Delia Out!

Good post [Y]

Hi there [Y]

Arsenal

Good post :)

[quote user="Gingerpele"]7-0....[/quote] I wouldn''t quite go that far, 5-2 :)

I''m going, and I''m looking forward to it [Y] 2-0 Norwich :)

What an unecessarily long thread!

[quote user="GenerationA47"]A good deal of experience but not too much age. So footballers should be at their most valuable about 27 or 28, I''d say. PREMIERSHIP WAGES BY AGE 17-18: £24,500 19-20: £95,000 21-22: £390,000 23-24: £582,500 25-26: £653,000 27-28: £899,500 29-30: £806,000 31-32: £586,000 33+: 660,500 (BBC Sport, 2006)[/quote] Good statistics [Y] I was just wondering why the hell players over the age of 33 get paid more than than players who are 25/26? Seems ridiculous seeming as though most of them don''t/barely ever play! But in answer to the original question, you have to have a certain amount of both in a team for it to be able to function properly. Say if you had all young players bar 1 or 2 it wouldn''t really work because the team would be inexperienced. So to a degree the team has to be balanced with youth and experience. Take Dion Dublin for instance, he played a pivotal part in every season that he was with Norwich, and with other players like Drury and Huckerby in the side, who are both well experienced at Championship level, made way for some young lads to come through the ranks and break into the first team, like Chris Martin and various others. So you have to have a good balance between youth and experience, but it depends in what division you play in. Say you were in League 2, you would need more experience from players who have played at higher leagues, to provide the team with some know-how. Whereas in the Championship you see alot of younger players breaking through and trying to cut it at a higher level. Take, he started at Championship Level with Southampton and played well there and managed to get a contract at Arsenal. At first it didn''t really look as though he would make it, and then his form was extremely inconsistent, and still is to a certain degree, but he has matured over the years and now plays for England. If your team was full of youth or experience, and was doing really well, you wouldn''t change the amount of experience/youth to make it even would you? So in many ways age does matter, but in others it doesn''t. [:D]

If Southampton continue this rotten form, and don''t get promoted would you like to see him here? I would but he would probably be too much cash, still would be good backup for Holt. Thoughts?

[quote user="NCFC-47"]David Silva one month loan deal [/quote] That would be great [:D]

Keith Briggs?

Watched Spillane play Everton the other night, looked pretty good [Y]

I agree, Ward and Barnett looks like a good partnership [Y]

[quote user="Raymond De Waard"] I was trying to think of a worst ever Norwich XI based on from when i first started watching Norwich and based purely on players who i have seen play live.  Can anybody else think of anybody else to fit into this Worst XI steming from the 1994-1995 relegation season in the premiership until now.   GK: Simon Tracey LB: Fernando Derveld CB: Steve Walsh CB: ? RB: Jon Otsemobor LW: Raymond De Waard CM: Julien Brellier CM: Pape Diop RW: Matthias Jonson ST: Peter Thorne ST: Elvis Hammond   Other rubbish players i could think of include: -   De Blasis, Strihavaka (who never got a chance), Whaley, Abbey, Ryan Jarvis, Theo, Keith Scott, Olf Otosson, Kevin Scott, Jurgen Colin.   I''m sure there are hundreds more.  Any idea''s people? [/quote] What? He was very good defender from what I recall, I don''t see how he can be in a list of worst ever players!

[quote user="Gingerpele"]Anything Banana started has to be up there.....[/quote] Haha [:P]

Perhaps, or they just won''t score!

Also, how much would Barnett cost if we wanted him on a permanent do you reckon? At a guess I would say 400k?

I wouldn''t have thought that many, 3 or 4 perhaps?

[quote user="GJP"][quote user="Boyo"][quote user="GJP"][quote user="Boyo"]  Korey though, I think has the potential to be captain of a top, top club. [/quote] Out of interest, could you give some examples of the kind of clubs you mean? [/quote] Well, when I say ''top, top club'' I mean top, top club and by that I mean Manchester United, Arsenal.  He could either go straight from Norwich to one of these clubs if, we are lucky enough to win promotion some time soon, or if not he could build his way up but, I think he will eventually get there.  I honestly think he will be great. I know you probably won''t agree with me but I have my own opinion and it''s a very good one of Korey Smith. [/quote] Well in a way I think it''s good that you do think so highly of him. Our youth players are often overrated (e.g. Spillane) but at least Korey has got something about him. But, realistically, when you look at it... Cesc Fabregas captains Arsenal, Steven Gerrard at Liverpool, Rio/Vidic/Giggs etc at Utd... I mean these guys are some of the outstanding players in world football in their positions. Surely you can see that Korey Smith isn''t on that level? It''s not even as if there''s lots of speculation linking him with bigger clubs. Usually if you were to have an exciting teenage midfield prospect he''d be getting linked with moves to bigger clubs but that hasn''t happened with Korey. And I do think that is because he''s a good young player with a bit of potential but not an exceptional talent destined for the top. Hopefully I''m wrong and he is going to net us £20m when he moves to Old Trafford. [/quote] Well said [Y]

Hull won''t score [:$]

I somehow doubt it!

1 Holt 2 Crofts 3 C Martin 4 Smith 5 Surman

1-1 Holt

Both teams will be looking for promotion, but can we get six points from the two games? I reckon we will beat Hull 2-0 and draw with Leicester 0-0, what does anyone else think?

Norwich 7th!