A small request.

[lyb]

To say I was disappointed when I was called off to an urgent job part way through the first half of the first game of the season doesn't really do it justice. However, that disappointment paled into comparison to the disappointment of coming back to find Olsson off with a red card and us 1-0 down. This disappointment rapidly morphed into resignation at the realisation that Norwich was sticking true to form with lacklustre results on the first day of any given season.

Within another half hour the disappointment was hitting a new level. "Sack Adams", "nothing has changed" blah blah blah. After only one competitive game this season, the histrionics of the Hughton days were raising their ugly head.

Yes we didn't look at the races. Yes we lost. On the other hand, it's the first game of a long season. Our last season in the Championship also kicked off with no points and a minus one goal difference. 

Then there's this farcical business over Pilkington's non-niggle. It's just fluff, a storm in a teacup. Yet the manager's competence is being called into question on this front as well.

None of this does the club any favours. Chris Hughton was not great, but I have no doubt that having fans baying for his blood so loudly all the time upset him and probably affected his judgement as well as affecting the team. I really hope the more pessimistically-inclined followers of the club don't head off down this road once again straight away, because it can only do harm. MacNally once said in an interview that he never says anything about a loss until the day after so he can settle down and get his thoughts together away from the frustration. I do so wish some of the fans followed his example here.

It's a long season and it's early days. Support the team, support the manager, support the club.

OTBC.

 

[morty]

I knew this was coming unfortunately, as soon as we lost the first game of the season some peoples shoulders would drop immediately.

Unfortunately for some it seems to be more about "I told you so" and reveling in their own wee pit of gloom than actually reflecting honestly, and supporting the team.

And internet forums are an ideal place to vent their "frustrations" unfortunately!

 

[bloodwagon]

I had city down for 2-2 draw, we got olsson sent off

Then let one in. Even tho we were playing with 10 men I thought we still had a chance of getting one.

But as always, for the last 12 seasons we got nothing out of the first game, nice to see us doing the normal lol.

Season is 46 games long so dont start worrying just yet, plenty of time to climb this league.

 

[Canaryboy]

The main thing is that the fans get over this initial set back and get behind the team on Saturday, I think they will. 

 

[yellowarmy]

I certainly will be there giving the team and manager my complete support as i suspect most will. Although it has been a very disapointing start (like most 1st game of the season we have witnesed over the years)But this is a marathon not sprint as we all know, so as long as we don't do a Paula Radclife in the Athens olympics, I am still keeping faith in the lads OTBC!

 

[Andy]

I certainly will be there giving the team and manager my complete support as i suspect most will. Although it has been a very disapointing start (like most 1st game of the season we have witnesed over the years)But this is a marathon not sprint as we all know, so as long as we don't do a Paula Radclife in the Athens olympics, I am still keeping faith in the lads OTBC!

Today was more like Paula Radcliffe in the London marathon

 

[yellowarmy]

Today was more like Paula Radcliffe in the London marathon  

 

[Keckers]

Couldn't agree more Petit.

Adams may have things to learn (of course he does - he's a first time manager) but we need to allow him to find the best teams and tactics for the Championship. Frankly, up to the sending off I thought we looked the better side and were on track for a result. Two yellow cards (at least one of which was questionable) and some slack defending from Garrido and Martin alongside a good attack from Wolves and all of a sudden we're back in the land of doom and gloom for most who post.

What matters is the support on match days and thankfully the dissenting voices will most likely be drowned out by the majority of us who want City to succeed.

By definition a fan should support their team. Not predict disaster and glory in it.

All City fans should get behind the lads, the manager and the board and give them a chance to achieve. One game against a team with momentum including a sending off is not an appropriate yardstick.

 

[Robert Brompton]

I was at the game yesterday so it is always interesting to get home many hours later and take a look at the way the game developed through the eyes of posters on various sites. My overall response to what I saw was that people were massively over reacting.  There were people writing off the season after 30 minutes! It was a single game into a very long season. It seems like too many people were wanting to prove that they were right rather than take any kind of balanced view of the situation.

My major concern is that players who are wondering "should I stay or should I go?" might have less stomach for the fight now that they see that this is going to be a really tough ride. For this reason as much as any other I really hope that we can turn in much better performances against Watford and Blackburn. Create some positive momentum and players (and fans) will want to go with it.  Go backwards and it could get messy. The players and the fans need to make it a big day on Saturday.

 

[splutcho]

I think yesterday has proved what we were all worried about. There is still a huge rift among Norwich fans bubbling under the surface. It still seems to be the same old names that are sticking the boot in already (and I don't just mean on here). The way I see it, it was a tough opening away game, we were poor in the first half but rode it out, then looked the far more likely in the second before the red card.

The red was in part caused by playing the diamond and having absolutely no cover for Olsson. The ball to play their winger in was far too easy and I really hope Adams has learnt from it. Really though, had Olsson made it to the ball first, I really think we'd have won that game.

My worry now is that the divide is going to start showing through already and affect the team's confidence. We have two tough home games coming up against teams that will probably finish in the top ten and then of course we go to Ipswich. If we don't win next week, the doubts are going to creep in and we could be waiting a while for a victory, and we all know what that can be like. 

 

[gerryinromania]

Lots of posters on here from the other site. We are lucky in the fact that this site seems to have only attracted the mostly sane and lucid posters from over there..It"s fairly sensible on here. Writers here are disappointed with today,but also realistic.Keep up the good work people. We are not bottom.onwards and upwards

 

[Keckers]

Hopefully today people will have calmed down a bit. Wolves are a side with good momentum. They only lost two home games last season and we know from experience what momentum can bring. There were plenty of positives, although not as many as I would have liked. I thought Grabban and Lafferty looked good and Ruddy was a solid as always. Hoolahan had a decent game and we missed him when we went down to 10.

The issues for me are that I just don't think Martin is good enough at CB (I don't think he's up to the job at RB to be honest, certainly not in the Premiership, might be ok here),Redmond running everywhere and getting nowhere, and Bradley Johnson being played instead of Tettey. And even with these issues, without the intervention of the ref yesterday, I believe we were on our way to a win.

Hopefully injuries will clear up and we can play our strongest midfield.

No need to panic at all. But even if there were, the team need us on matchday.

 

[Beauseant]

I think yesterday has proved what we were all worried about. There is still a huge rift among Norwich fans bubbling under the surface. It still seems to be the same old names that are sticking the boot in already (and I don't just mean on here). The way I see it, it was a tough opening away game, we were poor in the first half but rode it out, then looked the far more likely in the second before the red card.

The red was in part caused by playing the diamond and having absolutely no cover for Olsson. The ball to play their winger in was far too easy and I really hope Adams has learnt from it. Really though, had Olsson made it to the ball first, I really think we'd have won that game.

My worry now is that the divide is going to start showing through already and affect the team's confidence. We have two tough home games coming up against teams that will probably finish in the top ten and then of course we go to Ipswich. If we don't win next week, the doubts are going to creep in and we could be waiting a while for a victory, and we all know what that can be like. 

Good post. I found the atmosphere at the ground very strange. Lots of gloomy predictions and very little vocal support. I had a group of three or four lads behind me who were making cynical and a sarcastic comments from the off and seemed genuinely pleased when we went one down. The performance was poor, as I've said elsewhere, but I don't really see the point of travelling to Wolverhampton if you're not going to back your side and make some noise.