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Norwich City hoping for warm-weather boost in Abu Dhabi - story here: http://gulfnews.com/sport/uae/football/norwich-city-hoping-for-warm-weather-boost-in-abu-dhabi-1.1673597

Bamford, Redmond and Jarvis please. If we lose so be it but at least have a go against the worst team in the league

Playing as bad as on tuesday but against a much worse team. We don''t look like scoring and defending is poorly organised - all very worrying signs even if we do somehow get a result because we''re not going to beat any other teams.

Gutted! I fell asleep and was having a really exciting dream but then woke up to this boring crap again! Yawn

5 mins of injury time! Squeeky bums!

1-3. Just 1 goal behind us again!

Bloody hell this is exciting. Great save from Darlow and now Antonio has just missed a sitter. Should be 2-2!

We need to hammer M''boro 4-0 to take a little pressure off. I fully believe Bournemouth & Watford will both win their remaining games as they''re playing crap teams and beating everyone even when they''re not playing well. 1-2! C''mon Forrest!

Fri Jul 25 - SC Bastia (Stade d''Honneur, Sallanches) Fri Jul 25 Mon Jul 28 - OGC Nice (7.45pm) Fri Aug 1 - Celta Vigo (7.45pm)

Our 1st real pre-season test tomorrow. Their squad looks fairly average and I don''t know many of their players with the exception of Cisse and Boudebouz. However they finished 10th in Ligue 1 last season so can''t be that bad. They struggled to score goals and none of their players made it to double figures. Their top 2 scorers have both left the club over the summer. Player to watch: Ryad Boudebouz - skillful no.10 with 4 goals and 6 assists last season Djibril Cisse is also familiar to us but he''s 32 and not getting any better. Their last match was against a lower end Ligue 2 side and finished 0-0. My prediction: City 3-1 Bastia

Not overly bothered by the cancellation but it''s piss poor communication. Why can''t the club let the fans know that games have been cancelled rather than us having to find out from foreign websites. It seems very weird that 3 Italian clubs have now pulled out of fixtures with us and our club won''t tell us why? I''m sure the reasons aren''t particularly exciting, but this is still bizarre.

On Livorno''s website it seems to mention something about a cancelled Norwich match on Wednesday and that they are not sure who they''ll be playing. Also strange that it still says TBC against the fixture on Pink Un. Maybe it''s just a dodgy translation but does anyone have any better info??? http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=9761 And why can''t the club say why yesterday''s fixture was changed? Something''s going a bit wrong somewhere!

"It is understood that with add-ons the actual transfer fee was almost £11m and Cornelius''s salary over a five-year contract, plus a £1.25m signing-on fee, meant Cardiff committed themselves to a total outlay of more than £20m." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25944081 Absolutely ridiculous! I thought Malky was a good manager but this deal was madness. And I thought RVW was the worst deal last summer.

Not sure about that. I think if "utd took their defenders off" we might get 1 goal - not for RVW though!

We are playing that bad. The reason we''re not losing by more is that utd are playing nearly as bad - which I''m really surprised at cause I thought they were suddenly supposed to be amazing

Yep that was a shocking half. We don''t look like a team fighting to stay up. Our only saving grace is that utd are almost as bad. NA needs to get out the hairdryer and hope they play like they did in the 2nd half last week.

Looking at the fact we were in League 1 a few years ago we''ve done brilliantly to have 3 seasons in the prem. I do fear for us next year though as the championship is a tough league. We need to bring in a quality manager like Malky or Lennon as early as possible and have a good summer to rebuild the squad. Is mcnally and the board capable of getting this sorted? Or will they act with the same hesitance and indecisiveness that they shown this season?

Players lack quality

They aren''t

Agree, West Brom was our last chance. I''m bemused how many people here thought we''d get a result today. I do think we''ll get one shock result from our last 4, most likely V Arsenal. Unfortunately I doubt that''ll be enough.

The Championship is an exciting league and we get to watch a few extra games. The tickets are cheaper and we may even win a couple of games, although unless we bring in some better quality upfront we will struggle.

Awful writing! Almost couldn''t be bothered to read it. Hope he doesn''t get paid to do this. 

I''d like to see an attacking line up. When we play with a solid-looking defensive setup we concede anyway so I don''t think there''s any point. I''d play 4 at the back - the only defenders that have impressed me this season are Olsson and Turner, so these plus 2 more (perhaps Garrido?) Then Tettey OR Johnson as the anchor protecting the back four. Redmond and Murphy on the wings. Hoolahan in a central role. Snoddy and Hooper up front. - Yes, we''ll probably get hammered but I think this would give us the best chance of goals without being too reckless

Sunderland are very poor and will be relegated. After all, they lost to us. Cardiff are even worse. However I think we''re favourites to join these two at the moment. Lets hope NA works miracles and gets an away win at Fulham to send them down instead of us. I''d have mixed emotions if we get a draw cause I feel it won''t be enough.

It''s all about Saturday. Win and then I think we''ll scrape a point from the last 5 and 36 should do it - just! If we draw or lose it will be very difficult for us.