Surfing the 'net I stumbled upon this, nice words perhaps, but there's a little bit of me that also finds them quite patronising. Or do I have the perverbial 'chip' on my shoulder ? http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...x-ferguson-admires-norwich-city.aspx?pageNo=1 I've got a feeling that PL is going to pull another 'rabbit out of the hat' tomorrow, I'll go for 2-1 City OTBC .... CTI .... ILWT "Come On You Yellas !"
Behave, what the hell does he expect? We were playing Brentford and Tranmere when Sir Paul took over the helm I'd love to see Man Ure fans attitude if they had to play at that level for a season. Gates of 25,000?
He was a little patronising at the end there ? Words i would like to see rammed back down his chops tomorrow !
He could learn from PL -- say little, let your team do the talking. Makes Norfolk sound like the Kamchatka Peninsula -- that's a real little empire but their football club is in West London!
hes right, we are cut off thank heavens long may it stay that way, I live for the day we get Passport control in at Sutton Bridge to keep them all out of Nelsons county!! Common you yellows we can win this one Holty will be so up for this challange!!!!! as will the rest of the lads we have nothing to lose so go for it !!!!!!!!!
Come on, its true what he says. Our level of expectation is right for our size. We love our players and any new signing is the new hero. Bloody hell we've got a Hall of Fame with hundreds in it! We fill the ground and create the perfect atmosphere. The level at OT is up several notches. Despite everything they have won in the last 20 years, the crowd are on their backs with anything less than a winning performance. They have people who go to watch them just because of who they are and not for any deep seated love that we have for City. I don't like the guy any more than the next man but on this occasion I think he's got it right.
I don't think any outsiders 'get' Norwich and how big football is, and what a history it has had locally. I think that most people see Norwich as a quaint provincial city with a nice cathedral, and surrounded by fields and carrot crunching fans. In fact, Norwich has had, until recently, a significant industrial sector, with a big 'working class', where factories opened on Saturday mornings and the workers went en masse to the match after dinner and a couple of beers at the pub. Add to that two big port towns with their own working class, and you have a pretty good 'natural' fan base. Going to the match was an excellent way of letting off steam after a week confined to a production line. In that sense our history isn't that different to Nottm Forest, Derby and yes Leeds. The fact that that industrial base has largely gone, doesn't make much difference as most of us were born in families where the tradition of going to the game was established. NCFC has also done good community based work, so the fan base has extended to take in a broad mix. We are not, and I hope never will be, a 'boutique' club! SAF understands this probably more than most as he shows in his comparing us with Aberdeen; I suspect its history is similar to ours. Yes, he bordered on the patronising, but as Chippy says, our players may have an answer to that tomorrow. But I've always thought that he does understand the 'meaning' of football and is more intelligent than most managers out there. Sorry; went on a bit. Can't cope with these postponed games!
He usually gets it right, whether ramping up the temperature or putting someone down, always to his advantage. Whether what he says is true or false is largely irrelevant!
