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Bears .... it was amazing support and I hope the above vids give you an idea of what is was like on this incredible day !
 
FCBEARS said:
I don't think many will be fit from injury so same again but please not 2 go on the bench...that just makes me itchy. You could maybe bring in Hanley and move amadou in place of Tettey (his knees can't last too many games) but I'd happily go with same
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I wouldn't change the starting 11.

Tettey played well and I should imagine he will be ok to play one game per week.

Byram was very good.
 
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Rex said:
They say that nothing concentrates the mind more than an impending execution and there was a certain doom laden inevitability as we approached Carrow Road. However, as Cool Hand Luke said, when you have nothing, nothing is a cool hand.

And nothing is what we had. Eleven of our best players injured and only untried youngsters available to replace them. Things were so tight that Daniel had to play Krul and Godfrey even though they were carrying injuries. Playing last season's champions made the probability of a big loss pretty much inevitable.

So, what do you do? The only hope is to play the game you know; use the skills your players possess and take the game to your opponents. And that is what we tried to do. In the opening minutes MC's inexorable assault suggested that it was only a matter of time before they would break through and unleash a torrent of strikes on goal. At fifteen minutes we were congratulating ourselves on our resilience; "We've got them on the back foot." I said in a weak attempt at gallows humour. The nods and chuckles around me lightened the atmosphere.

Bravely we cheered and sang giving our support to the poor souls facing a devastating blow to their confidence and bravely our boys found space and passed and tackled. We made our runs and were rebuffed until our pressure forced their defence to concede a corner.

We rarely have much success with corners but this time the cross was perfectly placed and McLean found the perfect spot leaping beyond their defenders to head the ball into the back of the net.

We went Wild. It didn't matter what happened after this; We Scored First against Man City! People around couldn't believe it.

Naturally, they responded with more pressure but there was a change. There was creeping air of desperation so opportunities were missed. Shots that would have been put away with ease were skied into the stands or buried in the side netting.

And then Buendia who had been a revelation, playing the way we knew he could, dinked a ball over the challenging midfielder and took the ball deep into their half. Buendia to Stiepermann to Pukki to Cantwell who coolly placed a left-footed shot into the goal. This was met by the unedifying spectacle of MC players surrounding the referee claiming Pukki was offside. He wasn't.

Well, whatever is wilder than wild that was us. In my usual calm and understated way I declared "It's like playing Ipswich". I would like to think all around agreed.

As we approached half time it looked for all the world that we would be going into the break 2-0 up. However, a defensive mistake led to an Aguero goal so the first half finished 2-1.

As the second half began, we were expecting Pep's much vaunted man management skills and tactical genius to produce a very different challenge. However, That man Buendia pounced on a loose pass and relieved the defender of the ball and slotted a perfectly placed pass to that other man Pukki who made no mistake in dispatching the ball into the back of the net.

It was then that we truly believed. This was a team that could and would beat Manchester Multi Million City. They may get a lucky consolation goal but we had the power to stay the course.

And we did. There were heroics; Tim produced some stupendous saves. Ibrahim Amadou was a rock in defence and Cantwell ran himself ragged. Everyone played their hearts out and were great just great.

Someone in our row who has been supporting the team since the 60s said that this was the best performance he had ever seen.

I find it hard to dispute that.
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Ive watched City from the 1960s and I find it hard to pick a game (Ive listed some in another thread) that tops yesterdays....I suppose the closest may be the 1972-3 City v Palarse with the winner staying up in the top tier. The mighty David Stringer scored the winner right near the end of the game and most of the 36,000+ went crazy!!

Yesterday our boys fought like lions!
 
The last time I had that kind of feeling when leaving Carrow road was after we beat Vittesse in Europe. With all circumstances considered last night has to be the best performance by any Norwich team ever. I remember the Stringer and Walker years well but the fact we beat a multi-billion pound team of world super stars with a depleted championship squad just sits somewhere in the realms of fantasy.

Never felt prouder to be a Norwich fan.
 
northern yellow said:
The last time I had that kind of feeling when leaving Carrow road was after we beat Vittesse in Europe. With all circumstances considered last night has to be the best performance by any Norwich team ever. I remember the Stringer and Walker years well but the fact we beat a multi-billion pound team of world super stars with a depleted championship squad just sits somewhere in the realms of fantasy.

Never felt prouder to be a Norwich fan.
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Agreed. :clap: :clap:

Just to clarify, I was referring to Stringer heading the ball home against Palarse at the River End (which was a terrace with no roof) and not his years as a good manager.

David Stringer and Big Dunc (Forbes) were the heart of our defence in 72-73
 
DRAYTON GREEN said:
Great support Northern and so happy to share the win with you.
Not so lucky for my brother :grinning:
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I am sure every fan who went last night has a story to tell , but just a mention of our Northern who drove for over 10 hours yesterday on a return journey ( all done in one day) of 500 miles . Glad to share a precious moment with you celebrating after the game Northern !! :clap::clap:
 
yellow belly said:
I am sure every fan who went last night has a story to tell , but just a mention of our Northern who drove for over 10 hours yesterday on a return journey ( all done in one day) of 500 miles . Glad to share a precious moment with you celebrating after the game Northern !! :clap::clap:
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:clap: :clap: :clap: Well done Northern - you will have a memory that made that journey worthwhile
 
Notice how Hughton could not stop talking :grinning::grinning:

whoops I had not seen this one before.
The one I thought it was CH said nothing
 
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