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Right: Things are so frustrating at the moment.
I am by nature a pessimistic soul. However these last few months I have been foolish to think that things had changed with all things NCFC. I had allowed myself to be stupidly clever on this board.

I thought I would stir things up to get some response from left wing socialist student type people who should go back to wrathofthebarclay. Nothing particularly vicious you understand.
You know the sort thing, taking the Michael out of people like Mook and Master Green. The sensible worshipping '' ncfc are not worthy small club oh how wonderful delia etc is blah blah blah''. It was totally harmless stuff but it seemed to upset a few of our wonderful contributors to this excellent board.

Now it has become desperately serious. It could be there is a gulf between the more go ahead Suffolk mind set in business compared to the grovelling ''we are not worthy'' of Norfolk, something that gives me no satisfaction whatsoever having been born in Norfolk and proud of that fact.

The Bury mafia generally all agree that the club lacks ambition, continually and embarrasingly keeps asking for more money from its supporters and it appears that most of you cap doffers appear to go on your knees to worship the board and dont understand the financial strength of the club and its main shareholders Delia and Michael. Hey! Wake up and smell the coffee!

I speak for most of the Bury lot when I say we are totally behind First Wizzard who also is a Suffolk man (Hail Lowestoft) supporting the great yellas also appears to speak total sense and is always shouted down.

Now perhaps I am now one of the Angry Old Men but I tell you I am Managing Director of a company turning over over million a year. I am 58 years old and have had a hard life and I''m telling the likes of Mook and the Master Greens of this world if you want to continually support losers, you carry on and do so.

My life has been dominated by ncfc for fifty years. The parts of my family that introduced me to ncfc in 1952 have long passed on. Tears have been shed in the very great days and the many frustrating days in honour of those people but what has been presented in the last couple of months gives us a fantastic opportuntity. I was stupid enough to think after all these years of small minded pettyness that we had at last actually learnt our lesson and that we would grab this opportunity and give ourselves a chance!
I realise now, along with my Bury chums, that we have been totally stupid.

I now accept that we are wrong. I will attend Carrow Road on Saturday to pay my tribute to Darren Huckerby a model professional who has given his all for my beloved club. This despite some unbelievable comments by contributors on this board who I don''t think have ever kicked a ball in their life.

I have made the decision that unless the board have got something up their sleeve (Doomcaster - Dont make me laugh) Saturday will be the last game I attend. I will purchase an away ticket to Everton because I want to ensure that all 6000 tickets are purchased for the game because I couldn''t stand for yet another accusation from the national media implying that we are a small club compared to the blue scum dahn the road.

I have two season tickets, I promote ncfc in Bury St Edmunds where we have a fantastic support base. I am member of the Gunn Club and I hold a substantial share holding. I attend all home and most away games along with my other Bury chums. So, Mook and Master Green and other like contributors to this board my money is where my mouth is!!

So to Wizzard, Diane, Worthy Out and all other like minded contributors to this board I say I respect you for your positive thoughts and agree with you 100%. To the others from the opposite end of the spectrum I say I do not agree with you at all but wish you well in your secure and small world.
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What a heavy post Bury Belvoir. This message board is free to all comers, all views welcomed across the spectrum, offensive comments excepted.

It does not matter how long people have supported the club, who has made the biggest contribution over the years, whether you are a student or a managing director.

It''s about supporting or not supporting the decisions made by those running the club we all follow, which will, at the end of the day, hopefully, out survive us all.

Whether we like it or not, we have a Board of Directors and Executive Officers charged with running this club on a day to day basis. They make the decisions, they make good ones and bad ones. Some we will agree with, others we will not.

We also have a manager and coaches charged with running the footballing side of the business, who have similar decisions to make. Again, similar comments apply.

We all have opinions on the way this football club is run. Some have simplictic reasoning, others more logical reasoning. Who''s to say who is right or wrong.

Feel free to take the Michael of those you don''t agree with, and provoke debate, if that''s your wish, but don''t make judgemental comments on the merits of respective contributors, just because you disagree with their views.

If you''ve had enough with your lot at Carrow Road, that''s your choice, but don''t berate those who haven''t.

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Are you Colin Davey?

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Many many thanks Bury Belvoir, I ''d just about lost heart until I read your superb post Mate.

All I can reply to you is PLEASE don''t let the b*****rds beat you, or spoil your matchdays, because if you do (and I can relate to all of your points) THEY would have won!.

The wizard foolishly said he shut his gob, on certain matters, but to hell with it!, thanks to you and other poster''s, the wizards now coming back stronger than ever!. rejuvinated by your comments, the more timid, tow the line supporters, are gonna just love my future posts.

So stay with it, you love our club, I can tell that, but don''t pack it in, PLEASE.

Suffolk and Proud.

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Great posting Bury Belvoir...a tale that tugged firmly at my heart strings! Although I think the clue is in the title of your posting. "Destroy" and "sensible discussion" in the same sentence! Either that, or you''ve been burning the midnight oil too much.....well oiled I would imagine by 2.30am! ;-) I was worried at the start of your post that you were as fickle as one Mr C Davey, and were about to turn your allegences...but I should have known better!

Despite the fact that I''ve lived in Nottingham for the past eight years, I was born and raised in Bury St Edmunds. So here''s another Suffolk boy, proud to support the yellow and green of my beloved Canaries. My grandfather (originally from Pakenham) used to be a major shareholder at the club. My father lives between Bury and Mildenhall, and was a shareholder and season ticket holder up to 5 years ago. My first game at Carrow Road was in our promotion season, against Burnley in October 1971. I was 4 and a half years old and stood on a milk crate in the old south stand. We won 3-0 with goals from Pete Silvester, Kenny Foggo and one of my heroes Dave Stringer, and from that day I was hooked. Up until my move to the East Midlands in 1995, I too was a season ticket holder.

Great memories of wonderful players. Ted MacDougal, Phil Boyer, Jimmy Bone, Graham Paddon, Viv Busby, Martin Peters, Kevin Keelan, Duncan Forbes, Martin Chivers, Tony Powell, Mick McGuire, Justin Fashanu, Martin O''Neill, John Deehan, Keith Bertschin, Steve Goble (!), John Ryan, Phil Hoadley, Kevin Reeves, Mick Channon, Chris Woods, Mark Barham, Asa Hartford, Andy Linighan, Mike Phelan, Andy Townsend, Steve Bruce, Dave Watson, Steve Walford, Greg Downs, Ian Butterworth, David Phillips, Tim Sherwood, Dale Gordon, Louie Donowa, Ruel Fox, Chris Sutton, Robert Fleck...heck even Robert Rosario! Names off the top of my head that fill me with pride to be a Canary.

I too have shed tears of joy, and tears of pain following my club over the years. I was too young to understand what promotion meant in 71/72. Or relegation the following year, and then bouncing straight back up to the old First Division. Still too young to fully appreciate our League Cup Final appearence against Spurs. I remember being gutted by our 1-0 defeat to Villa at Wembley in 75. I recall how Man Utd fans causing mayhem in the late seventies with one thug climbing up onto the roof of the old Barclay stand, and then falling back through the corregated roofing. I remember marvelling at Justin Fashanu''s wonder goal against Liverpool, despite losing 5-3 that day.

I recall the best Christmas Present ever as we beat Ipswich 3-2 at Portaloo Road in 1982, with a last minute screamer from Martin O''Neill. But the day was then soured as I suffered an unprovoked attack in the Cattle Market car park afterwards...glad the binners could take it on the chin so well!! Two relegations and subsequent promotions in the 80''s, bouncing back each time at the first attempt. The second of those was the season following our fourth League Cup Final appearence (even now the binners can''t match us in major domestic cup final appearences) beating Sunderland 1-0 at Wembley. I remember shedding tears of joy when Dave Watson lifted the Milk Cup, and seeing 50,000 City fans go wild. But what made it so much sweeter was having beaten the binners over that two-legged semi-final...I can still see Steve Bruce''s bullet header into the roof of the Barclay goal, leaving the blues rooted to the spot and feeling erm...blue!! Disappointment was to follow as we were denied our rightful place in Europe thanks to the Liverpool fans that had gone on the rampage in Heysel.

The Texaco Cup, The ZDS Cup...oh and for one season the Screensport Cup!

I remember going to the FA Cup semi-final against Everton in 1989. Parking up in a side street near Villa Park, I was asked for £5 by some kids to make sure nothing happened to my car whilst I wa

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Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. Every single time, the same old nonsense. All you people can do is make unsubstantiated, unconsidered accusations, with absolutely NOTHING to back them up. Oh, sorry, you do back them up. From the typical refuge of the grass is greener brigade:
"i''m x years old, i''m chief executive of Microsoft, i''ve supported city for 40 years, i''ve invested in the club, it is my life, oh god, i can''t exist without it, i''d die for it, booo hoooooo"

Not to mention all this "norfolk and proud", "suffolk and proud" rubbish. What are you on about? It''s irrelevant. It''s all irrelevant. Do you think Man U supporters go around saying "Kingston-Upon-Thames and proud?" You just sound like a bunch of little Englanders. Especially when you say things like that as a means of somehow adding authority to your ramblings about lack of ambition. It doesn''t. At all. It TOTALLY undermines your credibility.
And you accuse others of living in a "small world"! What''s in the Daily Mail today?

You sound like the yorkshire men in monty python, forever out doing, or in this case supporting, the next man in the REALLY SADLY mistaken belief that this means you are especially qualified over everyone else to tell the board and or the manager what they should be doing. Well you''re not. No more so than anyone else. You say you respect the opinions of others but you don''t at all. Not when you refer to people as grovellers, cap doffers, livin in a small world, or when wizard says those that agree with him love the club, as if those that don''t, don''t.

Make your comments, give your opinions but PLEASE, drop this act about how your blood runs greener and replace it with some informed debate, which i''m sure you''re capable of.

Oh, and as a comparison, here''s my history as an NCFC fan:

I''m from Kent. I''m 27. When i used to visit my cousins in Norwich, they got me into following the team, introducing me to them, as it happens, thro the league cup one year. I watched every round, getting more and more captivated. It was 1985. I''ve been hooked ever since.

"This pales into insignificance next to me. Only been a fan 18years, not an MD, from nowhere near Norwich, what does he know? He can''t really love the club or know the first thing about it."

Did i read your minds?

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Rather disturbing post from the suffolk chap bury belvoir. Not so much in it''s illogical ramblings that in some Orwellian fashion completely reverse the meanings of words, nor the complete refusal to address one single argument put forward against the daft believe that ourclub should sell everything in an attempt to hire a couple of players.

As to being educated, againts whom I would ask. Surely the ability to form a coherent argument and type it up is not something to be - or perhaps it is amongst bury b''s fellow luddites.

No, what disturbs me is the references to

" the multi cultural society "

" is the modern England "

" follow the pilgrim fathers to the English speaking areas of northern europe "

" The Saxons will never be put down"


perhaps bury b might wish to explain what he means here





oh and by the way, the pilgrim fathers went to North America not northern europe

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Great post Bury Belvoir, I too am wondering where will I get the inspiration from to drag myself to another game after Hucks!
Master Green,Al Canary and Mooks I hope you prove us wrong with your loyalty to the board only time will tell.

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Loyalty to the Board, doesn''t come in to it, although financial reality certainly does !!!!

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Exactly - i and others don''t have any particular loyalty to the board, but we do realise what we can and can''t do as a club. Others seem determined to persue methods that will get us in the same financial position as them down the road...

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The club is skint, it can''t afford to take on any more debt and none of your fond memories of the 70''s, 80''s and 90''s is going to change a single thing.
This is the real world & it''s 2003. Yes it''s not nice not having money to buy players, but it would be far less nice not even having a team to support.

To remind you of a not so nice memory, we''d have gone out of business a few years ago if Stoke hadn''t made the playoffs on the final day of the season. Reaching the play offs meant two more games for Mike Sheron to play in, prompting a further £100,000 payment to the club as he hit 50 appearances.

I for one don''t want to go so close again to extintion.

Another year in Div 1 or oblivion? Hmmm, let me think.

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Well said Bury Belvoir. I''m only four years your junior and I too have had enough. My season ticket will not be renewed next year, there will be plenty of spaces for me to attend on a casual basis. What happened to Delias'' ambition of having the best small club in Europe? Where HAS the money gone? It used to be said 16000 a week attendances were needed to break even. That''s been easily surpassed, we''ve got restaurants making profits, we''ve got a marketing strategy that''s the envy of Premiership clubs We''ve also got a paper thin squad and the debt is nearly 50% bigger than when Chase left and shows no sign of slowing down. Has any mention been made yet by the board when we may expect to be in the black again? The highest league finish we''ve had since relegation is 6th! Great eh? It''s also getting embarrassing that the club keep asking us for more money, well stuff that, I bought shares last time and I''m not a bottomless pit. Does any body on this messageboard expect Ipswich NOT to be in the Prem next year? We all know they will. How come they can do it? Answers on a postcard please and send to Doomcaster. We''ve turned into a softly- softly tread everso carefully get nowhere club.ITV Digital you do-rights will all shout at me but that excuse is history now and is an easy get out for this Board, I''m not convinced that they know what they''re doing any more. (If they ever did.)

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If you have totally unfootball related, financial reasons for not renewing your season ticket, don''t read on. Otherwise:

YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE TO THE CLUB AND ALL ITS SUPPORTERS.

Not renewing your season ticket on the basis of the new stand and your rants above is quite simply staggering. Take a step back, look at the clubs around you, look at your own club, look at where we are at this particular moment. What possible justifiable reason do you have for throwing in your season ticket? Any other supporter reading this from the outside would be astonished. As a supporter i am astonished and sickened. Not even those that agree with your viewpoints are throwing in theirs.

THIS IS A VITAL AND EXCITING TIME FOR THE CLUB. IT WILL PROVE TO BE A TURNING POINT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND IT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER.

What it doesn''t need is the likes of you, turning like a judas on the club rather than pulling together. Not so long ago, everyone on this board was clamouring to launch a "buy huckerby" fund whereby fans donated money especially to buy him. Regardless of the rights or wrongs of doing that, there was a lot of support for the idea. So the club tries to take advantage of such goodwill of its faithful supporters by launching a share issue for NWs transfer budget. Which is essentially the same thing. Only for the likes of you and Bury to start ranting about how "embarrassing" it is. Well we''re sorry to offend your pitiful sensibilities but it''s a tough world out there. If the issue grinds to a holt now and only raises 300,000 it will still have been worth it. I don''t care if it''s embarrassing.

Your attitude stinks. Go burn your season ticket and you may as well chuck your shirt in too.

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Bang on the mark A1.

But I can think of a whole new generation of NCFC fans, getting their first shirts for christmas, that will be desperate to take these turncoats'' place in the stand and watch a succesful Div 1 side struggle towards the premiership. Frankly, i''d rather be surrounded by cautious optimism and entusiasm than wizened, bitter, cynical old gits.

Give your tickets to your kids/grandkids/friendskids. They will appreciate it more than you.

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Bit overwrought, Belvoir old chap? Alcohol does that to some people. Never mind, we''ll still be here for you when you feel better.

Can we PLEASE get a hold on reality here: NCFC are second in the table, despite haviing one of the smallest and most cheaply-assembled squads in the Division, and despite having mid-7 figure debt. So what''s to get so upset about? I know that everyone on the forum could do a better job than Worthington or Doncaster, and we''re all more passionate about City than Delia or Mr Delia, but then it''s not our money or our livelihood. I''ve seen better football from Norwich this year than for a while, and the trigger for that was the loan players: that required a hell of a financial commitment from the Directors, and a lot of trust in NW. No-one can deny that it paid off. At last we''ve seen what a nucleus of quality looks like, but we can''t afford to keep them. It would be insane to gamble the future of the club on promotion by over-extending to buy 2 or 3 players, because anything could happen - injuries being one, since dangerous players are targeted in this division (e.g. Eadie).

The club''s doing well, playing some good football, bringing some good young players on, so please keep a sense of perspective.

Happy Christmas one and all.

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I for one will be going to the Cardiff game and singing my heart out, because I''m proud of my team and their efforts this season. The louder I sing, the more they''ll want to play for me and the more likely it is that they''ll score.
I''ll also be proud because whilst losing Huckerby, we''ve gained a striker that many other teams were after. Many other teams were after Huck, and he''s done us proud. However, he can''t stay and there''s nothing we can do about it. We just have to trust Worthy''s judgement on Mackenzie. Many of those saying we should keep Huckerby seem to forget they''re the same people slagging off Worthy. Er... wasn''t it Worthy who got these boys in? Or have I missed something?
And I''ll be going to the Everton game not because I''m too stubborn to go to home games or I just fancy pretending we''re in the Premiership for 90 minutes, but because I know we can beat them, like we nearly did Chelsea, when (remember, fickle fans?) we didn''t have a strike force to be particularly proud of.
And I shall be accompanied by my 10 year-old nephew who has sat through some truly awful dross in his young life at Carrow Road and, like most kids, always has an eye on Man Utd but has never once said ''I don''t want to go anymore''.
So whatever your persuasion, don''t start ripping up the season ticket when we''re doing so well and don''t know what''s around the corner. And whatever you say about the board, be thankful for one thing - at least they haven''t lied to us.

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Many thanks for that uncle J. it seems that as ever too many are to quick to pour scorn on the heart felt musings of a ‘fella yella’ in distress, lets face it Belvoir isn’t on his own. I firmly believe that through history the like of Doomcaster rear their heads to the detriment of the advancement of the human race. Consider the following

“Columbus, don’t know why your bothering there’s nothing out there”

“Wright, it’ll never fly you know”

You get my drift I hope, for me and many other business minded souls the ramblings of Doomcaster are with out doubt some of the most depressing moments in the life of a true ‘Yella’.

It seems to me that where the Belvoir has caused the most offence is that for him unlike so many fans the idea of support is clapping hands, waving scarves and applauding pretty much everything which comes out of the club, sutch included. It is my contention that this does not make you a more ‘loyal’ fan, not for Belvoir, not for Herlado and certainly not for me. As each of us are business minded souls and for better or worse our own show has a turn over comparable to the club the small minded, risk adverse posture of many of the board are frankly depressing. It is indeed a well trodden adage ‘speculate to accumulate’ but surely with both Hux and Rodney (Crouch) we had already got one foot in the premiership and it was or indeed is a case of funding the gap between now and when we achieve automatic promotion or are to believe that the board do not share my confidence? Let us not forget that the last time we found ourselves in a similar position we had just walked out of the San Siro, the rest is of course history or do to many fans have a selective memory?

So now where do we find ourselves? In an over inflated league position? maybe, staring down the barrel of a local derby defeat? Who knows! but what I know for sure is that we may not have a better chance of returning to the premiership and I fear history may well treat Doomcaster and others harshly its not as if they have bought several million pounds worth of freehold around the ground now is it? lies or no lies.

And to Belvoir, keep reading the Mail old boy there is nothing liberal about a liberal when they don’t agree with you!

To conclude, knowing Colin Davey better than most I think it is fair to say that his Walter Mitty type antics are probably better served in the railway siding called Ipswich, you know I just get the feeling that Sheepshanks and him are well suited to each other.

FOYB

And for those who will undoubtedly question my own loyalty, as of yesterday I have held a season ticket for 28 of my 33 years, have missed one game home and away in a little over two years, have the shares, put up with the Gun Club crap like a good boy, got chased by police horses down CR in the Chase days, got cautioned for being rude to ''Tahn ''scum at last years derby, but by god am I close to finding something better to do on a Saturday afternoon. Still I expect our new signing might cheer me up a bit, oh and something painful happening to Counago ;-0

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" got chased by police horses down CR in the Chase days "

yep and I was cheering the horses on

also may I suggest you keep your snide political points off this board.

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Master Green you are a sad fellow if you cant accept a little black humour from a committed loyal supporter. As for snide political points I could not detect any accept for your right wing reference to cheering horses on. When the policing in Norfolk sank to the depth of using such methods more akin to areas such as Millwall and West Ham where there are some undoubted hooligans I like many others felt disgusted, True NCFC fans do not resort to actions that warrant such practices and good humoured policing by local bobbies is that is required. I spoke to the Police at Wolves this year in view of the police numbers there and was told "Dont worry we are here because of the home supporters we know Norwich Fans are well behaved" Chill out mate.

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Well done Master Green.
Horribly personal as always.
Why can''t you let everyone have their say and respect it. Football is a passionate game and we all like to express ourselves in an individual way. This board gives people the opportunity to do so. Some like to be very serious others like to stir it up a bit. So what?
This is suppose to be a democracy we live in.
As I said in the first of this thread - it is an excellent board. It gives a wide range of views. I totally respect the likes of Mook and those that agree with him. I hardly ever concur with his posts but I enjoy reading them.
We are all ncfc mad although I still stick to my points made in an admittedly rambling sort of way. I''m a passionate chap hence my ''boardname!!
Yes I am fast running out of patience with the perceived attitude of the club but there is still hope that Crouch may return in the new year and Leon might prove an astute signing. So I might come again!
But you Master Green? I get the feeling you are a very dangerous individual!

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Great post Bury Belvoir,
I to am gutted that we have shown so little ambition, whilst Ipswich continue to go for it. There board have been shrewd with the administration issue. Our board and not just Delia are happy to sit it out in Division One in the hope of a play off place. We have 4 months to the play offs and i predict that Ipswich will go up automatically we will miss out on the play offs.
As the division is so open this season it is no good buying players in the summer, we would have missed our chance. And lost Green and co. Whilst I will see my season tickets out i will certainly not renew either. No need there will be at least 6000 empty seats at all home games

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Oh dear, the biter bitten.

No one is stopping you from having your say just pointing out that this is a football board and doesn''t need political comments inserted.

As to the police horses I think the police behaved very reasonably in dispersing a drunken rabble of over exited rural simpletons.

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Interesting to read all the posts from those of the older generation - I am approaching 50, and moved to Sweden, so I feel I can put a bit of distance to things, both emotionally and physically. Firstly, anyone who has supported City (or any other football club for that matter) must have felt like ripping up the season ticket with the words "I´ll never go there again". However it is not that easy, supporting a football club is like an incurable disease, you cannot just give up on it. You know that come quarter to five on a Saturday (that is if any teams continue to play on Saturdays) you will be looking for City´s result. That is also the reason why, if we are to avoid those being like those dreadful years just after we were relegated, we want all those associated with the club to be Canary through and through aka Delia. Frankly, such fickle folk as Mr Davey should be told to place their money six inches below the spine and push hard! He is a quick term fix who will not bear fruit in the long term. As an aside, being a long time City supporter, I can tell you that Iwan Roberts doesn´t even come into my top twenty Norwich strikers. I know he has done well and is a great guy, but at 35, if he had looked after himself he should still perform better, look how much he still earns!

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Master Green. How you can lecture people on what they should and shouldn`t put in their posts,whilst you continue to make such arrogant and pompous statements is beyond me.

Can i assume that,given your apparent distaste for the anti-Chase protests,you did not attend any of them? How then can you state that the policing was fair? My entire family attended all the protests and believe me,some of the things that occured will never be forgotten. My hand was deliberately stamped on, people were provoked by being kicked from behind whilst being pushed up the street,a well-known disabled City fan was almost crushed by a police horse and a friend of mine was arrested whilst issueing forth the popular cry of "Chase out!" and charged with making Nazi salutes! Most of the officers present were decent guys just doing their jobs,but im afraid the antics of a few `bad apples`who lost their cool has left a legacy of bitterness.

It is well-known that it was the pressure that was applied by those who resorted to direct action which ultimately led to Chase finally backing down. Where do you think the club would be now had we not achieved this result? Perhaps Delia would have given R.C. her money to spend as he saw fit eh?! For goodness sake,the man took us to within hours of insolvency and managed to alienate a large percentage of a potentially huge support.

Our crowds,despite generally dire fair on the pitch, have gone up almost every season since R.C. quit. Why? Because the people who live in the clubs massive catchment area now feel the club deserves their support,rather than the contempt and ridicule the previous regime fostered. I wonder how much a share issue under R.C. would have raised?

I suggest you try and talk to a few people well-connected in the Norfolk building industry-they may be able to shed some light on why a man who was supposed to be running a football club spent so much time and energy chasing land and building contracts...

There are many heroes connected to N.C.F.C.,former players, Delia and Michael W.J., Gordon Bennet, Geoffrey Watling AND every fan who expended time and energy in changing a negative, soul-destroying regime and helping to lay the foundations for the success and `feel-good factor`we are now enjoying.

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" How you can lecture people on what they should and shouldn`t put in their posts "

Simple. this is a football board and so should stay that way.

Yes I did attend the protests. Never been so ashamed as a City fan before or afterwards.

As to the crowd levels I think City''s attendance figures pretty much mirror the general increase in attendances across the board.

As to Geoffrey Watling I well remember the fortnightly abuse being heaped upon him by the Barclay in the early 70''s. It goes with the territory but never really reflects any degree of accuracy or understanding on the part of the fans. Witness the views now being expressed against Delia and the board.

A question I have often asked is what was the position of the club in 1985 when Chase took over. How odd that no one chooses to reply nor state how many protests they nobly attended when we were playing at the San Siro came within a whisker of going to Wembley and were the talk of the country riding high in the top flight.

We over stretched ourselves and paid the price. Sadly for most fans that is too realistic an answer so pantomime figures have to be set up. Far easier to demonstrate your abiding love of the club by shouting out meaningless slogans than it is to recognise where we are and applaud those that have got us there.

As to your stuff about Chase and building you might note that most successful business people have a ''hinterland'' - that''s what got them where they are. It''s hardly unlikely that they would abandon everything to concentrate solely on the club. Has Delia ?

Biggest irony is the naughty man Mr Chase''s dabbling in local land deals have left us with a windfall which is now funding today''s developments.

I have no particular fondness for any chairman, director past or present just fed up with those that feel that because they shout the loudest they represent us all.

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