After watching us at Derby on Saturday (warning - long post)

I was disappointed and will be very interested to see what Richard Balls thought after his appeal for more forthright away performances. Honestly I do not think it was a satisfactory performance.

Just because it was better than some of last years appallling away days does not ean we should celebrate or think Worthy has turned things around. Derby were very poor indeed. they lost their key defender (Moore) early, yet we didn't manage a single shot on target.

We have a problem in that many supporters only compare things within the Worthngton era. If we look back further we can recognise that our ambitions are pretty mediocre. We have to go to places like Derby and WIN, not celebrate sterile efforts.

I have said it before; Worthington was a dull player, schooled in dull football by his dull mentor and he is a perfectly pleasant but dull gentleman. hence we get dull football which merits 7 seconds on Sunday's highlights programme. I was bored watching the game. What a sad thing to say!

I admire the KTF brigade and I fully understand them crowing a little after our satisfactory (no more!) start but I honestly believe that only a change of manager will see Norwich City consistently playing exciting football home and away. We could get in the play-offs this year but even if we did and went up we would struggle again just as we did last time because our manager is tactically naive and lacks the necessary imagination and flair to do a Boothroyd or a Warnock. He's a nice guy but....

I am now resigned to the fact that he will hold on to his job. Good luck to him..he knows how to do that and how to keep the board on his side. He will not bankrupt the club, we will continue as we are and I will always have a respectable team to support.

But, alas, it's just oh so dull!

Posted By: BillySteele on August 23rd 2006 at 12:22:07

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After watching us at Derby on Saturday (warning - long post) (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 12:22:07
- I am a Worthy fan but... (NCFC) - Whinging Moron 8er, Aug 23, 12:55:43
- I'm not a Worthy fan but... (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 12:41:41
  - I watched Sheff Utd v Liverpool (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Aug 23, 12:53:36
    - You get away with it at home but they won't when away. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Aug 23, 12:55:00
- On another day Earnshaw would have had a hattrick (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Aug 23, 12:36:35
  - I wonder how many times we'll hear that this season... (NCFC) - Suffolk Yellow, Aug 23, 12:39:43
    - Yeah I know... (NCFC) - Brom, Aug 23, 12:44:38
      - and we aren't leaking goals (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 12:46:14
- I would never criticise Worthy, he got us to the play offs & promoted & nearly kept us up, (NCFC) - lovely old job, Aug 23, 12:32:15
  - Nor can I beleive this myspace film. (NCFC) - lovely old job, Aug 23, 12:36:15
    - you tube sorry (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Aug 23, 12:36:43
- Wait a while before you sing the praises of Warnock (NCFC) - WorthyHatesFans, Aug 23, 12:30:17
- Have you been to the last three games? (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Aug 23, 12:29:18
  - The Preston game was actually better than almost all of the promotion season (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 12:43:45
    - Exactly. Even when we won the league by miles we weren't playing particularly well. (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 12:55:36
      - no we won't - but that was a long time ago (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 13:03:11
        
        So what do we do? Just accept mediocrity because of the game's financial structure (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 13:07:04
        
        what has Adie Boothroyd got to do with it? (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 13:15:05
        
        Yes, I think you are right and I respect your views completely. (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 13:25:32
        
        Re: I respect your views completely (NCFC) - InTheAbsenceOfAHorse, Aug 23, 13:33:25
        
        I'm sure we were (and are) trying to do just that too (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 13:30:26
        
        So you think that 'without the money' it's just a waste of time? (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 13:56:17
        
        I never said that at all (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 23, 14:08:17
        
        Yes. I agree with all of that and I remain, and always will, a (NCFC) - BillySteele, Aug 23, 14:37:20
        
        Spot on. Top post. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Aug 23, 13:23:50

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