isn''t it slightly dangerous, though, to just assume we''ll be okay this season and just save the cash (if there is any) for next year? It''s not as if we''re safe or anything.[/quote]Especially since Ched Evans'' loan at the moment is only for a month, and with Dublin/Cureton/Evans up front we couldn''t score against Leicester. If you''re going to remove Brown and Strihavka, then you''ve got to bring another striker in.

The comments from Roeder the initial Taylor bid seemed to infer that money was available, but if we matched the QPR bid, then there wouldn''t be a lot left for anyone else. I''d guess Roeder has secured a pot of around £1.5 million to spend.

[quote user="Mr.Carrow"]Big gaps evident at St.Andrews on MOTD last night and even at a 20,000 capacity Fratton Park. Sort of puts our crowds into context doesn`t it? Small club? Absolute b****cks![/quote]Also highlights the impact of the TV money, Portsmouth have Sol Campbell on a reported £100,000 a week and Diarra on £50,000. Creates an unlevel playing field.

Well, the ticket prices were discussed in November, when relegation was a serious possibility (and it''s a still a slight possibility now)

I see the ghost of Dave Cotterill hovering over us................ Great, so we might be getting someone in on loan, byut then again we might not. This feels like yet another "We''re trying really hard but can''t get anyone" story.

I believe that this translates as "Who can I sack first"?

[quote user="cityangel"]We need a proven striker and a Martin Taylor and then we will be a force to be reckoned with.[/quote]at this rate we need more than one striker

[quote user="we8wba"] and who has been doing great for villa in keeping out goals hmmm carson thats why villa are in their highest position for quite few seasons, what difference villa this year and villa of last year 1difference carson, thats why they excelled to next level. with having easy start to campaign and few friendlies and next tourney in 2010 then carson looks the sensible choice to be out of all of them but as i said none of them are to the standards of say casillas, buffon, vds which our main rivals would all have [/quote] I think it''s far more down to Martin O''Neills tactics and coaching and the performances of Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry and John Carew. After Carson''s mistake against Croatia the England defence went to pieces because they had no confidence in him.

I doubt it, for a start he''s just raised £800,000 selling players, and at the rate he''s shipping players out he needs replacements.

[quote user="we8wba"]i dont for one second believe what birmingham are saying david gold is very intelligant man and he isnt going to say we have to accept the original bid to accept and mean it im sure birmingham are looking for improved bid and just trying to obtain a bid for a player which they thought would be sold easily with you and qpr chasing which actually done the opposite and gone quiet   your thoughts? [/quote]Hmm, I''m thinking about the £1.5-2M loss they made on Rowan Vine in just over a year :-P

Rick Waghorn was a bit wide of the mark then :http://norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/full_article.asp?i=2365&w=25&a=0&part=0