ThorpeCanary
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What about with the 3 options of Remain, Leave with no deal, leave with Johnsons deal (If agreed)?
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Or, of the 3 possible scenerios. Remain as things are 42% Leave with a deal 30% Leave with no deal 20% We can only do one of those things. Thats why we have been here for 3 years. I can't predict what will happen but with the latest news within the last hour edging us towards another extension and now this poll giving leavers further confidence (yet no actual solution) I can only see this heading to a 2nd Referendum.
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If not for the Injury crisis I believe Amadou would have been an upgrade in his natural position. Hopefully we can find out soon.
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I believe so as it will move us closer to a 2nd Referendum.
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In fairness that other thread has about 7 replies and including the original post not a single line about Webbers Interview. Agree that it's easy to support the team when all is well and the only things we're worried about is who's gonna nick Farke/Webber/various players off us. It's when times get tough that your supports going to be tested and in football it doesn't matter who you support. It will happen
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Unless this European super league happens in which case there's every chance we will be. Never say never
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15/20 although without the clues in every photo would have probably been about 5! could have done with this on there...
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Staying there and getting 'so many' promotions are mutually exclusive. I can think of many teams who had less promotions than our 3 then fizzled back to the championship and many many more who despite their best efforts can't seem to find their way into the premier league at all. Best example I can think of in your scenario is Burnley. Promoted in 08/09 and 13/14 both for a one season visit before going up again int 15/16 where they have stayed until now. Until now we had avoided each other since 2011. This is now their 4th consecutive season in the top flight. Third time lucky?
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That's one way of looking at it. The other is that in order to get those relegations we needed to be promoted in the first place. Nuttys table showed that unless your one of the top 6/7 then your stay isn't going to last forever. Why see relegations as blowing good opportunities and not celebrate the promotions back here? I don't look at the spending of Marcus Evans (~2007) or Tony Fernandez (2011) with much envy at all.
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Agree completely. But my point is what happens if that 145 million got spent in a bid to push ourselves to the next level only for us to be relegated anyway. What happens then?
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I didn't make a secret of the fact it was quite a quick Google. I will correct you though that I didn't cherry pick. They overwhelmingly consider him a mistake. We can agree to disagree. You believe he could be a gamble worth taking. I believe it would be an utterly terrible one. I've been wrong before.
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they beat Watford in the playoff final 2013? We can meet in the middle at 7! Completely agree.
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Goes to show unless you're one of the big clubs best not get to comfortable
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Home Comforts is there any to come
ThorpeCanary replied to pete's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
3 points the difference between making a good fist of it and needing to be afraid very afraid? Fine margins. -
To take that scenario a little bit further (deal of the century btw, premier league club that owns it's ground for 25m!) how would you spend that 145million? Assuming you're not going to keep any to yourself how far would it go? Sign a couple of 10-20 million pound players on nice big contracts. Perhaps upset the apple cart a little either in terms an unexpected European push or simply ruining your own team harmony. Maybe survive for a season or two but what if you don't? What Happens when you do eventually drop? Not having a go but you need an awful lot of money to play with a football club nowadays. That 145M won't last long.
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I'm not sure what you're referring to regarding Leitner but I do remember Cantwell being unfairly criticised here after filling in for Buendia after his red card and not replicating Emi's red hot performances Which was also coinciding with 4 straight draws leaving a few fans on panic mode. In fact I said as much back In April ""He is not Emi Buendia. But neither in truth is anyone else in this Norwich squad. " True, but I'd add that until his sending off Buendia had been on fire. Even Emi Buendia won't be that Emi Buendia all the time. Unfair to expect Cantwell to come in and pick up where he left off." So for me whatever you've picked up on this forum from a select time frame last season vs the overwhelming consensus on that Blackburn forum that Rodwell was a mistake are in no way comparable. I'd give any player signed by Farke/Webber my full support but for everything I can see of Rodwell and his history he's the antithesis of the type of player they'd sign.
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I was curious about Rodwell so just had a quick look on one of the Blackburn forums for information about how he was regarded there. "As an aside you forgot Rodwell. In fairness his time here was very forgettable. " "I am always in favour of class players which is why I gave Rodwell the benefit of the doubt for so long." "You touch on the centre backs issue, it is criminal that firstly we had last summer, where he got Rodwell as our third centre back, obviously that backfired" "Let's hope we have a free transfer lined up (but not Rodwell)" "Out of curiosity would people be happy or frustrated at Jack Rodwell getting a deal? He's no centre half but I'm sure he can do a job in midfield for us still." They go on and on and are pretty conclusive. I think we are best giving him a miss.
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I've noticed when a team is getting hammered the added time doesn't always seem to be what it should. Even commentators on TV often have an attitude of "What's the point in dragging this on?" which really isn't how it should be even though as you say it wouldn't have made a difference to the result. I like the idea of VAR and think it's effective at removing any cynical play and off the ball nonsense but it's got to be implemented better for those in the stadium and also I don't think this "overturning obvious errors is going to work" Most seem to agree the penalty we conceded against Palace last week was indeed a penalty yet it seems to be vague enough that had the referee have not given it then VAR wouldn't have intervened. What then if the exact replica of the incident happened at the other end? Only this time from a slightly different angle or distance from the tackle the referee doesn't think it''s a penalty. Again VAR wouldn't intervene and you'd have a penalty up one and not the other for the same incident. The whole point of VAR is to remove this. It may not have happened yet but it will. Watching the stream yesterday there was a full on VAR interface for the red card yet not the penalty. Not sure why the inconsistency here and as you say without replays or feedback from the commentators it wouldn't have been clear to those in the ground. Needs to improve.
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I think the more you spend the more likely you are to be successful and I don't believe many were saying spending that amount is destined for failure. It's whether you can afford that spend if the worst happens. Villa can do as they like. A Norwich City spending that amount and getting relegated could be disastrous.
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DF- "We had to play today without 10 players. There were also so many players on the pitch who not able to train and had painkillers because we had no other options. Two or three key players didn't have the best game and if this comes together you will not be competitive." Everyone knows about the injuries but to be clear, we are not simply missing players. We are playing players who ordinarily wouldn't be playing themselves. Bad result but ultimately this is what can happen when you play in this league in these circumstances.
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The difference between the two teams today
ThorpeCanary replied to Keith Scott's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Agreed. Match thread was a bit of a blast from the past today with a lot of old posters coming out of the woodwork. in fairness to trolls like Jobsworth at least he's around all the time. -
That's Norwich fans for you. Offering support and encouragement in all circumstances and sticking with the team throughout the good and bad is why I think we have such a fantastic fanbase.
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Although a quick look at your posting history suggests you only have an opinion when you have something negative / vile to say.
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Northern Canaries - Consultation
ThorpeCanary replied to CDMullins's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
I think it makes sense how it is. Your season ticket guarantees you the same seat for all home games for as long as you want it. If we were like those down the road and sitting in a half empty stadium it might make sense to offer more of a monetary incentive to get fans to buy season tickets. As it is theres no need for Norwich to lower the price of season tickets and I think matching the costs of away tickets is the right decision for our fans who can't make that many games a season. -
Northern Canaries - Consultation
ThorpeCanary replied to CDMullins's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Who's to say the club wouldn't have introduced this scheme regardless of there being a cap on away fans tickets or not.
