The Official Norwich City Thread

The Official Norwich City Thread

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Glen320

107 posts

177 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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Great news about Barnett,get Drury,Surman and even Whitbread and Hughes' fit and its looking a decent squad, maybe another striker needed but in Lambo we trust.OTBC

Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Whitbread....biggest sicknote ever? Unlucky, probably on a decent wage too.
grumpy


andyjo1982

4,957 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Disco_Dale said:
Whitbread....biggest sicknote ever? Unlucky, probably on a decent wage too.
grumpy
Louis Jean, Emblem, Giallanza, Peter Thorne... oh no sorry, he was just st...


Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Thorne was an odd one, cos he had a decent scoring record just about everywhere else, before and after us. Similar stats on paper to Holt, journeyman who did a job pretty much anywhere. Who knows what happened...

andyjo1982

4,957 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Disco_Dale said:
Thorne was an odd one, cos he had a decent scoring record just about everywhere else, before and after us. Similar stats on paper to Holt, journeyman who did a job pretty much anywhere. Who knows what happened...
The were a lot of rumours that he liked the coasts of Norfolk smile

Dale, Do you ever post on the Pinkun?

andyjo1982

4,957 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Sounded like we were dealt with today. Played well in the first half and poor in the second. Nevermind, at least most results around us have gone for us so we haven't lost much ground.

Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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andyjo1982 said:
Sounded like we were dealt with today. Played well in the first half and poor in the second. Nevermind, at least most results around us have gone for us so we haven't lost much ground.
Yep, Pompey did a number on us. Played well enough to be 3 goals up in the first half, but you have to stick it in the net. Jackson in particular missed a sitter.

Dunno why we didn't bring McNamee on earlier, after they changed their shape in the 2nd half we desperately needed more width and pace.

No, don't post on the Pinkun - browse it occasionally but theres so many armchair experts spouting total bks, it's a tough read sometimes wink

Glen320

107 posts

177 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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played alright first half,Jackson missed a good chance,second half just showed how much we miss Holt,he's the one player we can't replace when he's out,as for Barnett is there a big ban coming up for chucking the ball at the ref?

Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Glen320 said:
played alright first half,Jackson missed a good chance,second half just showed how much we miss Holt,he's the one player we can't replace when he's out,as for Barnett is there a big ban coming up for chucking the ball at the ref?
Even if we lose Barnett for a few games I reckon Nelson would step in fine. More limited technically but he looked solid early in the season.

Agree on Holt, but I don't think just signing another target man would really replace him when he's out. He's captain for a reason, his enthusiasm and determination are infectious, keeps the whole team honest.

Probably down to where he's come from, scratching around the lower leagues for donkeys years never getting a true chance to shine on a higher stage (and wage!)
This is his day in the sun, and he knows it smile

andyjo1982

4,957 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th December 2010
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Disco_Dale said:
Glen320 said:
played alright first half,Jackson missed a good chance,second half just showed how much we miss Holt,he's the one player we can't replace when he's out,as for Barnett is there a big ban coming up for chucking the ball at the ref?
Even if we lose Barnett for a few games I reckon Nelson would step in fine. More limited technically but he looked solid early in the season.

Agree on Holt, but I don't think just signing another target man would really replace him when he's out. He's captain for a reason, his enthusiasm and determination are infectious, keeps the whole team honest.

Probably down to where he's come from, scratching around the lower leagues for donkeys years never getting a true chance to shine on a higher stage (and wage!)
This is his day in the sun, and he knows it smile
Trouble is, i cant see any decent target man type player coming in to warm the bench and playing a handful of games. Holt is an automatic starter pretty much whatever. They guy may not be the most skillfull or gifted player, but by god he gets through some work during those 90 minutes. Yellow cards are part and parcel of his game.

Anyone care to put any names forward as to who we could sign realistacally as competition for Holt?

I'm struggling...

Edited by andyjo1982 on Saturday 11th December 23:23

No Cara van Man

29,977 posts

250 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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I just watched the highlights of your match.

tut tut

Dale, you went to great lengths to point out the disgraceful behaviour of our 'fans' at carrot road when they tore out seats and threw them (totally agree that it's not acceptable), however, your moral high ground has been (quite ironically) thrown away.

One could quite clearly see that Missiles were thrown at pompey players on several occasions and the ill discipline of a player actually throwing the ball at the ref in petulance. What are your thoughts on this?

Please don't try and put some sort of positive spin on it.

Glen320

107 posts

177 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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Disco_Dale said:
Glen320 said:
played alright first half,Jackson missed a good chance,second half just showed how much we miss Holt,he's the one player we can't replace when he's out,as for Barnett is there a big ban coming up for chucking the ball at the ref?
Even if we lose Barnett for a few games I reckon Nelson would step in fine. More limited technically but he looked solid early in the season.

Agree on Holt, but I don't think just signing another target man would really replace him when he's out. He's captain for a reason, his enthusiasm and determination are infectious, keeps the whole team honest.

Probably down to where he's come from, scratching around the lower leagues for donkeys years never getting a true chance to shine on a higher stage (and wage!)
This is his day in the sun, and he knows it smile
Nelson worries me a bit but he was probably our best player in the last few games of last season,as for competition for Holt those sort of players are hard to find,we'd been waiting for one for ever since Dion retired and Alan Lee came in and did a job,but he wasn't in Holts class.Where is Neil Mellor now?He always looked promising, perhaps a little heavy! and his dad used to play for city.

andyjo1982

4,957 posts

209 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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Glen320 said:
Disco_Dale said:
Glen320 said:
played alright first half,Jackson missed a good chance,second half just showed how much we miss Holt,he's the one player we can't replace when he's out,as for Barnett is there a big ban coming up for chucking the ball at the ref?
Even if we lose Barnett for a few games I reckon Nelson would step in fine. More limited technically but he looked solid early in the season.

Agree on Holt, but I don't think just signing another target man would really replace him when he's out. He's captain for a reason, his enthusiasm and determination are infectious, keeps the whole team honest.

Probably down to where he's come from, scratching around the lower leagues for donkeys years never getting a true chance to shine on a higher stage (and wage!)
This is his day in the sun, and he knows it smile
Nelson worries me a bit but he was probably our best player in the last few games of last season,as for competition for Holt those sort of players are hard to find,we'd been waiting for one for ever since Dion retired and Alan Lee came in and did a job,but he wasn't in Holts class.Where is Neil Mellor now?He always looked promising, perhaps a little heavy! and his dad used to play for city.
Nelson defo deserves a chance. He came on leaps and bounds last season and scored a few vital goals as well. While he lacks a bit of pace, he is nowhere near as bad as people would make out and before he got injured he was part of the team that had kept 2 clean cheets out of 3 in the league. Also hes likely to be up against Marlon King who is nowhere near the player he was and Clive Platt who will be right up Nelsons street. We should be ok, just depends if Barnett gets an extra ban for his petulence...

Mellor is at Sheff Weds i think, hes had a lot of injury problems, had potential, but those injuries have taken there toll now. One player worth looking at is Adam Le Fondre, hes got around 40 odd goals in his last season and a half, he 24, 5'11 so not a replacement for Holt, but he clearly knows where the goal is. Hes spent all of his career in league 2 i think, but would probably be available for around 150k ish.

I'm sure Lambo has his own targets and ideas for what hes looking for and i'd expect us to add one or two more in January.

davemac250

4,499 posts

204 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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No Cara van Man said:
I just watched the highlights of your match.

tut tut

Dale, you went to great lengths to point out the disgraceful behaviour of our 'fans' at carrot road when they tore out seats and threw them (totally agree that it's not acceptable), however, your moral high ground has been (quite ironically) thrown away.

One could quite clearly see that Missiles were thrown at pompey players on several occasions and the ill discipline of a player actually throwing the ball at the ref in petulance. What are your thoughts on this?

Please don't try and put some sort of positive spin on it.
tumbleweed

No Cara van Man

29,977 posts

250 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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whistle

Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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No Cara van Man said:
I just watched the highlights of your match.

tut tut

Dale, you went to great lengths to point out the disgraceful behaviour of our 'fans' at carrot road when they tore out seats and threw them (totally agree that it's not acceptable), however, your moral high ground has been (quite ironically) thrown away.

One could quite clearly see that Missiles were thrown at pompey players on several occasions and the ill discipline of a player actually throwing the ball at the ref in petulance. What are your thoughts on this?

Please don't try and put some sort of positive spin on it.
Erm, why (or how) would I do that?

There is no place for that in football anywhere.
Unfortunately it seems to be on the rise across English football, mostly by Danny Dire worshipping little chavs who think they're "a bit 'ard"
It shouldn't be difficult to identify and permanently ban the culprits given the quantity and quality of CCTV cameras at the ground.

As for Barnett chucking the ball at the ref, god only knows what was going through his head. I think he realised he'd dropped a b*llock straight away and apparently went to the refs dressing room to apologise before he even went back to the teams.
Given past incidents of a similar nature he's looking at a hefty ban, probably 6-10 games.

davemac250 said:
tumbleweed
Sorry davemac, I have certain priorities in life that rank slightly higher than replying to messageboard posts. You know, work, family that sort of thing.

No Cara van Man

29,977 posts

250 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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So, Dale, what you are saying is; a "family club" like yours (as ours is) has it's element of scum and you won't be focussing on that in future? wink

For what it's worth I was in the crowd at PR in the north stand in one of our previous derbies and heard one of our "fans" call Saffri a "fking yid suicide bomber". I was appalled at the ignorance and told him to shut the fk up. Derby or not, a level of respect has to be maintained

Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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No Cara van Man said:
So, Dale, what you are saying is; a "family club" like yours (as ours is) has it's element of scum and you won't be focussing on that in future? wink
I'd like the club itself to focus on it and get the idiots banned from the club permanently.
Sometimes I do wonder if any club gives it a high enough priority, seems to be on the rise across the board.

Haven't heard of any arrests for the seat throwers thus far, and it wouldn't suprise me if the same is true for the coin throwers on Saturday.

I think it's in football's interests to sweep things like this under the carpet as much as they can get away with.

No Cara van Man

29,977 posts

250 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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Yes and no.

Sweep away? No, I don't think we should.

Get rid of? Yes.

I go for the football and atmosphere. Not to see coins, cans, phones, racial insults or any other item thrown.

I suspect we are not so far apart




Disco_Dale

1,893 posts

209 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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No Cara van Man said:
Sweep away? No, I don't think we should.
Nor do I, but I was meaning it's in football PLC's interest to pretend it's not happening and minimise the headlines as far as possible.
The longer it's left unchecked the more chance it'll blow up in their face.