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Why dont you ask the club instead of asking f*ckwit questions on a forum and then getting annoyed if you dont get the answer.[quote user="Buzz Killington"]FFS! I asked a simple question! For information, I had a season ticket until we went into the premier, then had a change of jobs, and started working Saturdays. I don''t know if you''ve noticed, but it has been pretty difficult to get one since?and since when was your renewal free? Some people are just straight up DICKHEADS! Can anyone shed any light on this for me?[/quote]

If we went into administration surely the club would cost peanuts?  Also remember, despite the negativity around CUllum, that he assured the fans he would not let the club sink.[quote user="rjwc22"][quote user="Rocky Rocastle"]As a life long canary it pains me to say this, but:1: If we go down I would have thought we would have to file for administration. If not immediately then in the next 18 months imo. Our overheads are too high and not aligned with league 1 income. Would it be so bad to wipe out our huge debt and have Doncaster removed? Surely he would have to go! 2: We stay up and this wrestle with relegation illustrates to the board that drastic change is needed so maybe they might actually listen to their customers for a change and walk awayClearly as a FOOTBALL fan preserving our championship status is all I care about currently, but having been mismanaged for so long perhaps our club could do with a fresh start....[/quote] To be honest I do not see either of those two things happening.  Even if we go down, the problem is not the board refusing to walk away, it is finding someone else with enough cash at the moment to come in and offer more to NCFC. [/quote]

"having said that Fattison and Fozzy will not play for the club again"Where did he say that exactly numpty? [quote user="jas the barclay king"]having said that Fattison and Fozzy will not play for the club again, has Gunny now got to do a bit of grovelling at Colney this week? with rusty suspended for the Brum game, that will mean that one of the 2 mentioned above will surely fill in at central midfield. imo it would be unwise to change formation (EG 4-3-3) to accomodate the red card and just have clinkers as a central midfielder, the team have been playing well in the formation they currently use and it needs someone to simply slot in... will be interesting to see, if selected, how either players attitude and performance is. jas :) [/quote]

Actually it is supposed to be "xxxx yellow and green army"....... [quote user="CT the Jarrold king"][quote user="stevencfc4eva"]What was that all about the scoreboard today, evry time we had a corner it had come on you yellows and also brian gunns yellow and green army, i thought it was pointless and kind of embarrasing having lyrics to chants on the scoreboard lol did anyone notice when one there players went down injured and the scoreboard appeared with a advert for injuries lol and also the steward who looked amazingly like jerry springer lol JERRY JERRY JERRY! [/quote]Tell me about- its bad enough they have to start us off on OTBC at the start of games but now telling us the *wrong lyrics* to songs tsk tskFYI to the person who runs the score board its ''Bryan Gunns GREEN army'' not '' Bryan Gunns yellow and green army''[/quote]

Which is good to hear.  ANd so they should - its time to step up to the plate for the NCISA.[quote user="cityangel"][quote user="First Wizard"] [quote user="jim blair"][quote user="Spartan"]Time for the board to step down. What a shame that the NCISA let them off the hook at the recent meeting; too cosy by far and what was Gunny doing there? Another typical ploy by the board designed to placate angry fans. I didn''t renew my ticket because Gunny was appointed, but because as a supporter since 1958 NCFC will always be part of my life, and I couldn''t face a season without going to watch them. Delia, Doncaster and Co. must go as soon as possible; lets rid our club of these idiots and claim it back. What a sad situation we find ourselves in.[/quote] We all know the NCISA  is to cosy with the board in any case. will never be any different with the current set up[/quote] You''ll get no arguement from me on that Jim. [/quote] They didn''t look to cosy with them at the fans forum to be fair, Tilly, Kathy, Jane and Robert all gave them a hard time with their questions. [/quote]

The situation has that sort of horrendous conclusion written all over it.

Mob mentality - for gods sake get a grip man. Bottom line, he was expensive and underperformed, he would only commit to one year contracts, and he was arrogant on the pitch.  If you watched the games you would see he was always shouting and blaming the payers around him while contributing little, and at the Coventry game you could see the total disgust on the faces of people like Clingon.Players all around the country get abuse for being poor performers, so there is nothing special or different about this situation at Norwich.Its part of the arena mentality, 2000 years ago we would have thrown him to the lions. [quote user="Bring Back The Asics Kit"]So the vast majority have their wish and it looks like Fotheringham has played his last game for us. Who are we all going to blame for the team''s poor performances next? I am not a Fotheringham fan and do feel we have better footballers in the Norwich side however this mob mentality that seems to have come in since premiership relegation is just ridiculous when it is clearly making the team we love''s performances worse at Carrow Road when our players should feel supported. [/quote]

I think this is a common misconception, thinking that they all go the the UEA so they are all "legal" for want of a better word.  Sorry, but some of those girls look barely 16, and I am sure you dont have to be a student at the UEA to be in it - surely they are a local group?  Can someone prove me wrong and allow me to gape at them without embarrassment...?[quote user="UEA Canary"]the aviva divas are also uea angels. just aviva wanted to put their name to them as well! and are all over 18 so its fine![/quote]

Sounds like some great points were made, well done to those who stepped up and went.Paying for air fares- if true rather than "players hate the coach" then that means that relegation = administration and league one for five years.Of course Cullum did not make a formal bid, that is always the last showpiece of a done deal, but what has ecome evident is that any thoughts he had were met by a total brick wall that may cost us everything.  I can only hope the "king of deals"  steps in once we go into administration.NCFC board - nice people who do seem to genuinelly care, but totally without a footballing brain between them and no real flair for running a large organisation unfortunately, as the squandering of millions of pounds has proven.

Oh dear - however you dress this up it looks desperate.  Gunny even admits he is in on the basis of one reserve outing!  Lets pay Readings wages to get him fit shall we.We got in Gow and Killen, and the lad from the lower leagues, and now another "nobody" with not a shred of evidence of they can come good in the next ten games.Desperate.[quote user="Canary_on_the Trent"]on the official site it says we''ve got him untill April 4th, has a superb record in Ireland but he''s nowhere near the reading side, although they do have Doyle, Long, Hunt and Lita[/quote]

Do we think the rather clever continuing direct debit plot had anything to do with this?  I for one and Im sure others have as well, either not realised that payments would simply continue unless physically stopped, meaning we walked into a contract without actually realising it, or that it was a case of forgettin to cancel or saying "sod it"  ?  Just a thought. [quote user="IBA"]Pretty good considering the number of people moaning[/quote]

Thing is its a quick daily drive from Brum to Nottinhgham on a motorway - rather than moving to a hotel for the next couple of months.[quote user="PAFC"]Just seen you guys missed out on Mcsheffrey who choosing Forest over yourselves! Could be a Major blow missing out on him and Gary going to a relegation rival. [/quote]

I usually slog my guts out with Lower leagus clus or scrap around with NCFC, but decided to start as Man City manager.  Pushing for the title, splashing the cash....buying players and winning - lovely things in football I had forgotten as a Norwich supporter. [quote user="Nexus_Canary"]I play FM09 a lot.I always play in the BSN / S and get someone promoted. I did fiddle with Kings Lynn at first as they were local but soon returned to my FM08 beloved Blyth Spartans. I used to play as Norwich back in the day but for me its not enough of a challenge to take a Champ team forward as there is not the same drive than sitting in the prem with "no hopers"I did use Norwich as a parent club when managing Kings Lynn and found a lot of love for Declan Rudd who was with us for 2 seasons tending goal. Got promoted from the BSN and then finished 4th in the BSP. :)I did actually go on record recently and said, the only upside of this Norwich plumet is the fact that in 2012 ish  I might be able to play as Norwich again on FM ;)[/quote]

MarshySemmy, Donkey, Shacky, GroundyCrofty, Rusty, Clingy, BertyHooly, CortyWhen people describe the player like they are best mates with them, it makes me think of the firemen in Trumpton.....If this is the team - what are we thinking, we have three other forwards, but are instead playing a lightweight who will not link up with Cort but will drift all over the pitch leaving Cort on his own. [quote user="Cartoon Head"]MarshallOtsemobor, Doherty, Shackell, GroundsCroft, Russell, Clingan, BertrandHoolahanCortSubs - Nelson, Lappin, Gow, Carney, McDonald Changes made by Gunny, looks like he wants to stop Routledge with Grounds and Bertrand [/quote]

Not true - in many relegation battles you can clearly see the last nail hammered home well before it becomes mathematically impossible.  Saturday was a disaster.  If we lose toniht and other results o against us we are dead, and no amount of blind faith will make a difference.[quote user="Lord Flashheart"]The final nail will be the result which makes relegation a mathematical certainty. [Y][/quote]

As I said elsewhere, before you and others poo-poo this move, ask yourself, where are Preston in the league - thats right WAY up there - with Chris Brown and now Fotheringham.  Perhaps its not the players ut the club and fans that make people play rubbish for us.[quote user="city-till-i-die"][quote user="can u sit down please"]They see something as he is not as bad as peole make out. Same with Chris Brown i guess.....[/quote]as wolves did in SHACKEL...lol[/quote]

Grant, Carey, Hooze.....[quote user="coops"]Please god let this be true. Tuly one of the worst CM ever to play for NCFC. P*#s off and never come back![/quote]

Mental like they were buying Brown?  Remind me again where Preston are in the league...[quote user="Georgie Bless"][quote user="Duffman"]http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/03/03/preston-to-sign-mark-fotheringham-on-loan-today-115875-21167484/[/quote] They must be mental. No great loss at all. Now give Matty Patty a chance! [/quote]

True fans never question from the stands?  Are you sure?[quote user="lobster catcher"]I think he should be praised for the way he reacted.If i had got the treatment he received i would have been in the stand cracking heads! Like him or not true fans would never give the club captain that sort of treatment [/quote]

Last time I had a semi upfront I was in Spearmint Rhino....[quote user="The Original Pinkun Poster"]why not, him and carl cort? he''s quick and would always beat the defenders for pace!! whrth a punt? [/quote]

Thanks - if it was this guy in this link, we would be screwed now surely? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1055310/West-Hams-influential-owner-Gudmundsson-pulled-plug-XL.html

Consider the basic fact that Cullum is an expert at takeovers.  Now with all due respect you are a fan who pins down a day job somewhere, demonstrating that you dont have the skill he has.The way I read it, Cullum could see that the club was in trouble and made it public he was interested, to sound out the board and the fanbase - but with no real intention of buying at that point.  Same as if you went to buy a car now, would you just walk in, ask how much and hand over the cash like a fool, or would you offer low, then walk away and wait?  I know what I would do in those circumstances - when the other party can only have a weakening position for the forseeable future.Imagine you are a ruthless investor, do you pay a high price and take on a club in freefall?  Or do you wait for the inevitable drop to league one, then make a low offer, that a hated and desperate board can no longer refuse.  Then you throw in half the money it would have required to get a safe championship position, then sit back and take the applause for saving the club and getting us out of league one.There is caring, and there is waiting for your prey to collapse in a weakened state before you strike.Does not take that much brainpower to work out really?[quote user="Two Tails"]Peter Cullum is our saviour, dont make me laugh, if he TRULY cared about the club, he would have paid the asking price knowing that its a fair price. The current board are only going to sell if they can gaurantee the clubs long term financial safety, otherwise we could end up with a Peter Risdale or someone like that.[/quote]

Does not sound like he is short of a personal lump sum in the bank though, regardless of his usiness position right now....http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/2787541/Peter-Cullum-joins-rush-to-beat-CGT-deadline.html [quote user="Potless Percy "][quote user="smann"]Percy RE: Oh dear, Waghorn and Friends (notably M Dennis Esq).  Mr Waghorn has a reputation (well deserved in my view) for being an unofficial mouthpiece for the board.  Whether they actually pay him for it I know not, but if you rely on him for your information you will be getting an extremely biased and sycophantic point of view.C''mon lads, the accusations for anyone not sharing your point of view is always deemed dubious and goes beyond that of an extremist conspiracy theorist. The fact remains, that Cullum''s bid didn''t materialise in the business sense. I made an effort to find the relevant piece. So here goes..Given that Cullum has a reported personal wealth of £1.7 billion (30th June 08). Is there anyone of us, so called Delia lovers or haters who in Cullums position would have decided not to spend £56 million, when you have £1.7 billion in the bank ?[/quote] That simply is not true and I''m pretty sure Waghorn knows it.  Peter Cullum''s business (Towergate) was at one time valued at £1.7bn. Once you discount that blatant distortion of the fact (that''s a lie to you and me) Waghorn''s whole argument collapses like a pack of cards.   [/quote]

Non-British billionaire who owns an airline etc, so can anyone enlighten me, as that rules out ranson and Stelios is  British passport holder.....

Sorry but I just cant understand any of your reasoning here.We are weak at fullback, so you suggest tieing down our best attacking player to wingback duties?  This would also narrow us even further and allow teams such as Swansea even more room down the flanks.  How on earth you came to the conclusion that having wingbacks would allow us width is beyond me TBH.  Suggesting a defensive midfielder and an attacking one would only narrow the width even more.You suggest using Clingan as a sweeper, so advocating playing him even further out of position and losin his passing and brain in the middle of the pitch in return for last ditch tackles to rescue Docherty and Shackell?  It would also force unfamiliar roles on both of those, as well as the wingbacks, so in a time of crisis you advocate taking five players out of familiar roles....You suggest Russell has less talent than Gow (how you came to that conclusion I would love to know?) and to suggest Pattison ahead of Russell is just so obviously wrong it does not really need commenting on. We are in a dogfight.  That requires keeping things SIMPLE and playing the most direct football possible, especially with our defensive record.That means to big strikers, Cort, and Killen.  It means 4-4-2, two banks of four and two big guys up top.  It means men behind the ball and lumping it to the strikers, it means using our asset in Croft by acking him up with a right back to allow him to get forward as oftern as possible.  It means dropping hoolahan as he is to pretty and lightweight at a time when we need to just fight like dogs.Our central midfield needs bite, that means Russell, it also needs Clingan purely because he is better than our other midfielders.Yes Otsemobor is weak, but we have no real alternatives a Gunn declined to reinforce that area for some unknown reason. The bottom line is its crunch time and no way is that a time for tinkering with formations and especially not for losing width, when so many teams this season have shown (especially Swansea and ristol) that getting wide and stretching the midfield opens the game up and allows crosses to big forwards.[quote user="Beauseant"]While I''ve been tempted to join in the general handwringing on here over the weekend (and that''s not a putdown; I''m just as downbeat as the rest of you), I''ve been trying to think about how we can get the best from what we have in the squad. Clearly we have to stop leaking goals, but we also have to maximise our attacking options, and get better control in midfield, where we  seem to have a "do I stay or do I go mentality", ie being reluctant to push on too far because we know we are susceptible on the break.In the Bristol game this, in my view , resulted in us allowing the opposition too much space and time in the middle of the park. To me, the key issues to be addressed are weakness at fullback, Hoolahan and playing with sufficient width. As far as fullbacks are concerned, the problems with Semmy require little comment as they are clear for all to see. Great pace, but poor decision making and positional ineptitude make for a very weak link. Drury looks a shadow of his former self, but in fairness is way short of match fitness, and Bertrand is more of a wing back. Hoolahan frustrates the hell out of me, as he is our most creative player, but is awfully one footed, gives the ball away in good positions and does little defensively,and that leads on to the final problem,which is that he rarely goes wide left, so if the fullback can''t push on we become very narrow and therefore easier to defend against. Anyone who watched Swansea against Fulham on Saturday would have see how Swansea constantly used the whole width of the pitch to stretch Fulham and were very unlucky not to win. So what''s the answer? My view is that we would get the best out of the players that we have by going to three at the back (Doc, Sammy and Shacks) either as a straight three or, preferably, with Sammy dropping off as a sweeper. I would then play Crofty and Carney as wing backs as they both have good engines. Crofty tracks back well anyway, and Carney has experience of playing fullback as well as left wing, in addition to which they both like to keep wide, so solving the width problem. This would then allow Hoolahan to have a genuinely free role behind the main striker (Cort) with his defensive shortcomings covered by playing a central midfielder just in front of the defence to shield them (the role that Parker plays for West Ham). Fozzy, though generally hated on here, was born for that role. We then need two central midfielders with both good energy levels and the ability to get into the opposition box and score goals. My choice would be Pattison and Gow, although I know some of you would favour Rusty, but I don''t believe he has the natural talent of the other two. This system, if used well, is very attacking, but depends on everyone pulling their weight when the ball is lost, but I don''t see how we can get much worse defensively. Anyway, those are just my thoughts, so please feel free to disagree!   [/quote]