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Reply | Will Norwich go down next season...?
at 19:03 10 May 2018
Haha well sometimes the glaring yellow colours on a certain message board makes my aging eyes ache... so soothe them with a bit of blue and white. ;)
Seriously though, I am interested in your fortunes. I live near Bury so know a lot of Town fans around me. I’d like to see us both doing well, with more of a competitive edge in derby games and across the season. Don’t want you to think I’m gloating or being patronising, but I’ve actually felt quite sad for your supporters over the last couple of years. The apathy that’s understandably crept in. Football has always, is always and forever will be built on hope. Hope that you can achieve. Hope that this year you get one over your rivals. Hope that this is the year of promotion. You guys have had the hope stripped from you in recent seasons, and if you haven’t got that... what’s the bloomin’ point? We all remember a time when we were beside ourselves with excitement on match days. Certainly you would arrange your Saturday’s around going to football with your mates. I understand how, sad as it is, that some have got to the point where they now decide that they’ve got better things to do than go to the football.
My final bloomin’ point. Benjamin Bloom... absolutely love is vlogs. Honest, down-to-earth, funny, passionate and yet humble. He’s done a brilliant job in bringing a little ray of sunshine into what otherwise has been pretty dark times for you blues of late. |
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Reply | Will Norwich go down next season...?
at 18:39 10 May 2018
I disagree that we “should have been top 5”. It was a season of huge transition. Cutting the wage bill by starting to move out the high earners, bringing a manager in that was new to the English game, and a host of loaners, freebies and relatively cheap second/third tier German imports. Half a new team, a new manager, a new system and style of playing. It was always going to take time for the side to gel. On that basis, and despite what the bookies may have suggested pre-season, I think most reasonably minded budgies would have hoped for outside chance of playoffs, perhaps Top 10, but more likely mid-table... so no I don’t see it as a spectacular failure. Disappointment maybe.
Expectations? Watching Norwich for 45 years has tempered my expectations. Of course I want what’s best for my club, and I think we’ve been spoiled somewhat over the past decade. A good deal of fortune in getting Lambert in when we were going nowhere, and have enjoyed the rollercoaster ride in the last ten years. Promotions, relegations, a play-off final win... certainly never been a dull moment. But varying fortunes have always been cyclical for our clubs, and I don’t think it’s unrealistic to think that we will be nothing other than mid-table whilst we readjust on and off the pitch. |
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Reply | Will Norwich go down next season...?
at 16:28 10 May 2018
Maddison has knee ligament damage, but won’t need an operation. Out for around two months, but should be back just in to pre-season.
No we won’t go down, but I realistically expect us to be mid-table fodder again.
Oh well, it’s only football. ;) |
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Reply | Chap on Look East (programme collector) seems to support both Town and Nodge?
at 09:12 17 Feb 2018
My accountant in BSE is a supporter of both. Traditionally he has perhaps leaned a bit more towards Town (he’s nearing retirement age) but has a genuine interest in seeing “both teams do well”.
My mind boggles a bit with his view. That said, living in BSE, I like to see Cambridge United do well... so I understand the sentiment to an extent.
I think most of us have a soft spot for a second/other team, but not usually one in the same division as your club?! I think the rivalry is more intense because on the whole both teams have played at a similar divisional level over the past few decades? Playing one another frequently fuels that rivalry, and arguably has become more intense since the internet because it’s never been easier to be in the faces of the team you love to hate.
Bring on tomorrow. Safe journey up all you Town fans, hope it’s a cracking game and may the best team in yellow win. ;) |
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