Another pre-season friendly and another £14 poorer for the pleasure.
Unlike the Stevenage game we started with a very much second string side with only Ruddy, Ward, Smith, Martin and Jackson realistic contenders for a start against Watford. It showed in the first half as Dagenham passed it round us, and more alarmingly played straight through the middle of our defence on more than one occasion.
Elliott Ward made his City debut and had a few good moments but unsurprisingly was more than a little ring-rusty and Tomlin, the Dagenham number 10, gave him and Tudur Jones the other centre back plenty of problems. George Francomb had a steady game at right back but Remy Gordon really struggled on the other side of the defence. He made three mistakes in the minute leading up to the goal and when Green ran at him he backed off the cross and Tomlin deflected it in. The midfield tried hard but couldn’t really get anything going at all, and I can’t really remember a concerted period of possession in Dagenham’s half.
City livened up in the second half after the cavalry came on, and had more of the possession but didn’t really test the Dagenham keeper. Wes tried hard, Fox looked a useful player again and Oli nearly broke through a couple of times. Dagenham however had their moments as well and could well have added to their lead.
Not the best game I’ve been to, but looking at the positives, Ward got 45 minutes, Ruddy looks to be a good keeper, and Jackson will give us some much needed pace up front. Francombe looks an improving player as well.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Tuesday 20 July 2010
See Stevenage and Pay
In common with 400 other City fans, I was not deterred by the £18 admission to see Stevenage vs Norwich and even took my two daughters along as well. The total cost was £28 as the guy on the turnstile “misheard” my elder daughter’s age so not too bad, taking into account the free parking across the road. Can’t think why some enterprising local or some jobsworth councillor doesn’t try and make a few quid from that car park.
It was not the best pre-season friendly I've ever seen, but by no means the worst. City passing it around well in the first half, but not too much end product. Nelson hit the post from a corner and Jackson had a good shot saved. I think I missed another chance as I was talking to Lil from the Rosary whilst in the half time queue for a drink. I also bought a doughnut; a first for me in a football ground, as they had run out of chips.
The highlight of the game was the mega-sub-a-thon after an hour of the game where City made ten changes with some of the players coming on in shirts that were not their own numbers. I was informed that the two mystery players were Michael Ball and Richard Brindley and both youngsters acquitted themselves well.
Gemma took a video of the mega-sub-a-thon and if it’s any good I’ll stick it in on Youtube. The final score was 0-0, and 11-11 on the subs.
The away end was just under half full, a very good away turnout for a midweek friendly. I bumped into loads of old faces, and it was good to see City in action again.
Looking forward to going to 'Nam on Thursday.
It was not the best pre-season friendly I've ever seen, but by no means the worst. City passing it around well in the first half, but not too much end product. Nelson hit the post from a corner and Jackson had a good shot saved. I think I missed another chance as I was talking to Lil from the Rosary whilst in the half time queue for a drink. I also bought a doughnut; a first for me in a football ground, as they had run out of chips.
The highlight of the game was the mega-sub-a-thon after an hour of the game where City made ten changes with some of the players coming on in shirts that were not their own numbers. I was informed that the two mystery players were Michael Ball and Richard Brindley and both youngsters acquitted themselves well.
Gemma took a video of the mega-sub-a-thon and if it’s any good I’ll stick it in on Youtube. The final score was 0-0, and 11-11 on the subs.
The away end was just under half full, a very good away turnout for a midweek friendly. I bumped into loads of old faces, and it was good to see City in action again.
Looking forward to going to 'Nam on Thursday.
Monday 19 July 2010
Back with a wimper
After a period of early blogging where I wrote something every night for a week, it’s been radio silence for a few months. I thought I should start again and see how it goes. If I had an outside job I wouldn’t mind spending a few minutes in front of a screen to type some words. I do however go through a daily ten hour slog working in software delivery each day so that I can afford to feed my family so the attraction of yet more typing is not hugely appealing.
Last week I had confirmation back from NXEA that they are able to offer us another great deal for season 2010/2011 and the new Capital Canaries fare will be £13 return. The cost includes a small donation to FONCY. Last year we raised £350 for FONCY and I’m hopeful we’ll match this next season.
The minimum single fare to Norwich is now £8 so this means the minimum you could travel for is now £16, and this assumes that there are actually any of the £8 tickets available on the train you would like to travel on. I have my suspicions that the cheapest tickets may not really exist!
I have updated www.capitalcanaries.com, done a mail out and posted an update on twitter with the good news.
Tomorrow I am breaking that habit of a few years and going to a pre-season friendly. I’m also off to ‘Nam in the badlands of South Essex on Thursday, and that will be my football fix until the big early kick off on Friday 6th August.
Last week I had confirmation back from NXEA that they are able to offer us another great deal for season 2010/2011 and the new Capital Canaries fare will be £13 return. The cost includes a small donation to FONCY. Last year we raised £350 for FONCY and I’m hopeful we’ll match this next season.
The minimum single fare to Norwich is now £8 so this means the minimum you could travel for is now £16, and this assumes that there are actually any of the £8 tickets available on the train you would like to travel on. I have my suspicions that the cheapest tickets may not really exist!
I have updated www.capitalcanaries.com, done a mail out and posted an update on twitter with the good news.
Tomorrow I am breaking that habit of a few years and going to a pre-season friendly. I’m also off to ‘Nam in the badlands of South Essex on Thursday, and that will be my football fix until the big early kick off on Friday 6th August.
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