Bell End’s Give City The Blues

When I was set homework at school I always had good intentions of how I would do it really well and within good time. Then on the walk home I’d arrange to meet my mates and do something else boring instead. When the homework was due I’d end up hastily concocting any old rubbish or coming up with an excuse as to why I hadn’t got it. Then promising myself I’d do it properly next time. Only I hardly ever did. This mirrors Norwich City Football Club. Every season it’s the same. The board promises we’re a club being well run, we’ve got the best support in the league blah blah. Then the players’ give us a load of good intentions and empty promises before each game. Every week it’s the same. Every week they promise to do better.

And so the path to League One football is paved with good intentions.

The cold hard facts show that Coventry scored twice. We scored once. Never mind the referee missing a stonewall penalty, Jamie Cureton missed another sitter. Coventry hit the bar at 2-1.

So, eleven games to go, four points adrift of safety. We’ve lost our two top scorers in Lita and Lupoli and our top assist merchant in David Bell, who, incidentally provided the opener for Coventry. Lee Croft is waiting to see which division we’re in next season and should we go down there will be hardly any players here as most of our squad are on loan from other clubs. There won’t be any money to buy players as we can’t afford them in this league never mind in the third tier with even less TV rights money.

As everyone keeps saying, we’ve got the players capable of being up at the other end of the table, meaning it comes down to confidence and team spirit. The general team performances are good. However, we need to be much more clinical in front of goal and more resolute at the back. That again comes down to confidence and team spirit. That can’t be fixed overnight, but players can’t keep talking a good result and not delivering it. It doesn’t matter what they say to the press, being part of a team is all about working for each other and that is who they should be going out and playing for. Sure, we help pay the wages, but they have to come in to work every day and face each other and believe in their teammates.

I love this club. It’s given me some really great memories and some absolutely terrible ones. Would relegation spell disaster? I’m not sure either way. The fat lady hasn’t begun singing yet so we don’t have to cross that bridge yet. But it shouldn’t be dismissed.

Category: Match Report

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