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They always like to manage expectations by giving a worse case scenario. So when they come back 'early' everyone is pleased. Vice versa and it really looks bad.

Correct. It's his right foot; and that's needed to drive with for sure.

I find tonights update on Sargent of "months not weeks" as quite bizarre. Why ? Because on Sunday morning (day after Huddersfield game) we spotted him driving his car in the next village to us. That's the gospel truth. There is a strong habit of exagerating the likely period out, to cover for the 'worst case' scenario. Then it looks good when they come back 'early'. Time will tell, but my feeling is 'weeks not months'. You don't drive a car the day after if it's really bad. Before anyone says "ah but he could have been driving an automatic", do note it is his right foot/ankle that's injured . . . .

Brilliant signing. If you missed my earlier post, when he played here in September he totally embarrassed Russell Martin and gave him a torrid time. I''ve not forgotten him since. Class player.

I''ve never forgotten Wildschut since he played right in front of me (Jarrolds) on the left wing for a Wigan at the start of this season. Russell Martin simply could not cope at right back and had a torrid evening. He is a very impressive player.

Why do the kit designers have this fixation with yellow and green when it come to our away kits ? This is when free licence should be given for completely different/random colours to be tried - other clubs do it so why don''t we ? Personally I don''t think we''ve had a decent away kit for over 20 years. The two new ones just out are both own goals IMO.

The Football League website has it as Roger East. Both linesman have PL experience this season too (as linesmen), but not regularly. Also confirms James Linington as 4th official. I guess the profile of the officials would have been higher if the game was isolated from the PL programme. Mr East and one of the linesman on Saturday (Mark Scholes) have been together for most of the PL games that Mr East has been in charge, so they clearly go round as team. Those with good memories will recall that the other linesman who has been with Roger East for most of his PL games this season (Mr R West) has not been invited to officiate at Carrow Road this weekend, and with good reason. He was the linesman who gave two criminal decisions in quick succession at the Emirates Stadium a couple of years ago to award Arsenal a penalty when we were drawing with Arsenal. Clearly the history of officials with certain teams is kept on file for a long time by the powers that be.

I''m surprised with this situation, and disappointed with Hughton and the club. Wes offers something different that none of our current midfielders do - the ability to unlock defences etc. The guy deservedly got MoM against Man Utd, so I can''t see how anyone can put him down. Very sad if he leaves, as I''d always try to fit him in the side if I was in charge. The guy can entertain on the pitch, something that was so so absent in the game against Hull. Although we won the game he really should have come on.

We''re currently in the bottom eight of the Prem. Of the seven teams around us, we''ve played three, and taken 7pts. We still have 11 games to play against these seven teams. Look at it another way, and 8 of our 11 games have been against teams in the top 12. Still worried we''re going to struggle this season ? No, me neither.

I was sat very close to him, and was one of those calling for help. He didn''t fall, and was in his seat the whole time, before being carried below the stand. It was very worrying and I hope he makes a full recovery and is back watching again soon. It did seem quite a while before the paramedics arrived, but I guess it always seems longer than it is when it''s an emergency. Well done to all those that assisted. I''m sure that the incident will be fully reviewed. My feeling is that the paramedics would be better placed looking up at the crowd from in front of the front row, instead of at the back of the stand - it would have probably halved the response time.

There''s a lot of positivity and optimism on this thread, which IMO is terribly short sighted. I know I won''t be alone in saying I''ll be making better use of my time instead of going to any NCFC cup game (League or FA) for quite some time. The club don''t really care about cup games at present, the players certainly don''t, so the supporters shouldn''t either. Luton and Leicester, and to a degree Villa are all too recent to forgive. I took my two young boys to the Luton game, and felt cheated and embarrassed. They''re only 6 and 7 but already know enough about football, and genuinely couldn''t understand how we lost, and left the game very confused. It will take me a lot longer than just this season for the club to receive my forgiveness, and many many others will share the same feelings. For the time being, NCFC cup games are just too hollow and are a waste of time and money, whatever the ticket price is set at.

Sung in the early 90''s, but seldom heard since - You are my Norwich, My only Nowrich You make me happy, When skies are grey You''ll never notice, how much I love you So please don''t take my Norwich away

Resting players in an FA Cup Final ? I''ve never heard anything so stupid. Forget what the final has now become, it''s still the FA Cup Final, and a once in a lifetime game for the Wigan players. No-one will want to be rested. Absurd.

If we stay up you will make £50, less your £3 stake = £47 profit. If we go down, you will lose £50 with your mate, but make £48 profit from your £3 bet = £2 loss. You don''t say when you had the £50 bet with your mate. If it was last August that makes sense. If it was last week then he''s the biggest fool of all time, as he''s taken evens when he could had 16/1, and made £800 if we go down.

The above comment relates to City 1st''s entry further up this thread

Wrong, wrong, wrong my friend. Your comments imply that if heavy money was lumped on Norwich, and very little on Wigan, then Wigan would now be 16/1. Absurd. The odds are based on the likelihood of an event happening - that''s why Wigan are 4/11 right now. Let''s say a brand new firm has just opened their relegation book and not yet taken a bet - the odds they give on each team will be close to how the market is already looking, otherwise they''ll be "filled in" big time on those teams where they''ve offered too big odds. I''d have £1000''s on Wigan at evens right now for sure.

Wolves added another tier to a stand towards the end of their recent spell in the PL, and they''re now staring League One in the face. Be careful what you wish for IMO. Just one week ago, we were a home defeat away from being perilously close to going down. As another poster said, let''s wait until we''re more like Fulham, who very rarely come close to going down.

MOTD may edit Hughton''s post match comments to omit his thoughts on the linesman, but if you go to the BBC''s website you can see the full unedited 3-4 mins interview

I''m a City fan to the core, but today was sat in the Arsenal end, courtesy of some complimentary tickets. My position was directly behind the linesman, near the corner flag. For those of you sharp enough to know, each linesman does the same touch line for the whole game, so the man in question (Mr West ?) was in front of me for the entire 90mins In the first half there was at least one occasion when he got it badly wrong - an easy throw in flag went Arsenals way and Johnson berated him for it with every right. There''s been plenty of comment on here about the penalty decision, but we first need to take it back a further 30 seconds, to his decision to award a corner. Hopefully they''ll scrutinise this decision on MOTD tonight - when I saw it first hand just behind the linesman I was livid that he''d given a corner, such was my belief that I thought it was a goal kick. At this point you would think that he''d realise that he''d just made a highly dubious flag for a corner (in Arsenal''s favour), and that this decision would be compounded were he to make a similar rash decision in their favour soon after. But alas he did, and this makes it even more galling. The combination of the two decisions (remember the second one was from 40yds) does lead me to agree with another poster on this thread, that the linesman is bent and had some form of financial interest in Arsenal winning. Players are investigated for corrupt betting, and so should this official be. The crassness and closeness of his two decisions warrants it.

I went to the home leg of the final, the crowd was around 12,000 Daryl Godbold is now a colleague at the company I work for, on the outskirts of Norwich

Most of you on this thread are blind to the fact that were it not for Hughton we''d be a lot lower than we are. If we still had last season''s defence we''d already be down. With the resources (and players) we currently have it''s a miracle we are where we are. Yesterday was poor, and we lacked any idea, but we''ll still find enough points in the last 7 games to stay up. As I''ve said in another thread, with their run-in I genuinely fear for Sunderland. I think Wigan and Villa will get out.

Regardless of tonight''s sacking, and putting aside our own shortcomings, their run-in is very tough, and IMO offers us a degree of comfort. Yes we need a few more points which I think we''ll get. Wigan and Villa I can see getting out. I genuinely fear for Sunderland

Rather than having a go at the so called part-time fans for moaning and not singing - and let''s face it there was very little to get vocal about, especially in the first half - I actually feel sorry for all those families and children (the future supporters of our club) who came and saw such an abject performance. They no doubt left feeling disappointed, disallusioned, and annoyed. The club made an abysmal blunder in fielding the team they did and so going all out to win, knowing how much future support (many of whom can''t currently get to see PL games but are still avid supporters) was going to be attending. I took my two boys, aged 5 and 7, who are both already fervent fans, despite having only been to 2 or 3 friendliest, and feel upset that they''ve had to watch such abject rubbish. Scratch below the surface of our strongest XI and there''s a pittance of any quality underneath, who can''t gel when asked to.

This Saturday will be the first time for nearly 3yrs that Norwich supporters have been able to watch the team play from a terraced stand (Bristol Rovers away being the last time). It will be a case of spectating how it used to be. I will be there, and for me the previous occasion was Fulham v Norwich 13/1/2000, so a very long time. My terrace days date back to the early 80''s and standing on a milk crate in the River End, and later on I also got to savour the Barclay terrace. For many, their first experience will go back a lot further. Terraces have a special atmosphere all of their own, and Saturday will be no exception. Who knows when the next time will be after Saturday, it could even be the last time ever. Please add you own thoughts and recollections, good or bad - cracking atmospheres or treated like cattle (or both) ?

I''ve been a big Turner doubter right back to seeing him play in the Monchengladbach friendly, and up until yesterday those initial feelings were very much borne out.  It appeared that Hoots felt he had to play him to justify the 2 million price tag . . . . . but he had a really good game yesterday, as did the whole team of course.  He didn''t get asked any major questions though, so I wouldn''t  be getting carried away on the back of one performance.  Despite my reservations, I very much hope he can carry his latest performance into the rest of the season, not just for him and Hoots, but for the good of the club as a whole.