****Official Lappinitup Match Thread - Norwich v Preston****

[pete 320]

ITV has just shown an own goal a back pass going under keeper foot in 2002.  Ironically it was City v Preston, what we wouldn't give for similar. 

[Mr Tea 105]

14 minutes ago, AJ said:

A decent squad at this level only needs one standout star to be near the top of the league. We were very fortunate to have two in Buendia and Pukki 

Bringing up those names just makes me realise , again, how far we have fallen.

 

[Nuff Said 5,157]

7 minutes ago, ged in the onion bag said:

Can't guarantee the right recruitment, they still have the same staff, its not just on Knapper!   Then of course the recruitment is stiffled by a lack of funds.    Despite Webber wasting the money, the chances are we wouldn't have the money to make the difference.   

But in the effort to get up, we don't develop.   That's the problem, that's why Wagner picks teams with no kids in it, that's why we aren't developing.   That's why its not worth the gamble on promotion.   Its why Gibbs needs to play at CDM, Sainz, Rowe, Warner all need to be in the team.   

Its why you keep Omo and Mumba.

Mumba wasn’t the answer.

 

Edit: especially today, Plymouth 4-0 down to Leicester.

Edited December 9, 2023 by Nuff Said

[littleyellowbirdie 2,575]

28 minutes ago, GRB2 said:

This game is bland. 

What do you expect when Preston just park the bus and wait for the odd chance to counter?

[canarydan23 4,060]

My god this is awful. Not that many seasons ago two teams this bad would be guaranteed 20th or lower.

Edited December 9, 2023 by canarydan23

[Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,898]

9 minutes ago, Rock The Boat said:

I'm not sure why Preston bothered to turn up. They bring nothing to the game.

They are only doing the same as we did against QPR - the only difference is we went 1-0 up before we did it. 

They haven't won in 4 so grinding out an away point/sneaking a cheeky 0-1 would be a very decent result from their perspective.

We simply have to be better - if we can't be, then their tactics will have been validated, as uninspiring as they may be.

OTBC

[ged in the onion bag 856]

2 minutes ago, Nuff Said said:

Mumba wasn’t the answer.

 

Edit: especially today, Plymouth 4-0 down to Leicester.

He's sub!   Wrong answer!   

[7HAR1980 106]

Sara's little touches backwards when he has time to turn and drive forward are very frustrating! 

[Number9 272]

So we can't do what Qpr, Boro & Cardiff did past weeks by beating Preston 

[Nuff Said 5,157]

Just now, ged in the onion bag said:

He's sub!   Wrong answer!   

The fact he’s on the bench reinforces the point surely?

[Nuff Said 5,157]

Just now, Number9 said:

So we can't do what Qpr, Boro & Cardiff did past weeks by beating Preston 

I must have missed the game finishing.

[By Hook or Ian crook 917]

19 minutes ago, AJ said:

A decent squad at this level only needs one standout star to be near the top of the league. We were very fortunate to have two in Buendia and Pukki 

We had Pukki last year and go nowhere near the top. 

[Ken Hairy 3,779]

4 minutes ago, littleyellowbirdie said:

What do you expect when Preston just park the bus and wait for the odd chance to counter?

And yet they've just come closest to scoring.

[littleyellowbirdie 2,575]

Just now, Ken Hairy said:

And yet they've just come closest to scoring.

As has been pointed out, it's a perfectly sound strategy they're pursuing, providing you have the luxury of a fan base more interested in results than how pretty the game is.

[AJ 1,224]

2 minutes ago, By Hook or Ian crook said:

We had Pukki last year and go nowhere near the top. 

Yeah we did, but we didn't have the "decent squad" part 😅🫣

[Ken Hairy 3,779]

Get Hernandez off.

[All the Germans 1,081]

Sainz must be properly sh*t in training.

[7HAR1980 106]

So pedestrian in the final third. Preston back four are smoking cigars!

Edited December 9, 2023 by 7HAR1980

[ged in the onion bag 856]

1 minute ago, Nuff Said said:

The fact he’s on the bench reinforces the point surely?

That only reinforces you are pretty clueless about football with answers like that.   

No it doesn't reinforce your point, they won last week and the manager (who some fans on here want) has made 6 changes.    They are playing Leicester away, understandable he would adopt a different approach.   It hasn't worked but that's nothing to do with Mumba.   

Like you to justify why Mumba isn't the answer when he plays wide left and has been quite productive this season in a struggling team whereas we play Onel who hasn't been effective at all.    

 

[GRB2 34]

7 minutes ago, littleyellowbirdie said:

What do you expect when Preston just park the bus and wait for the odd chance to counter?

I would expect us to be more forthright but instead our attacking contingent for the first half wandered about uninspired. Mclean/Sara/Nunez offering opportunities for the players ahead of them but no one showing for the ball or making intelligent runs. Preston been closer to scoring in the second half too for a team who's parked the bus.  

[pete 320]

2-0 Ipswich thought you would be interested

[littleyellowbirdie 2,575]

2 minutes ago, GRB2 said:

I would expect us to be more forthright but instead our attacking contingent for the first half wandered about uninspired. Mclean/Sara/Nunez offering opportunities for the players ahead of them but no one showing for the ball or making intelligent runs. Preston been closer to scoring in the second half too for a team who's parked the bus.  

What do you mean? We're mostly in the attacking third. I can't see how it can be more forthright. Our problem is the final third is packed out with Preston bodies, making it very difficult to get through to goal. Us attacking is why we're open. To be fair, we've dealt with their counter attempts pretty respectably.

Edited December 9, 2023 by littleyellowbirdie

[lake district canary 4,542]

Idah. Has to stay on his feet there. 

[Bigbrenn 61]

1 minute ago, pete said:

2-0 Ipswich thought you would be interested

Not as fixated as you binner!

[Nuff Said 5,157]

Why did Sainz just come on carrying a handful of pencils and give them to someone (Idah?).

[Samwam27 531]

So in summary, it's pretty turgid stuff, and once again we're playing poorly, against a poor team for the 4th or 5th game in a row.

It's not really getting better?

Maybe Gibbs can come on for Idah (who never does anything when he starts!) and get that last min sneaky goal!  

[By Hook or Ian crook 917]

8 minutes ago, AJ said:

Yeah we did, but we didn't have the "decent squad" part 😅🫣

I think last year we had a better squad in relation to the rest of the league than this years. Should of been enough to get in the top 6 in retrospect. Two very poor managers did not help that situation. 

[Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,898]

1 minute ago, All the Germans said:

Sainz must be properly sh*t in training.

It must be the beard.

He looks like a really rubbish musketeer - D'Ar(sh*t)tagnan.

OTBC

[baldy09 160]

Like to ask the home fans has the grass grown another cm since the game

[daz 72]

All looking like a Brady free kick 89th min 😬