Clever psychology from Warnock puts all the pressure on rivals...

Ever so clever and not one to miss such an opportunity, Neil Warnock says there's no pressure on us - it's all with our rivals who have spent big money:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43401734

Maybe aimed particularly at next rivals Derby but won't go unnoticed by the others either :thumbup:

Pressure's on Norwich.

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Originally Posted by tomm

Pressure's on Norwich.

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I saw people going on about Norwich the other day and wondered what on earth it could be about.

Still none the wiser :shrug:

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Originally Posted by tomm

Pressure's on Norwich.

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I was thinking the same thing

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Originally Posted by Cowbridge Blue

I saw people going on about Norwich the other day and wondered what on earth it could be about.

Still none the wiser :shrug:

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2010/11 promotion run-in. After we'd bollocksed things up 2nd place was Norwich's to lose. The saying stuck.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I was thinking the same thing

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It's a reference to a season where we were competing with Norwich - and this became the slogan :-)

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Originally Posted by Cowbridge Blue

I saw people going on about Norwich the other day and wondered what on earth it could be about.

Still none the wiser :shrug:

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Dave Jones came out with this quip when we capitulated under his tenure and Norwich went up at our expense really

Sorry for being obtuse! Just every time I see someone or a story claiming the pressure is on other teams, I get flashbacks of that failure.

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Originally Posted by Superdad

Dave Jones came out with this quip when we capitulated under his tenure and Norwich went up at our expense really

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I didn't think it was DJ, I thought it was just a post on here

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Originally Posted by tomm

Sorry for being obtuse! Just every time I see someone or a story claiming the pressure is on other teams, I get flashbacks of that failure.

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OK, I get it :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Cowbridge Blue

I saw people going on about Norwich the other day and wondered what on earth it could be about.

Still none the wiser :shrug:

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you try living there

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Originally Posted by Superdad

Dave Jones came out with this quip when we capitulated under his tenure and Norwich went up at our expense really

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They went on a great run towards the end of the season, so it caught on as kind of ironic comment about false hope/wishful thinking against all the evidence. Can’t remember if DJ said it.

I believe DJ said though when questioned we might have wanted Swansea to overtake on the final game of the season to finish 3rd, after we managed 4 points from our final 4 games. We were then dicked 3-0 by Reading in the Home leg of the play-offs.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

They went on a great run towards the end of the season, so it caught on as kind of ironic comment about false hope/wishful thinking against all the evidence. Can’t remember if DJ said it.

I believe DJ said though when questioned we might have wanted Swansea to overtake on the final game of the season to finish 3rd, after we managed 4 points from our final 4 games. We were then dicked 3-0 by Reading in the Home leg of the play-offs.

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He certainly did. We got a last minute equaliser in our last game (can't remember, Burnley away, can't be arsed to check). In his interview he said that "maybe we didn't want to finish 3rd", suggesting we wanted to avoid Forest in the playoffs (who had done the double over us). As it was, Swansea luckily sneaked past Forest, we were woeful in 2 games against Reading and got what we deserved once Bellamy limped off and we were reliant on a clearly not-on-his-game Chopra.

That 0-3 loss at home to Boro during that omnishambles run in was perhaps the most shocking "performance" under DJ. Even by half time I knew that we'd blown it all yet again....