Parma Ham's gone mouldy

https://www.pinkun.com/sport/interviews/24786129.norwich-city-thorup-mclean-fa-ban-portsmouth/ Johannes Hoff Thorup incredulous. Proposing to devise a whole new company strategy based on this extraordinary precedent. Parma

Slow video always makes things look worse. This happens every minute of every game and particularly at set pieces. He’s just ‘making himself big’ and making sure the opponent has to go ‘the long way around’ to buy time for his teammates in case the opponent joins the press (which Kenny clearly thinks he is going to). I see no intention beyond that here whatsoever. Very unlucky. A remarkable decision retroactively from the FA. If this is a a consistent new benchmark, everybody will lose half their players every week. Parma

Also extremely good. Lots to like here 👌 Parma

I am absolutely certain that Attanasio has broader ideas that others are not privy to. Parma

Very good @king canary…thoroughly valid point of view 👍 Parma

Nothing is new for long. Others have data teams and analysts too. New works for a bit. Then cute counter-ploys are brought in. You can lean on weapons when times are against you. If you have them. When young potential struggles, you back them up with Duffys. But you don’t ideally want Duffys. Tricky. Or is thrills-and-spills midtable the design? The cheaply-obtained interest-bearing asset will trotsdem appreciate after all. Parma

Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,451 Posted 1 hour ago Both of these are right. Contradictorily and simultaneously. Choose your weapon and your belief. History shows that selling your weapons and buying cheaper young players is rare alchemy. People like new though and it has been by default our only choice. Man City or Liverpool could also follow this idea and they don’t. The odds don’t favour it, though it’s romantically attractive in the early days of a project. Everybody has a project until they get punched in the mouth. Truthfully I held back on the State of the Nation thread after the Boro game @hogesar refers to, though everything that has happened since was evident in that game. The good, the bad and the ugly. it’s a funner way to muddle about in the Championship* I’m pretty sure a thoughtful older lady hinted at something similar and was decried. Rich Americans building future portfolios, regularly cashing in appreciating assets and having cuter accents must just say it better. Parma

Both of these are right. Contradictorily and simultaneously. Choose your weapon and your belief. History shows that selling your weapons and buying cheaper young players is rare alchemy. People like new though and it has been by default our only choice. Man City or Liverpool could also follow this idea and they don’t. The odds don’t favour it, though it’s romantically attractive in the early days of a project. Everybody has a project until they get punched in the mouth. Truthfully I held back on the State of the Nation thread after the Boro game @hogesar refers to, though everything that has happened since was evident in that game. The good, the bad and the ugly. it’s a funner way to muddle about in the Championship. I’m pretty sure a thoughtful older lady hinted at something similar and was decried. Rich Americans building future portfolios, regularly cashing in appreciating assets and having cuter accents must just say it better. Parma

Indeed. Though it is about how much negotiating weight you place on what information. Hence my adjunct about Ferguson’s methods. It allows you to understand how hard you can play what hand. Parma

Not a million miles away Shef….….and what if you also ‘knew’ that Gunn didn’t really want to move away? Parma

People overpay in January when they feel they need a boost. Not necessarily a good time to buy, though can be a good business time to sell. Parma

If he won’t sign a new contract - and what on earth could we offer him now, tying him down as it would, that his agent would accept? 18 months to go, super hot form - the hottest of his life by some distance - this is both the right time for him to set up a transfer to a ‘noisy’ club to move into a bigger theatre, plus the maximal value point from Norwich’s perspective. Business is business. I know he’s flying now, though nothing to £20 million odd is excellent business in a short space of time. And it’s not like we have just been promoted to the top league….. Timings, dear boy, timings.. Parma

His first goal was extremely good. Technically excellent. Interesting. I totally agree about his response to scoring. I really liked that. Nobody like Norwich pays £9.5m for a very young, unheralded player playing in a quiet league. Particularly one who only moved a year ago for £1m. We jumped the queue here and took a risk. He has all the attributes. Quiet lad. The new culture wants to build players. Make no mistake he was always a striker and intended as central in every sense. Norwich don’t pay that kind of money otherwise. Parma

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It is worth noting that the AGM opened with the following: ’Question:Will the Board put on record the generosity of Delia and Michael?They wrote off £43m of potential equity return to do the deal with MA. They will continue to be involved with the club and attend matches.The Board are taking their time to find the right way to honor their impact on the club’ It is important that the incredible generosity of Delia and Michael was formally recognised. It is also significant that the £43m equity figure was also publicly and formally recognised. Parma