Loughborough Canary

Completely agree with you herb. Delia doesn''t strike me as one who would cut her nose of to spite her face, so I expect there is a very good reason why the deal hasn''t as yet gone through.

Go on then... can somebody send it to me please! Thanks in advance

I am at Loughborough uni studying in Architectural Engineering & Design Management. I am about to go on placement though at the Arc project in Bury St Edmunds which should be interesting.

I have heard we are richer than Chelsea, and that we are trying to sign Kaka and Drogba but the transfers are taking a while to go through!   What a pointless post Wiz.  Not signing anybody hardly proves your point.  Roeder has already stated he is happy with the funds he is being given and that he expects players to join.  I''m happy that he seems to want to get the most out of the money he has been given by haggling over prices - which he clearly is and has stated in the past. Why can''t everybody just chill out and reserve judgement until the window is closed.  This message board was exactly the same 2 years ago before we signed Earnshaw just before the deadline and I have to say I have more faith in the new manager and the board (they are stronger with the Turners on board) than I did then. We don''t need all this negativity - its part of the reason we ended up in the situation we were in before Roeder took over. Keep the faith!

I believe its the X1 bus you need.

[quote user="we8wba"][quote user="Hairy Canary"] [quote user="p.g.tips"]great news a attacking midfielder.Now all we need is a left back ,right back,center back i could go on[/quote] We are only allowed 4 loan players at any one time so with Patterson, Smith and Taylor there is only room for one more. [/quote] qpr have mancienne, sahar, vine, buzaky, sinclair, jarrett, epraim thats 7 loans i think so dont know where you got 4 from [/quote] Jarrett is a permanent i believe - he is currently loaned out to Brighton though

Would like a copy too if thats ok.  Thanks. danielrussell_1986@yahoo.co.uk

Wiz - your posts never cease to amaze me!  Have you ever considered that your posts might be breaking the rules of the forum?  Or, that Archant might feel that keeping the club on-side is going to be better for their business so they can get the latest news on the club, and therefore posting your views is going to harm that in any way?  If you have views which are not allowed to be expressed on here, then why not air them on the other boards that you mentioned in your post? One final point - Why do you always think there is a massive conspiracy??

Anybody fancy meeting at a pub in town for the match?  I will be going, so it would be good to see some other city supporters from the area. Not sure which pubs will be playing it, but i''m sure there will be some which are, so let me know if you''re interested.

It is obvious that the board were waiting for a proper chat with Paul Jewell, and he would obviously expect a look around his potential new club.  Jewell was either not impressed, or the board were not impressed.  If the board didn''t try and get Jewell in they would get slagged off, so just be positive that they did.  Roeder is a good manager, and will get the backing of the boys.  We need to give our backing too - we either get behind the man as he has asked, and like we should as fans anyway, or we jump on their backs from word go and drag the team and club down. He will get the confidence back in the players, and is a good manager! On the ball city!

Just wondering if anybody else finds themselves getting bored and fed up with football as a sport - not just because of our current club and country situation, but because of the way the game is now in general.  Watching the rugby world cup is just affirming my opinion.  I know its often said on here about footballers being over paid prima donas, but compare these people to rugby players.  Rugby players get paid nothing in comparison - they play the sport to be good at it and to acheive very high levels for their personal satisfaction and not for their wallets. They are less in the spotlight and it''s therefore much less glamourous. They play the sport with dignity (getting up after being unfairly tackled without trying to get the opposition in trouble). They have respect for each other and the ref. They play for the club and not for themselves.  How many footballers these days actually care if their club go down - they would just leave! There are probably loads more reasons. I''m finding football less and less interesting as a result.  I do enjoy watching a good game of football, but there is far too much about the game now that annoys me, to follow it as avidly as I have done.  Don''t get me wrong - i''m not about to stop following football, just it doesn''t interest me quite as much.

I think it all stems from the character Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) as he used to take the p##s out of Norwich, especially about inbreeding.  So no real truth in it.

If you ever found yourself in the direction of Norwich you could go around to Colney to watch the players train.  I went a couple of weeks ago and said hello to most of the players - and although i didn''t get any, i have heard they are only too happy to sign autographs.  At least by doing it that way you get the pleasure of checking out Colney (Very impressive), seeing and speaking to the players and management, and getting your book signed!

Good to see that the flag will be on its way to carrow road. http://new.pinkun.com/content/ncfc/story.aspx?brand=PINKUNOnline&category=Norwich&tBrand=PinkUnOnline&tCategory=Norwich&itemid=NOED25%20Jul%202007%2008%3A58%3A54%3A353

[quote user="Smudger"][quote user="can u sit down please"][quote user="Smudger"] oh fantastic... a midfielder on loan followed by a centre back on loan... just what we need!!! How about Doomcaster Delia & Co find what they have done with the £1.5million from the dickson sale & the remainder of the Earnshaw cash and get it spent on a couple of quality PERMANENT SIGNINGS????  [:@] [/quote] yawn yawn.....Crouch on loan,Hucks on loan, Harper on loan and Cooper on loan......we all know what happened next!! If short term measures bring us success then so be it. But then again Smudge....u would still moan at that! [/quote] Yeah, but yeah, but no but...  don''t forget that Hucks, Crouch and Harper were added to a squad that had finished in 8th place and 6th place (losing out on promotion in the play-of final) the two previous seasons prior to their arrival. Where as any loan signings joining this lot will be joining a group that finished 16th last season and flirted with relegation. Rather a difference wouldn''t you say???   [/quote]   Being negative for negative''s sake!  When somebody comes up with a good, constructive argument to your views why do you always feel the need to come up with some bulls**t response? Do you actually believe the rubbish that you write, or do you only do it to wind us all up?!!

[quote user="AJ"][quote user="GazzaTCC"]Makes you wonder whether Safri has a buy-out clause in his contract or not? I''m guessing he doesn''t, but can you imagine the uproar if he is sold if there isn''t such a clause in his contract?[/quote] I wonder if Hughes does I could buy him for about 2p or something! [/quote] This whole joke about a Hughes buy-out clause has been done to the death already.  When will people stop jumping on the guys back?  He is a valuable member of our squad.

One point I thought was quite interesting was the "all of the transfer fee will be made available to Peter to add to his budget"; as many of the negative people seem to think he will get a small portion of it.  I''m sure Grant is looking for a replacement and I have every faith in him finding somebody suitable to take this club further.  The only bit that worries me is the "Safri is still a Norwich City player", as he doesn''t expand on it at all, which leads me to believe something is happening on that front.  I would have expected some elaboration to ease doubts if he was definately staying.

It wouldnt have been McCarthy and Worthy that got it wrong - they wouldnt have chosen the budgets, the boards would.  The only reason Sunderland are now spending big is because they have a new board (Quinn and Co.).  So when Worthy and McCarthy brought in ''journeymen'' it was because it gives you a better crack at survival than bringing in youngsters for the same price who will have little or no experience.

Mine is very boring - I am at uni in Loughborough and I support the mighty Canaries.

[quote user="Saint Canary"] Here we go 22156-5978 [/quote] I can''t get that code to work.  I have set up my team, but can''t get it to join that league. Help please!

Web-team; did anybody go today and get a video of the press conference?  Would be interesting to see if Granty hinted at another signing (Dave Striker)

I would do it - sounds like a good idea.

To get a better idea of the numbers turning up to the protest I have created a user poll to let everyone simply answer yes or no.  PLEASE VOTE! http://new.pinkun.com/cs/forums/968682/ShowPost.aspx

The board were right not to tell the fans about the sell on clause - if they had of done, then every manager in the country would also have known, and therefore would have bid that amount ages ago.  By keeping it quiet it gave the board a chance of getting a better price, for example if Derby put a first bid in of £5m then the board would have to accept, but would have been happier in doing so.  If Derby had bid £3m, the board could have said it was nowhere near the figure they were after, prompting them to come back with a bid far higher.  As Doncaster said "we received an offer at exactly the level of Robert''s buy-out clause, which is disappointing and somewhat ironic", which leads me to believe that somebody (probably Earnshaw or his agent) tipped Derby off about the clause.   I don''t blame Earnshaw for leaving; he doesn''t support the club, this was just another job to him.  Also the lure of Premiership football and more money for somebody in his position is too good to turn down.  Earnshaw would never have come to the club if that clause was not included, and at £3.5m we have £500''000 more than we paid (as we never got promoted so the final £3.5m figure we agreed with WBA never needed to be paid fully)  We have seen a quality footballer at Norwich for the past 2 seasons and now we have the £3.5m in the bank along with the £1.25m remaining from the turners'' £2m (Cureton''s fee of £750''000 taken off).  So in total we have around £4.75m to spend on the other targets, and we also have a more than capable replacement in Cureton.   Slagging off the board for this is totally inappropriate - we don''t need to sell, and there is money to spend.  I think it makes the summer much more interesting - waiting to see who that money will be spent on.  I would be happier with Eastwood and Cureton with a little bit of money left over than just Earnshaw!

[quote user="1st Wizard"] [quote user="Bigmarkcanary"]and I for one don''t want us to be searching for another manager so soon. [/quote] Speak for yourself  Bigmark, I live in hope of that dream!. [/quote] 1st "Grass Is Greener On The Other Side" Wizard