pak mei

Hughton for me too closely followed by holloway

I wish him all the very best in all his appointments after this but i hope the villa go down under his leadership

[quote user="nutty nigel"] I love Gunny The Legend[Y]   [/quote]I agree

over the years you get to see several of the stars at various functions, my most memorable has to be whilst talking to Don King at wembley in 1986 mohammad Ali coming to stand beside him. I was awe struck

have no fear we''re not an easy team to beat now and we''ll raise ourselves for this one

[quote user="tank"]Hoolohan for Lee anyone..[/quote]Why, you can''t play Lee and Holt in the same team so No thanks

[quote user="CDMullins"]If Cody hasnt got a first touch now, he will never have one![/quote]Joking aint ya, young lad in his first season as a pro

[quote user="Lord Horn"]I was bought up in an era when it would have been unthinkable for City not to kick towards the Barclay in the second half (given the choice).  Do you think we can persuade our new Messiah ''The Lord Lambert'' to return to these traditional values? Or, do you not give a toss?[/quote]Whilst I have no memory of that being the case I totally agree that it should be so

I like the oldest stinkiest strongest tasting stuff I can find

[quote user="nr1"]Mate if you been there since the 70/80s you would realise that was when the proper fans were about now its far to corperate time to go back to the 80s where i enjoyed a good day out at carrow road.[/quote]Life changes mate, I was there through all of that period, enjoyed it immensly and had my fair share of rucks,  I also remember being beaten up by spurs fans as a kid and the thing is I take my own kids now and I don''t want that for them. Have a good scrap outside the ground with my blessing but leave the atmosphere inside the ground as it is.

[quote user="NottsCanary"]Ha, yeah, changed the seats now, just had a look at few pictures on the internet and changed the seat, now near front of upper barclay, as my sister probably wont appreciate the lack of a view from behind the goals.[/quote]great view there,I''ve had my season ticket up there for about fifteen years after making the mistake of sitting with dead people in the river end for a year

[quote user="Camuldonum"]No, he walked out.  But we did not accept his resignation (as of yesterday). Interesting isn''t it?  Wonder what the FL tribunal will make of it all. [/quote]with a bit of luck they''ll be distracted

These are very old retired police horses, the club provides water and a little bit of hay and the retired police horse welfare society exercise them outside the ground on match day as a gesture of good will. As for the hot dogs, well eventually they are past exercising

Norwich for me as we are our own worst enemies usually

Congratulations Mr whittle sir, I was standing right behind the goal when Bruce headed home that semi final winner that was my highpoint after that the final was always gonna be ours

can''t remember his exact words but he did say there''s a couple of things in the air

[quote user="city-till-i-die"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Lots of talk about Doc, Askou, Nelson, Spillane, but what would people''s best Back 4 be, based on the squad we have available - and assuming we play 4 at the back?Personally, I''d go for: Spillane        Doc     Askou      Drury Tough on Lappin but I''d rather put him at left wing. [/quote]Hows about..... Spillane      Askou     Drury     Wiggins [/quote] Mmm how odd

[quote user="city-till-i-die"]I always enjoy the football season...but enjoy league 1....NO CT  [/quote]absolutely not and it''s gonna be damn difficult to get out of it. Give me the championship any day, most enjoyable league in english football

[quote user="Dronny Canary"][quote user="First Wizard"][quote user="city till i die"][quote user="First Wizard"] I find it odd that everyone thought Jamie played well, even Lambo...........and yet you............... [/quote]Wiz...you cant keep defending him m8...his job is to score goals and it isnt just happening for him for what ever reason, we cannot afford to carry any player he is 33 and on the way down im affraid...and by the looks of it dropping like a stone [/quote] He drags defenders out of postion mate, and creates space for other players to exploit, Lambo sees this.........its a pity some fans can''t! They call me a flip flop, but on Curo and Lambo I won''t change. [/quote] We all have our own opinions on Cureton.  I''ve been really surprised to see him even in the squad and would have preferred Cody.  Having said that, all I can say is that based on today''s game, Wizard, I''ve got to agree with you.  It''s not just about scoring goals it''s about the overall shape and effectiveness of the whole team.  Today Cureton was a good "foil" for Holt, and he does pull defenders around using his experience and nouse. [/quote]I''d just love to see him get a couple of goals to see if that would really give his game a lift, this is the first time whilst playing for us that he''s had that big target man beside him that his game requires.There''s no doubt in my mind that if we get the ball to him in the right positions he could still score a lot of goals

[quote user="Camuldonum"][:|] And the worst ever away defeat for Norwich was in 1908 when you were beaten 10-2 by Swindon Town, both then members of the Southern League of blessed memory.  God knows who got the blame for that one. [:P] Colchester''s worst ever defeat was almost as crazy a game as our 7-1 victory.  Not that many years ago: away to Orient we hit the post or bar six times in the first 20 minutes - they got three breakaways before half time.  We hit the post twice more at the start of the second half and then conceded three goals in eight minutes, eventually losing 8-0.  [+o(] [/quote]Yeah but to compare Colchester with Norwich is just .......................................... Oh yeah we''re in the same division now

[quote user="mastoola"]good football beats bad footbal....its as simple as that. [/quote]Yeah but that''s not what we''re saying I don''t think. A team of average league one players trying to play premiership football will finish well below the team that plays to there own capabilities and utilises their strengths

[quote user="Jonnypncfc"][quote user="foggo7"][quote user="bristol_canary"]if you spelt players right then I might attempt a sensible answer, but I really can''t be bothered.[/quote]What a w@nkerish answer why did you not just say nothing, far too much of that cr@p on this forum it spoils it for the grown ups[/quote] at last some one who can not be botherd with childish anwsers! just reply with an anwser to my question! thanks foggo7! im mgetting sick and tired of people reply like that! we just are putting a view across! its not mastermind![/quote]well as I''ve said we all skim read and reply only to the posts that interest us so there is no need for that, these people I''m sure would not talk like that to your face

[quote user="Shack Attack"]I''ve been meaning to comment on this for a couple of weeks now but I''ve only just got round to typing it all out. There seems to be an abundance of posts which are basically variations on the theme of the title of this thread. Whether it''s the need to field a certain player, or to drop another, the need for good delivery from set pieces or to play 4-4-2. All of them can be explained by the ''fact'' that "you have to/can''t do this at League One level". The reason I''ve started this thread is to see if I can get to the bottom of this phenomenon and see whether anybody can actually produce any statistics that back up these comments. As far as I can make out from what I''ve seem so far there is not a huge difference between League One and The Championship. It''s reasonably physical, played at the high tempo which is typical of British football and the ball spends an awful lot of time in the air. Aside from that the rules are the same, the goals are the same size and what you really need to be successful is to have better players in a better organised system than the opposition. Where is the difference between that and any other level of football? What am I missing? A lot of the comments seem to centre on the style of football that is required ''at this level'' (yet another comment that seems to suggest we''re playing teams from a completely different planet). The general consensus seems to be that any form of pretty football is out and what we really need is big, physical players who are capable of kicking lumps out of the opposition. Yet from what I''ve seen so far this is simply not the case. We lost against Colchester because our defence was terribly organised and kept making ghastly individual errors (a fair few of which were from that archetypal League One centre half Nelson) not because we were out muscled. Colchester mixed it up quite nicely by keeping it on the floor on occasions and being more direct on others. We beat Wycombe because we pressed them high up the pitch and made good use of the ball when the inevitable happened and the coughed the ball up. We scored a couple of goals from set pieces (which are vitally important ''at League One level'' so I''m told) but we won the game because we were better organised than them and kept the ball better than them. One of the other points I keep seeing is that we have to play 4-4-2 ''at this level''. I shouldn''t be surprised by this as it is not just confined to supporters of League One clubs and it seems to stem from the feeling that it is an attacking formation. This is of course nonsense as formations are neutral and it is the players that are placed in it which determine whether it is attacking or defensive. As an example Manchester United and Barcelona both play with one up front on occasions as do Spain and nobody would accuse these teams of being defensive. Similarly one of our best performances of last season came in the home game against Ipswich where we played one up front and tore them a new one. I don''t see why this should be any different in League One. In conclusion my view is that we need a team which is capable of mixing up the way it plays and which takes to the field in a formation which suits it best. But that''s what you need at any level of football so let''s stop making out that League One is a special case.[/quote]I think you can do anything in league one if you are able to attract the players capable of what you''re trying to produce, this however is not easy so the style of play is dictated by the low standard of players available

[quote user="bristol_canary"]if you spelt players right then I might attempt a sensible answer, but I really can''t be bothered.[/quote]What a w@nkerish answer why did you not just say nothing, far too much of that cr@p on this forum it spoils it for the grown ups

[quote user="Nexus_Canary"]OTJ could be loaned out for a season or so ? How old is he, he looks quite young.Gill & Nelson are my picks for dudsGot a funny feeling we will all be thinking very differently of Mr Theohighgfghfjgfhgjfhgjfghfjkgfhgjfghfhgfhgfhgtis in a few months. Saying that i could be wrong ! [/quote]Thats easy for you to say