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Apart from being at fault for the Newcastle goal and almost allowing Joelinton to score a head at 0-0.

Pulisic looks like he is getting more up to speed with the prem but I don’t think you have anything to worry about. They are pretty poor upfront. I really don’t rate Abraham’s. Kante is obviously a beast in midfield but I think your lads will be full of confidence. All the pressure is on them. If you put a gun to my head I’d say 1-1 but no reason why you can’t get three points

I think we should keep quiet about how nice we think Mr. Farke is. As far as the world knows, he's the hardest manager in the Prem, who smashed the most beer glasses on his head in his youth, and has qualities of a (tougher) Bond villain. I think we sould keep up this image and exchange stories of the lethal beam that he emanates from his right eye, his evil lab at Colney, and the special gizmos in his high tech raincoat to maintain the tough guy image.

“Ive popped out again Lynn...”

Bolton and Bury will both be relegated this season whatever happens financially to both. Bolton, a club that were playing European football not many moons ago. Makes me glad we are a very sensibly run, self funding club. Might have taken us a few years and some strokes of genius to get where we are now, but how satisfying is it that despite no investment, given the current climate, we have spent so many recent seasons in the premier League. Especially this time around given our squad cost next to nothing to put together.

Is Mr Farke quickly becoming one of our most successful/ popular managers of all time? I`m impressed with every interview he does, speaks so highly of our club and fans. I for one am thankful for such a nice guy leading our great club, we`re playing the best football i`ve seen home and away for many years, long may it continue.

Had to get to page 2 before someone came up with the obviously right answer! For an outfielder I would agree with Peters, or perhaps Eadie or Huckerby, either of whom would be an upgrade.

Kevin Keelan

That’s pretty much every thread on here!

Ron Davies

Grant Hanley.

But so is trust, faith and reward for hard work. I’m no Hanley fan and he’s certainly not proven at this level but he will get more time.

Ridiculous analogy, if Pukki gets injured and is out for 3 months, and Drmic comes in and starts banging them in, do you think Farke will just drop him the moment Pukki's fit? Play the man on form,not reputation.

It's also good to know that he wouldn't swap his job at City for any other club in the world: https://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/farke-norwich-barcelona-milan-bayern-munich-1-6228277 The feeling is mutual Daniel!

Here's a summary piece written by our young Connor Southwell, also the pictures are here http://www.ncfsc.co.uk/players-forum-20th-august-2019/ Norwich City’s meteoric rise has been formed on the togetherness pertinent throughout the football club. From the management to the players and into the terraces, the onus placed on one club rooting together has translated to exceptional results on the pitch. On Thursday 20th August 2019 at Carrow Road, Norwich City supporters were given an insight into the current era at the Norwich City Fans Social Club Players Forum. Undeniably, the scenes supporters have become accustomed to following a victory at Carrow Road, with Daniel Farke whipping up the supporters into frenzy has become a memorable part of a victorious matchday. Standing in similar stead are those who don the yellow and green shirts, playing with the passion and energy that most demand from their football team. That connection has been formed through the accessibility and transparency the players have offered throughout their time at the club. In Kenny McLean, Norwich has, not only a newly appointed mayor but a player who can guide the youthful exuberance within the dressing room and ensure they retain that path that is essential to their development. On the pitch, he is an all-action midfielder. Off it, an articulate, entertaining storyteller capable of grasping the attention of a room. That distinctive Scottish accent is backed up with humour and personality as well as a capability of seriously addressing questions. If this performance on stage offered anything, it’s his valued presence within the confines of a dressing room. Even though Norwich find themselves in the embryonic stages of their Premier League campaign, a standout so far has been the performances of local hero Todd Cantwell. Brandished as the ‘Dereham Diego Maradona’ on the night, Cantwell has endured both ends of the opinion scale, brushing off criticism to express himself when on the pitch in recent performances. As he candidly explained the extra burden of being an academy graduate, there was a wry smile as he admitted pressure is something he thrives upon. Hence his decision to take the vacant number 14 shirt, one that has been previously worn by a certain Irish playmaker who once graced these quarters, often weaving magic on his way. Bad haircuts aside, Todd’s contributions were valuable and intriguing all evening, with budding footballers around the room grabbing onto his advice for success. It’s clear to see he is someone who is held in high esteem by his counterparts, all of whom are rooting for his success. One of those young starlets hoping to replicate Todd’s journey through the academy onto the world stage of the Premier League is Adam Idah. Idah, a young Irish striker, compared his playing style, much to the ridicule of his peers, to that of Romelu Lukaku but also offered snippets of advice to young footballers as well as talking about making the transition from the under 23’s football to first team training. He may become the next star off the Canaries production line. Given the youthful make up to the side currently, Idah could be the next to emerge. Over 200 people packed into the Top of the Terrace at Carrow Road to hear the players answer questions, all whilst raising money for the wonderful Community Sports Foundation. A huge thank you to our friend, host and Norwich City legend Darren Eadie for his wonderful questions that contributed to open, insightful answers from our stars. Sadly, we tragically lost NCFSC friend and regular David Powell last week. Diane celebrated his life with a moving speech followed by a poignant applause for a true Canary who often offered opinion on everything. He had a heart of gold, and we’ll miss him terribly. Rest in peace, David. We look forward to being able to do more in the future and to remaining true to our ethos of putting on affordable and entertaining events open to everyone. We have no membership or fees at the Norwich City Fans Social Club, as our motto says, “You don’t join, you just join in!”.

If you could take any one previous Norwich player in their prime and put them in the current first team, who would you pick?

When I rewatch that Ipswich game, the wink from Farke when Lambert is kicking off I just love it. May have watched that game too many times! I think I’ve probably watched Leeds away a couple of more times. Great coach whatever happens next, what a season he gave us regardless.

I presume this is a bit tongue in cheek? He obviously made mistakes last season as we lost 6 games. but to suggest he made loads of mistakes is somewhat disingenuous and misleading. We were predicted to finish mid table with what can only be described as a scratch team. The way he has stuck to his principles and the development shown in what is probably the best team I have seen since the mid / late 70s means he, at this moment deserves all the plaudits he receives. This is not 'gushing on', and my eyes and brains are perfectly functional. From German 3rd tier to English 1st tier in 3 seasons as a manager is stunning!

Aarons and Lewis were each at fault for a Liverpool goal - didn't see them getting criticised too much. Hanley hasn't played for 9 months and he will improve with game time. This time last year we were crying because he was injured. When Farke says that we win as a team and we lose as a team I think he also means that we support as a team.

Well done Archer. 6 wickets today.

Don't they do random testing any more?

Awaits Ldc. 5,4,3,2,1.....

I see Lawrenson predicts a 1:2 defeat for us vs Chelsea. Ha ha. Lets prove him wrong all over again! OTBC.

Careful Bethno. You'll start it all off again.😉

That would be classic team introduction music ... dah dah dah dada da dadah da . .... ☠️☠️

What more needs to be said......

No huckerby mentioned yet??

**** me, this is a boring thread. Lakey is right that Farke tends to avoid rotating the first team, but it’s not absolute. Others on here are right that Hanley hasn’t been error free, but in general his play has massively improved since the first half of the Liverpool match. Both positions have merit. No-one knows what Farke will do once he has other CB options, but for some reasons posters on here have stuck their flags in their respective “Hanley is great/sh*te” hills and are defending their positions to the death. It’s not a black and white situation, take a breath and count to 10. Then maybe we could discuss the OP instead of this pantomime “Oh yes it is, oh no it isn’t” debate.

Fit Dean Ashton, probably the best forward, his progress cut short by injury....... or Martin Peters, Absolute Legend

Snodgrass

It's a nicer place for it!

Felix Passlack. The only reason we lost to Liverpool is that we missed our key cog.

You realise this is total nonsense right? Squad rotation is a commonplace across the league. Liverpool hammered us 4-1, then made changes for the Super Cup final and further changes for the next fixture. I'm sure these players are totally comfortable with where they stand and Klopp is known for being an excellent man manager.

The Amadou situation is nothing new. I remember as long ago as Andy Townsend when he was a very big signing for us from Southampton. Signed in August, made his debut as sub in September but did not start a game until late October. We had only lost one game in the first eight of the season. He then established himself and went on to be a very good player for us. If it aint broke, don't mend it.

Yes as above we won 30 minutes at Anfield.......nah I ****ed it up!

For the last time. . Hanley isn’t a man in form. All he’s done is come in and put a shift in and made two costly errors. The way you’re banging on about it’s Hanleys shirt to lose suggests he’s put in two man of the match displays, thats nowhere near the case. Keeping him in for Zimmerman is akin to leaving Pukki out for Sberny. I’m done with this now, it’s going round in circles. If you believe that our best defender from last season should be left out for a player that’s just putting a shift in purely because he’s got the shirt then that’s up to you. I’m pretty confident our management team have a bit more about them than that.

I thought Kenny did his back and missed 2 days training, I'm struggling to remember anyone losing their place to anything but an injury.

One that smokes a **** ton of green.. p.s. Hats off on the Norvic thing, but what about Dereham?! I’m trying to get a vote together to ensure Todd switches on the Xmas lights this year over Chris ‘Harry Potter’ Rankin.. always falls to Chris, but this year is Cantwell’s year I feel! Let’s get those votes in...!

That’s 135 minutes isn’t it? 🤨

It's now up to the fans to ensure he never feels any differently!

Absolutely. He’s a fantastic coach, he’s got us playing the best football I’ve ever witnessed a City side play in my lifetime, he develops our kids and the older players have all improved at an astounding rate. He’s a genuine guy and comes across as thoughtful, reflective and intelligent, but has a sense of humour. What’s not to like?

I think the inconsistency is that Laporte "handled" the ball while his arms were in a natural position, not making his body unnaturally big etc. If a defender was to have touched the ball in the same way in the same situation it wouldn't have been given as a penalty so it seems unfair that a striker is penalised in the same way.

You could still buy one of these....new

Is the fact that he was generally all over the place first half at Anfield and again cost us a goal at the weekend not "reason to take it away" even before one considers that he's not quite as comfortable with the ball at his feet? Not scapegoating Hanley here, he improved a lot against Newcastle but the goal we conceded was still down to an error from him. Obviously if he plays superbly against Chelsea and cuts out the errors moving forward then the situation changes but right at this moment, if Klose or Zimm were fit for Saturday then I think Farke would be very tempted to change it. It appears they are unlikely to be though so Grant keeps his place and we will all be fully behind him and hoping that as he gets fitter and fitter he keeps getting better and better.

That was the case last season, but, what happened last match? Kenny was on the bench and leitner started, because he was the better player. Hanley can do a job for us, but it is not his shirt to loose, it is his shirt to keep warm until one of our preferred defenders becomes available... But the reason for the change against Newcastle was that we lost the Liverpool match and Leitner clearly made a huge difference when he came on - so it was fair to change the player. Hanley has just featured in a drubbing of Newcastle and if we keep playing well and picking up points (including this Saturday) Farke's policy is to keep players in. Lose a match or two and it can change, but that is why people say it is his shirt to lose.....it's because it's the manager's way of working.

Cheers for this, and thankfully (for once) a statistical analysis backs up my defence of Marco on the other thread!

I think if vrancic fits anywhere it is actually in the 10 position and he would be competition for Marco or come on as sub for Marco. You would have Leitner, TT behind and Buendia, Cantwell alongside vrancic in our current system. Vrancic had so many great assists at the start of the season and then end of the season he was instrumental in our promotion and showed himself to be one of the best midfielders in the championship.

Pukki gets plenty of plaudits for his incredible movement and football intelligence and rightly so, but every time I see him I am really surprised by his pace with and without the ball, especially when he accelerates beyond defenders with those explosive bursts. Dare I say it but watching yesterday I was thinking he's got similar characteristics to a young Michael Owen (and he did all right in the prem!)