Sorry. Sorted it now. Not entirely sure how I did that myself but clearly it takes a special kind of skill.
In one way, a positive for me is that the club is not washing its dirty linen in public. I used to admire Liverpool for that back in the 80's, but this whole thing does beg more answers from somebody.
The longer it festers, the greater the discontent will become among some of the more vocal parts of the fan base. An explanation now and everyone has a full week to digest, debate, get over it - and give the boys 100% unequivocal support v Bournemouth next weekend. Festering within the Barclay and the Snakepit is not a good thing.
So ten days on and as far as I'm aware the club have still said absolutely nothing at all about Bradley Johnson, be interesting if AN is asked about it in his press conference today, though of course if he is he will have his official line from the club to trot out I imagine.
What quotes from Johnson are you referring to? And if you actually believe that what players/managers say to the press - particularly when they have just signed for a new club with new fans to impress - is exactly what they mean then I'm sorry but you're clearly more naive than I gave you credit for.
If BJ felt he had been forced out there is no way on earth he would have thanked the club for "allowing" him to move!
Why not? Surely that is purely conjecture and merely your opinion? Meanwhile, I refer the honourable gentleman to section 2 of my previous post
We have seen a lot of Bradders over the few years he's been with us, we've seen his passion (Joey Barton) and his commitment and dedication! I could be persuaded that he might say nice things about Derby but nobody will persuade me he would thank NCFC for allowing him to leave if they were pushing him out, he would have said nothing. If you can't see that then you are not the detective you have claimed to be! (Cara)
Thanks for mentioning those thing highlighted above, adds further fuel to my fire I absolutely 100% agree that he has all three of those attributes in abundance - which begs the question why would he choose to immediately jump ship down into the division he'd just spent a season working his backside off to get out of after four games of a new season if he is so passionate, committed and dedicated? I can find a ton of quotes from the man himself that only confirm his passion and commitment and dedication to Norwich City, but I can't find a single one that suggests he might not be happy at Norwich, that he fears for his first team place at Norwich, that he's not prepared to be a squad player at Norwich or that he's not prepared to stay and fight for his place this season at Norwich. Not one. You have absolutely no evidence whatsoever that this is what he's thinking, and as we've been over ad nauseum already on this thread and others, to anyone with an open mind all the evidence when lined up points to this being a bizarre, totally out of leftfield decision - and nothing (definitely nothing you have said anyway) will persuade me any different. I think I'd make a pretty good detective actually, my hunches generally aren't too far out as a rule - I certainly wouldn't be believing everything I see and read and immediately assuming it to be true anyway. Didn't you used to be a copper yourself once upon a time fella?
I certainly did Munky and I'm basing my instincts on that, he's just not the type to play nicely and do what he's told. As I say, I could believe he'd say nothing to protect his remaining career, but, imho, he'd be far more likely to speak out if he felt he was being forced out. I stand by all I've said, though in truth, we may NEVER really know!
Which players ever speak out about their previous club? Him speaking out about us would do nothing to help him, he wouldn't want to burn his bridges with us fans I'm sure, and anyway It just isn't the done thing, everyone just toes the party, says what they have to say in the presser and let the football do the talking - which ultimately I guess is how it should be. And if he was guitly of some midemeanour that has meant his position at the club suddenly became untenable do you really think he'd want to be drawing attention to it??
At the end of the day Munky, it's pure conjecture from the pair of us, I'm still reasonably confident he would have said nothing rather than thanking the club! Let's hope one of us is proved right. If it's you, I will apologise unreservedly!
I agree it's conjecture from my part as well, but unlike you I'm not trying to offer the answer, because I genuinely have no idea, more that I'm suggesting there are more questions that haven't been answered. You're quite happy to accept the version that is (sort of) out there, I'm just saying there is more to it than that - I'd even go as far at to bet my shirt that there's more to it than we currently are aware of. And like you say, chances are we'll never find out so I'll probably never get the chance to accept your apology!
Canaries striker issues apology NORWICH City striker Lewis Grabban has issued the following statement: "I've apologised to the manager, the staff and my fellow professionals for the situation that arose two weeks ago and for not being available for the game at Rotherham. "I'd like to apologise to the club and most importantly the Norwich fans for my actions. Their support for me has been great since I joined and I really appreciate their passion for the club. The fans who travelled to Rotherham I especially apologise to. "I've served a suspension and been fined, which I fully accept. Now I'm just determined to train hard and to let my football do the talking - and to do everything I can to help Norwich City do well.
