Stupid, stupid Norwich, you're going down..

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

It's clubs like Norwich that should give us all hope that some day we will get to the premier league one day. The bigger test is to stay there. Sadly it looks like they have got to a situation where they may go down. Still with parachute payments, they will have a better chance than us of promotion next season. No, I'm not that confident we will get there this season!

The lower half of the Premier League is not all that. We've played and beaten most of these teams in recent seasons. The Palaces, the Stokes, the Cardiffs. Reading have been promoted and relegated a couple of times while we've been beating them in our league on a regular basis. Our turn soon shirley.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

I didn't know he was in management?

 

[perseus]

Anything can happen. Remember 80-81 . Norwich went down that year as well when they looked safe with four games to go and only two points for a win back then.

 

[churley1]

The lower half of the Premier League is not all that. We've played and beaten most of these teams in recent seasons. The Palaces, the Stokes, the Cardiffs. Reading have been promoted and relegated a couple of times while we've been beating them in our league on a regular basis. Our turn soon shirley.

An entirely different scenario when you face their full strength side though, Hull didn't have 15 million quids worth of strikers over the 2 games against you and you mustered a draw and a defeat, even we got 6 points from them this season!

It's been a tougher league than anti-palace fans are giving it credit for, the fact nobody is close to being relegated other than Sunderland who have spent a fortune on their strikers alone says it all.

 

[nicko31]

2-0 Sunderland, Norwich will be in the Championship next year....

 

[Ernest]

Unless they beat Arsenal 17-0 they are DOOMED

 

[Diego Napier]

Could say the same about The Championship this season, other than a handful of teams, it's been a weak league.

You could do but you'd be wrong.

Chrystal Palarse's departure must've strengthened the league.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

If we go up,then Norwich can become our feeder team.....well what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

[MissGull]

Or maybe West Brom will lose by 9 goals...then NORWICH only need 9!

 

[Horsham Gull]

Norwich have to better West Brom's result on Sunday & score 17 goals minimum to stand any chance of staying up.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Some very dejected Canary fans in these parts tonight. Many cannot quite believe how Sunderland have turned things around at their expense. A few acknowledge just how woeful their own form has been and they just cannot score a goal for toffee.

I think they will do ok in the Championship. They haven't spent ridiculous money (apart from RvW) and have even resisted extending Carrow Road despite having high ST numbers, so with parachute payments ought to be competitive. Not too many of their players will be on Prem shopping lists.

 

[edna krabappel]

Another good away trip for us, if we don't go up

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If we go up,then Norwich can become our feeder team.....well what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

We could get Benno back for starters.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

We could get Benno back for starters.

I'd offer £750k...

 

[The Wizard]

Some very dejected Canary fans in these parts tonight. Many cannot quite believe how Sunderland have turned things around at their expense. A few acknowledge just how woeful their own form has been and they just cannot score a goal for toffee.

I think they will do ok in the Championship. They haven't spent ridiculous money (apart from RvW) and have even resisted extending Carrow Road despite having high ST numbers, so with parachute payments ought to be competitive. Not too many of their players will be on Prem shopping lists.

I heard the commentator from their match the other day say their starting XI was 11m in total while the subs bench was 21 million. (Hooper & the Dutch guy I guess being the main ones)

 

[crookie]

Spent big money on strikers who can't score. Snodgrass and Redmond would be off you'd think but they'd struggle to offload Hooper and Van Wolfswinkel you'd think after the season they've had. Who wants a striker who can't score, unless you're Chelsea with £50 million to burn !!

 

[Pavilionaire]

Van Wolfswinkel, Hooper, Elmander, Becchio. You'd have thought they'd have been alright for goals, weird.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Some very dejected Canary fans in these parts tonight. Many cannot quite believe how Sunderland have turned things around at their expense. A few acknowledge just how woeful their own form has been and they just cannot score a goal for toffee.


Norwich's demise has been quite sad. Everyone knew the tough ' run-in ' they had but it was just assumed they would be able to nick the odd point here or there to survive. Home to WBA and away to Fulham were the critical games and after the first, they panicked and jettisoned Hughton.
Teams around them have been so ordinary that Norwich have done pretty well to go down. Apart from Sunderland and Palace, no-one has shown any form at all.
It seemed to be a case of...' whoever wants it the least '

 

[JJ McClure]

With Hooper and Becchio they've got a very good Championship strike force next year. They we're never going to cut it in the Prem though having come from noddy clubs like Leeds and Celtic.

 

[JBizzle]

The problem wasn't sacking Hughton, it was sacking him so late. All this "he's a nice bloke", "he's a "proper football man" and "they should have given him longer is absolute nonsense. He signed £20m worth of strikers and set up with one up front and no real support all season for them.

Norwich had the tools to stay above at least two more teams and their lack of ambition cost them.