Groundhog Day

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Dangerous Marsupial

Dangerous Marsupial

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Another game, another dominant performance, another result not reflecting how we played. Yet again we had all the best chances, about a dozen corners and it failed to tell. We are comfortably the best team in this league IMO but we cannot ever seem to put away our chances and of course the goalkeeper goes and plays a blinder again.

I don't really understand. We couldn't beat Birmingham but they go and lose by a cricket score today. What is it about us that inspires the best out of all our opponents? With the exception of Ipswich we seem to always find our opponents to be at the best of their game or thereabouts. How many times have our opponents had a defender or goalkeeper make a mistake and gift us a goal? I can barely think of a time this was the case. The combination of our terrible (and there is no nicer word I can use) finishing and an inferior yet stubborn opponent has cost us far too many points already this season.

I'm not convinced the lack of width worked today. Grabban had a nightmare again! It can't be like he is short of confidence given that they say a striker just needs a goal, however fortunate. Well Grabban has had about 5 fortunate goals this season and has never looked like a clinical finisher. I don't like to say it but I don't think he is a goalscoring striker, which is a real problem because he doesn't offer much else. Jerome was desperately unlucky not to score but he wasn't much better than Grabban. I hate having 2 strikers in this scenaro; if they don't get involved anywhere else on the pitch then the only reason they should be picked is because they are banging in the goals. Neither is despite ample chances.

There are a few positives. We managed to go an entire game without conceding a soft goal and Gary O'Neil actually looked by far our best player when he came on. I guess with nobody else producing much excitement he has to get a go next game.

With our squad we must consider anything less than a play-off place a total failure and really we should be winning the league. But we do everything right up to the point where it comes to putting the ball the net and I don't have a solution. I hope Adams does...
 
Dangerous Marsupial said:
Another game, another dominant performance, another result not reflecting how we played. Yet again we had all the best chances, about a dozen corners and it failed to tell. We are comfortably the best team in this league IMO but we cannot ever seem to put away our chances and of course the goalkeeper goes and plays a blinder again.

I don't really understand. We couldn't beat Birmingham but they go and lose by a cricket score today. What is it about us that inspires the best out of all our opponents? With the exception of Ipswich we seem to always find our opponents to be at the best of their game or thereabouts. How many times have our opponents had a defender or goalkeeper make a mistake and gift us a goal? I can barely think of a time this was the case. The combination of our terrible (and there is no nicer word I can use) finishing and an inferior yet stubborn opponent has cost us far too many points already this season.

I'm not convinced the lack of width worked today. Grabban had a nightmare again! It can't be like he is short of confidence given that they say a striker just needs a goal, however fortunate. Well Grabban has had about 5 fortunate goals this season and has never looked like a clinical finisher. I don't like to say it but I don't think he is a goalscoring striker, which is a real problem because he doesn't offer much else. Jerome was desperately unlucky not to score but he wasn't much better than Grabban. I hate having 2 strikers in this scenaro; if they don't get involved anywhere else on the pitch then the only reason they should be picked is because they are banging in the goals. Neither is despite ample chances.

There are a few positives. We managed to go an entire game without conceding a soft goal and Gary O'Neil actually looked by far our best player when he came on. I guess with nobody else producing much excitement he has to get a go next game.

With our squad we must consider anything less than a play-off place a total failure and really we should be winning the league. But we do everything right up to the point where it comes to putting the ball the net and I don't have a solution. I hope Adams does...
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DM every week you come on here pretending to be on the way back from the match and give your pompous long winded version of events, Grabban had 1 great chance and the keeper saved it Jerome had about 4 Johnson had a free kick saved and Redmond was unlucky not to score from his 2 shots on target.
Grabban was not awful he seemed to be playing as a winger even swapping wings he rarely lost possession and made some great runs that nobody could capitalize on.
It must be a Norfolk thing to try and use him as a scapegoat with his 6 fortunate goals <get it right>but predictably you all jump on his case yet again..
 
23 said:
DM every week you come on here pretending to be on the way back from the match and give your pompous long winded version of events, Grabban had 1 great chance and the keeper saved it Jerome had about 4 Johnson had a free kick saved and Redmond was unlucky not to score from his 2 shots on target.
Grabban was not awful he seemed to be playing as a winger even swapping wings he rarely lost possession and made some great runs that nobody could capitalize on.
It must be a Norfolk thing to try and use him as a scapegoat with his 6 fortunate goals <get it right>but predictably you all jump on his case yet again..
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My mistake. I seem to have been under the (apparently false) impression that this was a football forum where I could put my pompous long winded version of events? I don't see why you think I am pretending to have been on the match, I haven't claimed to be once in any of my posts unless I genuinely was at the game.

Anyway, putting that part aside I don't think I am in the minority when I say that on present form Grabban is not up the job. Always offside, squanders great chances.
 
Dangerous Marsupial said:
My mistake. I seem to have been under the (apparently false) impression that this was a football forum where I could put my pompous long winded version of events? I don't see why you think I am pretending to have been on the match, I haven't claimed to be once in any of my posts unless I genuinely was at the game.

Anyway, putting that part aside I don't think I am in the minority when I say that on present form Grabban is not up the job. Always offside, squanders great chances.
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How many chances was he given today ? I counted 1.
How many clear cut chances did Jereome have? I counted at least 3 even though the keeper made a great save for 1.
How many times was Grabban flagged offside? How many times were we flagged offside ? Who else was caught offside?
Radio Norfolk didn't mention this i take it.
 
Dangerous Marsupial said:
My mistake. I seem to have been under the (apparently false) impression that this was a football forum where I could put my pompous long winded version of events? I don't see why you think I am pretending to have been on the match, I haven't claimed to be once in any of my posts unless I genuinely was at the game.

Anyway, putting that part aside I don't think I am in the minority when I say that on present form Grabban is not up the job. Always offside, squanders great chances.
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How dare you disagree with 23 DM ! After all he and Supers are best buds and the law on NCFC.
Grabban has been a real let down so far imo(not 23's) and I'd love to see him replaced by Hooper.
I'm certain he'd of taken that early chance today, then the game is completely different.
I do think Adams boobed a bit today not starting with a winger.
I also hope he ditches the Diamond for good.
 
Hooper may well turn out to be fantastic but thus far he is yet to register a shot let alone score or have the speed to have got into that early position.
Grabban deserves criticism and he should have poked the ball into the corner but there are 10 other players on the field that could have done better .
You choose to keep focusing on one player game after game and it gets boring, i know it's because you know i will defend him and bite .
We lost against Leeds and Grabban played 5 minutes so who was at fault for that game?.
 
23 said:
Hooper may well turn out to be fantastic but thus far he is yet to register a shot let alone score or have the speed to have got into that early position.
Grabban deserves criticism and he should have poked the ball into the corner but there are 10 other players on the field that could have done better .
You choose to keep focusing on one player game after game and it gets boring, i know it's because you know i will defend him and bite .
We lost against Leeds and Grabban played 5 minutes so who was at fault for that game?.
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Actually we drew against Leeds but everybody understands footballs have good and bad days. It is Grabban's continual poor performances that justify his criticism.
 
Dangerous Marsupial said:
Actually we drew against Leeds but everybody understands footballs have good and bad days. It is Grabban's continual poor performances that justify his criticism.
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I stand corrected 1-1 & I suggest you write a strongly worded email to Mr Adams at Carrow Rd Norwich and tell him that in no uncertain terms he must not play Grabban as you and a few other people on the internet that "understands football" will not put up with his selection.
It's not as if Adams has played at the highest level and won a league title with Everton received his FA coaching badge won the youth cup and been given the opportunity to manage the side he played for is it?
I get behind ALL of our players and they should all take responsibility.
Grabban is a scapegoat for people that don't understand football in my opinion.
Lafferty has not scored and get's booked every game Hooper granted has not been match fit but failed to have a single shot , Grabban is amongst the top scorers in this division on 6.
 
23 said:
I stand corrected 1-1 & I suggest you write a strongly worded email to Mr Adams at Carrow Rd Norwich and tell him that in no uncertain terms he must not play Grabban as you and a few other people on the internet that "understands football" will not put up with his selection.
It's not as if Adams has played at the highest level and won a league title with Everton received his FA coaching badge won the youth cup and been given the opportunity to manage the side he played for is it?
I get behind ALL of our players and they should all take responsibility.
Grabban is a scapegoat for people that don't understand football in my opinion.
Lafferty has not scored and get's booked every game Hooper granted has not been match fit but failed to have a single shot , Grabban is amongst the top scorers in this division on 6.
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We're not getting the results we want and as a fan I am looking for reasons why not. I identify Grabban's woeful finishing resulting in many wasted chances as a problem, is that not ok?
 
Dangerous Marsupial said:
We're not getting the results we want and as a fan I am looking for reasons why not. I identify Grabban's woeful finishing resulting in many wasted chances as a problem, is that not ok?
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It wasn't him wasting the chances today or last Tuesday .
He had 1 chance and the keeper saved it Jerome fluffed plenty but for some reason he is allowed.
 
None of our strikers are any good.
The sun seems to shine out of Hoopers arse but he is never fit and yet to register a shot.
Grabban played wide , how about Redmond and his 1 goal?
Lafferty has done nothing other than pick up cards but it's all Grabban's fault.
 
Recall Ricky Van ****ing Rumplestiltskin he couldn't do any worse than the useless idiots we have on our books atm.
Who is chipping in from midfield ?.
Considering we rarely register a clean sheet it is a bloody miracle we are 3 points from top.
 
I wouldn't say that Grabban has played well the last few games and there is certainly room for improvement, however I struggle to see the justification for him being singled out as being the main reason for our recent run. In fact of those players that started today other than Ruddy, Ollsen & Turner I think the whole team has fallen well short of what I would expect of them. As I've said before I like Adams as a manager (although I wasn't happy when he was appointed), however there are some things that he is doing that I think are holding us back

1) starting each game with Hoolahan & then selecting a formation that doesn't suit him. (Now resolved due to injury)

2) playing Martin as centre back. Not sure why he's doing this (Martin wants it, to play both Whittaker & Martin, doesn't rate the other CB's he bought). My general impression is we did better when Hooiveld & Turner played.

3) lack of rotation of midfield players / strikers in general and Johnson in particular, who in my view has played too many games this early in the season
 
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