canarydan23

Probably Dean Smith's last ever game in the EPL.

He was dreadful at Celtic to be fair. I watch a bit of Celtic as they're my second team and he was a bit of a Gary Doherty, could put in a performance but a calamity was never far away. But he revealed afterwards that it was a torrid time off the pitch with his Dad dying and Covid stopping him seeing his kids who were in Ireland, so I wouldn't read too much into the scathing reviews Celtic fans will give him.

He's free and better than what we have. As long as his wages are sensible then what's not to like?

Let's hope.

And one of our own Olly Stone.

Some of us do.

Some of us don't need it.

Not a chance. I actually think he'd have somehow been even worse than Smith.

And some people actually wanted him too.

Not exactly the hottest gossip, but I heard it on very good authority that he absolutely smashed everyone else in the squad out of the park with his results and output at the end of season physiology tests that the club arranged at the UEA a couple of weeks ago. Got a feeling he could come good.

You're talking about interest rates, mortgage rates are impacted by them but not entirely. No country saw mortgage rates rise at the rapid level ours did following the disastrous Tory budget last year.

We're ****ed. I'm one of the few million whose fixed rate is coming to an end in 2023. I'm on a mortgage rate of 0.91% that was taken out in October 2021. Luckily I locked in on a rate three weeks ago but I'm still looking at having to pay nearly £200 a month more, and I was able to pay a £10k lump sum off of my mortgage. The vast majority won't be able to do that. When those millions start paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds a month more on their mortgage, restaurants, takeaways, subscription services, retail will all take huge hits as luxury goods and treats are purged from people's budgets. Mortgage rates inevitably had to rise from their sub-1% level but to allow it to jump from that to where we are at now in a period of just a few months is criminal mismanagement from Brexiteer Governments. It's almost like people who supported Brexit are a bit dense.

Is that similar to Hatton Gardens? I was at a rather grand opening of that once, but I'll stop there lest I incriminate myself.

Lol. You're on a Norwich City forum addressing someone from the South West. Give your head a wobble.

Woohoo! Upgraded to almost worst!

George Miller, Mad Max director, disagrees; https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/25/tina-turner-remembered-by-mad-max-director-george-miller-she-was-the-opposite-of-a-diva

I wouldn't be hugely disappointed to see him given a go at it. I'd like us to be more ambitious to be fair but think he could do a job. Let's face it, he can't do much worse than the current iteration of Webber that we're having to put up with.

Whilst that is true, the run was in October and November. His final five league games saw him win 3, draw 1 and lose 1. In fact, his final two home games saw us score 11 and concede 1.

One of the staple artists of my early years, when you're basically forced to listen to what your folks do; Tina Turner, Robert Palmer, Kim Appleby, Madonna and Phil Collins were basically on a constant rotation on long car journeys when I was a child.

So am I. And even I could see Dean Smith was a bad appointment. All the evidence was there. Sacking Neil led to Farke. Sacking Gunn led to Lambert. McNally leaving (who was the same person during our back to back promotions and Premier League survivals as he was in our relegation season) and binning off Moxey led to Webber. People being sacked, moved on, pushed to resign can massively improve clubs. It can also not improve them. Right now, sacking Webber feels like one of those instances that could open up an opportunity for someone to come in and put us back on an upward trajectory, like what happened when he was first appointed. He's a busted flush, repeated failings in the transfer market, regardless of the rights and wrongs of Farke's sacking he failed in picking his replacement, at the moment, his Smith replacement is a failure, he's lying in interviews and making idiotic comments in interviews that make national news. Pardon me for thinking it just might be possible for my football club to expect just a little bit better.

I didn't want Farke sacked, certainly not after the Brentford game, I often vented straight after matches, but in that little poll thread that got necromanced recently I voted for him to stay. And you're right, I was sure sacking Smith would improve our season. And it should have. That it didn't is yet another damning indictment on Webber's ability, and evidence that his abilities have undoubtedly diminished. You also neglect to mention that I said appointing Smith to replace Farke was idiotic and was never likely to improve us. There's something badly wrong when I have more foresight than Mr Webber.

Every manager or sporting director in history was the same person at the end of their tenure as they were when appointed. Just so weird that any of them get sacked. It's almost like...I dunno...people can change?

Apparently there is. It does make the whole, "Look at how much more money Brentford and Brighton have than us, how can we possibly compete" schtick a little bit more cringeworthy than it was at the time.

Mad isn't it? These guys seem to have genuinely convinced themselves Webber fell for a machiavellian plot by Bailey. Anything but acknowledge the reality.

Yeah, I'd love to see it too. It would pour a bit of cold water on the claim that Guardiola is some sort of genius. You can't knock him too much, but the idea that he's some sort of messiah is difficult to reconcile with the fact that in all his seasons as a manager in tables like this he would have finish with a difference of between +1 and -2. I'd like to see him take over a club not expected to win their league and turn them into champions before I take seriously the idea that he's above the likes of Ferguson and Wenger in the EPL's best ever stakes. The finishing positions are essentially irrelevant. The Difference column is the telling one. And it is telling, even if someone people are putting their fingers in their ears to avoid hearing what it's telling them.