jed exodous

I seem to remember one summer when Worthy was in charge, and we only made one signing. Lee Croft.

I went to the game tonight. We played ok in general without being amazing. Ruddy looked solid, though I was the other end for the goal and not seen it back, so not sure who to blame for that. Tof done alright, has a lot of potential and very good going forward, needs to improve his defensive play. VOO had a decent game, though the final ball was poor, hopefully that will come back with game time. Far too many shots over or wide though for my liking.

His performance tonight was a Fernando Torres for Chelsea type performance. I don''t see him getting much of a look in, loaning him out is our best hope of cutting our losses. The 1 on 1 was by no means easy. Grabban put away a similar chance on Saturday though. I''d say RVW is probably 3rd choice, just slightly ahead of Hooper, who offered very little tonight.

Hang on a minute. Cast your mind back and we done a deal so holt could effectively leave to go be near his family. 12 months on, what makes anyone think anything has changed and he''d want to come back and live down here away from his girls? IMO, holt should''ve stayed last season to fight for his place, but bottled it with the arrival of 3 new strikers. In hindsight, it was right to let him go, but he won''t have any real desire to come back for Norwich, it''d be more to try and kick start his career before he tumbles through the leagues. He''ll always be a legend for the goals he scored for us, best leave it like that.

Morty, in response to your hindsight arguement.  Basically, the majority of fans wanted Hughton gone leading up to Xmas/new year.  Fulham away in the cup was the final straw for me.  I lost a lot of interest in NCFC after that game.  I''m not a season ticket holder, due to work commitments I should add.   But it was very difficult to carry on supporting the team and manager after such an abject performance.  One of many so far during the season.   We''d been playing pretty poorly in the first half of the season.  Hughton seemed pretty reluctant to change his style of play or try different tactics.  Nobody could''ve predicted all 3 of our striker signings would''ve failed so badly, but for me, January was still a chance to try and put things right.  I guess there wasn''t a great deal of options for players to be leaving, Becchio is the obvious one, maybe we could''ve let Hoolahan go, (He had little impact in the second half of the season).  But there were also 2 spaces in the squad filled by Yobo and Jonas, so that would''ve been 3 squad spaces.  For me, at least one of those spaces should''ve been a new striker, as well as a number 10, and a CB.    Mcnally saying that Jan prices are over iflated is a bit of a cop out.  If that''s the market rate, then so be it.  As mentioned, our squad was not performing how it should''ve, and we should''ve made more effort to address that.  Yobo done alright, but signing Jonas, who''d barely kicked a ball for half a year, and then expecting him to come in and make a difference, was pretty strange.   Maybe the board were scared to back Hughton because of the failures of the forwards, if that was the case CH, even more reason why CH should''ve gone.      

Summer 2013 didn''t go horribly wrong.  January did.  Only signing 2 loan players was pretty poor, especially when Jonas had barley played all season.  Yobo done a job most of the time in the games he played.   We should''ve strengthend more in January In more opinion.

Once again, appologies I''ve not been a regular over the last few weeks.   I was on holiday for the last 2 weeks.   I''ll go for Benfica this week please.   Good luck everyone

Good evening PUP''s   Appologies for missing last week.   I''ll have Bayern Munich this week please.   Good luck everyone

I had about 300 odd programes, mostly from 80''s and 90''s.  A lot were collected by myself, but I also picked up a few at car boots.   To be honest, they''re virtually worthless.  I had all 3 home Uefa cup programmes, play off final, 1985 milk cup final, but you can pick them all up for about £2 or £3.  I tried to seel them on Ebay, and wanted about £50 for the lot, but the most I got offered was about £20.  I gave them away to a mate in the end, who I knew would appreciate them and look after them, and add to them.   I don''t bother buying them now when I go, 50% adverts nowadays, and loads of stuff aimed at kids, it doesn;t include anything that you can;t find on the internet.

I''ll go with PSG please...   Good luck everyone

Bayern Munich will win again this weekend, so I''m going for them again this week   Good luck everyone

Welcome back everyone   I''ll have Bayern Munich to win please

Well, we wont be wearing the away kit against Fulham.   I like both the new kits...  Probably get the home one and join the other 20,000 with RVW and 9 on the back.

Right with you SLIM...   I think we are in a situation where the club doesn''t really need our small contribution.  I think its been a great group to be part of for the last few years, and I really enjoy reading and posting views on the weeks betting.   Just a thought, is it worth contacting the club?  Whilst the club may be celebrating new found fortune, I''m sure they would still be disappointed to hear that we feel that our contribution is not worthwhile.  Didn''t Ricky Martin or someone else fairly high profile come to a few of the end of season do''s?   I think if we go with donating to a charity, something local and something connected to NCFC, so the club can still be involved on presentation nights, is the way to go.    Once again, I''d like to take the opportunity to say thanks for all the work you put in to keeping the free bet going Eddy, you''ll have a tenner off me in a few weeks for the new season.  [:D]

I don''t think the age thing is that big a deal.  I think we need a few more experienced heads in the team.  I also think FQ would be able to play a little deeper behind RVW and that they could link up pretty well together.    Personally, I don;t think this deal will happen, but it would be great signing if it did...

How much did we get for Forster?  I missed that one...

[quote user="Canary02 IV"]Just to chuck a name into the mix: Rob Green?[/quote] I doubt we could get him off his contract.  Wasn''t he on £50k when he signed for QPR?  The thought had crossed my mind too about Green, but I doubt he''d be a popular choice.  

[quote user="Webbo118"][quote user="jed exodous"] [quote user="Kangaroo Court"]I can''t believe so many posters are saying £10 million is a good price. Yes, he''s a goalkeeper but he has a very long contract. Is his value going to increase or decrease in the next season or two? Let''s keep hold of him and sell him on for a higher price in a couple of years if he wants to go. It would be really short-sighted to let him go now. [/quote] Unless we finish top 4, or maybe win a cup in which he''s MOM in a few games along the run, I don''t see Ruddy''s value changing at all.  He''s highly unlikely to dislodge Hart from the England no.1 jersey, especially as he''s playing for a top team and also CL.  Also, when you consider one of the games top goalkeeping prospects, De Gea, he moved to Man U for around 16mil and he was under 20.    If all this transfer speculation/bids etc had happened 4 or 5 weeks ago, we could''ve got Steklenberg who''d have been a good replacement and for a good price.  However, I can''t for 1 second believe that we can''t replace Ruddy with someone as good, or better for £10mil... [/quote] Let''s have some names then. [/quote]   Dave, Bob, Steve...   Its irrelevant what names I suggest, everyone has an opinion, and its CH''s and his teams opinion that counts, I don''t study every league in world football, but our scouts will have.  If there is any hint of professionalism in the club, they will have already identified potential targets.    If I suggest Gianluigi Buffon or Carlo Nash, it doesn''t have any effect on who we sign.  As I said, there will be adequet replacements out there, who can fill Ruddy''s boots for £10million... 

[quote user="Kangaroo Court"]I can''t believe so many posters are saying £10 million is a good price. Yes, he''s a goalkeeper but he has a very long contract. Is his value going to increase or decrease in the next season or two? Let''s keep hold of him and sell him on for a higher price in a couple of years if he wants to go. It would be really short-sighted to let him go now. [/quote] Unless we finish top 4, or maybe win a cup in which he''s MOM in a few games along the run, I don''t see Ruddy''s value changing at all.  He''s highly unlikely to dislodge Hart from the England no.1 jersey, especially as he''s playing for a top team and also CL.  Also, when you consider one of the games top goalkeeping prospects, De Gea, he moved to Man U for around 16mil and he was under 20.    If all this transfer speculation/bids etc had happened 4 or 5 weeks ago, we could''ve got Steklenberg who''d have been a good replacement and for a good price.  However, I can''t for 1 second believe that we can''t replace Ruddy with someone as good, or better for £10mil...

I''ll just also add, Based on the money improving the team by 3 or 4 quality signings, it wouldn''t be the end of the world if we started off next season with Bunn in goal, though I would like to see a new number 1 come in.   Just my humble opinion...

[quote user="priceyrice"]£10M for a goalie is a lot of money, i can only think of a handful of goalkeepers who have been bought for more than that. I would rate Ruddy in the same league as Mignolet, however he is home grown so that should help his value. I think his value has taken a knock as well after the serious injury he had. Perhaps Chelsea think they can get a bit of a bargain because of it.   I think the club would and should seriously consider any offer above 10M. We could then invest that in a replacement and another outfield player. Ruddy is not irreplaceable, we suffered in some games last season without him, but Bunn did ok overall and highlighted how no player is irreplaceable. As others have said, Forster would be a great replacement, but we don''t need a British keeper, i am sure there are plenty of options in Europe as well. Saying all this, i really like Ruddy and would be gutted if he left, but I would completely understand the transfer from all view points [/quote]   This is quite a sensible post.  Let me say a few things... - I like Ruddy a lot, and think he is a good keeper, good, but not world class or the messiah as some of you have made out on this board in the past. - £10mil would be a heck of a lot of money for him and as long as its reinvested in the team, along with other funds we have, we''d be able to buy some serious quality to improve the team, if the 10mil is reinvested. - If Chelsea did seriousley want him, he''s gonna get chances.  They wouldn''t pay that sort of wedge to sit on him on the bench, so the chance to be playing in the champions league and for a top team would be very appealing, alongside the fact of a large pay rise, living in London, in the spotlight more, testing himself against some of the best would be very tempting for him.  Even if it didn''t work out, I''m sure he wouldn''t be short of potential buyers if Chelsea wanted rid after say 1 season or 2.   Bunn is not as good as Ruddy, but I think he done a reasonable job in his absence last year, though it was a relief to have JR back.  Its easy to forget that we only won 5 games last season with Ruddy in goal, Arsenal, Stoke, Man U, WBA and Man C.  The same amount of league games with Bunn in goal.  Ruddy conceded 18 goals in 15 games, Bunn 30 in 23 games, so not really too much difference there.  Stats don''t tell the whole story, but its easy to say it all went downhill after Ruddy''s injury, when the truth is, things had only been going better for the 5 games prior to Ruddy''s injury.   We''re not in a position where we have to sell, but if you taking all things into consideration, £10mil would, in my opinion, be a very good offer for Ruddy.

I''m a little surprised at this move.  But Steer was never gonna be a number 1 for us, so if we''ve got nearly half a million for someone who''s barely featured for the club, that''s decent business.  Where''s Joe Lewis now and remember the fuss about him?   Good luck him...

I don''t think we should be spending 10mil on a Scottish Premier player.  Isn''t the SPL league 1 standard?

I''ll have Barca please.   Sorry I missed last week and am so late this week.

I''ll go for Ajax too please.   Good luck everyone