With the dust settling on the AGM and with time to reflect over what was said, I believe the Board has the clubs best interest at heart and with a better financial environment or a better spread of TV revenue then the AGM wouldn’t have been so eagerly anticipated.

The key points from the AGM came from the opening speeches from Roger Munby and Delia Smith.

Roger wholeheartedly spoke about the clubs position in the community and mentioned the clubs dedication to bring the region affordable football. I believe that he sees the clubs plight as “our collective problem” and that the best way to address the financial problems within football is to do it together as part of the community. It seems however that a solution has yet to to be introduced or discovered.

Delia on the other hand talked about the “media circus” that was created by the press, who it seems left a rather bad taste in the mouth, which could just come back to haunt them some day.

Although there were many questions directed at the manager over the teams recent form, some questions stood out, for example what strategy the board had, what plans are in place and what they are going to do about it.

Neil Doncaster said it is “all very good talking about strategy but we need investment”. The question was then thrown back at the shareholders who were asked “have you got any ideas?”.

Another question followed “What happens if we don’t find an investor?” Munby replied “We’ll have to cut our cloth accordingly”. Neil Doncaster added that we can’t compete with the big money clubs and there are loads of championship clubs who are looking to be sold or desperate for an investor, reeling off a few clubs in the process.

My conclusion is that supporters now have to search their hearts and find a willingness to help the club, by getting involved with projects such as the Kitty, or face the outcome of a club that cannot finance its position in this league.

At last nights AGM Glenn Roeder was quizzed on City’s poor away form. His answer was straightforward enough pointing out that away games are also played on a grass pitch with a goal at either end with the object being to put the ball between the posts whilst stopping the opposition doing the same. No, the only difference between a home and away game as far as he could see was having the majority of fans either for or against you. This observation led him to the conclusion that our strength of character was not what it should be when playing away from the relative comfort of Carrow Road.

He was quick to point out that although he didn’t feel it was affecting the whole team it was certainly a problem affecting more than one individual. Throughout the evening Roeder made several references to every generation being weaker than the preceding one and told us how he admired Rugby players and their ability to handle situations “like a man”.

For me, personally, this was the highlight of the evening, a Norwich manager being asked why his team continually couldn’t cut the mustard away from home and giving an answer that previous managers have either not had the bottle or the honesty to give themselves.

It remains to be seen how he will attempt to resolve the situation but I am hoping the next time we have a break from action that instead of a cosy get together in the sun the squad is assembled somewhere altogether more foreign for a true test of character! A stint in the jungle didn’t do the Aussie cricket team any harm prior to the last Ashes series and several Championship teams followed their example in mid season breaks last year and their results picked up as a result.

Meanwhile the next away game is at Forest - not the happiest of hunting grounds for us in the past and coupled with that the fact the game is being televised live should already be sending a shiver down Canary fans’ spines. Yes, strong characters will certainly be needed here - may I suggest Matty Pattison starts the game along with a certain Mr Lupoli whose two goals away at Cardiff (not the friendliest of venues) when the team was two-nil down suggest to me he is one who is certainly made of the right stuff!

Good luck with your fund raising efforts for Sands.