Pete Raven 276 Posted August 10, 2014 Out of 10 here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my2ndteam 0 Posted August 10, 2014 10/10 for the superb supporters who travelled. We''ll played Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CANARYKING 638 Posted August 10, 2014 Even this doesn''t work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vos 155 Posted August 10, 2014 Ruddy 8 comfortable gameWhittaker 3 rarely moved forward - poor passingMartin 5 steady not much to doTurner 6 steady not much to doOllson 5 lacked pace - average passingBennett 4 never in game - did not show any paceJohnson 4 fairly anonymous - too defensiveHoolahan 5 very little positive passing - just the simple ballSurman 3 barely noticeableGrabban 4 no service but did not look that sharpRedmond 3 shooting continues to be very poor - never took his fullback onLafferty 6 looked involved and could be usefulOverall seemed as if nothing has changed since the Hughton era Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damn that Ralph Coates! 47 Posted August 10, 2014 Ruddy 7 best player we haveWhittaker 3 not good enoughMartin 5 is he best we have for captain or CB?Turner 5 looks sluggish tooOllson 4 left for dead by that wingerBennett 5 sorry, haven''t missed himJohnson 4 absent from actionHoolahan 5 bad game for him Surman 3 barely noticeable Grabban 5 - had our shotRedmond 4 fast but headless chickenLafferty 6 should have been on from starttettey 4Garrido - 4 off the paceAdams etc- jury out so not rated after 1 game... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted August 10, 2014 How can someone say "Martin - steady not much to do"?He HAD to win the header for their goal but when it really mattered he was nowhere near it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alejandra 0 Posted August 10, 2014 Ruddy 8Whittaker 4Martin 5Turner 7Ollson 4 Bennett 4 Johnson 4 Hoolahan 4Surman 3 Grabban 3 Redmond 5Lafferty 6 Get R. Martin out of centre of defence. thing that annoys me the most? you pick your best players. whether or not Adams likes him personally, or his attitude stinks, Bassong is the best centre back we have, use him!!Seb Bassong/Ryan Bennett should be our main defence, until sold.The defence we put out today was shocking.Need a right back if Martin is putting on his parts about not playing there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted August 10, 2014 Pete, Pete, Pete, the fancy app whatnot doesn''t work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 936 Posted August 10, 2014 Ruddy 8 - our only decent playerWhittaker 4 - not up to itMartin 3 - not a CBTurner 4 - good at fouling but little elseOllson 2 - worst game in a City shirt & lost his ragBennett 3 - anonymous & disappointing Johnson 3 - did he actually play?Hoolahan 4 - new contract, assured future, why botherSurman 3 - anonymousGrabban 3 - RVW Mark 2Redmond 1 - out of his depthLafferty 4 - looked mildly interestedTettey 4 - wrong substituionGarrido 2 - looked shaky & off the pace All I wanted was honesty - an honest attempt to win the game, an honest attempt to score goals, an honest change in attitude and intent, honest performances from all the players and an honest assessment from the Manager on the outcome of the game.In reality I got none of that.So much for all the talk about "hit the ground running", "making a mission statement" or "playing the Norwich way"The reality is that I was watching a Hughton team with Hughton aspirations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Felixfan 53 Posted August 10, 2014 They are mostly the same players that were poor last year.Nothing has changed except the manager and two misfiring strikers for two misfiring strikers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vos 155 Posted August 10, 2014 [quote user="GJP"]How can someone say "Martin - steady not much to do"?He HAD to win the header for their goal but when it really mattered he was nowhere near it.[/quote]Still believe the defence was never under much pressure and the Wolves miss near the end summed up their lack of ability up front. Wolves never carried much of a threat but they did at least ping over some crosses and during 90 mins there is always the chance they would get one right. We were "Hughton like". Never looked like scoring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted August 10, 2014 What device are you viewing it on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canarycop 206 Posted August 11, 2014 I was really looking forward to seeing us play with freedom and creating chances galore. How disappointed was I ? When we did attack albeit infrequently it seemed there was little or no support from midfield. At one stage in first half Grabban was imploring the midfield to push up a bit more. It seemed our lack of pace at the back meant that Johnson and Surman ended up playing too deep. Oh how we missed Fer,Howson and a fit Tettey. Get those three back in plus Lafferty,Hooper and Russ Bennett maybe we will see a change in fortune........and please Norwich get Naughton back plus a centre half Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowbeagle 0 Posted August 11, 2014 First game no point going over board, Wigan won their first game 4-0 last season if I remember and under Lambert we lost to Watford first game championship and looked woeful then. Yesterday I think it was apparent that the midfield are going to have to press together and not just hope to win the ball back through oppositions misplaced passes. Also the defence is going to have to push up, playing deep will not bring attacking football. Anyway onto the next one hopefully see R Bennett back in along with Fer soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barclay_boy111 0 Posted August 11, 2014 [quote user="Making Plans"]Ruddy 8 - our only decent playerWhittaker 4 - not up to itMartin 3 - not a CBTurner 4 - good at fouling but little elseOllson 2 - worst game in a City shirt & lost his ragBennett 3 - anonymous & disappointing Johnson 3 - did he actually play?Hoolahan 4 - new contract, assured future, why botherSurman 3 - anonymousGrabban 3 - RVW Mark 2Redmond 1 - out of his depthLafferty 4 - looked mildly interestedTettey 4 - wrong substituionGarrido 2 - looked shaky & off the pace All I wanted was honesty - an honest attempt to win the game, an honest attempt to score goals, an honest change in attitude and intent, honest performances from all the players and an honest assessment from the Manager on the outcome of the game.In reality I got none of that.So much for all the talk about "hit the ground running", "making a mission statement" or "playing the Norwich way"The reality is that I was watching a Hughton team with Hughton aspirations[/quote]This! Watching that yesterday was if last season had never finished and that Hughton was still in charge but instead we got beat by a league one side Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thorpe Wreck 0 Posted August 11, 2014 Ruddy 8 - best goalkeeper in the leagueWhittaker 5 - short of confidenceMartin 7 - will improve tooOllson 6 - unlucky and will have better gamesBennett 5 - ok but short of competitive match play Johnson 5 - why is he taking free kicks?Hoolahan 5 - not important enough to build the team aroundSurman 5 - hope for better in future gamesGrabban 6 - will improveRedmond 5 - still caused trouble even though wayward at timesLafferty 7 - purposeful when he came onTettey 5 - didn''t understand why he came onGarrido 5 - ok, but short of confidence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swjf50 0 Posted August 11, 2014 We have Ryan Bennett, Fer, Howson, Tettey, Hooper, Pilkington to come back, plus possibly Bassong unless he is sold and replaced and O''Neil to fit in somewhere across the midfield. For the time being they are still our players so we should make use of them.Personally I would have O''Neil playing instead of Johnson with Fer alongside him. The defence is poor at the best of times, so we need a new right back and another central defender if Bassong is leaving and even if he isn''t. Martin isn''t a good enough centre back and he would struggle to fit in my team so he shouldn''t be captain in my eyes. He may just be better than Whittaker but neither are that great. So who should be captain? Howson perhaps or O''Neil once he has settled in?Ruddy 8All defenders 5Johnson Surman Hoolahan Bennett Redmond 5Grabban 6 Lafferty put himself about when he came on and I think he deserves a start. Every one else should be working hard to keep a place in the side as there is plenty of competition for places. Whether the likes of Fer would be interested in playing for a side struggling in the Championship remains to be seen but it is early days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the bristol nest 0 Posted August 12, 2014 I agree with the above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites