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  2. Posted

    16 minutes ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

    ....any advance on?

                        Gunn

    Stacey  Duffy  Gibson  Giannoulis

                   Sara      McLean

     Fassnacht   Barnes    Hernandez

                          Sargent

    Krul McCallum Omobomidele Sorenson Nunez Gibbs Rowe Placheta Idah

    Onel as a super sub, Rowe as starter?

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  4. Posted

    18 minutes ago, Samwam27 said:

    What do.fans want. This year looks.like.Wagner is setting us up.to be more solid, hard to beat, but not exciting.

    Last year we were weak and folded every game. Maybe we need to give Wagner time, build.a solid platform and develop it as time.goes on with better players

     

    Agree with this. Football fans forever fickle.

    I guess Farke spoiled this club with his display of football in the Championship, now a section of the fanbase demands more of that high and won't accept the Wagner medicine.

  8. Posted

    14 hours ago, Dean Coneys boots said:

    C minus from me

    I think we have regressed not progressed overall. 

    Barnes < Pukki 

    Sainz < Toddy 

    stacey < Aarons (he will go) 

    fisher < Mumba 

    but 

    Reyes > McGovern 

    Duffy > Byram 

     

     

     

    The little I've seen from Fisher already looks like an upgrade on Bali who never got consistent minutes under 3 managers for some reason.

    Barnes played a pivotal role in Burnley winning Champs, but it's an unfair comparison because he didn't have same role as Teemu, he joined us for "mentality" reasons

    Sainz - we haven't really seen him in the green and yellow, but once he's fit I fancy him to be more consistent than Cantwell who the last two seasons offered little so had to go

    Aarons vs Stacey is a very interesting close match, I may be wrong but Stacey may be better defensively.

     

    Regressed? Too early to tell. But I dare say, with the exception of CB cover and DCM this seems a more balanced squad (barring unforeseen circumstances)

     

     

  9. Posted

    20 hours ago, hogesar said:

    I don't think our high-press would be that effective if one of the key midfielders dropped deep sitting to mop up. The opposition would always have the extra pass on. 

    I guess that's why Wagner wants two 8's instead.

    No idea if it'll work, mind.

    This is where I see Nunez wavering a bit. Sara is a more natural 8, Nacho is more suited as a 10.

  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, Jim Smith said:

    Have to say I like the obvious extra physicality about us for this season. We will have very few small/slight players in our starting line up if it is as I expect it to be. Perhaps lacking a touch of flair but we should be stronger and more robust than last season and I think they look quite fit and strong in what I’ve seen so far this pre season. Really think Shakey and Smith were slack on that front. 

    Still waiting for Nunez to turn into prime Vrancic... that would be awesome.

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    4 hours ago, Top corner said:

    Fair play to him, hopefully it will encourage other people to come forward & open up, which will in time make them feel better. Hopefully it will also prove to certain members of society that these footballers are only human, no matter how perfect their lives look from the outside, fame & fortune doesn't stop you from suffering, just the same as Joe bloggs. Verbally abusing someone or abusing someone via their ipad isn't ok or acceptable. 

    Fame in particular and all the things associated is something most famous people struggle with. 

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  16. Posted · Edited by mrD66M

    20 hours ago, Channon’s Windmill said:

    If I was asked who, between him and Idah will have a breakthrough season I think Tzolis will. 

    That's harsh. I do get your point though.

    It's really poor decision making from the club to invest much money in both these guys then at the same time stall their development. Idah needed a good loan move quite a while ago, even before the 5 year deal.. while Tzolis maybe shouldn't have been discarded so brazenly by Farke.

    Interesting to see which of them gets the most minutes this coming season.

  17. Posted

    2 hours ago, canarydan23 said:

    It's called small d*ck syndrome.

    To be fair, there are also women, feminists at that, that want to get women to men's standard in all respects, as fast as possible. When it comes to football, and judging by the incidence of certain injuries like ACL ligaments, I'm not sure it is always a good idea. IMO Women's sports should be encouraged yes, but not looking at men's as the standard, rather, develop it organically at its own pace and in its own right/terms, also paying heed to the input of the players.

    One guy I used to work with is a girl's coach of a team in Horsford, he's very pragmatic and direct on the football side but also has the necessary empathy/patience to go with it. That last bit is sorely lacking in most discussions about sports, because of the assumptions / prejudices that sportspeople in general are privileged, need to be worked like some beasts of burden to achieve results - and if they don't achieve them, then it's par for the course when they get abuse. I for one keep away from these assumptions. 

     

     

  18. Posted · Edited by mrD66M

    14 hours ago, keelansgrandad said:

    So there is no excuse for women to claim equality in Sport. It doesn't exist.

    What sportswomen have you been asking this question to?

    I'm not sure that equality means the same to you that it does to them. May be a good starting point..

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    I don't run competitively at present, and yes, there are running competitions all over the place. 

    Competition exists in life, but as I see it, life is not a competition in which we need to endlessly categorise people. Unless one has a case of severe antisocial + OCD disorder.

     

  20. Posted · Edited by mrD66M

    17 hours ago, keelansgrandad said:
    36 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said:

    Possible, but as my example with the Finnish player showed, it was harder for her to find the spaces and that was playing with other men against men as the only woman there. 

    I'm not saying women couldn't do this and be successful against men from time to time, I'm saying they have far less margin for error considering the extra power, size and speed they're up against, and there's only so much that better technique, vision and tactics can compensate for it. You only have to look at Norwich's first Premier League season under Farke to show what difficulties a physically somewhat inferior team has, and the finer margins of error involved when playing less technically adept but more physical specimens. And that was just amongst men.

     

    I still don't get why people get so caught up in these discussions. 

    Men's football and women's football are as different as male sumo wrestling and male gymnastics. Why compare the two instead of appreciating what each has to offer? Should Messi be compared to Maldini, even though it's the same sport?

    Comparisons are crude and demeaning to both sexes. If all the credit sportsmen can hope to attain and boast about is that they can beat women in their sport 99 times out of 100, they are very poor showings of men.

    Personally, I run regularly with a mixed group of people, young and old, men and women, novices and veterans. Some are faster, some are slower, some go the distance. I don't compare myself to any of them - the one comparison that matters to me is that I do better than my last personal best.

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  22. Posted · Edited by mrD66M

    1 hour ago, KeiranShikari said:

    I think Rashica's disposition is probably a lot closer to the rest of the squad than people like to make out. Most, if not all, would jump at the chance to move up in the football world. 

    If Hernandez was a better football player do you think he'd be so in love with Norwich City? If he scores 20 goals next season and a top division and more money comes calling do you think he's sticking around? Probably not.

    I'd rather have "old Burnley-like" players that want to be at the club and play their guts out for the team, than CR7 and Messi with the "I can't be arsed to play for this ****ty club" attitude.

    YMMV.

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  23. Posted

    Rashica must be sold at as little loss as possible, considering he was one of the best players for his team during his loan. If in Turkey they can't afford him, urgently need another club anywhere that can.

    All the other players at least have a desire to be at NCFC, but Milot does not want to be with us.

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