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Not a euphemism but his method of tackling even after doing a “tackle course “ is horrendous. I get the feeling that they might come down hard on him this time. Unbelievable that England won that after being down to 12. Time for Ford and Smith to shine while Owen learns how to tackle (again)

Well it’s the day before Southampton Norwich City tomorrow. For a laugh I thought I’d do some match predictions! Not sure about this one. Ward Prowse not playing so that’s the free kicks out of it. Heart has it as a 1-2 but realistically I’m probably going for a 2-0. Here’s hoping that the heart is right!!

Well that’s it then he’s off to the south coast. Various amounts of money being banded about one source says £7 million PinkUn has it at £12 million. I wish him well and I’m sue he will do well for Bournemouth.

Hmm, Leeds or Bournemouth. I know which one I'd prefer him to go to. It will be a shame to see him go but I feel that maybe his time has come. I didn't think it would be right for him to go to Leeds and be reunited with DF. Something new and probably a bit more money with him going to Bournemouth! If it happens of course.

Not really NCFC but incredibly important. mens mental health isn't on the agenda enough and it's so important. We have spent years being told to man up and get on with it. I'm of that age when it just wasn't a thing. Having sorted out my own "Black Dog" I'm one of those who is out there speaking about it to my work colleagues. In my job we all work away from home a great deal and are often in high pressure situations and it's easy to fall into times of depression and alcohol abuse so talking to each other is so important. If you need to talk there's always someone out there ( or even here!) don't think no one cares, don't think you are on your own and don't think you are being weak by admitting there's a problem. Back to football next post!!

Do you know what. He probably does deserve a bit of luck and just a little bit of slack too. I can't imaging what it must be like to go to work and if I make a bit of a fuck up I get 20,000 people giving me shit! I know he is a pro, however he is still young and has time. Som maybe just maybe we might need someone else to have a go at doing the 90 minutes at Carrow Road. I know that bloody idiot in black that can't seem to give us a penalty that's who should get the crap!! Just a thought :-)

Just a thought stop time wasting before complaining about the amount of time added on. And as we always have to remember it’s a minimum amount of time to play not a finite amount. Maybe we should adopt a rugby style system where the clock is stopped for injury and when the ref calls time off?

Well that was a turn up for the books. I don't do match reports as I kind of miss things with all the singing and shouting that I do and I also know that anything I write is my own opinion so feel free to disagree! First off due to train times I ended up under the Barclay with over an hour before kick off. The new layout is pretty good plenty of bar space so no queue for my pint! A definite improvement. I got to my seat and there are a few new faces. We have lost a few supporters and it's not surprising considering the last couple of seasons and the style? Of football we have been subjected to, as ever though I always start off the season in high spirits. Seeing the team on the pitch for the first time it struck me just how much bigger we looked. The addition of three rather large units has changed the look of the team and even Hernandez looked like he has bulked up. He must have got some free weights from Argos and been working out! My take outs from the match are, Max who? Stacey looks a much better player and was more open to the overlap and kept on going for the full 90. He put a real shift in and has a good cross that he hits early, we need to get Sarge to get in the box earlier and get on the end of those and it could be a good source of goals. Duffy just looked in control. Positioning and physically dominating for most of the game. I can't remember him doing anything that made me panic. Not the same could be said for Gibson. It was down to his mistake and I feel for him . I try to imagine what it must be like to be in front of 20000 people and have that kind of pressure but that's his job. Giannoulis I thought had one of his best games. I guess if he wants to go then he needs to put himself in the shop window by performing at his best, makes you wonder though. McLean was as McLean is functional not rushed and kind of did everything I would expect of him. It was interesting to see Sara in the back line occasionally playing it out. I thought he played some great through balls and broke up play really well. I'm almost looking forward to the McLean Sara axis for the rest of the season. Barnes is a lump. He and Sargent are going to take time to get the understanding but I have high hopes. I seem to remember just thinking OK thats a proper front man. Sargent well I want him to do well but he seems to be missing something at the moment. Maybe he just needs to smack a few and just give it the "Have it!" And put his laces through the ball. With the crosses coming in he will need to get on the end of a few more. That just leaves Jon Rowe. Well that was some goal and some game he played. I'll leave it at that I think. If he carries on like that he will be some player. A shout out for Idah. Every year there's one player that those around me like to get into and after the first touch it looked like it could be Idah. So when he managed to stay onside and poke the winner in it the first rubbish touch was quickly forgotten! I've got to say thats the first time in a long long time that I've left Carrow road with quite a jaunty step and enjoyed my pint and the train trip home. For me unfortunately that's my last game for a while. I work away and wont be back now until probably Leeds at home! OTBC

It’s game day!! And where the hell has the summer weather gone. We should be thinking about the heat and the sun in our eyes hands up shielding from the bright sunshine, instead I’ve got out my coat and almost a hat! Oh well could be worse I suppose. No going back now the die has been cast let’s see use how the season unfolds and I for one am kind of glad that the ups and downs will continue and I hope that I will enjoy the ride without losing my temper too much this season!

If you are going to the match on Saturday by train remember there's the usual rail disruption! This means I've got to get to Norwich a whole hour before I would usually do so. Hmm pub??

Did we give them a fair crack? I was firmly in the belief that we were going down so might as well stuck with a manager that walked the Championship ( twice ) knowing that the reason for our departure wasn’t anything other than the budget we have always worked to. It’s almost always going to be like this until an oil rich nation gets involved and if that happens then I’m not sure if it’s in our best interest!

As usual my forever optimism kicks in about now. I know I shouldn’t but I’ve seen the results of the pre-season and all the new signings and every year I think to myself “ Well they look pretty good “ and think top 2 is on again. I’d like to walk the Championship this year for once so we don’t have to go through all the soul searching and the long discussions in The Barclay about who’s shit, why we can’t seem to play in the “Norwich” style and how it was better when we had ……. Insert any name but Glenn. I can remember getting all excited when RVW signed and managed to get in the way of a ball and it falling in the net. Oh yes we had a player there and we were going to light up the Championship with goals galore! Three months later we were discussing the fact he had got a horse for his then girlfriend and where he kept it and if it would make a better striker than him. What kind of year do we hope for and more importantly what kind of year will we have?