Norwich (h) match thread sponsored by Colmans Mustard

[Royal With Cheese]

That wasn't the best I've seen us play.

[Tails]

Maybe 34 draws will just about do it.

[Royal Ginger]

Well it was our first clean sheet...

That's a cliche i'm struggling to find comfort from.

[Royalupnorth]

Well it was our first clean sheet...

You see, this is good news.

[TBM]

This is where we lack a midfielder to come on and run at the opposition.......game after game we let teams come on to us in the middle

Yep and the only one to blame is BM

Can't blame McD for injuries to our two other CM, bell-end.

The other two CM's aren't much better......we need a Sig type player

[Big Ern]

FT and absolute toss.

Another CRUCIAL 2 points dropped against opposition we should be beating if we are serious abouyt staying up. Still no league wins this season and another dire performance.

Sorry Brian... thanks for all you have done for the club, but time to go!

[Simon's Church]

Clean sheet's even better than a win IMO and good that Feds should now keep his place in the team for the rest of the season.

Gorkss as poor as he's ever been in the second half, Le FOndre's OH

[Cripple Creek]

What a completely non-descript match. Given that this was seen as an opportunity for us to pick up our first win of the season it was a performance lacking in urgency. That is, frankly, a pretty generous assessment.

[Royal Ginger]

.we need a Sig type player

Do you ever get the feeling that nothing much has changed since the summer?

[super darren caskey]

Not a bad point.Teams around us didnt win.Just need man u to trash villa and it isnt a bad day at all

[Brain Traysers]

Well that was pretty awful. Surprised Norwich didn't show much intent but we look pretty toothless against any opponent digging in. Ref didn't help the game but hardly at fault either. Not sure MOTD will be able to put together more than 30 secs of that match.

Thought we put a lot more balls into the box (particularly cutting them back from the byline) and were unlucky none of them broke for us but obviously we need to do a lot more. Pog and Alf didn't do anything, Kebe only slightly more.

Still a clean sheet is bonus... right?

[CavershamRoyal]

Ready for the deluge of 'first clean-sheet' and 'hard earned point'. You're deluded if you think a point against Norwich is good - they are exactly the kind of side we need to beat to stay up, especially at home.

[Big Ern]

Clean sheet's even better than a win IMO

How many points do we get for a clean sheet again?

[Archie's penalty]

The other two CM's aren't much better......we need a Sig type player

Completely agree.

[Cripple Creek]

Why is a clean sheet better than a win? I am speechless.

[Ian Royal]

The Big Bad Wolf has turned into the Big Asthmatic Wolf. Puffing ineffectually through games.

Still, at least its a clean sheet, unbeaten in three and an average of more than 0.5 points a game.

ALF won't win us points late on in the PL because we can't give him any service. Start him, or don't bother with him.

[Royal91]

McDermott should be sacked. Give a new manager time to come in and look at the areas he wants to improve. Although that's pretty oxf*rd obvious.

The signings McDermott made just don't fit into the long ball hoof it down the channel style he wants.

Pog is a good player, but he wants passes worked into his feet around the edge of the box. Not chancing down into channels. Should of bought a fast striker for that.

If we persist on playing with 2 defence mids why the oxf*rd did he buy a player (Guthrie) who likes to pass and is not great at defending.

We needed upgraded versions of L,Wood and Karacan. I like McCleary but he's hardly a fcuking upgrade on Kebe is he.

Woeful performance, just hurry up to January so it can give me new hope for a couple weeks while the window is open.

[Big Ern]

Why is a clean sheet better than a win? I am speechless.

Just the RTG massive trying to grasp at straws and take something positive out of the game when the facts are we are simply not good enough for this division, the majority of the players we signed in the close season are not making an impact, and the manager is out of his depth.

[robinsfriday]

Awful and dire performance. Would not have minded a 0-0 so much if we actually showed some urgency.

Any creativity we had was watching from the stands (Guthrie)

Dross.

[Libertine]

Well it was our first clean sheet...

That's a cliche i'm struggling to find comfort from.

Well, a clean sheet does mean we will be getting at least one point. We needed the win but then again we need every point we get. But that also being said we are still winless after a game we really had to win...and showed very little urgency in doing so.

Just hoping it all comes together more sooner than later. Who's next? Everton?