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  1. 9 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

    Thank you.

    bit of pressure on Farke now to deliver. He’s got a good squad at his disposal. Needs to get us defending a lot better. 

     

    And so there should be. A lot more fighting talk than setting low expectations talk this time round. All in all, it bodes well.


  2. 8 hours ago, East Rider said:

    I did think about both them having seen them play for us. And yes they could perhaps be included.

    However, it still is a very, very short list.

    Why the Hoolahan admission? Emi hasn't come anywhere near to achieving what he did in the yellow shirt.  Let's not go OTT here he's had one great season so far, as did many others.


  3. 9 hours ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said:

    All players signed last summer had a 50% wage reduction written into their contracts. So if Drmic was on £50k a week in the Prem, he’ll be on £25k now.

    The last time Norwich were relegated from the Prem they had 12 players on over £20k a week - this time Drmic is the only one. 

    Spot on, the ITK guy confirmed this too (thankfully). Guessing that reality has triggered his recent 'discussions'


  4. 8 minutes ago, Kenny Foggo said:

    Park the bus probably the wrong phase but as English is not his first language..... Think it's probably best for all concerned if he goes but if he is on the reported £20k a week, think it will cost us to end an unsuccessful stint in the yellow and green.

    There is an 'in the know' guy on twitter and has got a lot right recently and appears to have an inside line or two at the club... anyway he recently said Drmic is our highest earner and on around £50k a week (benefits of a free transfer). If this is true, a parting may be very mutually beneficial outcome here 


  5. 10 minutes ago, Canary Wundaboy said:

    Pukki's hat trick vs Newcastle and the Man City game. For me, that's it.

    A real low point for me was the Watford game at home, watching Emi get dispossessed and saying to my cousin "watch this hit the back of the net", seconds later it did. Rest of the game we were utterly crap.

    Yes the Watford loss was a real mental  blow for everyone this season. They hadn't won a game up to that point, then along came Norwich to hand out gifts!

    Man City and Newcastle clear highlights, really thought we were going places after Newcastle.


  6. 6 hours ago, Surfer said:

    Yeah yeah.  Put a couple of asterisks against that record and move on. Nothing about the end of this season matters in the end anyway. Let’s start over and crush the Championship again. 

    But do you think we can just shake this historic level of failiure off? Where will the belief and confidence come from after this savage humiliation? A huge player turnover is my only thought but what does that mean, a brand new squad rebuild? How was that in the project plan?

    My fear is the spiralling damage from this white flag season is way beyond what our clearly naive and inexperienced regime were expecting and it could be unrepairable - I can see fan discontent boiling over if we don't hit the ground running nex season and someone very high profile taking the hit for that. 

    Interesting times... (Well, off the field at least 😂)

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  7. Gosh. As stats go, you can't get much more damning than that. 

    These escalating levels of failure, bordering on humiliation now, are going to weigh heavily on our players for a long time to come. There's just no way they are going to regain full confidence over such a short preseason.

    I really hope Webber hasn't inadvertently ripped the heart and soul out of his own burgeoning project just to save a bit of money this season.

    Time will tell whether the financial savings outweigh the psychological scars but I can't help but think it's going to be incredibly tough to turn things around next season and that will inevitably end with the club and fans coming to blows. 

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  8. 10 hours ago, Kenny Foggo said:

    Get that but if you are demanding commitment then maybe don't mention you'll be off at every available opportunity.

    Did Webber leave Huddersfield better off... Seems to have come undone a bit...

    I think it's quite refreshing to hear someone speak the truth and say that the club is a massive old entity and he is merely a custodian passing through for a short time.

    That perspective means he's making decisions and laying down foundations that benefit the club for the long term, rather than doing what's best for himself in the short term. That can only be applauded. What do you want to hear? He wants to stay until he's 65? Barely anyone in any walk of life would set such an unrealistic expectation like that, let alone in the crazy world of football.

    The alternative is McNally who despite all his great work, very much rolled the dice at the end and when it went all wrong, left the mess to someone else. 


  9. "Slick technique can be fools gold in the Premier League" and "we need to toughen up" according to this view from the outside.

     

    https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/jul/13/norwich-slick-technique-fools-gold-premier-league-relegation-daniel-farke?__twitter_impression=true

     

    Seems like a pretty accurate take: we were worked out, set pieces and out of position fullbacks became an achilles heel regualry exploited, confidence and vibrancy drained and there was no plan b in the 'philosophy'

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  10. Have to say I did raise an eyebrow when Farke and Webber were telling the world we were favourites for 20th place at the start of the season.

    Perhaps brutal honesty and realistic expectation setting?

    But surely setting the lowest bar possible so early in the season was never going to fill the players with the confidence and belief they needed to impose themselves at this level.

    I just cannot imagine those words ever, ever, ever leaving the mouth of Chris Wilder, or any other 'up and at them' type leader / fighter.

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course, but were we mentally beaten before we even stepped in the ring? 

     


  11. 16 hours ago, sgncfc said:

    Yawn.

    Why is this 'Yawn' when it's a constraint that 100% contributes to our inability to establish ourselves as a Premier League club?

    You can recognise that without being disrespectful of all the amazing work they have done, I never understand the all in or all out position here.


  12. 3 hours ago, Harry53 said:

    I agree. We all seem to be preoccupied with how a player with covid will affect our chance of winning matches, instead of wishing him a speedy recovery. Life isn't all about football

     

    🤫


  13. I'd go for:


    ______________ Krul _____________

    Aarons _ Godfrey _ Klose _ Lewis

    _____________ Tettey _____________

    ____________ McLean_____________

    __ Cantwell _ Vrancic _ Buendia __

    _____________ Pukki _____________



    Rationale:

    We need wins, so we need goals. If we go down, go down swinging.

    = Our most attacking full backs (though Byram is a really close)
    = Klose for experience and ability with ball, and why not? Nothing else has been consistent or 'concentrated' enough. Godfrey for speed (though Hanley Zimm may be less error prone, so a difficult call.)
    = Tettey shielding the CB's, only focus is on doing the dirty work and breaking up attacks
    = McLean as he has a great attitude and is ok on the ball... haven't seen enough from Rupp for me, I feel this is our weakest position and Leitner doesn't appear to have the right mentality to be in contention sadly.
    = Cantwell and Buendia pick themselves for me.  Vrancic in centre due to not seeing enough from Steipi or Duda - creatively or goal scoring. Vrancic had a run of form at a similar time of last season, can get stuck in, has got a shot on him and is our biggest threat with set pieces (did I mention we need goals?)
    = Pukki is too obvious

     

    Or very similar personnel but bring Zimm into a back 3, McLean drops out.

    ______________ Krul _____________

    ____ Godfrey _ Klose _ Zimm ____

    Aarons __________________ Lewis

    _____________ Tettey _____________

    ____________ Vrancic _____________

    __ Cantwell ___________ Buendia __

    ______________ Pukki _____________



    As for Farke, I feel he will start with the 4-2-3-1 formation and pick Rupp, Duda and potentially Byram for solidity. Maybe get more expansive as the game enters the final stages.

                              

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  14. 10 hours ago, Terminally Yellow said:

    And this is the problem with forums and Twitter today. You let your own selfish curiosity overcome your sense of empathy. You wouldn't go and knock on someone's door to ask in person, would you? The anonymity of the internet just brings out the **** head in you. 

    You don't have a right to know these things just because you're a fan. You don't know just how badly the virus is infecting him and his family. All you know for sure is that player has asked for privacy. Don't be a **** and perpetuate internet gossip and speculation when you can find out who gets to play when the rest of us do - when the team is announced. 

    Honestly, the absolute bell ends we get on this place 🙄

    u ok hun?

    Haha so, so overly fragile and pathetic. This entire thread, on a Norwich City internet message board, is based on unconfirmed speculation about Hanley being a long term absentee, from someone blatantly posturing as having insider knowledge. Is that something you are able to overcome emotionally or are you going to call the police on Daisy because your comprehension is that everyone's feelings must be hurt? 

    Now obviously you know who the player is because they've selected you by hand to be their internet knight, to police sensitivity, to project your own virtues on the uncouth masses far less elegant than yourself.

    Great job too as we all really, really, really need your feedback. Now you wear that big shiny suit of armour with pride Mr Knight, you are the morally superior hero this Norwich City internet message board needs right now. 

    ⚔️😇👍

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  15. 3 hours ago, Terminally Yellow said:

    Does it matter? Seriously, when asked to respect privacy that doesn't mean trawling internet forums doing the exact opposite.

    Yes it matters, I support Norwich city so unsurprisingly I have a keen interest in knowing which players will be selectable for crucial, season defining games.  

    Following the Norwich hashtag on twitter is hardly going through the bins of grieving relatives is it you massive wet wipe. 

     

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