‘Not the end of the world’ ‘losing is a habit’- City fans conflicted over Luton Town cup exit

I want an #ncfc cup run as much as the next fan, but with the second, third and fourth EFL Cup rounds all due to be played before the end of September I can live with this. We could be playing seven games in 25 days rather than four!

— Steve Gedge (@stevegedge) September 5, 2020

Performance/individual displays were never as bad as some are suggesting. It's essentially a B-side finding fitness. This OTT negativity are all from fans who have spent the week saying a top three place in the league is sown up. The unrealistic hype has been embarrassing. #NCFC

— Sam Langan (@samuellangan) September 5, 2020

Always hate #ncfc losing, never bought the idea it is good to get out the cups early either.

I don't feel it is worthwhile reading too much into that defeat, we won't play an XI anywhere near as weak as that all season. Not ideal for morale of the group though.

— Adam Brandon (@AdamBrandon84) September 5, 2020

Hate losing but...
A glorified pre season game in a condensed season where Cup ties will only get in the way. #ncfc https://t.co/jrWr5JMR15 pic.twitter.com/tMc9q3CFPU

— Ian (@Ian_M1) September 5, 2020

I think today has made Daniel's job picking a squad for next week, a lot easier than many thought it would be. Really like Mumba and Dowell in particular though. #ncfc

— Mike Ward (@mjtward19) September 5, 2020

Things we learned. Bali Mumba has some real potential. iFollow is utterly dreadful. That is all. Onto the important stuff next week.

— Jon Punt (@puntino) September 5, 2020

Update: This is the first time in their 118-year history that Norwich City have lost twelve (12) competitive games of football in a row.

Sigh... #ncfc

— NCFC Numbers (@ncfcnumbers) September 5, 2020

17 players out was always going to make that tough, but the squad we had out there was still more than competitive.

Not the end of the world exiting the cup, there's enough games to play as there is, 11 defeats in a row is a real worry however #ncfc

— Jack Reeve (@JackReeveTNC) September 5, 2020

Obviously not the ideal start but got to look at the bigger picture, 17 1st team players unavailable, goes to show we are going to have to be at full strength to get ourselves promoted this season, too much silly talk about us walking it, Tough battles ahead #Ncfc

— Darren Huckerby (@hucks6dh6) September 5, 2020

Only thing that does worry me about today's match is that a lot of these players were fringe players. They should be playing a lot better to show Farke and to get minutes for the upcoming season. They gave no reason why they should be getting starting minutes this season #ncfc

— Roger Mallett (@Blurboy1980) September 5, 2020

I mean in all honesty I'm genuinely not surprised we've lost. Not going to make the excuse of 'we're missing at least 15 players'

That was poor though. All I'll say is, it's the first game of the 2020/21 season and we've still got a long way to go.. #ncfc

— Jack (@TotallyTettey) September 5, 2020

Disappointing result but lets not get too concerned because next weekend we will have a much better sqaud available. To only have vrancic and Hernandez first team regulars available from the bench was always going to be tricky #ncfc

— callum thomson (@cthomson16) September 5, 2020

Dowell, McCallum and Mumba (although you'd still start Max) only players who should deff be in squad contention next week..

Farke also did little to try and change the flow of the game and still far to reactive instead of proactive. Webber's stepped his game up.. who else? #ncfc

— Manduco Locem (@ArcanePirate) September 5, 2020

I don't really know why I'm surprised about today's result. It's not as if we are unfamiliar with defeat in recent times.
This may sound really stupid but next weeks game is a must not lose game purely for a shot of confidence. Losing is a habit right now #canarycall #ncfc

— Mags (@mags171124) September 5, 2020

Huddersfield lost to Rochdale, Birmingham to Cambridge, Cardiff 0-3 to Northampton. Swansea lost to Newport and QPR to Plymouth. Chill guys. #ncfc

— wintheleague_21 (@Wintheleague21) September 5, 2020

Kieran Dowell is the first Norwich City player to score on debut for three years (Tom Trybull in August 2017) and the first to start and score on debut for four-and-a half years (Steven Naismith in January 2016) #ncfc

— NCFC Numbers (@ncfcnumbers) September 5, 2020

You can make the excuse of us missing 15 first team players all you want but when we still have players like Klose, Zimmerman, Tettey and Stiepermann all included in the 11, you can't really say that's not enough experience to prevent us losing.

— Adam (@NCFC_Adam) September 5, 2020

These two can't be bothered by the #NCFC loss.

Neither can I. pic.twitter.com/DZ48mg8q6T

— Marc Foster ? (@LoneStarCanary) September 5, 2020

Am I right in thinking that it's now 11 games behind closed doors, 11 defeats? #ncfc

— van der Finz (@JamesFinbow) September 5, 2020

If Norwich lose to Huddersfield lots of fans are going to turn on Farke even if it's only the first league game of the season 13 defeats on the bounce is unacceptable #CANARYCALL #ncfc

— Gavin Morris (@GavinMorris7) September 5, 2020