as the late economist Allen Sanderson put it: “if you want to inject money into the local economy, it would be better to drop it from a helicopter than invest it in a new ballpark”. column on the facts and the fictions of New Trafford www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Some may say the running time of this week’s pod is too long, but it’s only 18% of the entire Godfather trilogy, so…
Stay for @lyanrivermore.bsky.social’s superb hosting, Steve and I quizzing-off, and me arguing the case for making the penalty area smaller in Brad Hills to Die On. #ncfc
Podcast time! We talk about Blackburn, refereeing, the agony of throwing three points away, and how long youthful naivety can be forgiven. Plus a @lyanrivermore.bsky.social quiz classic! pod.fo/e/2b42e7
What a wild ride he had with the Test team
There’s an awful lot of discourse around why Jos Buttler doesn’t open the batting in ODIs anymore, which, I dunno, seems a bit odd for someone who has never opened the batting in ODIs??
Sorry to say we’re being all hopeful about Norwich again. #ncfc
Plus:
🚜 We dig into the Farming Simulator review archives
🔫 @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social practices decisiveness in Gunn to the Head
😴 I bang on about midfield combinations yet a-bloody-gain
🙄 Steve still isn’t on Bluesky
Yep!
Inevitably, today was the 18th starting midfield 3 of the season. Went ok!
There was a period, back in our Farke years, when it felt like Bristol City were about to go to the next level. Never happened though!
🟢🟡 Norwich are peak midtable. What happens next?
🗣️ @danbrigham.bsky.social
💭 "When we’re good this season, we’re better than we were last season, and when we’re bad, we’re not as awful as we were."
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/02/19/n...
Ha, thanks!
Below are the 17 different midfield three combinations we've used in the league this season, in all its glory.
That number will almost certainly keep growing with the returns (🙏) of Nunez and Kenny.
It’s great to finally find my audience
Cheers Andy!
Thanks! Good question, I guess we don’t really know what Hoff thinks of Long behind closed doors? Contract extension could have been to bridge the gap until Reyes or one of the other young keepers are ready to be no.2?
Makes a nice change from calling all the players dickheads during matches, I guess
That certainly can’t be true, but thank you!
If you were thinking you wanted to read a piece about Norwich City with absolutely nothing new to say but that does deliver a strong whiff of optimism about where the club is at, then this is the article for you! #ncfc
Plus @lyanrivermore.bsky.social brings another excellent quiz, @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social teaches us all how to forget about Norwich’s most embarrassing defeats, and Steve Sanders still isn’t on Bluesky, the nerd.
We ask the big questions in the latest #ncfc pod:
🟡 What’s the optimal number of games Sargent can miss per season so he’s good for us but no one bids for him?
🟡 Who wins a Championship mascot race?
🟡 What are people saying about Farming Simulator?
🟡 Can Norwich sneak into the top 6?
Please be patient with me, with us, with everyone. It’ll be okay guys, right?
Sharp blades, expected dogs, Gunns to the head, and the price of height. No further context needed.
#NCFC
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New pod! Hoping for a long run for our new feature, ‘Shane Pickeduppy’
Don’t let that magical, warming afterglow of Forson’s magic 4 minutes fade away just yet… First pod of 2025, with injury time mayhem, bye-bye Barnes, another oddball Farming Simulator 25 review and general good cheer with @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social and Steve Sanders #ncfc
Just the facts
Agreed
Bloody love Nunez, gonna be so sad when he ends up at Brentford or Fulham or wherever
This is an absolutely bizarre and enthralling story: the brewing magnate who has such strong views on what a pub should be that he would rather have his pubs closed than even allow someone to swear in them.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Merry Christmas #NCFC community on Bluesky!
Steve won’t get this app as the blue clashes with his Christmas tree lights, but thank god @danbrigham.bsky.social and @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social are here to spread the festive joy after a difficult week.
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Christmas pod! Sadly no Xmas cheer against Scott Parker’s gilet but lots of fun with @lyanrivermore.bsky.social’s quiz, another Farming Simulator review, and @zoevfmorgan.bsky.social shaming Steve’s Ipswich Christmas tree. #ncfc
