• The Pink Un, Norwich.

Posted: **Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:39 pm**

Because I’m elbow deep in my favoured cherry pepsi and Polish cherry vodka concoction, and because it’s been a fantastic day for a Claret of the Pro-Dyche fraternity, I just wanted to show a little bit of love.

I like to unwind after a game by reading an oppositions forum, as many of us do, and I have to say for once that reading through their match thread isn’t an absolute **** show and it’s worth you having a read through if you’ve the time.

Their fans seem pretty reasonable, complimentary about us, level headed, and some good debate on show in the last few pages of their match thread as regards our penalty. Seemingly a large % of them can separate their partisanship to the issue at hand and that’s not something you can often say.

So if there’s any like-minded sad barstewards amongst our counterparts that are lurking on our great forum, thanks very much and power to you

(Fwiw I think under todays rules it is a penalty, but is absolute nonsense and stupidity that it is defined as such)

Na Zdrowie!

Posted: **Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:40 pm**

Yep, I agree. A good bunch!

Posted: **Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:57 pm**

They didn’t seem reasonable during the game.
Battering their own players within the first ten minutes.

Odd bunch.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:18 am**

Coventry fans don’t seem to happy with us. But then their lack of knowledge & lack of history is outstanding.

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Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:23 am**

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:18 am
Coventry fans don’t seem to happy with us. But then their lack of knowledge & lack of history is outstanding.

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Erm ... Have they forgotten Sunderland when they call themselves the Championship's best supported club? And does that claim even have a factual base at all?

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:16 am**

bfcmik wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:23 am
Erm ... Have they forgotten Sunderland when they call themselves the Championship's best supported club? And does that claim even have a factual base at all?

As well as Sunderland, there's Norwich, Blades, Stoke, Boro, Bristol City, West Brom & us with higher average attendances.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:13 am**

This unrequited Coventry rivalry is great, like Boro or Derby a few years ago. For older readers, Plymouth was probably my favourite.

Back to the OP, I’ve always found Norwich and it’s fans very pleasant, my preferred choice for the play offs although they’re a little off the pace now.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:18 am**

Bloke posts about Norwich fans.

Three posts in the discussion turns to Coventry. Yep, it’s Coventry fans who are obsessed

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:26 am**

Sorry what “penalty” are we talking about?

The only possible instance I can recall is the Barnes “handball” in the second half that deflected up of his block onto his arm

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:29 am**

Warner talked a fair bit about “the penalty” in his post match interview.

They were 3-0 at the point of the incident, but he was talking like it was 1-0 and it would have brought them right back in the game.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:47 am**

I agree with the last sentence of the coventry statement though (assuming that it was punctuated correctly), i. e. the not beginning "SKY"

As well as having permanent sucking up to Man u and Liverpool, we have to listen to the sickening favouritism of Salford, anyone managed by Rooney, anyone unfortunate enough to be managed by "Frank" or "Stephen", Hollywood Wrexham, and it seems that we and Newcastle have, probably for one season joined the list.

The only saving grace for them is that the BBC can be just as bad, possibly worse when it involves the lowest ranked teams in the fa cup - even when their football is awful to watch (Lincoln, Solihull, the aptly named Borehamwood.....)

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:48 am**

I wonder if Stockport still get rattled by us……..

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:55 am**

Even under VAR it wouldn't have been given, it deflected off his leg first.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:02 am**

Norwich fans are not much different to other clubs. Most are level headed but there are still some who are incredibly deluded. I live in Norwich and met some of my Canary mates after the game and whilst they were disappointed they accepted that we were the better side. Then I had a message from another who informed me that Norwich were rubbish and we were not even a good side. Bizarre really.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:04 am**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:18 am
Bloke posts about Norwich fans.

Three posts in the discussion turns to Coventry. Yep, it’s Coventry fans who are obsessed

Sorry, thought it would fit in on a post about other fans thoughts on us.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:07 am**

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:04 am
Sorry, thought it would fit in on a post about other fans thoughts on us.

Hopefully the wink gave away that I was joking.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:53 am**

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:16 am
As well as Sunderland, there's Norwich, Blades, Stoke, Boro, Bristol City, West Brom & us with higher average attendances.

Yeah but other than those clubs they are right up there.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:57 am**

Coventry with a population of circa. 345,000 people. Have a limited following of some challenged people, obsessed with a team that they are nowhere near as good as, have been beaten twice by this season, and who literally couldn't care less about them. Strange.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:58 am**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:07 am
Hopefully the wink gave away that I was joking.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:06 am**

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:48 am
I wonder if Stockport still get rattled by us……..

Can you imagine the forums if we had them back in the day

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:16 am**

Seems a new stick to beat us with but the parachute payments is nonsense! They had theirs years ago when they were relegated from the PL and messed it up, dont blame us for putting it to good use, ditto any other Club thats been in the PL

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:08 am**

"Try taking a club from the brink of collapse to a championship player, move ground 2 or 3 times and still produce great football and the best supported club in the championship "

Doesn't even make sense. Deluded idiots. Oh and they must not have heard of the Orient game...you know, when we took the club from the brink of collapse and out of the whole league and then went all the way to spend years in the PL and even Europe...

There must be something in the water in Coventry

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:49 am**

Met my West Brom supporting mate the other week and explained the Coventry thing, he said they have always been desperate for a rivalry as non of Midland clubs give a toss about them.

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:24 am**

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:18 am
Coventry fans don’t seem to happy with us. But then their lack of knowledge & lack of history is outstanding.

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The biggest pile of nonsense I have read in a long while. And since when have Coventry been the best supported club in the Championship? Laughable.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:40 am**

https://www.pinkun.com/news/23300927.no ... ip-defeat/

One of their writers has done an impressive tactical analysis from the game, for those interested.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:42 am**

A good vlog with fair analysis from a young Norwich City fan here too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awADvi8154c

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:42 am**

Read the tactical analysis: very good. Went in a different forum though but the general feel was the same. No effing and blinding. No criticism of us,in fact quite complementary. Level headed and good at analysing their own teams failings without resorting to calling for the managers head. All in all very decent bunch.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:45 am**

RVclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:40 am
https://www.pinkun.com/news/23300927.no ... ip-defeat/

One of their writers has done an impressive tactical analysis from the game, for those interested.

Wow
.. Not a simple game anymore
. Very interesting, thanks.

Up the Clarets

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:46 pm**

RVclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:40 am
https://www.pinkun.com/news/23300927.no ... ip-defeat/

One of their writers has done an impressive tactical analysis from the game, for those interested.

He works for TIFO Football

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:04 pm**

Feels great to be favoured by the media, referred to as Vincent Kompany's Burnley and drooled over by everyone who watches us play (including opposition jealous fans). Sure feels good for opposition fans to hold their hands up after defeat and not make excuses.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:07 pm**

I also think the posters on the Norwich forum need reminding, we were without 5 key players, 5 almost guaranteed starters.

Our first choice GK - Muric
First choice CB - Harwood Bellis
Most creative productive winger - Benson
First choice striker - Rodriguez
and the glue in midfield that holds it together - Cork.

That's half of the 11 missing and we still went away to Norwich and strolled to a 3-0 win whilst not even near our fluent best.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:20 pm**

KRBFC wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:04 pm
Feels great to be favoured by the media, referred to as Vincent Kompany's Burnley and drooled over by everyone who watches us play (including opposition jealous fans). Sure feels good for opposition fans to hold their hands up after defeat and not make excuses.

This was surely always part of ALKs game plan. How else could we become everybody's favourite second team? I couldn't help thinking at the time that such an ambition didn't really fit with Dyche's style of football but the way we play now is bang on for increasing our popularity amongst neutrals and the media as a whole.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:23 pm**

dibraidio wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:20 pm
This was surely always part of ALKs game plan. How else could we become everybody's favourite second team? I couldn't help thinking at the time that such an ambition didn't really fit with Dyche's style of football but the way we play now is bang on for increasing our popularity amongst neutrals and the media as a whole.

The thing is the market they were hoping to do that with is now utterly obsessed with Wrexham and are likely to be so for a fair few years yet given the declaration of wanting to get to the PL

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:28 pm**

Is it really a market anyway ? I always thought the strap line was “ The nation’s favourite underdog” and was doomed to failure. Even given an attractive style of football does anyone care enough of a toss about a “second team” to want to spend any money on following them/merch ? I seriously doubt it.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:30 pm**

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:28 pm
Is it really a market anyway ? I always thought the strap line was “ The nation’s favourite underdog” and was doomed to failure. Even given an attractive style of football does anyone care enough of a toss about a “second team” to want to spend any money on following them/merch ? I seriously doubt it.

The commercial growth at Wrexham is going to be an interesting watch - there are already tales of every significant growth in local tourism particularly from North America

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:43 pm**

Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:30 pm
The commercial growth at Wrexham is going to be an interesting watch - there are already tales of every significant growth in local tourism particularly from North America

It’ll soon get out that Wrexham is a bit of a **** hole!

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:47 pm**

DCWat wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:43 pm
It’ll soon get out that Wrexham is a bit of a **** hole!

and the towns of East Lancashire such as Burnley aren't? (yes I live in Burnley and it occupies a solid place in my heart) It can all be marketed in the right way if you are clever enough

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:04 pm**

Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:46 pm
He works for TIFO Football

I Just saw this myself today and its a bloody good assessment, without actually saying how the hell teams can beat it, i think we saw something earlier this year on the message board regarding inverted full backs josh cullens role etc from VK at anderlecht. Shows the level of coaching and organisation that vinny has introduced and the team have bought into.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:22 pm**

Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:47 pm
and the towns of East Lancashire such as Burnley aren't? (yes I live in Burnley and it occupies a solid place in my heart) It can all be marketed in the right way if you are clever enough

I call it home, I call it homeeee
Burnley’s a **** hole, and I call it home

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:32 pm**

Are we no longer the racist, brexit playing, hoofball northerners?

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:48 pm**

Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:23 pm
The thing is the market they were hoping to do that with is now utterly obsessed with Wrexham and are likely to be so for a fair few years yet given the declaration of wanting to get to the PL

I am sure that the market is big enough for two clubs. Do you really have to have a downer on anything ALK related. Every thread where they are mentioned you forecast doom on the horizon in a roundabout way, as if waiting to pounce in a few years with a told you so. Give it a rest, this journey we on is exciting, who knows what the future holds, let's just enjoy what is happening right now

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:52 pm**

No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:32 pm
Are we no longer the racist, brexit playing, hoofball northerners?

We will always be the Brexit Barcelona

(of course, I still think Brexit is a s**t idea but I absolutely love the nickname!)

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:54 pm**

Cleveleys_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:48 pm
I am sure that the market is big enough for two clubs. Do you really have to have a downer on anything ALK related. Every thread where they are mentioned you forecast doom on the horizon in a roundabout way, as if waiting to pounce in a few years with a told you so. Give it a rest, this journey we on is exciting, who knows what the future holds, let's just enjoy what is happening right now

Its just reality Cleveleys

How on earth can you compete with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney?

You can't, and absolutely fair play to them for what they are doing with Wrexham FC and the surrounding area

Its a lot better than just getting bought by a bunch of reactionary oil tycoons with "interesting" ideas on socially progressive stuff

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:24 pm**

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:28 pm
Is it really a market anyway ? I always thought the strap line was “ The nation’s favourite underdog” and was doomed to failure. Even given an attractive style of football does anyone care enough of a toss about a “second team” to want to spend any money on following them/merch ? I seriously doubt it.

I thought everyone's favourite 2nd team is now Everton?

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:45 am**

BigGaz wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:39 pm
Because I’m elbow deep in my favoured cherry pepsi and Polish cherry vodka concoction, and because it’s been a fantastic day for a Claret of the Pro-Dyche fraternity, I just wanted to show a little bit of love.

I like to unwind after a game by reading an oppositions forum, as many of us do, and I have to say for once that reading through their match thread isn’t an absolute **** show and it’s worth you having a read through if you’ve the time.

Their fans seem pretty reasonable, complimentary about us, level headed, and some good debate on show in the last few pages of their match thread as regards our penalty. Seemingly a large % of them can separate their partisanship to the issue at hand and that’s not something you can often say.

So if there’s any like-minded sad barstewards amongst our counterparts that are lurking on our great forum, thanks very much and power to you

(Fwiw I think under todays rules it is a penalty, but is absolute nonsense and stupidity that it is defined as such)

Na Zdrowie!

Sto lat. Wisniuwka was it.
I have Polish connections, was with a family from Poland earlier this season, they've adopted 2 teams who they come and watch two or three times each during a season, Burnley and Man U. They have a thriving business over there.

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