Your latter suggestion was, and always has been, right.

We were shocking. No passion, no inventiveness, no desire to get things going and take the game to them.

And that's just the fans.

Green was ok.
Was impressed with Rehman and Johansson. Earnie didn't do a lot but didn't look match fit to me.

First half, I thought the midfield three sat far too deep and gave their midfield far too much time and space. Hence they looked threatening. Etuhu and Hughes are covered elsewhere.

I agreed with the half time substitutions, hell I think if anyone on here had picked a team to play Ipswich, the team that started the second half would have been the choice for most. And at 442 to boot. But it just didn't click.

Doherty seems to have turned back into last year's Doc, or Malky from any number of seasons today. Safri had his poorest game in a Norwich shirt, yet I notice that he hasn't had the same crap for giving the ball away twice and badly played quick freekicks (one of which the ref let us have again). Hucks got taken out early by Wilnis (why that was never a booking I'll never know) and didn't look interested from there. McVeigh was, as we all know, less effective on the right wing.

All in all, they wanted it more than us.

A few further passing comments - aside from the two pens, I thought the ref was poor.

For that little t**t Haynes to go down like he'd been nuked, let alone shot, then to go sprinting over to their fans after he'd volleyballed the ball in, then limp off (ref, if you'd been in control you'd have booked him at the point) then to sprint back at the whistle REALLY wound me up, more than the score.

And I know someone who sits behind the dugout. The management are forever screaming at the midfield to push up, and for the defence to get it on the deck and not hoof it, and for the fullbacks to get wide and look for an early ball. The players just don't do it.

Posted By: Arganth on February 5th 2006 at 21:53:16

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FAO Arganth (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 5, 21:41:25
- Your latter suggestion was, and always has been, right. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 21:53:16
  - if the current management cant get them to do it hire some who can (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Feb 5, 22:21:32
  - btw - re your fans behind the dugout point.... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 5, 22:06:31
    - I agree to a point. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:09:25
      - If you're being paid (lots) to manage people (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 5, 22:14:20
        
        I think we had this one before Christmas. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:16:10
        
        if it was the entire team, and so the tea,' (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 5, 22:19:20
        
        ahem. the entire team, and so the team's results plummeted, (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 5, 22:19:48
      - Well if you have the respect of the person telling you not to touch the paint (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 22:11:38
        
        I don't doubt it. But there still needs to be an element of common sense involved. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:17:32
        
        nail on head (n/m) (General Chat) - caffrey, Feb 5, 22:12:24
  - yet I notice that he hasn't had the same crap for giving the ball away twice... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 21:55:19
    - His point is that Safri shouldn't be immune from criticism. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 5, 21:57:25
      - indeed but with Safri, their were reasons for it... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 21:59:36
        
        Hughes is consistently abysmal. But if Safri plays badly, he plays badly. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 5, 22:01:04
        
        Hughes really is useless isn't he?! (General Chat) - Komodo, Feb 5, 22:03:58
        
        Haven't seen enough of Robinson to comment. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 5, 22:06:02
        
        Robinson did look incrediably bad today (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 22:05:06
        
        But again, only just back from being out of the team for a while. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:11:16
        
        but he looked shit against coventry (General Chat) - Komodo, Feb 5, 22:16:10
      - Whilst that defence isn't bad... (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 21:59:05
        
        Oh come on. He'd played 6 games in 2 weeks (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 5, 22:02:29
        
        Fair point. But it's not a lot different to the Christmas prorgamme. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:07:13
    - No. But he gave the ball away more that half than Hughes did first half. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 21:56:27
      - He had nobody making themselves avaliable, it was Safri vs 4 Scummers... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 21:58:11
        
        And was the only player that made (General Chat) - Komodo, Feb 5, 21:59:24
      - Good idea, cos everything's rosy isn't it? (General Chat) - caffrey, Feb 5, 21:58:03
        
        Infinite patience, no. Support, yes. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:00:27
        
        Anti-Scum songs are more fun though. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 5, 22:07:19
        
        Like every other darby match you fucktard (General Chat) - caffrey, Feb 5, 22:04:48
        
        In the Championship season - the 3-1 win... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 5, 22:06:44
        
        Exactly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 5, 22:07:50

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