Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

To be fair, Doherty had played as a striker quite a lot before we bought him.

Agreed. There's a huge feel good factor going on right now, and there seems to be a few expecting us to finish mid-table. As soon as reality kicks in after a tough first five games (Newcastle at home aside- and a failure to win that one will have the same consequence) then I think some people will turn. It's normal for fans of any club and it seems to particularly common for sections of our fanbase. A lot can change in football in a very short time.

I also get into regular arguments with 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60-year-old idiots on Facebook over those type of comments, although I've been cutting down recently. I know what Hogesar is trying to say, as I nodded in agreement when I read it, but I see Lapps' point about it being ageist (what a snowflake!!*). However, speaking as someone in their 20s (just), the 60-year-old idiots who post that type of nonsense should really know better. You can understand a 14-year-old making irrational knee-jerk comments as they may not be mature enough to make informed decisions (another ageist comment, I know) but grown adults should have the intelligence to not make them. This is why I prefer this board to social media when it comes to Norwich City. The majority of posters may be a generation or two older than me, but at least the majority of them have their heads screwed on. But I do fear that the idiots who enjoy piping up only when the team is struggling will turn up on this board within a couple of months, unfortunately. Unless we're in the top half (highly unlikely) they just won't be able to resist sharing their 'I told you two years ago that Farke/Delia was no good, such and such a player is crap, this style of management structure will never work' comments. *Comment made in jest

That's the way it should be- but it won't. This forum isn't too bad generally, but if you look through the club's social media channels then they're full of moaners who complain at the drop of a hat. They seem to get off on it. As soon as we lose a couple of games social media will be unbearable.

You're new around here, right?

After the debate that raged in the Cricket World Cup thread over Broadstairs' use of the P-word, where everyone who disapproved of the word was also a 'snowflake', I'm starting to think he just deliberately posts these ridiculous things to get bites. Either that or he's a homophobic racist.

And there we go again with the condescending playground insults, when everyone has pointed out that you are indeed wrong and not one person agrees with you. Re-read your last sentence and add the letters 'o', 'n' and 'e' at the end of the final word.

Have you ever been to Notting Hill carnival?

Really?

Well, at least we made it until halfway down the second page before the first homophobic comments. And those homophobic comments by a very small minority are the reason why there are no openly gay players in this country, and why coming out for a player is such a big deal.

When Celtic signed Connell from Bolton this summer, they paid more than they were obliged to as a goodwill gesture. Would we do the same?

No, they got merged, and to the best of my knowledge nothing was deleted. Nobody has said anything out of place (yet).

So the defensive midfielder is still fair game?

It could be, but unlikely. How would the troublemaker who set up the fake account know that there was a Norwich player about to come out? My gut instinct- and I really hope I'm wrong- is that it's a fake account and Amal has fallen for it.

Aren't we sick to death of politics on here already?