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[quote user="city-till-i-die"]i still wear mine...i am and will always be a city supporter...yes its poo we are in div 1...yes our board is crap...yes our manager hasnt a clue...but i will support the team none the less...i just hope we bounce back quick[/quote]   Spot on.  Me too.....

I think the move for change is a valid one - but hurting the club financially is NOT the way to do it. OK, opinion is divided on whether rebates should be claimed - thats down to each individual - but it will help the club more if you CAN let them keep it Also valid is the argument that people want to see their club play - no matter what league we''re in. So here''s a suggestion For a few league games this season, as many fans as possible boycott one half of the game. It needs to be co-ordinated - some missing first half and some missing second wont work. If the team kick off the second half in front of 5,000 whereas there were 25,000 for the 1st half, then theres a noticeable difference. Likewise if everyone floods in at half time. People could even stay in the ground but stay in the lounges etc. Its more likely to be a unique effect that will draw attention from the national media to the situation than staying away altogether - most L1 clubs only play in front of a few thousand anyway and staying away totally will just show that NCFC supporters are no better than anyone else As for the NCISA - I reckon theyre secret Binners. Discuss.

I think it all depends on how the season starts - for the last god knows how many years we''ve had a crap start - even the Championship season in 2004 started slowly til Hucks etc came in IF we can get 6 or 7 wins under our belt in the 1st 10 games, people will start enjoying themselves again and going to Exeter, Brentford etc will be one long party.  If on the other hand it takes us 30 games to get 6 wins, the general level of despondency will get worse and the likes of First Wizard will probably self combust (or move to Alpha Centauri)

First things first - Im not fan of Gunny getting the job or a fan of his management team but to a certain extent he was on to a loser from the day he walked in -  OK we werent in the bottom 3 but relegation has been on the cards for 2 or 3 years I''d rather see someone with lower league experience at the helm - possibly not even Mark Robins but someone who can instill the guts and fight That said, whoever is in charge I''ll back them from the stands until theyre fired - I think the blind slagging off is as bad as the blind optimism.  Yes the teams not good, yes we''re angry, yes changes need to be made at Board and pitch level but its the whinging from certain quarters that has helped bring the club down.  GET BEHIND THE TEAM OR GET OUT.  Choice is yours

Thankyou Beausant! I''m not trying to defend the board at all.  I think changes need to happen, and I think one of the positives of our relegation is that there is now the big movement for change.  If we''d have stayed up then I dont think anything would have altered, we''d have been in a relegation scrap next year and the same things would have been said again What I would say to people is who would you replace Delia with?  Cullums a non-starter - Towergate group is struggling, and I think if he''d have taken over we''d have been in just a bad position if not worse.  I dont particularly like Doncaster, but at least he''s got the bllx to stand outside before games I guess.  Who else is there? The last thing we want to do is go to someone like Rupert Lowe at Southampton - he''d get us a manager from Rugby or Cricket With regards to Gunny, he''s had a go at the managers job and Im not sure he''s the right man to get us out of L1.  That said I will support whichever man is manager and if thats Gunny I will still cheer his teams on

Great post Friel.....lets bring it on....

City-til I-die Thanks for that - agree its a disgrace, but its done and theres not a lot we can do about the past except learn from it.  Im realistic to know the club needs to change and there are people involved with the club that don''t deserve to be, but Ive followed Norwich since I went to my first game aged 8 and I always will do.  I want to see us win stuff, but rarely happens. In response to other posts, I''m not a club employee, Im not Delia (I can cook better than her!) nor am I Doomcaster....I''m a p@@@@d off fan, same as you are but I''m trying to keep positive through all this.  I''m too young to remember Norwich as a Div 3 club, and its a crp feeling.  Maybe I will go to hell, I certainly havent got my head up anyones backside but I will follow City wherever they go  

I''m annoyed and upset. Probably no more so than 25 or 30 thousand people that follow Norwich, but my annoyance is not just with the team but some of the media and fellow fans. I''m annoyed because there are some people that think relegation to League 1 spells the end of Norwich City. These people think that our demise to League Two and beyond is inevitable. And many have questioned why they bother following a team when the players don''t turn up. I''ve got a message for these people 1) Football goes in cycles. Wolves won the Championship this season and well done to them, but I can remember them as a Divison 4 side (in fact I saw a Div 4 match between Preston and Wolves in 1988). Likewise Blackpool fans over a certain age can remember their team challenging regularly for major honours, and Forest''s European wins were not really that long ago. Likewise, Wigan only came into the league in 78, Hull nearly got relegated from the league back in the 90s and theyre both in the Prem. Norwich Fans 50 years ago would only have dared to dream about top flight - for the Cup Run side of 59, it would be another 13 years before their club got promoted to the old Div 1. So its our turn to be a lower league side again. We''ll be back, it might take a few years, but it WILL happen. In the meantime - live with it, and carry on supporting the club - it needs you. 2) Prudence without Ambition maybe - but at least prudence means we still have a club. Look at Southampton - they could be out of business before next season starts, at least we still have a club to support 3) I''m City Til I Die - that means I will follow the Club until I''m in a box. If the club ends up in the Conference or below, I''ll still follow them. If they go out of business then I''ll do all I can to help get the club restarted again - just as Aldershots fans did (and for that matter Newport). Those guys never gave up, and in the case of the Shots theyre back 4) Is being in League One so bad? We’ve now got a chance of ''Giant Killing'' Peterborough, not to mention Ipswich. Chances are we''ll win more games than we lose - and that has to be better. 5) In 30 odd years following the Canaries I''ve seen us get promoted 3 times, relegated 5 times, reach a playoff final, win the Milk Cup and get to 2 FA Cup Semis. I''ve seen us beat Bayern Munich and lose to Barnet in 2-legged cup competitions. There have been plenty of lows, but lots of highs too. I''d rather have that than mid-table obscurity in the Prem - what can Bolton and Wigan fans actually look forward to? They''ll never win the league, and probably won''t win the cups either - they might qualify for Europe but won''t get beyond the QFs - and they won''t go down. Whilst I''m not belittling those clubs - they do pretty well to regularly survive in a very tough league - I think I''d rather have seasons of ups and seasons of downs rather than lots of nothingness.... 6) Finally - those people that do walk away at the moment the club needs you (and I''ve heard people threatening to do this) - you''re no more fit to wear the shirt than some of those players out there today. If you follow the club only when its moderately successful and has the chance of promotion to the Prem and a home league game against Man U, then we''re better off without you. The club will survive and do well again because of the many thousands of fans that will keep it going On the Ball City, never mind the danger.....