Norwich City 0-1 Watford Fc - 20/04/2021

Discussion in 'Match Day' started by Cthulhu, Apr 17, 2021.

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Result

  1. Yellow win

    40 vote(s)
    76.9%
  2. Draw

    12 vote(s)
    23.1%
  1. Bubble

    Bubble Wise Oracle

    100%. The word I think I used to describe Norwich a few weeks ago was 'naive'.

    They play some great football, just don't think they're 'street wise' enough to stay up unless their dynamic/culture next season, which you can't imagine they will. They're good to watch though.
     
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  2. Since63

    Since63 Squad Player

    Can you plant the pole up his Iwo Jima?
     
  3. LondonOrn

    LondonOrn Squad Player

    Last night’s game, while a great advert for the Championship summed up the paradox when it comes to a club our size playing in the Premier League or Championship.

    When you watch a game like last night’s, with the quality and end-to-end action in abundance, it makes you wonder why the hell you’d prefer the Championship when the games up there are so much better than most of the ones we’ve been involved in this season.

    But on the other hand, it can’t be denied there are a fair few stinkers in the supposed “best league in the world”, worst ones one of the top of my head being the home game against Bournemouth in 2015/16 (a real damp squib considering those were the two best attacking sides the previous season), WBA away the same season despite the win, Stoke away under Mazzarri, even in 2018/19 Burnley at home - scrappy, sterile games of low quality short in good goal scoring chances. And then there were the disappointments of uninspiring ends to the season leading to bottom half finishes after promising starts. Perhaps it was a case of the novelty already wearing off after the Palace FA Cup semi final? What could make it more enjoyable next time round, assuming we go up and stay up?
     
  4. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    Exciting humble talented young players with a great mentality fighting for the team and wanting to play for the shirt?
     
  5. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    I believe so!
    Looks a bit too chubby in the face for Mayes to me.
    Tony Geidmentis ?
     
  6. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Just as an update, he's been discussing all possible promotion permutations with Mrs TuT this morning and is gutted to have missed Luther visit the Hospice a couple of weeks ago. He's clearly planning on defying doctors prognosis and waiting until promotion is 100% nailed on. .
     
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  7. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Dave Butler maybe ?? Think he was a trainer/physio ??....but seems to be in team kit ?
    Could just possibly be bad photo of Mayes though....?
     
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  8. reg_varney

    reg_varney Squad Player



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    Oh dear. Those hats are particularly sad. Adam Leventhal pops up near the beginning.
     
  9. Forzainglese

    Forzainglese Reservist

    Yes. In some ways I felt he played a bit as Gray is supposed to play - getting into scoring positions fast; only he did it better! Of course, there are differences, not least because he is really a midfielder. But it's an astute bit of tactics between him and Munoz to create an attacking midfield player. He is an experienced player and certainly seems to find the weak, undefended areas of the oppo defence.
    Like a lot of the Watford squad he is, I think, not quite an out-and-out Premier League player, however.
     
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  10. Forzainglese

    Forzainglese Reservist

    Alan Mayes ??
     
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  11. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Don't mention it.
     
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  12. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

    Definitely Alan Mayes 100%
     
  13. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    TG always had a beard IIRC ?
     
  14. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Jesus - I thought Alan Partridge was just a joke, not a documentary
     
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  15. WeveGotSteviePalmerNo1

    WeveGotSteviePalmerNo1 Academy Graduate

    skip to 1h 30min so you can enjoy them seeing us score and then turn it off before those hats upset you too much.
     
  16. Rozerhorn

    Rozerhorn First Year Pro

    I thought it was Alan Garner?
     
  17. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Definitely Mayes
     
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  18. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Assume they use this photo so that you can't see the 6 fingers on each hand ?
     
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  19. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    Apropos of nothing: that's a Lithuanian surname...
     
  20. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    I felt very confident last night when the team was announced.

    The key for me was our midfield, and they didn’t disappoint.

    For all our transfer deficiencies of recent months, and the angst from many when the likes of Capoue and Doucoure left, I feel we are quite blessed as a *Championship club to have been able to field a trio with so much experience as we did last night in Cleverley, Hughes and Gosling.

    Hundreds of games worth of nous and expertise.

    * for 4 more days :)
     
  21. Markoa$

    Markoa$ Squad Player

    Yes they will. A few of us on here all know that Norwich are not the best team in the league, we are. Had there been this cohesion between our players at the start of the season, and Masina not out for months, we would have won the league probably 5 games ago.
     
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  22. westbridgfordhornet

    westbridgfordhornet First Year Pro

    Farke in hell...reactions to the Watford defeat.



    For his sake, I hope in his next renegotiated Norwich contract he persuades Delia to pay him by the speed of his answers delivered in interviews rather than where the Canaries finish in the Premier League. He certainly has a talent for gabbling in English, East of England champion class!
     
  23. IRB

    IRB THe artist formally know as ImRonBurgundy?

    1:30:32 for those wondering :D
     
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  24. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    Thanks Ron, fumbled in?!
     
  25. LondonOrn

    LondonOrn Squad Player

    I liked the commentary though (although I only listened around the time of our goal) - reminded me of that for the Rotherham away game, obviously from the oppo fans’ perspective but honest, fair-minded and balanced.

    And if that was a poor performance from their team I can see why so many teams have struggled to deal with them! They’re a team that seem to make virtually no mistakes in possession, so the only way to get the ball off them is to stay close, press and tackle which we did brilliantly.
     
  26. wingco

    wingco Reservist

    Massive pair of virgins
     
  27. Wexford-yellow

    Wexford-yellow Academy Graduate

    H
    Does he mean each players games total in the premier league added together ?
    Ie. Watford players have played
    Maybe Gino could do a Holebas in reverse.
    Put them in the boot of his car and leave them on the side of a dark road somewhere.
    Fly tipping football players
     
  28. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    He was a pretty decent goalscorer. I think he played against us for Chelsea when John Barnes made his first start for us at Stamford Bridge.
     
  29. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    It was a tremendous battle, we had a lot of success pressing them, but they managed to play through the press well at times too, although they never really troubled us
     
  30. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Mayes left us for Swindon in ‘79. They were one of the teams vying with us for promotion that season, but missed out. It was a sign of how how far Chelsea had fallen when he signed for them late in 1980. He was decent at lower league level but I think his spell at Chelsea was the only time he played in Div 2.
     
  31. Willie Ekaslike

    Willie Ekaslike Academy Graduate

    Definatley Alan Mayes.
     
  32. USAHornet

    USAHornet Academy Graduate

    I feel somewhat the opposite.

    In the Championship, while we've had some pretty grim matches on bad pitches, we've also had to play real football in order to get wins - which is what you need to get promoted.

    But most newly promoted teams are all about survival, which means they revert to defensive, cautious football with the aim of nicking wins or earning draws. And it inevitably means it's a lot less pleasant to watch. Norwich didn't do that last year, and look what happened. Or Fulham a few years ago when they wanted to play attractive football and got steamrolled.

    Will be interesting to see how Norwich handle next year, and if we go up, if our defence can remain solid against better competition and where we find goals.
     
  33. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Good player for us - played really well at west ham in the cup when we were div 4 and they were div 1 (prem as is). We played them off the park but lost 1-0 at upton park to a late bryan robson goal
     
  34. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    I see what you did there
     
  35. Aberystwyth_Hornet

    Aberystwyth_Hornet Squad Player

    I wasn't going to criticise but they said they beat the lot. They didn't beat us or get a point off us. If we avoid defeat at Swansea we will have been unbeaten against everyone.
     
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