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    9 hours ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

    A solution to this would be to cut the number of teams in the Championship, League One and League Two. I can't think of any other country in world football that has a 46-game league.

    But with regard to the transfer window, the logical thing to do is surely close it in early August before any major league has started. 10-12 weeks is still plenty of time to get things done.

    Less games equates to less chance of tv income and reduced gate receipts, which in turn leads to an increased financial 'hole' and/or an increase in ticket costs. The club's will not vote for that.

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    43 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said:

    Well, England have already clinched the series against WI, but I'm pretty confident that they can make it 3-0 in the game that starts tomorrow. Should beat SL comfortably too. I guess the interesting thing is whether they can develop the ruthlessness they'll need to be competitive against India and Australia next year. Should be fun finding out.

    Oh, the football? Nah, not yet

    What about the Olympics? 

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    9 hours ago, Carrow89 said:

    None. As stated by the club. Debt payments are being met. It would be absurd, for the club to incur financial liabilities that were dependant upon player sales. However, if Rowe does not sign a new contract before Sept 1st, the club will sell.

    Debt payments may be being met, but don't we need to sell to cover the loss in parachute payments?

    Edit. Whoops sorry, just seen that this has already been mentioned.

     

  10. Posted · Edited by Conrad

    Depends on how you define successful. Southgate could be the manager who takes us to a place where we win a trophy abroad. But tactically, I would have to say no. I preferred Terry Venables who was innovative and created attractive teams, but perhaps not the most 'successful'. Each to their own.

     

    If success is only to be defined by winning something, then it has to be Alf Ramsey as he is the only one to do so to date.

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    7 hours ago, lake district canary said:

    Reform are to be congratulated - as are the Libdems and the Greens.  They have shown that you can get rid of big parties if they totally fail, as the tories have done.  Labour have five years to prove they are up to the job - and if they aren't, I hope the other parties make mincemeat of them too and end the Labour/Tory monopoly on governing for good. 

    History shows us the Governments always fail, it is just a matter of time.

    I'm fed up with the Conservative/Labour/Conservative/Labour monopoly in recent (relative) times and would personally welcome a realistic credible alternative.

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    3 hours ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said:

    Hard to really make a comparison as he was playing in a back 3 with a very low defensive line - Thorup seems to prefer a back 2 with a high line. 

    Hanley is a good defender when you want someone to head everything away and play a low block (although I think Duffy is a little better in that role tbh). If Thorup wants his defenders to push up and have to cover a lot of space behind, I'm not sure we have seen if Hanley can still do that after a nasty injury.

    Nothing takes away a player's pace like an achilleas injury. Big question mark over his future, but given he promising Scotland performances and him having one year left on his deal, he is probably also the easiest of the 'older' players to move on.

    If we are going to push up and play a high line then Duffy is the last person that I would want to see in our defence. 

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    11 hours ago, canarybubbles said:

    With a few exceptions - the Dutch and the Spanish and Turkey and Georgia - this has been an utterly soul-destroying tournament dominated by teams whose only interest is not to lose rather than to win. It will probably have a final which perfectly reflects this - England vs France - which will be, for neutrals, one of the most tedious finals in the history of international football where neutrals won't give a damn who wins but just be glad that at last it is over and they don't have to watch any more.

    In some ways this is a tribute to the professionalism of modern football: everyone nowadays can put together a decent defence, even countries with weaker players like Slovenia and Slovakia. And fans who see themselves as a grade above the hoi polloi will like this and say that those of us who want thrills and spills are dinosaurs who are incapable of recognising the tactical genius behind these interminable chess games.

    There is a problem in sport in that the players who don't make a mistake will nearly always beat the players who take risks. Think of Chris Evert, the most robotic tennis player ever to set foot on a court, who made about two winners a game but kept getting the ball back into the court, and won tournament after tournament simply by doing this. Or Steve Davis in snooker. As spectators we long for genius, but this happens very rarely and usually the players or team who don't make errors will win.

    Personally I can't wait to get back to the Championship, where there are lots of errors and therefore some excitement. I'm 70 years old and this has been the most pointless, tedious tournament I have ever seen.

     

    Didn't you watch Norwich last season? If so, you should be used to this type of tedious football.

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    4 hours ago, norfolkngood said:

    i Get your point but the team and tactics were set up for Sarge and Idah had to play that way instead of whatever his style is ,

    he did take his chances off the bench but i agree when he started he was often a let down ,but never had a long run of games ,

    but i believe if he was a main man somewhere he might settle into the role more ,

    of course you are right Celtic didn't use him as main man but he still scored well 9 in 19 matches is good going for a player who has only just joined a club 

    So you are saying that we should change the team and tactics to accommodate one man, rather than change that one man and get someone who fits the team and tactics? Which is the cheaper and more sensible option? 

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    25 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said:

    If he wants to go, and it's his boyhood club, let him. Only get one chance to be a pro player and he's served us well for the time he's been with us.

    Liam Gibbs, here's your chance.

    No thanks. Kenny replacement required. 

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    6 hours ago, chicken said:

    Celtic would be my bet if that's the case. Purely on the basis that Rangers are freeing up £90k in wages by trying to move on 5 players...

    Not big bucks. Not likely to be much more than he's on now.

    It's not necessarily the money that he would be going for (although that is nice), it's probably more the chance of greater exposure and winning things (in Scotland anyway). This would probably help him retain his Scotland place. 

    I guess that what Norwich can now offer financially no longer exceeds what teams like Celtic can provide. 

  23. Posted

    Cole Palmer offered more positivity in his brief cameo appearance than the rest of his team mates had done in the previous three games. Even Gordon, when he came on in the 89 minute (a Southgate joke surely?), provided one or two good moments including one excellent forward pass. I expect both to be back on the bench for Sunday's match. 

  24. Posted

    8 hours ago, jaberry2 said:

    It remains to be seen whether Knapper can get a better quality of player in than any outgoings. Would prefer Rowe moved on personally than Nunez as would generate more cash and I think we could get a better player in for the cash received. Of course who knows who Knapper is targeting.

    Someone has to want Rowe before he can be sold. 

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