message for Dick Balls

Dick, I suspect you'll be struggling for material for your next column, so here are some ideas:

When was the last time we went five games without a goal? Well, it didn’t happen under Worthingon, or Hamilton, or even under Megson. It didn’t happen when Stringer’s side were sliding towards the bottom 3 in 91/2, or when we got relegated in 1981 or 1974.
It last happened in early 1973 and the run finished in our Lge Cup Final defeat to Spurs. So, to summarise, our worst scoring run for 35 years.

Has anyone in the entire Football league scored less than us? (5 goals in 9 games) No, no-one. Even Mansfield, bottom of the entire pile with four pts from nine games, have scored seven.
Our record of failing to score in five games is also a Football League 'best'.

Have we come up against good sides? Far from it. We have played only two matches against sides placed higher than tenth in the table. And when we play QPR that ratio will sink still further.

Are Hull good at home? No, only one home win this season.
Are Sheff Weds good on the road? No, they only have three away points this season.

Are our crowds staying steady? No, Tuesday saw our lowest league crowd at Carrow Road since the new South Stand was finished – that’s nearly four years.

Does Peter Grant know a good striker when he sees one? I'll let you judge, but Peter Thorne made 18 starts for City, and he scored in two of them; Chris Brown has now started 15 games (and played the full 90 minutes in eight of them) and has yet to find the net.

Dick, we know you didn’t like Hamilton; we know you hated Worthington; and we know that, as the man who replaced Worthington, the sun shines out of PG’s ar5e but can you, just for a few seconds, take off those tartan-tinted specs and dole out some of your customary misery-ridden bile in the direction of the current manager and his signings and tactics?

Loving You
jayson.

Posted By: jayson blair on October 3rd 2007 at 17:49:22

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message for Dick Balls (NCFC) - jayson blair, Oct 3, 17:49:22
- As a well respected journalist yourself (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Oct 3, 23:29:22
- for once I agree with waghorns mate (NCFC) - phrankin, Oct 3, 19:16:09
- Err... actually you're wrong (NCFC) - The Judge, Oct 3, 19:08:46
  - hahaha (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 19:12:01
- Plus yeah right, Chadwick played one game under worthington and scored one goal (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:28:32
  - Chadwick never played under Worthy (n/m) (NCFC) - Derek Acorah, Oct 3, 18:38:23
    - haha, fairly do's (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:50:45
    - arrers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:41:18
  - agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:30:30
    - Don't be silly (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 3, 18:32:22
      - neither is extracting facts from a player that barely played in 2 years here (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:36:29
      - i'm just joining in the fun (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:34:35
- POST OF THE YEAR (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:24:16
  - cos you wrote it? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:24:47
    - i wish! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:26:14
      - You'd have really made that point about Thorne? (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:27:00
        
        What's so funny about the Thorne point? (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 3, 18:30:23
        
        cos he manipulated the statistic, 2 years here (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:34:22
        
        BLUB (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:37:41
        
        Thorne's started six games for Bradford this season, that's league two (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:39:36
        
        At a guess I would say he's scored less goals than he's made starts, stab in the dark. (n/m) (NCFC) - Andyjzr, Oct 3, 18:41:12
        
        Well it's 0 (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:44:18
        
        cos he's fucking shit (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:47:19
        
        Brown scored against West Ham, that must make him a premiership player (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:49:00
        
        let's not argue over who is the worse player! (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:52:26
        
        haha (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:54:03
        
        that was a friendly you cock (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:51:55
        
        It's a fact! (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:52:39
        
        9 (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:40:29
        
        8 (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:40:51
        
        7? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 18:41:13
        
        i think the thing that is pointless about it (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:37:10
        
        For every point he makes, you can spin it back positively in favour (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:42:39
- That said, lets go the whole hog and go the other way, Tell me the last time (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:14:09
  - while you miss my point entirely (NCFC) - jayson blair, Oct 3, 18:28:31
    - lol, yeah right, cos right, Grant did the double over Brum last season, and they finished (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:30:14
    - we've played Sheff Wed 3 times under Grant? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:29:57
      - he had been here a year (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:31:16
    - arrers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:29:38
- Does it matter what this guy says anyway? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 3, 18:12:37
- Cracking post (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 3, 18:06:50
  - manipulating facts to prove your point (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 18:10:42
    - stating facts actually (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 18:23:44
- don't tell me we've just signed Uncle fucking Peter Thorne again!! (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Oct 3, 17:59:40
- You can prove anything with facts (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 3, 17:59:02

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