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  1. The words "friendly" and "Ipswich" don''t really belong in the same sentence.
  2. The defence looks good, the strikers cut a lonely figure.   Basically, midfield you need to get yourselves sorted out and start putting in early crosses.  So many time we watch you dither, delay, wait, before trying to put in the final ball.   I don''t doubt your ability, you can pass it around ok, but the decision making is often poor.    Pass it around by all means, but sometimes you need to recognise when to get the ball in early and preferably with quality.      Garrido did it yesterday a couple of times,  Martin showed us how against Everton with a quality ball in..   But what about the rest of you??    Its not happening enough.   Holt, or whoever is up front can''t do it without the ball.      We need to score goals as well as defend well.   Its not down to tactics, its down to you the players to realise what you  need to do.   Get the ball in  when the opportunity is there.   If you wait, 99% of the time the chance is lost and spaces closed down.     Quick thinking is what is needed and less predictability.   When the chance is there deliver the ball,  or at least try to.   Too often we see you waiting, dithering, delaying.   Sometimes, just sometimes, you need to get the ball in early.      I know players don''t read these boards, but its getting so frustrating watching a good team not creating enough chances.   Get yourselves sorted out!
  3. I can''t believe what I''m reading today.    Now it is quite clear that people see what they want to see and like a scapegoat and Holt is always a target. To some he has never been good enough and he has always proved them wrong.   I''m not saying he''s going to get any better and his form/fitness may drop over the next two or three years, but the evidence is clear, the midfield are not providing the service to the front man.   Blame Holt if you have to, but at least appreciate that it may not be his fault that he has not scored so many goals this season.    He''s played up front mostly on his own and covers a lot of ground every game.   Also, he is not overweight.   How many times does it need to be said?   He is a big man with a big frame.  Get used to it.    Most of what is said about him is complete rubbish.   I wish some of you would think for yourselves and not be swayed by popular misconceptions.  Watch him properly each game and you will see a man playing his heart out for the cause, doing his best on limited service and still influential as a front man.  For pity sake look at the matches properly!!!   The midfield are not working well enough as a unit to provide enough chances for him to find his goal scoring form.   RVP, let alone RVW would struggle to score with the service the front men are getting.  The frustration of watching Snodgrass dithering on the ball, the frustration of waiting for Pilkington to do something, watching Hoolahan run around in ever decreasing circles, Bennett not going past his man, Johnson not passing accurately - basically none of them putting in decent balls or crosses - that is where the problem is.  Holt scores goals for fun, but not if he isn''t given the ball.   Now get off his back.
  4. [quote user="Vanwink"]They want to big up Wigan and I suspect will tell it like it is about us![/quote] The match I saw was quite good in terms of Norwich possession.   For an away team to dominate the possession is a positive in  my book and I enjoyed some of our outfield play which was at times direct and attacking, despite what a lot of people are saying.   Some dithering at times, which is always frustrating, but some promising play.  We got beaten by a good shot, but one that maybe could/should have been saved.  Such are the fine margins.  It was an important match too, not just for us but for the whole lower half of the table which has concertina''d as a result.  They will undoubtedly mention our lack of firepower but I hope they will also say we deserved more from the match.  We were not that bad.
  5. I think Ruddy was one of the reasons, a real rock at the back.   Bunn did a good job too.   An element of luck was there as well as good play.  Momentum and confidence on top of the Arsenal result too.  The dividing lines between success and failure are quite small at times.  Wigan had one clear chance and they took it.  I think Ruddy would have saved it.   As I say the dividing lines are very small.To do well you need your best players on the pitch playing at the peak of their ability.  At the moment we don''t have that and it shows in the results.  Seven more games to find the right mix and pick up a few points.   Hope Ruddy is back soon - and at his best. it could make all the difference.
  6. To be fair to Hughton, he was brought in because he has a certain philosophy and ability that we wanted.  He knows how to set up a team.  Now he has come in and gone about things in the right way.  He started off with what he thought would work - it didn''t so he changed and adapted to find a system that would work and a lot of the time it works. We are hard to score against - and that is good. The problem is that the players are not good enough at this level to play the way Hughton wants.  The defence are,  but the midfield is still too ponderous and lacking bite.     I believe the strikers are not to blame either, for the same reason.     Hoolahan has his limitations.  Snodgrass is slow.   Bennett seems to lack a cutting edge, Pilkington is not effective often enough.  Johnson still can''t pass well.  They have ability, but not for the highest level.   On their day they can get a result, but over a whole season the limitations are there for all to see and I don''t think it''s the manager''s fault.I just hope there is enough there to get us over the line and away from trouble.
  7. [quote user="Alan_Grey"][quote user="City 2nd"]Alan_Grey wrote the following post at 2013-03-30 9:55 PM: If 3 other teams do worse than us across the season, then by absolute definition *we are good enough to stay up*. CORRECT that man - but the season is not over yet, so 3 other teams MAY NOT do worse than us, so we won''t be good enough to stay up if you apply the correct logic to your own post - with seven to play, and some below us 8 to play![/quote] I think you''ll find I never disagreed that we "may not" stay up, or indeed that we "may not" go down. I seem to be in a minority on here who admit they can''t tell.[/quote] You''re not the only one AG.   I''ve been saying the same for weeks.   No one can really tell how its going to pan out.  We could go up the table, we could go down the table.   We just don''t know.   Its just that the loudest voices on here are the ones who have the most polarised opinions and the thing they hate the most is people who can see both sides of the argument. 
  8. This makes me really angry.   The amount of wombats on  here that have consistently rubbished Grant Holt and his fitness/weight etc have it from the horse''s mouth now.   He is not overweight.   He is not unfit.  All you tw*ts that have been going on about him should f*ck off and support 1p5wich.   I and some others have been saying he is not overweight or unfit but have been consistently derided for that view.  But oh no, you know because "you seen it with yer own eyes".   Well you need to get your eyes tested and while you''re at it,  get your fitness to be a Norwich City supporter checked .  I said it a while ago on a thread - you don''t deserve him.
  9. "Little Ol'' Norwich" all but disappeared in the days of Martin Peters and into the eighties and early nineties, replaced by "Not so Little Ol Norwich".   However, that reverted back once the Premiership got under way. The premiership destroyed  the hopes of millions of fans all round the country who believed that with good management and a well run club their team could win the top League.  The more money that is poured into this badly conceived football set up, the more it perpetuates the top five or six clubs at the expense of the rest of us.   Also, if we can afford to spend 10m on a player it means that other clubs will be able to spend 20m, so the effects of that extra money will be negated.   Sure we might get some more nice foreign sounding names in the team, but relatively, we will still be in the same position as we are now.
  10. [quote user="YellowBlood"]Easily the best footballing expereince of my life, I was in the away end at Poorman Road and the mayhem after each goal was unreal. Incredible night from an incredible month really up to the Pompey game.[/quote] Interesting to note who the main scorers were that day.   Players that are deemed as "not good enough" now by a lot of our knowledgeable fans.  Surman, Jackson, Holt  and Fox (ok it was an own goal, but from a quality cross). Heroes one minute, cast offs (by some) the next.    We want to move on and develop, but it does suggest that those same players who are still  here are here because they still have a role to play, even as squad members.   
  11. It''s Bassong for me by a country mile.   Calm, organised, good communications, skilful, strong, consistent.  No weak points as far as I can see. The two penalties he gave away were dubious, so not really to blame.   Snodgrass good at times, but has had  too many indifferent games and poor deliveries at times.      Bassong has been a major reason for our strong defence (when it has been strong - ie, when he''s in it) so it has to be him, unless Grant Holt starts scoring a few hat tricks in the next few weeks.   Now wouldn''t that be nice!
  12. [quote user="......and Smith must score."]Well whatever the rights and wrongs of Mr Lawrenson''s predictions don''t forget he said he''ll be watching our game as Football Focus comes from the DW Stadium on Sat.   Probably guarantees we won''t be propping up MOTD and for that alone methinks he deserves a cheery wave from us travelling fans......[;)][/quote] It also shows what an important game this is, not just for us, but  for the whole lower half of the table.    Hoping for a really good game, following on from the Sunderland match, which we were strong in.  
  13. [quote user="Bert sneakers"]Who the hell is David cross anyway?[/quote] I can''t believe a Norwich supporter has never heard of David Cross.  If you are too young, then I suggest looking into a history of the club.  1972 might seem like ancient history to some, but if you want to develop your knowledge of the club, then there are books about NCFC history.    For info, David Cross was a good centre forward, excellent in the air and was instrumental in us getting promoted to the top league for the first time in our history.   He went on to have a very good career with West Ham and I think Coventry.   A player who really worked at his game and made the most of his talent.   
  14. If Wigan were to win on Saturday, any team up to 34 points should be on their guard.   Stoke are no different to us in that respect.  No one has a place in this division by right, it has to be earned.   Old Lawro is just, as usual, toeing the premiership line and has nothing original to say.   That ten goal difference gap is something that should concern us, but we should pick up enough points for that not to be an issue.   Stoke should be alright as well, although any team that has a poor run from now on in could be sucked back.     A win on Saturday would be just what we need to push on and give us plenty of breathing space.   COYY!
  15. "Asdfghjkl"It was started by Ipswich fans, people on here were just stupid enough to believe and spread that rumor It was the single most annoying thing about last season.  Unsubstantiated rumour picked up on and taken up by a load of pea brained substitutes for human beings and moved on through the through the modern disease of twitter and the internet, to the extent that if Morison was struggling for form on the field, it probably made his job twice as hard both on and off the pitch.   Anyone who giggled and passed on the rumour should feel rightfully guilty in the dismantling of a player, who actually, looked at rationally, was instrumental in us having a very good season, in case anyone has forgotten.  We''re supposed to be supporters!
  16. [quote user="Icecream Snow"]2 Wingers and an Attacking Midfielder seems surprising. I would have thought we''d be looking for a Fox replacement, then another striker. Unless Hughton''s going to play a continental style 4-5-1 all the time[/quote] Hardly surprising imo.   This has been the problem area all season.   The midfield lacking the capability to sustain a good quality, consistent and cohesive support for the strikers. 
  17. [quote user="City1st"]perhaps you could point out where I said you couldn''t call the paupers what you like I merely asked who does call them that (not the same) and it turns out you do well well [/quote] The words "clutching" and "straws" come to mind...............
  18. [quote user="City1st"]"If a club has sold out completely then they will not do well anyway "   ippo ? who the fark calls the binners ippo ?   [/quote] I''ll call your friends down the road what I like, City 1st.   And come to that, who the fark spells fark like that? 
  19. [quote user="City1st"]"You''re actually deluded aren''t you." extremely it would seem  in this bizarre world anyone who echoes the club''s line of wanting to win games and be successful is a ''positive percy'' (or supporter as was known) and anyone who constantly predicts imminent disaster is ''the middle ground'' dearie, dear me  [/quote] The trouble is, City 1st, is your intepretations of what other people are saying  are too extreme.   Most of us are merely stating the obvious, dull as it may be.   That is, there is everything to play for, we could go further up or we could go further down, depending on results.  Really, its not doom mongering.   It may be a boring and lacking in sensationalism, but its true.   The middle ground.  In other words lets wait, watch and see how they get on  - without people having to be cast in roles of  doom mongering, nor come to that percy positives.   Most of us can see both sides of the league situation.   It appears you can''t.  
  20. [quote user="GenerationA47"]We picture, dear reader, our resident sneering Lord Fauntleroy, ''Percy 1st'', holding the rest of the ward spell-bound as he demonstrates his new Different Types of Points theory, his multi-coloured medication arranged carefully on his bed to illustrate how points gained BEFORE nominal relegation safety is achieved are phenomenologically distinct from those gained AFTER. We learn that it could have been a demon named Pantwetter, who appears via a screen and tells him things, who gave him this idea the other night. Pausing only to snort back his own yellowing mouth froth, Percy 1st, our modern-day Captain Kurtz character, is able to keep his snivelling patter up all day, usually rounding off his pet monologues with a twisted scream of "off your knees, doffers!" to the passing burly staff doing their rounds (checking if they need to strap him down again, when those shaking claws once more wander too aggressively into his own or the other patients'' smocks).    In his own lucid and self-esteeming words, the "idiots" and "crackpots" (including the football club personnel) outside Percy 1st''s sage-green-painted institution, despite all his oratorical genius and prophetic denouncements, appear still frustratingly comfortable with the concept of time as a parameter and effective safety as an important milestone, not to say the possibility of different views as to when effective safety might be or might have been achieved.  He screams again - something indistinct about ambition? did we hear the word humility? - but he subsides, and returns to his coloured pill constructions and all his angst-imbued, blame-ridden world of sneering pain and misunderstood glory. [/quote] [Y]  [Y]   Nice one! 
  21. [quote user="City1st"]"They are in the league on merit"  If there is anything meritous about having a big wallet that is. They symbolise much that is wrong with football and the quicker they go back to where they belong the better football will be.  Though I''m sure if Cambridge Utd were to be taken over by some software billionaire as his plaything and reach the PL we would also be told they should be there, as they are there ''on merit''.      [/quote] All clubs have money, some more than others.   Such is the way with the world.   The quality of the football should be what is the criteria for being in this league.   If you''re good enough, you stay in the league, therefore you are  there on merit.   If a club has sold out completely then they will not do well anyway - QPR/Blackburn/Ippo, etc etc.Whelan, for all his money, still displays admirable traits, loyalty for one.    If Wigan are what is wrong with football,  then my name''s  RipVanWinkle.
  22. [quote user="Mungo Bumpkin"]There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the availability of tickets to see the forthcoming game at the Emirates. Coupled with that, we have the perenial old chestnut of loyal, die-hard "fans" not being able to get at seat at Carrow Road to see Man Utd, Liverpool, Spurs etc. It seems to me the club is missing a trick - it should sell "Plastic Home and Away Super Tickets" to the Carrow Road and return fixtures against Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd and Liverpool. You could charge what you like - I''d suggest £800 - because these people only really want to see the opposition so you woudn''t be penalising genuine Norwich supporters. You could even sweeten the deal with a free halfy-half scarf for each match! Mungo Norwich City - a LOCAL club for LOCAL people [/quote] Same old thread keeps popping up from you, knocking a section of fans because they want to see their club on a big stage.   Its a free country and people are entitled to go and watch who they want, when they want.   Where I do question the clamour  for arsenal tickets, its in wondering where is the clamour for the Wigan game?   People putting themselves out to get to Arsenal, but not to Wigan, arguably a more important match in the way the season has developed.   Surely that is a far more significant game.Norwich City - a club with a WORLDWIDE following for ALL people.Loight Boy
  23. I''ve enjoyed my last two trips to Wigan.   Two 1-1 draws, but the atmosphere was good in so far there were a lot of Norwich fans there.  When we played them afew years ago, we took over the whole of one side of the stadium, making it feel more like a home game.   Even though we only get one end now, its still a good occasion - but only if enough fans go.   Also I don''t begrudge them their position in the league.   They are in the league on merit, as are we and I would rather have them in the league than some of the so called big clubs.    The buzz for Arsenal tickets is all very well, but I shall enjoy the trip to Wigan more and with the hope that we can pull off a victory to push on this season.   Imo the Wigan match is the more important match anyway, with not only us picking up points, but ensuring Wigan don''t progress from where they are too.
  24. [quote user="canarycat"]We go into this weekend with a chance of all but securing premier league football for a third season running. Am i the only one who thinks we should be selling out v wigan away. it is a very important game. people for years have complained about the ambition of the board and now we get in that big name forward there should be a big fan reaction not a minimal following of 2000 to Wigan. Lets fill the away end. if i was the board i would be compalining about our ambition.[/quote] I posted a similar thread a couple of days ago.  I can''t understand why there isn''t more excitement about this game.  To me this is one of the most important games this season in that we can keep Wigan away from the pack above (including us) and also put us well clear in the process.   I don''t talk up games normally, but this is one we should go for a) because of its importance and b) when we fill a whole end its like we''re the home fans.  Get on your bikes!  
  25. [quote user="City1st"]""we could end up in the top ten or we could end up in the bottom three"  so why not make a comment about where we could be if we beat Wigan or how we are closer to 9th than a relegation place ?  as to ''getting through'' your constant whining about others not wetting themselves over this supposed dire relegation threat is getting through - it''s just we haven''t worked out why you should see everything in such a bad light - the club doesn''t [/quote] Ok, I''''ll play your game.   If we beat Wigan we can look forward to seeing high up the table we can go, maybe into 8th or 9th place.  There.  But in the interest of balance I will also state that if we lose to Wigan, we will be that much closer to a battle to stay up.   So there you have it, logical, accurate statements reflecting the possible outcomes of Saturday''s match - and no pant wetting.Oh, forgot to say it could be a draw which is enough to keep an unbeaten run going and keep the confidence up.
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