lucky green trainers 0 Posted December 17, 2005 Credit where its due - Cityteam played well today. especially ashton - finally got reward for hardeffort, also to mcveigh as a skillful playing partner to deano, nice one fleming - looked good alongside reliable doc.Centre midfield looked solid and creative - good passing by saf &robbo. Hucks still down on pace, but had a good game - quality crossfor deano''s opener.well done worthy for keeping it simple andpicking virtually the same players who finished at crewe - bar hughes& dicko, mcveigh alonside deano looks nailed on as long as wee mankeeps his form - mckenzie will find it hard to start. special mention for worthy''s courage in picking flem to start left sideof doc and keeping doc on the right. This combo looked tight.City played second half like top 3 team. OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyro Pete 1,849 Posted December 17, 2005 Does that make three consecutive home wins? Crikey, it really isChristmas. The players and management deserve praise when they get things right.Such a shame that more often than not this season they haven''t. For a spell in the second half our attacking play was sublime(McVeigh''s chip!). Only an inspired display by Niemi kept the scorevaguely respectable. When you watch Hucks, Ashton, and McVeigh playlike that, you can see just how much Norwich have underachieved thisseason so far.After enduring possibly the worst opening 15 minutes of a city matchI''ve seen for a while (just how quiet was Carrow Road?), the teamrewarded us for braving the cold with an excellent comeback. But Ican''t tell you how angry I was to see Hughes and Wright stand idly byas Southampton cruised down our flank to score in the opening tenminutes. Thankfully both playersat least looked to atone for their mistakes by getting forward. Butit''s exactly that type of poor play that sees us head into Christmas inthe bottom half of the table.Credit to Safri for getting the team up and running when we werebehind. I thought he had an excellent match simply through keeping thegame flowing, and pushing Southampton onto the back foot. We''ll really miss him when he leaves. Even Flemingshowed he can still do a job. But just how consistent he can be, Isuppose we''ll find out in due course.So well done lads, you''ve cheered me up no end. But remember, it''s all about consistency. There are12 teams still above us in this league, and any city fan that settlesfor that is no fan at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macdougalls perm 0 Posted December 17, 2005 Yeah, that really was a great performance. I just hope we are able to field this side with some consistency, as you say we will miss Safri when he goes. I think the best thing about it is that it showed just how well Mcveigh and Huckerby can play in the same starting line up. It seems as though they have been viewed as an either/or choice up until now. Thought they tore Southampton apart at points this afternoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazzathegreat 0 Posted December 17, 2005 I too thought I should add my thoughts of today''s game. I thought Dean Ashton was outstanding, taking all his chances well, denied by a great goalkeeper for others, but the whole forward line were equally up to the job. McVeigh was brilliant, his thoughtful runs giving Deano plenty of options and ammo. Hucks was a far better player than a month ago too. For me, the star of today''s show was Safri. He was almost Crook-like in centre midfield, spraying delightful passes to both sides of the pitch for Hucks and McVeigh or Ashton to attack.The back seemed solid enough, though apart from the final ten minutes had little danger to deal with. A shame with the first goal, but at least the whole team rallied and got an equaliser.It was great to see some really good attacking passing football, not perfect or even promotion form yet, but it''s a start and I wonder what might have been had this formation and personnel been used with more consistency earlier. I know several players have been injured to prevent this, but I feel McVeigh is underused and the tactics today were far, far better with the result we did play very good football for quite a few periods in the match.I hope that Dean''s hat trick will convince the board not to sell him AT ANY PRICE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted December 17, 2005 Yes, well done city! BUT we still only played 45 MINUTES of football and NOT 90 We need to learn how to play from the kick-off and finish at the final whistle. and is conceeding a goal a game a good thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent Canary 0 Posted December 17, 2005 [quote user="AJ"]Yes, well done city! BUT we still only played 45 MINUTES of football and NOT 90 We need to learn how to play from the kick-off and finish at the final whistle. and is conceeding a goal a game a good thing?[/quote]To be honest it was more like 70/75 IMO. After about twenty minutes of long ball we got it on the deck and dominated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allways travelling 0 Posted December 18, 2005 brilliant norwich on our day we can match anyone we must keep the consistency going.mcveigh superb today lets hope he gets that new contract.deano back to his best must not sell keep this up and i can see play offs looming on the horizon.well done worthy faith in you is starting to be installed again but still long way to go.my biggest concern is losing the safri the best midfielder in this leauge and as good as lots more prem midfielders lets hope he doesnt get picked in the african nations tournament.and the biggest question with deano in this form can we keep him i bloody hope so.once again well done to every norwich player yesterday now lets go and dent the blades and keep warnock mouth shut for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites