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[quote user="K Lo"]What if you don''t support either club?For example, I''d possibly like to see Spurs Vs Arsenal because arguably it should be a good game of football.[/quote]     Don''t think McNally, or NCFC or people on here would be bothered, as not taking seats from our supporters at a NCFC game ;)  

[quote user="splutcho"]From Twitter - "Let us know if away fans are seated in home areas by giving seat number to customer services. Don''t like it & would like to stop it. pls RT"[/quote]   Seems like his account has disappeared from Twitter now...Perhaps he didn''t like all the people telling him how many away supporters actually are sitting in the ''Home fans only'' areas...   Shame as would have liked to hear what him and the club were going to do about it.

[quote user="HoltsDerbyDayHattrick"]Same team as we used against stoke and bring the game to chelsea.[/quote]   Fully agree with this.

[quote user="city4eva"][quote user="hairy canary"] If 2 adults want to go... Cost them £92     but...   If they paid for a junior group booking, they can buy 8 under 16''s @£5 each = £40 And then add 2 adult tickets @ £15 each \= £30   Total price for 2 adults -£70...Saving £22, but empty seats around them if they can''t find ''juniors'' wanting to go.   Still too much money. Manure won''t be improving their squad from my money. [/quote]   The price is a joke £46 is just wrong. Not sure your plan would work , is there a minimum adult per x junior tickets? ie 2 juniors per one adult ?   [/quote] Believe the plan works...4 juniors per adult, hence 8 junior and 2 adult tickets ;)   Still not going though..   Fu''k ''em

Just had another thought... (don''t have many, and virtually unheard of for me to have 2 in the same day). Who sets the ticket prices for the cup matches?I recall a discussion on here about ticket prices having to be agreed by both teams in the FA cup. Does the same apply to the Capital One Cup?   If so...why oh why has McNally and co agreed to these prices?

[quote user="e10_yellow"]hairy canary - it''s a minimum 10 ticket booking for that adult £15 price, so don''t think that would work. Complete rip-off, I can''t go due to work anyway but if I had been planning on it, I''d now be boycotting[/quote] That''s why I added the 8 junior tickets to the cost ;) Still works out cheaper to buy the 8 junior tickets and not use them.

If 2 adults want to go... Cost them £92     but...   If they paid for a junior group booking, they can buy 8 under 16''s @£5 each = £40 And then add 2 adult tickets @ £15 each \= £30   Total price for 2 adults -£70...Saving £22, but empty seats around them if they can''t find ''juniors'' wanting to go.   Still too much money. Manure won''t be improving their squad from my money.

You might be able to go if you have got the day muddled up.Chelsea game is on Sunday.   Out of curiosity...what happens if you don''t get your season ticket back?? Would you have to spend £50 to get it replaced.....   Its a sell out, so you could register it for buy back for the game if you can''t go.

Yes, will be going. Driving , so anyone know best place to park as first visit to Stoke. (postcode for sat nav would be helpful)

[quote user="Hairy Canary"]I''m pretty sure there''s already a Hairy Canary too![/quote]   How the heck did it allow me to have the same name......Stoopid system.

I did say on his day ;) And he was up and down the wing for a lot of the man city game...Keep him in our half, and he will have a bit more energy to counter the long balls. And I do believe after the Spurs result, that players will be on their best form for the home game straight after that defeat.   I have to hope anyway ;)   We can all guess and add our thoughts to what is needed, but if we get the win then however that comes I will be happy.   OTBC

[quote user="grefstad"][quote user="hairy canary"]Villa leak goals, and think a high defensive line with close midfield will allow us to make the breaks needed to score, whilst at the same time giving us the cover at the back against their counters. [/quote]So you dont fear long balls over the top for Benteke, Weimann, Agbonlahor to chase? I would. A high defensive line vs Villa could be difficult, as Arsenal found out. Balance is key, but how to balance the team defensively without losing the attacking purpose is hard, and something Hugnton seem to have struggled with since day 1 at this club.It is possible that Hughton have seen our defenders are not good enough in one-on-one situations to clear danger, not having enough pace, etc.If you see other teams playing 4-5-1 in an offensive way, they usually have quick defenders able to operate on their own, not needing 2 defensive midfielders to patrol ahead of them at all times.That is our problem. Hughton does not trust our defenders enough to leave them to do their jobs, so he tried to pack the midfield to "help out", but in doing so, we lose almost all of our attacking potential.[/quote]   I don''t fear long balls, no.I fear our team being made to sit back and allow Villa more ground in our half....Lets play the offside trap and surely you would trust our players (with Johnson not playing) to see a long ball coming towards us! Think Olsson (and Whittaker on his day) are quick enough to match the pace of villa, but Whittaker needs to not go running forward to score for him to be an effective defender   Or would you rather we sat back and tried to absorb any pressure from the players you mention. At least then our forward/s would be used to the isolated position and could enjoy watching the game from the pitch.

[quote user="TCCANARY"][quote user="grefstad"]So we all hope for a good game vs Villa.We want to see NCFC attack, get a stronghold of the game, control matters, and produce a few goals without too many in reply.But what will Hughton think? What will he do? How will he set us up and set us off?In his defensive mind, he will play 1 up front, and sit back from the start, because he is afraid of Villa''s pace (he will ofcourse big them up in the pre match presser).He will not allow his backline to press high up the pitch because he knows Agbonlahor and Benteke and Weimann will run us ragged on the counter.  In midfield, he will play with 2 holding midfielders, to protect his no-pace back four.Therefore, a complete useless player when we are expecting to run the show (Johnson) will start again.So therefore Hoots is happy to play the waiting game, playing it safe, not risk losing.It will be 0-0 at halftime, with very little chances created for either side. We will all be thinking back to the home games vs Fulham, QPR; Newcastle, Soton, etc last season.Lambert will be happy to sit back with his team knowing the pressure will be mounting on Hughton, the crowd will start to moan and shout, and sooner or later Lambert hopes Hughton will have to open up a bit, giving his forward line a chance to deliver the sucker 0-1 punch late in the second half (from 75.min and onwards).After Villa have taken the lead, we will all think back, maybe Hughton too, why we did not aquit ourselves better from the start, press, get the first goal, and then control matters.As always in Hughtons universe, he will wait with subs until he sees what the other manager have donw with his subs.I have rarely seen Hoots make the first sub in the game (except perhaps for Hull).So, the game will gradually fizzle out, with our only chances on target originating from either a corner or a freekick far away from goal.Wolf will again be starved of any service, and be subbed after 80 mins for Hooper, when we are 0-1 down. No change in formation, it will be man for man, nothing structural. After all it is better to lose 0-1 than 0-2. Hoots knows the value of goal difference come May..Paddy Davitt will write is usual carefully word-weighted post-match article, not risking to upset the club hierarchy so he might get the ugly eye or even be banned from future Colney pressers.What next?Morty or some other from the forum police brigade will make a mockery out of this post and tell us to calm down, as it will still be 33 games left of the season. [/quote]   I was about to sign up to BT Sports but now I''ve read the match report I don''t have to, must''ve saved myself a few quid.     [/quote]   LOL. With the money you save not subscribing to BT Sport, you can buy a ticket to the game, and join with the Grefstad booing Hughton ;)    

Can not, and don''t believe Hughton will play defensively against Villa.   If we were to sit back, we would lose I believe. Equally, don''t believe we can go all out attacking, as will be caught on the counter with the pace they have and use effectively. Villa leak goals, and think a high defensive line with close midfield will allow us to make the breaks needed to score, whilst at the same time giving us the cover at the back against their counters. Can see this as being a good game BT Sport have got the rights to. Think it will be a good game for the neutrals to watch. For me, we have to try (I believe we will) to get the 3 points........and succeed    OTBC

[quote user="Nicko"]I''m fairly sure there''s already a thread for this.[/quote]   And people decided to post on this one. Don''t think we need your kind of forum policing.We will post where we want and think relevant.Thanks for wasting your time though ;)

Whilst not joining the ''Hughton out'' posse, I am surprised to see people including Johnson in any Norwich team atm. After travelling to Spurs, I expected to see a decent performance. Sadly Johnson was the worst I have ever seen him........Hardly touched the ball, unless to give it away to Spurs...Even watched him shirk out of a header challenge (although, in slight fairness, he had already been booked). If I see Johnson start this weekend against Villa, then I will, sad to say, give serious thought to joining the ''Hughton out'' posse. Surely Hughton saw how bad he was, and needs to be dropped for at least 1 game.   Of course, if he does start, and plays a blinder, then I will deny all knowledge of this post and pretend my account must have been hacked ;)   Ruddy Martin   Turner   Bassong   Olsson Redmond  Howson  Pilkington Fer   Elmander Hooper   Bench..... Bunn  R.Bennett  Garrido  Hoolahan  Tettey  RVW Snodgrass Slightly different to the normal, but maybe that''s why I am not the manager.   OTBC

Also showing on other streams, but only scheduled for an hour :( Hopefully that is a mistake and it will be the whole game, but anything is better than nothing.

From NCFC facebook post.... TICKETS: All those who pre-applied for Hull away have been successful and can purchase their ticket from 9am tomorrow. 400 tickets will go on general sale from Tuesday, August 6.   Not the sell out people thought it would be.

I am struggling to believe some of the stuff written on this thread by some people. Those working in ''civvy street''... If you and your work colleagues do not agree with a way of work, or how things are, you have the option to strike or even walk out and tell them to shove the job where the sun don''t shine. Military people are the only career people I am aware of that are not allowed to strike...that''s why they were used for the fireman''s strikes......and walking out is still called AWOL and ends up in prison. Sure, you can opt to leave, giving (normally around) 6 months notice...just enough time for yet another dessert trip. We all know that firemen, police, nurses etc all do the best they can with the resources they have...but thy have a larger say as there can be, and is the threat of strike. Look at it this way.   If the police or firemen (possibly nurses) go on strike, it is the military that our (we voted) government turns to and expects to be more stretched to cover these important roles...Imagine if the military were allowed to go on strike....Who would the government turn to?? Doubt it would be you Mr Civilian (TA and reservists excepted)   Show the respect where it should be shown.

I will be there too...Row Z..but can''t log onto the forum on my phone for some strange reason. Staying overnight in the Holiday Inn, then seeing family the next day. You should spot me...I will be in the new home shirt with v.Wolfswinkel on the back ;)

[quote user="city-till-i-die"]All of the 167,987,678,543,678,654 of them[/quote]   Gutted......Thought there was only 167,987,678,543,678653 of them I must have missed reading one...Got to go back through them all now.

Can''t be Hooper.. There would be no more new threads if we sign him now.

How long before we get the ''McNally tweet'' ?

Looking a lot sharper throughout. Much better than against the Earthquakes.Need to keep this level of improvement throughout the pre season.Redmond awesome.

Guessing no commentary on this stream.