I absolutely hate being an early/late or solo evening kickoff! Part of the reason is having to get up to get to the pub earlier but the other is the fact that across the country glory hunters and strange creatures of the night sitting in the pub waiting for (enter glory club they've never seen in the flesh here) Will watch our game first and pass judgement on us in a lawro-esque fashion as if they've seen every Norwich game of all time. Now I don't mind people having opinions about our club but the judgement, good or bad, based on very little knowledge annoys me I can just see Dave and his mates Dave, Dave, Dave and Pete (All cash in hand Plumbers) down the coach and horses proclaiming with great applomb "If I've told you once Dave I've told you a thousand times, Norwich don't have the required mental intelligence to cope with quick pace or a playing style developed from the continent or the south americas, ere' Pete! Get us anuva pinta wife beeta mate!" So brace yourselves for the experts folks and keep in mind we all know better whatever their opinions cos we follow them WEEK IN WEEK OUT TO THE DEATH!!! thank you for enduring this rant folks.
lol I meant no offence. It was meant to evoke a feel of working classes and have you ever met a plumber that wasn't called Dave to be fair?
Its the same with people who just see us on Match of the Day, or read about us in the papers, and assume everything they see/hear is definately fact, and everything we say is wrong. Winds me up so much that it's actually funny!
You've hit the nail on the head, and when you try and engage them on a more complex level i.e. players they've heard of, the colour of our shirts and that thing delia did on the pitch a while back they completely capitulate because they have nothing to add to a conversation because they are clueless. Example: "Do you think Jed Steer is competant enough to step into John Ruddys shoes if he is suspended or injured?" "Jed Who? John What-y? Your **** on FIFA mate..."
Love it beef, love it So true of any local across the country Reckon a lot of them don't even go to games
FIFA - the source of all football knowledge! I had a classic case earlier this week. Someone was saying that they think Norwich will "do a Blackpool" and get relegated after a good start. So I casually asked why he thought this. His answer? "Because you're ****". It's even funnier when you find out he's a West Ham fan who's never even been to London!
I'll have to go out early then. The missus noticed that whenever I go out Norwich don't lose - and I have to say it is working, even if it does mean wandering round and round the town looking in all the charity shops.
I don't think there's much credence in your post/rant, Beef. If we play and acquit ourselves well - as I fully expect us to do, against Chelski, many neutrals/pundits will take notice and give us credit. Shortly afterwards, when their own teams are involved in a match, whether we win, lose or draw, our result becomes largely irrelevant.
I was excitedly telling my Gooner mate from work the other day that we'd signed Howson and replied in the typically sarcastic "what? THE Jonny Howson? WOW!!" piss-take fashion. Does my head in when some so called proper fans don't know diddly squat about the vast majority of players outside the big six clubs let alone the lower leagues
Good job I read this post Beefy - Made me think that I had better check the kick off time. Good job I did as I would have been turning up just as you lot were getting ready to go home!!! Bloody satellite channels! Giving us access to all away games we cannot make it to! Ha
