CantonsHero

We support the club and we should support the players too.

At least he got that Gervinho was offside!

Naughton''s wasn''t a penalty as it should have been stopped for offside. End of discussion.

At the beginning of the season I looked at Villa game in a month''s time and thought that would be a must win for us to stay up. Now....

Using the predictor from the BBC, we are not mathematically safe as Bolton can reach 45 with QPR and Wigan both reaching 43 with us, which means 1 point is enough to see us safe.

Trying to always develop the future leads to "Arsenal". A very good team with a lot of potential, but not really ever lived up to. Integrating the best of the future into your experienced and strong team leads to "Manchester United" who are likely to be winning the title again this year. At International tournaments you play the best right now for these three weeks. Then you do the same 2 years later. I long for the days gone by when the youngsters came into the clubs looking up to the experienced lads. (We do seem to have that at Norwich with our first team lads looking up to Drury, Holt and Wilbrahamovic). That''s how they grow; not artificially lumping 20 of them together with Lampard and Rooney and hoping for magic.

Lets not over-react; the front page does day DESERVED win for Norwich.

To be fair to Elliot, there were a lot of anonymous players on both sides today, but Stoke played very aggressively today and it meant that the slighter, more technical players like Wes and Bennett, Pilks and Jackson were always going to struggle today. Lambert obviously knew this to an extent as Wes was benched. I won''t be going up there again. Horrible area, matched by a horrible team who literary play at arms length, because, as we saw today, dare to encroach on that area and the ref will blow. Quite simply, refs need to be taught how to ref against specific teams/play styles. Michael Oliver had no idea how to ref that game today and was all over the place.

Don''t quite understand the consistency of this CH. Regarding my statement. The players where "class is permenant," should be the players who are always playing well, therefore they will always make up the up of the team. For example, Gerrard, Cole, Rooney etc always seem to be playing well. Then you have a series of players who are whitehot on form now that you also bring in. You''ll have a central squad of around 16/17 players who stay roughly similar, with 6 or 7 interchangable players keeping it all very fresh and competetitive.

[quote user="Eric Pickles Pie Supplier"]Oh dear Michael. If only it was as simple as you are suggesting ! I''m afraid that your little plan would''ve worked 40 yrs ago, but, sadly, with all the intricacies of the modern game, it''s a non-starter. Club football is totally different from International football, and, to a certain extent, always has been. You hero-worship Brazil, saying that their players are always "winners". Well, I''ve got news for you, mate. They haven''t been lately...... Modern football requires teams buying into the same ethic, and playing to the same tactics . Lok at all the successful teams, and thay are settled sides who are used to playing with one another. Your idea of playing players who are in form, then changing it all around a couple of months later will work, as I said earlier on one-off fixtures, particularly against second rate opposition. But if England are once again to compete with the world''s best (and it''s a big "if"), the only way will be to build a squad/team for a particular tournament. Dammit, Germany have been doing just that for years. France did it in 1998 to 2000. Brazil and Argentina used to, but have not been doing that recently . England did it with the Rugby in 2004, and look what happened . One area where I do agree with you is that the "prospects" have got to be pretty good and coached to the highest standard, and it''s those aspects where England have been found wanting over the last 30 odd years. [/quote] I disagree with nearly all of this. The players who should regularly be in the England squad are the players who class is permanent. The players who play well season after season will get into the team and will become your regulars. Then you add in the odd one or two are supremely on form. This will add energy and drive to your team, as well as fresh impetus every game, weekend, tournament. English squad should have been: Hart, Green (regulars) Ruddy Ashley Cole, Leighton Baines, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Micah Richards, (regulars on form) Kyle Walker Gareth Barry, Stewart Downing, Adam Johnson Steven Gerrard, James Milner, Scott Parker, Ashley Young, Theo Walcott, (regulars) Tom Cleverley, Leon Britton, Anthony Pilkington (new) Daniel Sturridge, Jemaine Defoe, Danny Welbeck, Grant Holt, Danny Graham,

Average? Really; you mean last year''s. I don''t think it''s ever even consistently been near 40.

First time that SSN went over to the Totty presenting Game of the day, she mentioned the other wins, which included Swansea.

Haha - Love it. I think if I start this next year I''ll get lynched.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16780757.stm Try this one for size. Worst part of this is they link to the article which shows them up.

Good draw I think, but unfortunate looks like safe passage for all the big teams.

Always said I will only go to Wembley to watch Norwich; this maybe the year. We''re only three games away! (Semi-Finals should be not be played at Wembley however)

Loved the atmosphere at the game today, and really want to continue to watch the games. So for me: Crawley or Stevenage (would probably be on TV, home or away) Leicester or Birmingham away (could easily travel to) Sheffield Wednesday away (colleague supports) Home to anyone except Chelsea. I think we could beat a resting Spurs or Liverpool.

So, anywhere where we can see highlights of the game? Cause ITV, that weren''t good enough. I wanna see the Holt incident at the end of the first half where it looked like a WBA player kicked Holt.

I work in the school opposite the ground as many will know. As I was driving home from the game, while sitting in traffic on the main road, a kid in my tutor group and three of his friends (who I have all taught) were walking towards us. What I did not does not make my proud of myself. I wound down my window and shouted "Dale", and just grinned at him with my thumb up. He shook his head, probably both in disbelief and probably shame. Not a great moment, but very funny for my mate and I.

The singing lot were great fun today I thought. My Highlights: Us: "Your Grounds too big for you!" Them: "Our Stands too big for you!" After our appeal for handball out of box from Foster, their continued shouts for handball every time Steer went to collect it was brilliant. "You''re back again. You''re only here for the Albion"

When I got my tickets through on Tuesday I was amazed to find that I was sitting so close to the Premier League Game. I''d gone from A-Row O- 21 to A-Row O -17. (And considering seats 18 onwards were closed off, that was as close as I could get). Early in the first half, Jerome Thomas who''d looked very lively turned and smacked a goalbound shot which Steer turned onto the bar and out. (Deja vu moment: Odemwingie''s shot vs Ruddy). Then, against the run of play, a cross from the right from Bennett (Jackson) was converted by Holt (Surman) in the 35th minute (43rd). We seemed stronger up until the break, and after the break it was back to being a barrage from the Albion. After good work down the left, Martin lunged for the ball and missed allowed Thomas to break into the box and set up Fortune to score. Two weeks previous on the same flank, Thomas beat Martin before a lunge from Ayala took him down. Cox equalised. Last time the pivotal substitution came on 68, this time on 65. Mulumbu air kicked in the league, and substitute Holt broke away to win the game with a pinpoint cross. Today, Dawson mis-controlled and Jackson broke away to win the game with a pinpoint shot. My Dad and I were overjoyed 2 weeks ago, as the silenced fans headed for the exits with 10 minutes to go. Today, my best friend Mike and I watched as, due to the amazing amount of feigned injuries, the fans skulked away with 10 minutes to go. What a game. What a smash and grab. What a win!

MOTM - Whitbread. Amazing performance; I''ve thought for a long time we''ve defended better than a team without a clean sheet.

The two that got kicked out were old blokes. Didn''t look like much trouble. I''d have thought if you were there to cause a ruckous, you''d have had a grin on your face as you were kicked out; these guys looked like they were being arrested.

2 were in the WBA end and got kicked out thanks to Morison!

So far, the only month we haven''t won a game is August; in all the months that have followed we have got either 1 or 2. February: sunderland, BOLTON, swansea, MAN UTD March: stoke, WIGAN, newcastle, WOLVES, fulham April: EVERTON, spurs, MAN CITY, blackburn, LIVERPOOL May: Arsenal, VILLA Each month apart from May gives us what I would consider at least 2 fantastic opportunities to do this. But if we can get a run going in March, we''ll look unstoppable; they look like games we can at least get points from.