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Tzolis Playing well, sutton has been very complimentary on 5Live. Tyrone Mings gave a penalty away for picking the ball up when passed to him from a goal kick, very strange all round. I couldn't help but laugh, as its his champions league debut too. Couldn't have happened to a nicer person! 😁

We have played three home games now so people have had a chance to see the safe-standing areas for themselves. What is the verdict? Does it add to the atmosphere? I am yet to get to a home game but have heard good things from my family who sit very close to the standing section of the snake pit.

Idah's quotes in on the BBC website, when speaking after the Falkirk games. Following the victory, the Republic of Ireland forward said: "I'm probably still a bit annoyed with my performance in the end. "I thought I probably could have got more goals, that's the frustrating thing. I know I got two, but there are other things I'm not really happy about, so it's a bit of strange moment for me right now. "I didn't do much in pre-season. Before anyone jumps on that, that wasn't me chucking it or anything, it was just how we trained down at Norwich. "Obviously it's not as intense down there as it is here, we're at a big club and we want to be on it. "So when I first came back I was probably a week behind and now I'm getting the minutes in I'm starting to get goals." I cant believe there is any truth in the difference in training intensity here vs what he has up there, except for the amount of effort he puts in. I suspect he did "chuck it" whilst here, taking it easy...

I've been thinking about potential transfers, and one name that keeps coming to mind is Oli Skipp from Tottenham. With the recent news that Ange Postecoglou is looking to move on players who don't fit his system, Skipp seems like he could be on the chopping block. There’s another interesting connection here: Skipp shares the same agent as Ben Chrisene, who we recently signed. Given the recent dealings between the club and Skipp's agent, this could smooth over negotiations and make a move more feasible. From our perspective, Skipp fits the bill of exactly what we need. He knows the club and area, is defensively solid, and brings that midfield bite we've been lacking. He’s also young and still has plenty of room to develop further. With our current midfield options, adding someone like Skipp could bring the balance we need. Given Tottenham’s likely willingness to listen to offers, and the recent dealings with his agent, I think this transfer makes a lot of sense. Would probably cost about half the Sara money.

On the TV in the middle of the interview is a nice view of the city stand

I met a Korean man recently that barely spoke any English, when I mentioned I’m a Norwich fan he got excited saying that we have the second best Korean player behind Son. I think he will come good, but as you say the Pukki role is probably where he will show his best. It’s quite early to be writing him off.

Worst violence I've seen at a football game, I'm sure someone broke their jaw.

I think we will have a slow start and strong finish, just missing out on the playoffs. 7th or 8th

I have watched the highlights of the recent game and would agree with the Op, Tzolis did look much fitter and sharper than I've seen before. I especially thought that he linked up well with Giannoulis, when he was playing from the left. This combination should have had an assist for the Idah goal, I cant for the life of me see how that was offside. On the whole, he was unlucky as for a bit of better finishing from our forwards, he could have had a few assists.

This is the point, its about him moving the bag. I don't think it's petulant or childish, professional sport is about marginal gains, and making sure his team don't share their refreshments is all part of the game. It makes it easy to see why Celtic fans wouldn't like this but I'm sure its endearing to a rangers fan who wouldn't be caught sharing a drink with the opposition fans.

That looks remarkably like the outline of Norfolk, which has a population of 918,000 according to the ONS. In response to the OP, I think the upper limit could fill 45,000 regularly within a few years irrelevant of the league we are playing in. Bringing back the sort of pricing that grows the fan base, kids for a quid and adults in the region of £10. This is how we went from averaging averaging 15,000 to 25,000 in ten years. The average gate for 1997-2001 was about 15,000 and 2007-2011 about 25,000. Supply and demand, get the pricing right and there will be bums on seats.

haha, Great to see!

I believe atmosphere has a large impact on the display on the pitch, and also believe that standing generates a greater atmosphere. So linking the two, an investment in Safe Standing is also investing in performances.

For some reason all i can imagine is a repeat of Swansea, 1 - 0 Pukki to score and to "lose" the game on Xg.

I personally would have liked him to sign for us, but that being said, I don't think he is the right signing for the club at this time. I agree that he is a player in a similar mold to Pukki and has historically been of a similar level. That is, until Farke pushed Pukki to another level by playing a style to suit him exactly. But Smith does not get anything like the performances from Pukki that his predecessor got, because he doesn't play the system to suit him. Therefore I think Vydra would have been a fantastic signing, a year or so ago to give Pukki a rest and competition but now its not worth it, we should focus on getting some tools that Smith likes to use/is suited to using.