Red_Spartan

After QPR got the 1st goal Hanley was covering Gibson (too much).

Walking from Loftus Road a QPR fan said how much he enjoyed the game, as he usually did with Norwich. The ref was awful, gave them everything in first half, turned post half time to give us the benefit of most contacts. Ms Welch was the best ref they had seen for several seasons (cf Bristol City A for us). Continental coaches still prefer to equalise the load on players, particularly those still in a recovery plan. Re the 80:20 comment, this is not a throwaway number, it is known as the Pareto principle, & will be known to most business persons (DS/MWJ?) and statisticians. Although an approximation only it can be applied to a multiplicity of situations. Wikipedia is good & leads interestingly to the Peter priciple.

Adam's fluffed chance came from an astute pass from Barnes as did Johnny Rowe's goal at the home game v WBA.

After that Brighton game he tore into Michael McGovern and hugely knocked his confidence. He made a similar verbal assault on Declan Rudd at Bournemouth when their full back was giving him a roasting, setting his career back imho.

Barnes is a maker of goals, not by direct assists but subtle slide passes to runners or little layoffs or wall passes at close quarters. Defensively he is a sly blocker of attackers and effectively prevents clean headers, often provides the clearing ball from corners. Watching warmup at The Den he & other strikers were being fed low crosses to run onto which were converted. We saw very little of that in play though he thrives on it as we saw in pre-seasons. It's ironic that such an elderly gentleman is pressing more & to greater effect than his younger fellow strikers. Shame we don't see the numbers.

Surely people realise that we are being coached for survival in the Premier League ! We have been promoted twice in recent seasons only to be COMPLETELY unable to cope with better players combined with much better coaches. I know we beat Man City at Carrow Road, then look back and see the next time we played them! Lambert came up on a roll & we survived, the next season he was being outcoached went to the board for more player budget, didn't get it & eventually walked. Hughton knew how to survive but the brand of football proved unacceptable to our knowledgeable supporters. Neil flattered to deceive & was followed by the godlike Farke. At our level,second promo season, I see it as the best football I have seen, AT OUR LEVEL! Year on year we crticise teams for playing drab football, they survive. Consider the concept that they may be playing smart football to survive to play "better football" with "better" players in following seasons. 🤓

One fact of the matter is that he may not have deliberately inhaled Nitrous Oxide. Only one person in a closed system liberating the gas could release sufficient to intoxicate every person within that space. A Canadian (?) winter olympian lost his silver medal because he went dancing in a club where cannabis was being smoked freely.

But this is not club football. The GS remit is to progress the England team, weak or strong, into the later stage of tournaments. Point one don't lose. Point two only draw if you can't do better. Nick a goal if you can then defend ferociously, like the Italians, the points are normally better than extra goals. If you want to wipe the floor with someone then wait till you absolutely cannot be eliminated from the group. Against Ukraine a slightly weakened selection with players being tutored to play non-losing team football. That is not English/Scottish "Attack! Attack! Attack!

Surely we know that DF recruits to suit his playing style; Russel Martin, a DF lite at present, therefore an RM trained player will fit the DF mould far better than a raw youngster "coached" by the Smith/Shakespeare combo. He will shed those unable to accept the DF philosophy, or deemed unsuitable, see Hugill & Tzolis, and try to buy skilful players plateauing or just past their peak. A prime example of this Mario Vrancic exquisite ball skills butrapidly waning stamina.

The assumption that Barnes would be used as a striker could be incorrect. If he were considered as a replacement for Dowell that leaves Sarge as 9, Onel & Tzolis wide & bolsters muscularity of the midfield.

Something to ponder after this long thread. Why did Delia need to cry out "Let's be having you" from the pitch all those years ago?

The Gabriel purchase looks interesting in the context of Mark Attanasio's comment re purchasing another European club. Watford but hopefully more stable/ethical!

Most suggestions have been club managers, many experts say the club to international manager transition is one not made by many. The most likely club manager at present would be Cooper at Nottingham Forest but I'm sure he would require a lot of convincing.

You Might like to note that some of those behind the bedsheet now appear as the "mighty" Norwich Elite 🙈🙉🙊😆

Favourites 🤩! Say the bookies; well known experts on extracting cash from the gullible. If Stuart Webber were currently to make a club statement he would be howled down! While the bedsheet brigade were shouting "Delia out!" our supposed part-timer (SW) was in America recruiting two South American international players, probably consulting Mark Attanasio and POSSIBLY cajoling Dean Smith into joining NCFC. Daniel is not coming back, Michael & Delia will go at their own pace, NCFC will be the plaything of another person or entity. The grass might be greener or it could be "Astroturf" and very abrasive.😵