Essjayess
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Trying to reply to the topic, yes i personally do think the new signings in general good enough, what we have here at the start of the new season is your classic case of put some scenarios together and you are in a lot of early season bother. Ok, first, do a major change in playing staff, coupled with a major change in management staff, add in a new philosophy and style of play that is pretty much alien and for sure not suited to the rigours of Championship, add in a ton of injuries, add to that the existing players have a crash course in learning this new style, add to that the new mostly German players who are having a crash course in learning the Championship way of other teams and all that can and probably will lead to a lot of roastings on the pitch, Sunderland, Villa, Millwall, even Swindon to an extent is the result of all the above.Question really is...can DF give his philosophy much longer?...Is he indeed even able to change the situation and revert to a more English Champs type style of playing? Sunderland, Villa and Millwall games all had us having over 70% possesion, yet we ship 11 goals and get null points. Even the mighty Liverpool play this zonal type defensive style and ship in lot of goals...and we aint Liverpool. Yes, i believe our players are good enough, but i question wether DF''s way of wanting his team to play is good enough, clearly right now its as bad as it can get.
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Wow, nearly every posting in this topic is so darn negative. I for one am surprised just how many signings we have made this window, seems to me we are about covered in most positions, maybe RB is a bit thin, otherwise pretty much good to go. So many injuries has been a downer of course, but that gives 1 or 2 guys the chance at more minutes than otherwise they might have had. Take Zimmerman for instance, supposedly coming in as 4th choice maybe, but due to injuries given instant play time, of which theres no substitute for. This includes the roastings yes (Sunderland, Villa) but days like that are way more valuable than playing in the U23s or sitting on the bench. Gives the impatients plenty of fuel to fire up their negativity, but thats fans for you.Overall, im more than satisfied what we have now, looking forward to what lies ahead for the club and the new team out there. Promotion this season was always going to be a very outside chance in my opinion and does not bother me to much. OTBC
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Why the heck would we need Dallas? Im sure we about done anyway, but if there was time for one more to come in, more likely would be a defender As for Oliveira, im sure Leeds would love him, but its not going to happen, hes happy here, hes essential to us, we would never find a replacement by Thursday next week, plus hes called up for the Portugal squad.
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Vince, i really dont know what this catalogue of failings is all about and why you are so anti Delia and Michael, frankly i dont care. Reality is, despite the highs and lows, the excitements and disapointments, the changes in personel at the club, and everything else, in the last decade including the low period of L1, two things have remained constant, Delia and Michael being at the head, and a club who have fans that fill the stadium season after.season.That, at the end of the day, says all you need to know, that you are in a very small minority. Stop being so miserable, go support your club with a smile on your face, and be thankful Norwich City are who they are. Delia and Michael have made this club something very special, that goes way beyond financial factors and what division we happen to be in. Take DF and his German staff, and the German players who have come here..they very quickly got immersed into our part of the world and our club. I, and im sure the vast majority of fans also, have taken all these guys into our hearts as another new chapter in the history of our beloved club.So yes, its more than about finances, more than about what division we are in, for me its more about the uniqueness of NCFC and the social aspect of it all, a definite identity, which Delia and Michael have protected, and indeed nurtured, in the 20 years they''ve been at the helm. No amount of money could have bought that.
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Im sure Christoph needs a rest, hes probably played every preseason and Champs game since we signed him. All things considered, and how many injuries we have, the team is of reasonable strength. As for Russ, many of us may agree hes well past his best, but the guy plays and plays and plays, and hes chosen by manager after manager that comes to City. That is a mystery to many fans, but its how it is.
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As Bethnal said, way to much knee jerking right now. Yes our injury list is more than bad right now but calls for getting another striker is just not the way to go. This is a League Cup match against L1 opposition and as much as DF would like to win it, the Championship is the main meal, not this match. In anycase, we have Murphy and Naismith who can do a job up front, flexible guys like Stieperman, Yanic and Godfrey who can fill in roles elsewhere, maybe Trybull to could be given a run out. Agree with Bethnal, if theres room in the squad for 1 more new face, for me it would be RB or CB cover.
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Pinto?..ya was injured, Wes?..35 and no way can play 90 mins twice a week, Oliveira?...groin strain and to risky to give him the full 90 mins, Watkins?...ya injured, Thompson? Klose? Pritchard? Lewis? Jarvis?..ya injured, Toffolo?..making his way back but not yet ready, Martin?...his best days are way past yet hes playing every dang 90 mins with pain killin injections as hes all we got at RB, Madders?...doing good, but you have to rest a young guy at some point, pretty much left us with the new guys and 1 or 2 old dependables like Cam and Naismith.Crisis?...total hogwash, just a combination of 4 games into a total new way for this club, not far from a dozen leaving and a dozen players joining, much more than our fair share of injuries, 4 of them being long term, and to many head in the cloud fans who still somehow expected City to be fighting top 6 this season. This is a 2 or 3 year project, its neither a crisis for happy clappers or pant wetters alike, nor more importantly is it for the club. We will do ok to finish mid table this season, i think we can, and i look at a patient 2 or 3 seasons ahead
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Disapointing indeed that we have now lost Thompson, Pritchard and Lewis to fairly long term injuries, there is so much young talent and excitement in those 3 guys. Does give others a chance though, but all the best to those lads for the months ahead in getting fit again.
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Just a thought on Klose, who a few posters in this topic have continued the trend ever since Timm arrived at the club, saying this or next window he could be off. Just a reminder, due to injury he has yet not had the chance to show what he can do in DF team in this division and i for one would not want to even suggest a departure for the big guy, he could yet prove invaluable to us this season and beyond.His signing fee and wages were done under what now feels a quickly disappearing part of City''s recent history, but the man himself has never shirked the yellow and green when hes played. Like a few of the other players signed before our current set up, Ivo and Nelson etc. he has seemed to taken to the Norfolk area like a duck to water, that should never be forgotten, especially as i still recall previous windows when the call was "we cannot sign guys to come to the club because its Norfolk, not London".Anyway, with Franke and Zimmerman, Klose fighting to get back to training / fitness and now young Raggett a Canary, the future of the CB positions seems more promising than for quite awhile. OTBC
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Absolutely loving this transfer window, so completely different from the last few seasons windows, when our Premier money was pushing us to pay millions and millions on guys to get them to come here. I know its out of necessity that we cannot do that now, but for me, there is some kind of joy and excitement in hunting down so many new Canary players for a pittance of the price we were forking out just 12 or a bit more months ago. Raggett for a reported 250k?..could be a fantastic signing. And our 10th this window? No idea of the total outlay we have paid for those we have signed on permanents, but probably less than the fee for 1 Klose or 1 Naismith. And if, just if, all these new guys form the starting nucleus of a new successful era for City, what a change around it will have been compared to the tens of millions we spent previously.
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Ya was basically cream crackered, still getting up to speed, i guess another week or two, plus the international break, will see Ivo back to his full burst speed.
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Husband is doing fine, slowly improving, actually looks like hes going to be a decent defender. Toffolo is making his way back, and yes, Stieperman could well be a fabulous addition to the squad if his flexibility is as good as DF says. Jamal looks like he could be sidelined for a while, but i think LB is a position we are well catered for.
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All these rubbish posts making so much of where we are in the table both now, and most likely later in the season to, compared to Ipswich.In a normal season, for both sets of fans, there is of course the local bragging rights for who finishes above whom, for quite a time now headed by City. This season, for me anyway, i dont give a stuff for once who finishes above whom, such is the complete new set up we have at Carrow Road, we are basically scrapping everything thats gone before in past seasons and starting from scratch. We could produce anything from league 2 to Premiership form and results this season, such is the total unknown factor here. I would suggest Mr, Keano, your club has had some 16 years to get used to this division, and a manager who has had 5 or 6 years, so aint it about time your team did something positive?Also, if you consider your team to be in such good shape for the season, maybe you should start comparing them to Wolves, Middlesboro etc, the teams who are expected to do well? Also, if you really took the time to check our injury list, players out both long term and medium term, also those trying hard to make their way back, but still not totally fit, you would see a list every bit as long as Towns.
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I seem to recall the computer being kind to a team last season, with some not so bad fixtures to start the season, and the team being Champs leaders on 27 points.....anyway, good start for them, give them their dues, if you are interested in that sort of thing. What they do down the road is maintain the status quo, maybe it will even get them a few hundred more bottoms on seats.What we are doing in our neck of the woods is bravedom and boldness, not status quo-ism. Let them wallow in their ecstatic delight at besting Barnsley and Millwall, 2 away wins though, points is points.
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Well said Horse. I posted here after the home Southampton win in Jan. 2016, when we had 23 points at the time, exactly half way point of that season, and said we would get relegated with a measly 33 points, which turned out 34, and commented that Summer ''17 window would be the time for a big change and overhaul at the club. And so it came to pass....but even bigger than i envisaged. Many fans are already trying the futile exercise of trying to predict the success or failure of this new season. For me, the biggest success has already happened and in just a few short months to. A near virtual wipe out from the club of the AN era, installing a new set up, almost new team, and all at same time as the necessary downgrade on the financial side.We may be in for some more Saturdays like the Sunderland game, but i for one, will keep the faith, maintain my patience, and hope for a brighter future, OTBC.
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So where do YOU think we will finish?
Essjayess replied to Dean Coneys boots's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
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Looking at the Topic title...there it is in a nutshell,,,the one big main importance to the whole new era we are now embarking on with DF. The first bit will look after itself, DF knows what he wants, knows where he wants to head the club, he is here for a long term journey. Its the second part to the title..."as well as us." I have already pointed this out in a couple of other places about how a few so called fans are already half given up with things after 1 week and 3 games in.Fans will need, i feel, patience and faith in a far bigger way than they showed under the Hughton and Alex Neil eras, but one thing is for sure, the club on mach days will need our utmost support, time and again, and its that which can make a huge difference in the long term.
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Parma's Tactics Masterclass 16
Essjayess replied to Parma Ham's gone mouldy's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Interesting and eloquent read from Parma as always, for my reply i wont go to deep with it. Fans were demanding change from what we had under both Hughton and AN, bar ANs first 6 months. That included not just on the pitch, but to get a big clearout of players, many of whom were past their sell by date. Also would of necessity include a very active transfer window. Delia and Co. heard it and knew it anyway, brought in Webber, who not only has done what was required, but done it with the necessity of hugely cutting City''s cloth. Guys, the Board know much more the financial position of NCFC than we do, so dont lambast them so much as to whats happened this last few months.So, complete new management set up, complete new style and way for City, a head coach with a definite plan for now and the future, his job to get this vision working into such a big new mix of players at his disposal. One week and 3 games in, already there are, for me, much to many murmurs of discontent from fans. DF has had to begin his vision with a plethora of injuries, but already his possesion based idea is starting to happen, if we witness the stats of the last couple matches. Yes he has big issues, the defence of course, but he knows this, and i suspect the players do to.Parma mentioned mid term fruit forming, and hopefully that mid term form will produce long term ripeness. But, Delia and Co.can change the management set up, who in turn can change the playing staff and style, which has been done, but she cannot change ordinary fans who are impatient even in the very short term, just 1 week, for goodness sake.Football''s a funny old game Saint, and fans are even funnier.They sure are Greavsie. -
Farke's Henry V 'St. Crispen's Day' Speech
Essjayess replied to Rudolph Hucker's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
[quote user="SwindonCanary"]Farke said "I think we have the best supporters in the Championship with their passion and togetherness" It''s up to us to prove him right ![/quote]Absolutely Swindon, and that includes the days when our side suffers defeat, as it will do of course. It also includes appreciation right now, from us fans, of such a bold move from Delia and the club, to not only change things, as it of course needed doing, but to do it in such a comprehensive way, same time as doing the cloth cutting to. DF has wowed us all in the short time he has been here, not in a big flashy style, but thru his honesty and his vision of how he views us and our club, and what he hopes to achieve in the coming season and far beyond.This may well be no short term fix, no miraculous first 6 month whirlwind affair, results wise, that we got from AN. In all honesty, im right behind this guy and would rather all us fans give him and the club time to succeed, instead of a miracle 6 months then it all falls to pieces like we had under AN. As long as the players react to his vision and way of doing things, so should we. OTBC. -
I think the EDP report got it spot on right, players like Franke and Vrancic were taken aback by the pace and gusto of Fulhams attacks, DF eventually seeing the problems and changing the formation, which helped everyone in the team get better as the match wore on, the exposed Husband a good example, a nitemare opening 30 mins but better later on. The fact is, with a big pile of injuries, some guys making their English debut''s, and facing arguably the Championships most ferocious attacking side, it was a superb result, could have even won it, decent penalty appeal not given, couple of "should have been" goals missed etc.As for Russ Martin, for goodness sake guys, after all these seasons we know his weaknesses, but also his strengths, and considering he stepped in far from perfectly match fit, played the whole 90 mins and did ok. Guy bleeds yellow and green, and he played his part in a team that got a point at Fulham! Thats more than enough for me on the opening day of the season, expected less. Well done Russ and the guys, OTBC.
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We are lucky to have both Cam and Olly. We are lucky to have DF, who as head coach seems to know what hes doing, for sure more than any of us So lets leave it to him, im positive both guys will play big parts this season. Need the transfer window to shut to, end of the month cannot come quickly enough,really need to keep what we have now.
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Lots of hustle and bustle, fluster and bluster, typical Championship fare. Makes me wonder just how much DFs brand and style of football will stand out in the Champs this season. Not long to wait and find out now i guess.
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Indeed, "reported", but never has been an official statement on the City official website. Until we actually see him holding a City shirt up, he is not officially a City player.
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Actually you are correct Bill. I would rather see 1 or 2 fit and eager U23s warming the bench, rather than someone like Pinto, who has had zero match time in pre season. Indy B mentioned elsewhere guys like Cantwell, Phillips, Efete...it is maybe earlier than expected for them, but they have minutes in their legs, and young and fit. Rather see them on the bench than a definitely not ready Ivo.
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As i just posted in another thread, City are down to 16 guys 100% fit, including 4 GKs, meaning only 12 are 100% fit for the 10 outfield positions, so will be a thin or crocked subs bench. If thats not making a win even harder, not withstanding a real hoodoo, and that Fulham are decent anyway, i dont know what is.