"Be Careful what you wish for....."

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Thsi season is shaping up to be a classic case of "Be careful what you wish for..."

Each time we have been here we have been made to feel like the poor relations - because that''s what we are. We are nowhere near the standing of even a mediocre clubs like Villa and Everton. The decision to bring in "hungry players" who wanted to prove themselves at Premier level is laudable - but they weren''t Premiership players for a reason! Guess what that reason was.....

Having said that, given a choice of going into battle with over the hill and overpaid Scandinavians in the side, or Lambert''s Hungry brigade I''ll take the latter every time but I fear the result might be the same - plucky Norwich, everyone loves us - just like Blackpool. Sadly, like Blackpool, we don''t fit the Premiership''s image of what a Premiership Club should be like. We don''t have a host of foreign imports with names no one can pronounce but whose presence ensures revenue for the Premiership in their home countries. We don’t come from a densely populated urban area with the potential for lots of Sky Subscriptions. We are not owned by a Billionaire with more money than sense, or more money than their knowledge of football in England. No, make no mistake, the Premiership and its associated people (referees?) won’t want our stay at this level to be a protracted one. They will want West Ham and Birmingham back just as soon as possible.

That’s why our stay last time felt “uncomfortable” and that’s exactly the way it’s shaping up this time. It wasn''t helped by Delia''s outbursts or her "poor little Norwich" speech but she wasn''t solely to blame and she does a lot more good than harm to the standing of the club.

To stay up a club is expected to spend all its Premiership money and then put itself into hock (or have a rich owner) to even feel like an ugly sister. We may remain a Cinderella but we’ll still be proud of our club, team and region.

If we could wish again would we wish to be top of The Championship, or seeing fourth from bottom as a dream end to nine months following our team? What a shame we couldn''t take their Premiership money but stay in The Championship.

Unambitious or Realistic?

[splutcho 196]

Christ, after months of lurking I had to rack my brains for my password for this rubbish.

If we don''t strive to play in the top league against the top teams we may as well fold the club now. Yes it''s difficult, it''s supposed to be, it''s the best league in the world.

[Shack Attack 0]

This is the first post I''ve seen where somebody has actually suggested that there is a conspiracy to get us relegated. Well done you [:|]

[Lets be aving you! 0]

"To stay up a club is expected to spend all its Premiership money and then put itself into hock (or have a rich owner) to even feel like an ugly sister."

 

What, like our Premiership opponents yesterday? They''ve got no sugar daddy owner, and are not in debt. A properly run club that others would do well to emulate (though not some of the onfield antics yesterday).

 

We are the ones 20 million in hock and yet have spent all but one of the last 15 seasons out of the top league.

[nutty nigel 7,902]

We are just four games into the season. If we are to judge the whole season on what''s happened so far then we''ll stay up, Blackburn, Swansea and Fulham will be relegated and Stoke will qualify for the Champions League.

 

Talking about Stoke I seem to remember when they first went up they looked certs to go straight back down. I believe they were bottom three until well into October buttheir players learnt and they finished the season 12th.

 

I have every confidence that our players will learn and make a real go of it this season. You can be sure that there''s plenty of excitement still to come.

 

 

 

[Yellow Wal 315]

Only in the first few seasons of the Premiership has it been about football.

Make no mistake it is now totally about money.

Clubs have become the playthings of the megarich and in so doing, to a degree, ruined the competition for most fans. Realistically this is why it will only ever be possible for 3 or 4 teams to win the title this season and in future seasons.

It''s a very strange competition, which is supposed to be played on a level playing field, when extreme success for us will be finishing 17th or above whilst at the same time complete failure for Arsenal will be to finish 5th or below.

Unless changes are made to the game it will no longer be ''the people''s game'' but a hobby for a handful of possibly currupt mega millionaires. 

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035]

[quote user="Shack Attack"]This is the first post I''ve seen where somebody has actually suggested that there is a conspiracy to get us relegated. Well done you [:|][/quote]

When you see penalties awarded against us like the one yesterday, can you really say for certain that there isn''t ??!?

[splutcho 196]

[quote user="GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary"]

[quote user="Shack Attack"]This is the first post I''ve seen where somebody has actually suggested that there is a conspiracy to get us relegated. Well done you [:|][/quote]

When you see penalties awarded against us like the one yesterday, can you really say for certain that there isn''t ??!?

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Yes. You see those penalties given all the time, because Reid had nowhere to go and as soon as he felt a touch, he was going down. Should it be given? No, but ref''s fall for it time and time again.

[splutcho 196]

Ok what the hell am I doing wrong with quoting?

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[quote user="Lambert is god"]

"To stay up a club is expected to spend all its Premiership money and then put itself into hock (or have a rich owner) to even feel like an ugly sister."

 

What, like our Premiership opponents yesterday? They''ve got no sugar daddy owner, and are not in debt. A properly run club that others would do well to emulate (though not some of the onfield antics yesterday).

 

We are the ones 20 million in hock and yet have spent all but one of the last 15 seasons out of the top league.

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Good point - but they are the exception rather than the rule and have spent as many seasons out of the top flight as in it I suspect.