and should have been a little nasty when the opponent broke out...

those little niggly fouls we didn't commit. Instead of stopping a counter attack at the price of a free kick we were letting too many teams come all the way at us at speed from their own half.

Like I said, we just weren't ready for it at the time. Too naive.

But STILL nearly stayed up.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on October 18th 2010 at 12:15:30

Message Thread

Can one of you footballing gurus please explain to me why the platinum coated FUCK (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:20:09
- Cos instead of Charlie Adam, we had Holt, and instead of belief (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 13:35:34
- A couple of thoughts (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Oct 18, 12:12:54
  - and should have been a little nasty when the opponent broke out... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 18, 12:15:30
    - To be fair, when Tommy Helveg *did* do that, fouling Giggs at Old Trafford to break down a (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 12:20:07
      - Which was a shame, cos it was also bloody funny (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 13:36:59
      - Well there you go. Perhaps Worthy thought he was a nasty little fouler. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 18, 12:22:07
        
        That was a brilliant foul! (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 18, 12:49:38
- Worthy lost it that season I think. Too much too soon... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 18, 11:40:20
  - Jonsson played quite a bit. Good effort, seemed to have ability, just little end product. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 18, 11:57:52
  - nicely brought to the top (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 18, 11:55:17
    - Spooky prediction yistee. Only just read that this morning ! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 18, 11:57:30
- Simply put, because the attitude from the top was that we expected to be relegated (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 18, 11:29:45
- Blackpool (NCFC) - Firstnews, Oct 18, 11:29:39
  - whilst watching Blackpool yesterday when they went 3-1 I was shocked by the amount of (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 18, 11:34:40
  - That would be sad (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:30:56
    - I know what you mean (NCFC) - Firstnews, Oct 18, 11:35:14
- We didn't go for it soon enough. By the time we realised we could do it, it was too late. (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:26:41
  - But "going for it" meant splashing the cash on Deano (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:28:48
    - No true, BUt they have gone for it in the sense that their tactics and belief are positive (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:30:22
    - We got rid of Iwan and Malky (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 18, 11:29:47
      - Yes, I forgot about Malky (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:30:20
  - We didn't play our best players for half the season (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 18, 11:27:17
    - If we'd of signed Crouncy or Deano at the start of the season, we'd of stayed up. (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:29:15
      - Croncy AND Deano. Imagine! We'd have stayed up with goals to spare. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 18, 11:46:00
        
        Of, damn it! (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 18, 11:47:49
      - We bought Big Gary Donkerty as our striker (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:29:55
        
        Football league show (NCFC) - Firstnews, Oct 18, 11:37:35
      - Yes. Crouncy. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:29:27
        
        Crouncy is a great word, it should be real (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:33:03
        
        Yes. Let's use it as such. From now on. On here. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:35:17
- Prem teams aren't as good anymore. (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 18, 11:25:05
  - I was going to say this (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:32:00
    - Clubs are maybe starting to become unstable financially again causing instability (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 18, 11:37:05
      - 'becoming unstable causing instability' (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 18, 11:38:42
        
        ha ha (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:39:38
    - budgers? budgets. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:32:15
  - ^^^ this (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 18, 11:29:58
  - They're not are they? (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 18, 11:26:34
    - Lol Liga > Premier lol (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:41:46
    - Not as good as they were when we there IMO (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 18, 11:30:40
    - Well that's true (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:29:26
      - We did take the "little old norwich" attitude into a lot of games though. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 11:35:56
- And West Brom are currently 6th. And Stoke are currently 9th. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:22:24
  - Yes, though Stoek have been up a while and West Brom have got cash, haven't they? (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:34:40
    - If West Brom have got cash, it's only because they didn't f*ck things up like we did (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:37:45
- 2 reasons. C. Adam is a seriously good player and 2nd, Crazy Gang mentality. (n/m) (NCFC) - songwriter, Oct 18, 11:22:21
- ^ Gayoff bait. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 11:22:09
  - We're not all like you, AB (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:27:36
    - I'm only teasing. I know it was genuine, I was thinking along similar lines yesterday lis (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 11:33:43
      - Also, neither of them are here. Blessed relief for the rest of us, if only temporary. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:35:08
        
        Maybe AB has quantum powers over them (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:36:09

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