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ron obvious last won the day on January 17 2023
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Getting re-obsessed with Donnie Darko lately. Fabulous soundtrack; I've only just found out who made this track (which definitely has echoes of Gorecki)
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Wouldn't it be nice if...
ron obvious replied to littleyellowbirdie's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
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Can we build a squad for prem?
ron obvious replied to mr footy's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
And I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side ... -
Holt interviews Sara
ron obvious replied to cambridgeshire canary's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
I found his reaction to playing against Liverpool interesting - & heartening. He said it really made him want to play in the PL, no mention of being humiliated or made to feel inadequate. He seemed to imply this was how the players felt in general; complete contrast to the many scaredy-cats on here who quake in their boots at the prospect of our often losing (sometimes badly) against the best teams. It clearly inspired him to give promotion his best shot, & I think it may have inspired a few others too. Footballers are people, & just as anxious to prove themselves as someone to be proud of as the rest of us. As they both said, if we get into the play-offs we have the players to cause a real upset, & Gabby for one is relishing the prospect. -
Our Rotherham performance has spawned a couple of fun videos:
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The Bolshevik Theory Explained
ron obvious replied to essex canary's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
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I'm seeing definite signs of improvement as he gets more time on the pitch. I'd say he looks to have more footballing nous than Idah, if lacking in pace & physicality by comparison. Will he keep on improving at his present rate? Who knows. But I'm not writing him off yet.
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Can I just add that the situation was compounded by another useless ref missing a blatant handball for Hull's goal the previous evening. A certain Mr. Stroud ....
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I never warmed to Howson. I didn't understand why he was captain - far too shy & hesitant when he spoke, certainly not an inspiring character. Although undoubtedly an excellent footballer, he always seemed to keep the club at arm's length, so to speak, never fully engaged, which I initially put down to his shyness, but came to believe that he really just didn't want to be here.
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The more I think about it the more I think Howson made his reaction to try & distract attention from Sainz coming off worse from what was essentially a coming together - basically it was an act of self-preservation by Howson. Unfortunately the ref was a complete Richardhead (as was Hull's ref last night).
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Both 'boro commentators (who were very fair throughout) agreed that it wasn't anything like a red card, even after several replay viewings. But our capitulation was shocking. I firmly believe it's to do with the way Gibson & Hanley play - it's great when they can slowly walk the ball out from defence, but they are sooo pooonderous that they get turned too easily by any sort of overload from midfield. I'm not saying they're solely to blame, but they're a large factor. One tiny, tiny plus from tonight was Sid's performance, notably his link up play & eye for a pass was encouraging. There may yet be a useful player in there after all.
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Just checked out Hull's 'goal' from last night; as blatant a handball as it gets. About 2.42 in
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I'd like to see a replay of Hull's goal. Brum seemed pretty sure it was handball, which was also my suspicion.
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Carlton Palmer reckons his value has gone up to £10m with Celtic & Rangers both after him. We'll see.