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  1. I shouldnt think the players are bothered. They still have a very outside chance of the playoffs......
  2. Frustrates me somewhat that if this had been Cantwell playing he'd have been slated - again - but Leitner seems to have escaped criticism despite playing cr@p At least Emi should be back for Stoke
  3. I still think he''ll go regardless of the result.  As for hating it - how can you hate a great escape :)
  4. Love the way theyve just had a final whistle screenshot on SSN - the players are still on the pitch, the ground is completely emptyWonder if AJ still loves Lambert.....
  5. Ive been a Hughton supporter up to now but no longer.  Hes gotta go
  6. I think youre possibly right on Johnson and Tettey but it should also be remembered that we have come a long way very quickly - and even "New" players can get left behind very quickly.  If we recruited for where we want to be we would have an almost entire new team every season at the rate we''re going - and that takes money - lots of money - and is a big riskThe other point is that managers have favourites - as do we.  Its fine if the two are the same, theres conflict if theres not.  Hence why you and Morty dont get on, and why theres a lot of anti-Hughton sentimentMy own personal favourite from times past was Dave Phillips - it may be yellow tinted glasses but in my mind he was responsible for a lot of our rise to the top of the Prem in 92/93.  Certainly we werent the same side once he''d gone, although there may be other reasons that my mind refuses to remember.  Either way he fell out with Walker, got sold on and we were in Division 1 within 2 years.  What Im getting at is that in my mind Walker lost some of his shine at that time but ultimately he was the manager and because up to his departure he was so successful many other people thought he could walk on water.  Hughton had a tough act to follow and unless we end up winning a cup of finishing in the top 6 I think there are people that never will forgive him for not being Lambert - especially if their favourite players get sidelined
  7. Why do we end up with childish squabbles on every post???Not sure that holding up Hughton''s opinion has too much weight when it comes to judging the quality of a footballer who can play football. Sorry LeJuge but Hughton is currently Norwich''s manager.  When it comes to judging players ability its the opinion of the manager and his staff ONLY that counts.  Not yours, not Morty''s, not mine.  And Hughton obviously believes that Fox doesnt offer enough to start, although its perhaps telling that he does feature on the bench quite often - so there is likely to be something there.I think you can argue til youre yellow and green in the face (refuse to use blue lol) which midfielders are fit for purpose which are not.  I dont think that either Fox or Hoolahan have much to offer Norwich going forward.  Both are knocked off the ball too easily and both rely on a different kind of movement up front to the direction we are currently heading.  Funnily enough I think the Wolf would relish service from a fit, confident Fox playing week in week out - more so than Hoolahan - but the Premier League is a very unforgiving place and whilst there was room to experiment with formations in League 1 and to a certain extent the Championship, there is none in the Premier League.  The fact that most teams play 4-5-1 or a variation thereof (eg 4-4-1-1 or 4-2-3-1) shows that we have to do the same if we want to compete.  4-4-2 or even 4-1-2-1-2 is too rigid.  People have short memories - its only 2 or 3 years ago posters were calling on Lambert to "Ditch the Diamond" not realising that would mean the effective end of Hoolahan and Fox
  8. I know we''ve had several posts on Hull, Hughton etc but make no apologies for adding another as most of the existing posts seem to degenerate into the poster vs poster battles that we see a lot of on here and have gone completely off topicFirstly, the performance on Saturday was not up to standards.  I think we all know that.  OK its difficult to break down 10 men but too many people were off the boil.  In fact I would say only Turner (penalty aside) Redmond and Ruddy had reasonable games - Russell Martin probably had his worst game at CB, Johnson misplaced too many passes, Howson was anonymous, Fer had a couple of headers wide but that was all, RVW didnt play off the last man very often and didnt get picked out when he tried, Snodgrass kept falling over and then got wound up by the crowd, Garrido tried taking free kicks from central and right wing positions straight onto Hull heads, and Wes is just too lightweight for that kind of battle.  Very little second balls won, very little encouragement offeredHowever for once I dont think the blame can be left - totally at least - at CHs door.  OK the first 20 minutes was cagey - typical CH stuff - but not many sides will go hell for leather from the first kickoff away from home.  What I think was different was that - for once - Hughton tried to change it. First Sub at halftime - Snoddy on for Johnson - was quite attack minded.  Adding Elmander and Wes (in the hope that he could produce a bit of oldstyle quality) was the sort of thing our previous manager would have done.  Hughton cant however cross the white line - and so youre reliant on those that doMaybe leaving Redmond on would have been more attacking - perhaps putting Becchio on instead of Wes.  But Hull would have then won the physical battle.  Redmond was getting knackered.  The comment has been made about missing GH as well but we know that Holty isnt necessarily at his sharpest at the start of the seasonWhat Im ultimately trying to say is could anyone else - current manager, past manager, future manager, assistant managers, the wannabe managers on here - have done anything else with the players at our disposal on the day and got anything out of the game.  I''d suggest anyone - whether it be Lambert, Ferguson, Mourihno, et al - would have struggled with 6 or 7 players having an off day away from home
  9. City 1st....youre as bad as my ex missus finding fault with other peoples comments and then saying the same sort of stuff yourself goalkeepers aren''t bit part players, there is only one keeper in a game so there will always be two not playing - that is not bit part So what about subs? Injuries? Why have we got 3 senior people on the books. Nash is by very definition "bit part" but may - or may not - play this season we currently have one space left in the squad, we do not have the space or money for any ''bit part'', ''part time'', ''might do a job when we are stuck'', ''could help out with the bibs'' etc type of players Its a squad game. Some of the 25 will not feature more than a few minutes over the course of the season. Some may not even feature other than to take a regular place on the bench and as such they will probably spend more time with the bibs in your words.... this blokes name has only come up because he isn''t wanted where he iswhereas our other signings have pretty much been players who were still wanted at their clubs and have been brought in not only because they are good enough to play full time, but because they will also develop with the club Possibly. But remember that we only got The Wolf because Sporting were skint and we waved shedloads of money under their nose. Fer was seen as a possible injury liability by other Prem clubs. Hooper moved because he basically told Celtic he didnt want to spend more time North of the Border and the only other option was QPR. In fairness to Elmander if that IS his comment on Twitter (and appreciate there is plenty of doubt) then he clearly wants to come and play for us. That makes him more hungry to prove a point that Quagliarella, Alderweild, Toivonen et al players such as Fox and Peayalla, who apparently have dropped away, will be replaced at some time by players of the above quality and potential - not by misfits that have overexcited the usual dimwitted numpties Thats progress. Eventually (hopefully) we will look to replace Fer, Wolfswinkel, Hooper etc with whoever is deemed to be "Champions League" level at the time. We are looking to push on and this bloke will be of a level to help us to do that. He''s the next level up from Becchio - who is probably going to find City''s level has pushed above his own in a shorter timeframe than many will have thought (I think Becchio actually came here with the club having one eye on the Championship). I think we''re now looking to do more than just survive - remit this season has to be comfortable midtable and a cup run based on what we''re spending. "Little Norwich" is now a thing of the past although it has to be said not for many journalists and TV pundits....
  10. Mate of mine is currently at Norwich Airport waiting to board his flight - he claims to have just seen David Fox board a flight to Manchester.... transfer or loan perhaps?
  11. Exactly Purple.  The very people for whom all of the ills of the world - illegal immigration, the GLOBAL financial crisis, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, the lack of employment opportunities, the lack of social housing, benefit scroungers, hard done by benefit claimants, England not winning a football tournament in nearly 50 years - are all caused by the EU and therefore we need to get out Not quite sure what will happen if Farage and Co ever get their opportunity to put their policies into place.  Think I''ll move if I do If anyone wants to see a typical advert for this side of politics, two words "Nadine Dorries".  Nuff said   Anyway how the hell did we get to talking about Europe on a NCFC message board - we wont finish in 5th, didnt win a cup, and England didnt get one of the Fair Play spots....
  12. Trafford Centre is also a good one - plus theres some reasonable food, bars and even an amusement arcade.  And its free   Downside is its probably 45 minutes walk  
  13. [quote user="alartz"]He''s down for the bargains in republic in chapelfield as they are going out of business soon. He''s looking for some lower end bargains[/quote] Surely Brighthouse would be more appropriate - can''t get much more lower end than that....
  14. [quote user="morty"]When Huckerby was on loan with us, before we signed him, his last game on loan. I think it was against Wolves (could be wrong). I was massively hungover and elected to watch it on the radio, and missed a masterclass. [/quote] That was Cardiff (H) - 4-0 win, Hucks scored 2 from memory?
  15. [quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="Mister Chops"]I have an allergy to Polyester and clothes produced in sweatshops. What are my options?[/quote] Go to the games topless and get the badge tattooed on your chest with the name and number of your favourite player on your back.[;)] [/quote] It also helps if you suffer from Jaundice and have a slightly yellow colouring.  Bathing in paint may also have a similar effect (both in terms of colouring and also the effects to health) but remember that will fade in time.  Failing all else wear clothes that dont bring you out in a red lumpy rash and put the shirt on top of it so it doesnt touch your over sensitive skin
  16. [quote user="Mr Brownstone"] Nursey also said that Hooper doesn''t really want to come here, he wants a bigger club and bigger wages, but we''re the only ones in for him.   Stay up there then chap. [/quote] As well as Hooper has done in the SPL, he''d be an unknown in the Premier League in England and a bit of a gamble.  If he doesnt want to come (and if any of its true, I''d suggest it all is) then I dont want him here - we dont sign journeyman footballers that just want to pick up a wage, there are other clubs that do (and it doesnt usually work out well)
  17. Im wondering if those with the seat only option were perhaps returns or whatever in batch 2 - certainly by the time I got to the ticket office there were only Terrace tickets left   I can empathise with those that stand at away games usually - I do it myself - but theyre Championship or Prem grounds with no terracing.  On this occasion there was far more opportunity to buy Terrace tickets - in which case I cant understand why people would want to go into the seating areas.  Being fairly tall and also a bit of a bloater at times I also know a lot of older grounds dont give you much if any legroom - old cinemas were like this as well - but you just have to get cosy with the person next door   Grounds like Posh do accomodate for the sitters and standers - trouble is we have some tw@ts that want to do what they like and when they like.
  18. Part of the problem is that people that SHOULD have got the GA train at Peterborough got on the EMT instead, thus overcrowding itA lot of Away fans dont do research or just use a site like the trainline to work out the best way to get to grounds - its usually worth spending an hour or so the day before looking at various travel options and routes just in case one route went wrong. 
  19. More to the point Frodo I think you didnt mis-spell the Snakepit, you had to look up the actual nickname for that corner of the ground - and you are indeed BlueMike, Cameldung, the wally from Villa or whatever that Leeds fan was called from a few years ago that was giving it large about them winning League , or someone of that Ilk and I claim my £5   Do you honestly think the club would try and run a European campaign with a small squad?  History is littered with examples of those that tried and failed.  Some have gone down, some almost gone down, others have gone onto bigger and better things.  By your measurement, Spurs should have been spanked in the Champions League and got close to relegation a few years ago - if anything they went on to achieve more.  It may be a struggle but Im sure the club have already got plans for if we got close to / actually qualified for Europe.  Im sure that somewhere in McNallys cupboard are plans for breaking into the top 4.  There is no point in playing sport simply to make the numbers up.  We are there to push on With a final dismissal I hereby call into action City1st and BW''s Cat by use of that time-honoured throwing down of the gauntlet.  You, Sire Frodo, are a BINNER  [:P]  
  20. Maybe they ought to pay their rent in peppercorns.  To the UEA.  Even though its 100+ miles....
  21. [quote user="NCFCRulz"][quote user="Barclay hero"] Personally I disagree.  About time ST holders got up off their fat backsides and queued up like the rest of us Theres 22000 ST holders.  Id suggest that theres more than double that number that support Norwich across the globe.  That makes ST holders a minority   Live with it Mungo, Live with it [:D] [/quote] Labelling all ST holders as fat? :S And the fact that they are a minority is not reasonable justification for not giving them priority! If anything, its the opposite! [/quote] Im sure there are several STs who are fat.  Im fat.  Although I do fit on a single seat.....Ive seen several people at CR and elsewhere over the years that probably dont.  And some of those might be ST holders! As others say in this post the ST is there to guarantee you a HOME ticket, not away.  However I do like your previous post, well thought out
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