The only thing I didn't laugh at was Delia's pasties. Think the author is confusing Norfolk with Cornwall. Norwich City Summer in six words Building a 2013 Championship-winning side Last season Finished: 2nd (in Championship) Top scorer: Grant Holt (21) Bad boy: Elliott Ward (10 yellow cards) In James Vaughan (£2.5m, Everton), Steve Morison (£2.8m, Millwall), Elliott Bennett (£1.5m, Brighton), Anthony Pilkington (£2m, Huddersfield), Ritchie de Laet (loan, Man Utd), Kyle Naughton (loan, Tottenham), Bradley Johnson (free, Leeds) Out Matt Gill, Jens Berthel Askou and Sam Habergham (all released) Key man Wes Hoolahan The Ireland international has the flair and imagination to cause problems for Premier League defences and has an eye for goal, too. Most likely phone-hacking victim Paul Lambert: he must talk to somebody, surely What Joey Barton might tweet Their football may not be up to much, but Iâm a big fan of Alan Partridge. People say heâs not a real person, but if you ask me, thatâs insulting. Fair play to the bloke who shot the burglar too. Tabloid headline of the season If Steve Morison scores a League goal will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights What are they made of? 42 per cent: Crazy, never-say-die fans 40 per cent: Unassuming Scottish pragmatism 10 per cent: Spirit of Jeremy Goss 8 per cent: Deliaâs pasties http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ier-League-club-by-club-guide-part-three.html
I don't get the Morison reference, can anyone make it clear? Surely the tabloid headline would be along the lines of: Delia's men cook up... Or something Delia related. Isn't that optimistic though. Not a great preview in my opinion. Just been put together in 5 minutes with stuff that vaguely reflects the club. Eg, lambert = scottish. Delia = cooking/drunk.
I care about Joey Bartons views as much as Jordans Robbie Savage or Lady Ga Ga .....Just another media whore........ The preview is fairly funny though..
That Morison headline is a bit of a shoe horn job, isn't it? You can almost imagine him sitting at his keyboard thinking 'I've got a famous old headline to work with, and I don't think Morison will cut it in the Prem... How can I make this one work?'
where does the "10% spirit of Jeremy Goss" fit in?? that early/mid 90's team that done bayern munich and gave the big boys of the prem a bit of a scare was quite a team, a different class to the relegation dodgers that you've got now!!
How much better? Lets see. Gunn > Ruddy Culverhouse > Martin Bowen > Tierney Newman < Whitbread Polston < De Laet Goss > Surman (But only because of his ability to strike the ball. Not much in it otherwise). Crook > Fox Fox ?? Bennet/Pilkington Phillips < Hoolahan Sutton > Holt Robins = Jackson The players from today I'd take over their 92/93 counterparts would be Whitbread over Newman, De Laet over Polston, Hoolahan over Phillips not much (potentially) between Jackson and Robins and I don't know yet whether Bennett of Pilks will be as good as Fox. 5 out of 11 of our current side are either better or as good as their equilalent back then with the possibility of it being 6 (depending on Pilks/Bennett). I doubt whether that 92/93 team would do as well in the prem today as they did back then because the prem has improved so much. The top sides now are better than most national sides! I think the 92/93 side would be a 10th to 15th side and our current team maybe right with them It's not as simple as that though is it? The strength of our team last season far exceeded the sum of it's parts. Replicate that again this time round and I see us finishing between 10th and 15th comfortably.
