ROBFLECK

Reality check... we''re going down

Question: Who will score the goals that bring the wins? Question: Back four is leaking silly goals every other game, not good ... for winning streak I''m hoping it all turns out like we want it to, but I just can''t see our team getting it together. The reason for that is, we got so euphoric after the Barnsley game, got a few draws in games we should''ve won. The heads dropped and now we''re really in the doldrums... Sorry, I can''t really see it happening, but it''s football isn''t it?

PIGS MIGHT FLIE....

[quote user="delboycanary"] Norwich City , could become a league one club by the start of next season. But one thing that keeps me sain , is that leicetser and their fans have done great since relegation , and I think our fans are more loyal and given this we must back the manager, the players and most of all the board. We need them to keep the players that we have, and not be forced into selling. Croft is probably going to vanish and it looks like clingan too, possibly Marshall , but i think we have replacements at the club. The biggest worry for me is that with so many loan players at carrow road, we are going to be down to the bare bones and we will not get back the likes of bertrand , gow , killen etc, so we need to rely on our youngsters, and having seen them in action this season I really think we could mount a serious challenge and an exciting one with so many youngsters. They are as good as playing league on stuff  already .. [/quote] Interesting statement Delboycanary, I agree with your opinion... But what troubles me is still the board... They''ve made such a mess of it, for me and many others it''ll be hard to believe in them...

[quote user="NorwichRat"][quote user="ROBFLECK"] After reading the main threads on the board for the last half an hour, I feel most of us have agreed on the fact that avoiding relegation will be like climbing Mount Everest. We''ve played hree/two games more than teams around us and we can''t score goals... I wonder how relegation will affect most of you? I for one have already accepted it. Not very optinistic I know, but the form-book, championship referees, our own board it seems are against us. If someone had told me we were going down to the third tier of league football 15 years ago I would confidently have sneered: "You must be jokin'', we''re not a topclub but we''re definitely prem. league or thereabouts !"  Today I couldn''t avoid a nod, "yes mate, it seems like it, doesn''t it?" I really hope supporters give the board  it full in their face, but at this club the "support" just keeps on coming... Whatever happens, Carra''s gonna be full, supporting NCFC, their board of plonkers and their nitwit manager. I used to have no problem with that.  "Great supporters" that''s what NCFC is all about! But the last two or three seasons have shown that everyone can get that support, even if he or she don''t even have a bit of the FOOTBALLING side of the club in their minds. Astounding, isn''t it? [/quote] No its not astounding its a very well supported club out in the sticks. What astounds me is that posters on here have a inflted view of their own importance - YOU ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE A MINORITY!!! [/quote] The only of importance is our club and it''s going down fast, so facing the facts is not wrong is it?

After reading the main threads on the board for the last half an hour, I feel most of us have agreed on the fact that avoiding relegation will be like climbing Mount Everest. We''ve played hree/two games more than teams around us and we can''t score goals... I wonder how relegation will affect most of you? I for one have already accepted it. Not very optinistic I know, but the form-book, championship referees, our own board it seems are against us. If someone had told me we were going down to the third tier of league football 15 years ago I would confidently have sneered: "You must be jokin'', we''re not a topclub but we''re definitely prem. league or thereabouts !"  Today I couldn''t avoid a nod, "yes mate, it seems like it, doesn''t it?" I really hope supporters give the board  it full in their face, but at this club the "support" just keeps on coming... Whatever happens, Carra''s gonna be full, supporting NCFC, their board of plonkers and their nitwit manager. I used to have no problem with that.  "Great supporters" that''s what NCFC is all about! But the last two or three seasons have shown that everyone can get that support, even if he or she don''t even have a bit of the FOOTBALLING side of the club in their minds. Astounding, isn''t it?

[quote user="clumber1987"] lets hope we make it back at the first attempt.   We''re not down yet! [/quote] Dream on!

[quote user="lincoln canary"] in all seriousness though the two major problems that have cost us dear are 1. injurys to kennedy and stef who were starting to look quality together 2. and the failure to recruit a decent target man/powerful striker. if theses factors had not been issues then i fully believe we would have been playoff chasing [/quote] Completely agree! But with Rodent in charge we''d never been playoff chasing....

Agree Jack, we''ve gotta support the team on the pitch. But haven''t we been doing that? For as long as I remember, City fans have been behind their team whatever the proposition. So it''s up to the club to perform

No news Chris, I''d expect an onslaught every game this season, home or away, against Bromsgrove Rovers, ManU or whoever...doesn''t matter... The shape we''re in at the moment... this might be a good thing. Don''t sit back City! I hope Gunn shows us he and his group have the guts to come out and play. Do we have it in us or are we just not good enough to take the game to them?

That''s what my father said when we went to watch Brentford (2nd in League Two), his team. I was pissed off because I couldn''t make it to the game in Norwich, so I just came along to watch them play Chester City... Oh my God! Brentford were all right for a league two club( even with a binner Jordan Rhodes up front on loan), but it really opened my eyes... "Is my club really falling that low?" At full-time I listened to the results and the post-match feedback on the radio...I actually thought...thank God I didn''t pay for a ticket! My friend in Norwich who saw the game told me we were outplayed for most of the time and the Ref did us in. "Damn it" I said, "but did we deserve something out of the game? "Not really" he replied "We''re still just not good enough!" He''s renewed his season ticket, but his father (a life long fan, since 1961) has not. He''s just sponsored his grandson''s ST... That says enough for me I''m afraid...

If Carney feels up to it, I would give him a shot on the left side. But he has to be completely fit, if he''s not I''d go for Wes.

Great to hear... I hope that''s what will happen! We deserved the win more than they did... still good performance I feel

Welcome Chichcanary, For me too this message board is a way to find out a lot about the way fans feel etc. Because I live abroad I only get to whatch a handful, maybe a dozen of games each season. I agree with Coelho, I don''t see the board taking relegation fully into account, but they surely know that investment has to come to get the club heading upwards again. I will always be a fan, so the thought of relegation really makes me shiver

1-1 draw, would be thrilled to bits with that... Molineux ain''t exactly a happy hunting ground for us...so I fear the worst

Good on you Yellow!   I share your feelings ''bout Gunn, but i''m bloody glad we''re rid of Rodent! For the game tonight I''m hoping for a point, but to be truthfull I can''t see us getting anything... But we haven''t had that spot of luck of late, maybe we''re due some tonight!

Good signing?  Maybe...but is he fit enough to play in the championship? I hear he''s so injury prone, so I don''t reckon he''s gonna last long in the championship. I''m not quite sure what to think about him, at least Gunn has got a striker in

Sad to see him go. One of the few decent signings by Rodent

I really hope Gunn gets it through to them that this one really is a must win game. The draw on tuesday has made it even more important. I hope it doesn''t end up in misery NCFC-style... We don''t have a good away record and history shows we are so bad in crunch games...! eg. cup semi-final 1989, etc...etc... Come on City, for once get it right!

[quote user="M.A.T.T"][quote user="chicken"][quote user="M.A.T.T"] [quote user="Jim Kent"]it''s also possible we will use Carney as a wing back! Where he plays for Australia. I think a tactical change is quite possible because I can''t see Hoolahan being dropped to the bench.[/quote] I got shot down a couple of weeks ago for suggesting wing backs on here. Apparently the fans would go mad if we played a potential 5 at the "back". Ive always thought Semi was a wing back and not a right back, but what do I know, im sure you missed my tenure with England?! [/quote] Ahh you see you said it wrong. 5 across the middle and they would all agree . . . . [8-)] [/quote] Lol! Ok, I think we should play 5 accross the middle and have wing backs, what do you reckon? [/quote] Agree with you M.A.T.T. wigbacks is not a bad option, but we need a targetman that we can rely on then don''t we?

[quote user="Delia S. Tickers"][quote user="Flecky"] While I was dissapointed too, I agree with what is written on the Evening News site. We can''t get complacent because of a couple of good results. I hope the points dropped will spurn Gunn and the players on to put it right on friday evening. It''s gonna be a dogfight down there and we can''t afford to be the "chihuahua" can we? I think Gunn will be sensible about the task ahead, but he''s still gotta prove it...even if he is the great Bryan Gunn...! What''s in a name in this game? [/quote] Exactly, thanks Flecky. [/quote] What would you like mrs. Tickers?  Robert? ...

While I was dissapointed too, I agree with what is written on the Evening News site. We can''t get complacent because of a couple of good results. I hope the points dropped will spurn Gunn and the players on to put it right on friday evening. It''s gonna be a dogfight down there and we can''t afford to be the "chihuahua" can we? I think Gunn will be sensible about the task ahead, but he''s still gotta prove it...even if he is the great Bryan Gunn...! What''s in a name in this game?

It wouldn''t have been with the right result against a weak Soton side... Wonder how Gunn will approach this game...? Donny confident on the back of a win, this will show his real pedigree as a manager. I want them to go all out for a win, don''t sit back Gunny!

Maybe this Coby Macdonald, but I can''t see anybody else coming in on the short term... We''re not signing a soul.... Fire your GUNNs, city!

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