ThatGirlFromNJ

@Yankee, Im in South Jersey for now. Born and raised. My only real familiarity with the North is Rutgers NB Campus and Newark Airport. Haha. @Jimmy Smith, Agreed. We play like usual and we lose to Fulham and Cardiff. We play like today and we draw with Man. City. What other evidence do we need? Think if we played like this the whole season we would be sitting bottom half of the league? Probably not. Hopefully this was just the first of many great performances. At least now they know they can do it.... fans wont settle for less now that we know it too.

They are playing like are meant to be in the Premier League. Best game in a while! Much better than when they roll over and play dead. Keep it up, boys!

Yes, some pride would be nice, but do remember that they are being instructed to play a certain way. Such negative tactics for so long a time period would totally remove players confidence. If Houghton, or anyone else, instructs them to play back and not take too many risks, it is virtually the same thing as telling them that they wont score goals or make any advances anyway, so they might as well not even try and "risk it" - they should just protect their own goal. Which, unfortunately, ends up making it look like Ruddy is the only member of the team interested in keeping the ball out of our goal. It is the mentality of the team which will determine the quality of their play..... and it is the manager''s job to infuse the right mentality into the players by the way he instructs them to play and the tactics he chooses to use. Yes, players need to take pride in their game, but how excited can they possibly play, when constantly instructed to "not risk it"? Negative tactics to exactly that. C''mon now!

[quote user="First Wizard"]Hear me out guys. A win would no doubt save Hughton''s job, thus giving him permission to muck it all up for the next 8 games or so. Its a tricky situation for the board to be in, act now and avoid that scenario or stumble on, as in the Worthy days, and still let the wound fester resulting certain relegation Don''t worry, when was the last time Norwich won? lol He has to go right now.[:@] [/quote]

Anybody agree yet?

Is this legit? I didn''t see the game today, but I heard that everything that could have gone wrong, did. Is he really out?

I agree. I think that if the teams really played it would make it more entertaining. If we are all too concerned about staying PL, I think the quality of entertainment goes down. I often think the lower league games (of any sport) are often more entertaining. I think because the plays are far less scripted (tactically speaking). But, the quality of the sport itself is usually lower. Can you imagine if all the greats in the PL were instructed to play lie they mean it? Would the overall quality go down? I''m not so sure. Especially if that''s how the teams practiced. Like I''ve said previously, I''m quite new to watching soccer, so maybe putting that into practice wouldn''t end well. But, as far as entertainment factor, I think it would be much more enjoyable to watch. Someone had mentioned singing (may have been the OP) but that is a pretty clear example. You go to a concert, it''s top of the line, quality stuff (well, hopefully - cause that''s expensive, lol) But have you ever heard a good (even mediocre) band just messing around having a good time, doing what they love to do? Much! more entertaining! Maybe not the best example, but you get me, right?

"I was gonna clean my room, but then I got Kei" ...no wait, that''s not right. lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHZkm_PR-5Q Wish we had signed him!

It comes down to the individual fan, I think. Some people watch for entertainment. They will watch any game and any team because they simply love the game. It is entertainment, prima facie. They follow a team, but football is football and they are just happy it''s on. Then you have the die hard fan. They follow one team. They enjoy the game, but there mood changes based on how well (or not well) their team is doing. They probably watch/know a lot about all the other teams in the league, but mainly because they want to know exactly where their teams stands. The level of entertainment had, at least to this fan, is highly dependent upon whether their team wins or loses. In order for the teams to make money, they have to keep everyone happy. Staying in premier league is obviously the biggest goal. That''s where the money is. It seems that fear of doing poorly results in less aggressive play. However, if more aggressive play is risky, it can be understood why more reserved tactics are used. I think that if you took it back to a time when money /status quo wasn''t the most important thing, you would find that people played to win. Now people play to stay in the premier leagues; there''s a difference.

*half* not ''only half''

Generally people react more negatively when there''s a loss. Nothing wrong with it. If they lose, why not discuss what went wrong and any continuing issues. Seems that things are taken more negatively than they are intended. In conversation, you could voice the same opinion and nobody would be angry. Everything seems more negative when it''s only being read. Plus, it''s a forum.... it''s only half the point. lol

I laughed when I first read this. haha

[quote user="Bury Yellow"]Typical disrespectful replies. If you met the OP and he expressed these views after the match is this really how you would react? This is a vehicle for debate not for nasty slanging matches[/quote] Tolerance of differing opinion is required for debate. lol But alas, it seems that you must never bring a critique. Should you bring one, you are probably trying to stir the pot and have some hidden agenda as to why you posted originally. As if people have nothing better to do with their time that "wind up" as it has been called. Debate sport? Ha!

Everyone is awefully concerned with who I am. I have not mis-represented myself at all. I am a 25 year old female from NJ, USA. My bf is from England and we have been watching Norwich for the past roughly 8 months via skype and the p2p live streams. He has been a fan for years. We discuss the games often as we watch together. Really, lets get back to football. I''m much less interesting. Move on.

[quote user="Rock The Boat"][quote user="ThatGirlFromNJ"][quote user="ricardo"][quote user="ThatGirlFromNJ"]sorry you felt embarrassed, but Im sure that everyone is well aware that I dont represent all American opinions. I represent my own. This isnt a popularity contest and I wish people would focus their comments on the points I made in the original post rather than on me. That main point is this: There should have been more offensive tactics employed in this game (and in all games). Defence is important, but only works for wins when balanced with attacks. You simply cannot win a game from your own end of the pitch.[/quote] You can, go and watch Sunderland v Man City last season and tell me I''m wrong. This isn''t the NFL, field position and time of possession may be very important in some sports but in soccer, not so much. [/quote] Maybe after watching longer, I will agree more readily with your assessment. Obviously, my viewpoints are heavily influenced by my knowledge of the NFL. But I also understand that these are in fact two different games. And, again, I say that I am learning more about those differences. But I also know that I am not alone in my stance that more offence is necessary. I just dont see how CH thinks that we stand a chance of scoring, when he is playing more players, whose primary goal is defence. Strikers will be more apt to look for opportunities to score. This opinion is one that I have formed by watching most of the games in which the only side of the pitch with any recurring action, is the one in which OUR goal keeper defends.[/quote] Picky me here again. Don''t Americans write offense and defense rather than offence and defence? Perhaps that English bf is correcting your ''English'' [/quote] not when discussing sports lol