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Legend Iwan

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  1. Great to see Todd getting on so well. Would love to see him take on a bit more of a leadership role in the midfield though and start instructing the team-mates around him. Appreciate that will probably be Hayden's job when he starts, but Todd seems to be the type of player who revels with increased responsibility.

    Also interesting to see how much game time Hugill is getting under Smith. That goal will certainly have helped his cause.


  2. 8 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said:

    Also, in mens international's, the number of teams that get stuffed routinely has dropped, most of them are organised and can limit defeat to 2 or 3 goals, most of the time

    Check out the UEFA qualifying for the next women's world cup  Some of the goal differences are not pretty at all

    Yep, a sad indictment of the huge disparities in women's football between the haves and have nots, which is only likely to increase.

    Although I'd add the same issue is still prevalent in men's internationals. Teams definitely got "stuffed routinely" during World Cup qualification


  3. 40 minutes ago, Mason 47 said:

    The problem lies in the implied 'lack'. If you're having to attach a women's match onto a mens game in order to try and get people through the door, just by existing it turns the women's game into an undercard. 'You're only here for the City' springs to mind.

    Yeah, I wasn’t passing comment on whether it was right or wrong in that post, but that some would be open to playing before the men as it meant they had the chance to play at the club’s home ground instead of numerous out grounds.

    40 minutes ago, Mason 47 said:

    It would essentially be a direct manipulation to try and force the development of the women's game, hoping the association with better-attended mens matches gives watchers second-hand enthusiasm. When you try to force agreement in people they will disagree even more stubbornly.

    I’d also contend this doesn't have to be the case. You only have to look at The Hundred to see that double headers can be beneficial short term in raising awareness and increasing initial attendances. Converting them to standalone fans is obviously much more difficult.

    41 minutes ago, Mason 47 said:

    This would be more damaging to the women's game than helpful; the only solution is natural growth and accepting these things take time.

    And this is fine, until you realise that for men’s football to reach where it is today, they’ve enjoyed professionalism in the game since the 1880s, while that only happened to women in this country five years ago. It also forgets that women were banned from playing football for the best part of fifty years, which obviously decimated every level of the game, in particular grassroots. So while waiting for it to naturally grow might seem to be “the only solution”, why should we let progress potentially take over 100 years like the men’s, when it can be helped along the way?

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Yobocop said:

    The woman playing the game wouldn’t want this - can tell you that free of charge 

    Reckon quite a few would be open to this if it meant they got to regularly play at their club's actual home ground rather than a lower league pitch or training ground.

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  5. 4 hours ago, Google Bot said:

    On the flipside he's well loved at the Etihad, could get some very talented loans coming in, plus those at Anderlecht?

    I don't know what kind of players are hovering around that pool, but it's never a bad thing to have the contacts and reputation he carries as a player to bring in championship performers.

    Very much in agreement about the possibility of him calling in a few favours at Man City. Will also likely help the young loanees that they're not too far away from home either.

    However, after the handling of Taylor Harwood-Bellis last season, who City recalled mid-way through his loan because Kompany wasn't playing him enough, I'm not sure he'll be guaranteed top pick of potential loanees.

    And anyone decent at Anderlecht, that fulfils the work permit requirements to be in the UK now, are more than likely to be snapped up by bigger fish, I'd have thought. Like Lokonga to Arsenal in 2021.


  6. I'd feel a tad nervous about his appointment if I was a Burnley fan. He's had a tough time as boss at Anderlecht with fans protesting poor results, a demotion and a caretaker manager coming in. It doesn't help the club are a bit of a mess right now, but I wouldn't be filled with confidence. 

    Maybe it'll work out, however he doesn't have a lot of managerial experience to fall back on, and Burnley aren't in a position to spend years in the Championship while he finds his feet.


  7. I'd much rather Webber stayed quiet for the next few weeks and concentrates on getting some transfer deals negotiated before he heads to Ecuador.

    An interview announcing some new faces and a healthy dollop of contrition for the season just gone the day before he leaves for South America would be ideal though.

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  8. I'd much prefer we continue the self-funded route. You only have to look at Burnley, who having had local owners sell out to big American businessmen, are now facing relegation and a £65m early repayment to see the grass is not always greener. Instead of Delia handing over to nephew Tom, though, she should give fans a 50+1 control of Norwich and place supporters at the heart of the club. 

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  9. Communication has been disastrous throughout the season, which has definitely heightened tensions between fans and the club.

    And whoever is advising Webber on when and what to say in his national press interviews, if indeed there is someone, should not be used again. The comments he made about fans after the BK8 fiasco set the tone for the rest of the season.

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  10. 52 minutes ago, Top corner said:

    On Football Insider twitter account, they are saying we are after Plymouth Argyle keeper Michael Cooper. 22 years old & he won the golden glove award for this season. 

    This is the kind of signing that would start to restore my confidence in our recruitment team. Which is why I'm pretty dubious about us being interested considering recent transfer windows.


  11. 19 minutes ago, Samwam27 said:

    Speaking hypothetically, how much would someone like El Ghazi (experienced Premier league, who can score goals at this level) really cost us?

    Not saying we're going for him, but with him well down the pecking order, he's someone who'd instantly improve our attacking midfield options, but in todays, and a january, market, how much would he be valued at?    

    He'd cost £15m according to this. Percy pretty accurate with his transfer talk usually.

     


  12. 23 hours ago, TheBaldOne66 said:

    Do you think the club, Webber especially, wish they had sold Aarons and Cantwell after our relegation two years ago, as their values have clearly plummeted now?

     

     

    I wouldn't be too surprised to see Aarons sold in January, if the price is right. We won't get anywhere near as much for him once relegated, and I can't imagine he'll want to stay for another season in the Championship. If his move allowed us to fund a replacement, like Calvin Ramsay, and purchase a goal-scorer we so desperately need then it's worth considering. 


  13. Don't think anyone can truly question the ambition this season. We spent an enormous amount in the summer, the most we ever have in a transfer window, reinvesting a lot, if not all, of the money from player sales. The problem is most of the players who came in have been duds, either not suiting the team or not being good enough. Which raises a whole load of other questions about Webber and the recruitment team.

     

    2 hours ago, Jim Smith said:

    Interesting there is never any mention of tracking African talent. Seems to be a deliberate ommision from the markets we look at. I guess most end up in (or indeed develop in) France or other European leagues but most lower half prem sides seem to have an African player or two. 

    And not sure this is quite right, Jim. Three out of the bottom five clubs don't have an African player in their squad. Although I agree with you original point about recruiting African talent. Does seem an oversight.


  14. On 23/09/2020 at 16:49, BroadstairsR said:

    "Streaming Revenues
    The way it works currently is that the home team keep all of the revenue for the tickets they sell through their own website and they also get the revenue for the first 500 that buy via the away team. For example: for Saturday’s game against Bolton, we sold 452 iFollow passes, (so we keep all of the revenue from those), and Bolton sold 2252 iFollow passes, (of which we get the revenue from the first 500).

    This has put a very new aspect on the revenue that is available to clubs this season. Bolton made more money in gate receipts from our home fixture than we did because they had the revenue from 1,752 iFollow passes whereas we had the revenue from 952 iFollow passes. In normal times, we would have expected about £54,000 in home gate receipts from this fixture but we will receive just shy of £8,000, whereas Bolton would have expected about £600 for the 5% commission we pay them but will have received about £14,000 more than that.

    We sold just over 300 streams for the away game against Bradford, so we earnt £0.00 for that away game and I expect that to be the case for every away game this season. So based on twenty three away games, Bolton look set to receive about £345,000 from the streaming of their away games this season whilst we can look forward to approximately £0.00.

    Perhaps these facts might help some of you that think we should still be in the Championship understand what we are up against."

    While this is true for League 1, I believe the Championship has a different system in place for iFollow, whereby the club who sells the service keeps the streaming fees.

    Also iFollow apparently increased their share of the income from roughly 20:80 to 30:70 this season, due to the rise in the number of matches being shown and work required to facilitate that.


  15. 2 minutes ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said:

    I wonder if a loan move for Idah might be something the club are considering. In his interview about Hugill arriving Farke lists Sinani as one of the striker options. 

    I guess it is similar to Cantwell last summer - the club were thinking of loaning him out but his development jumped massively in pre-season and they realised they had to keep him. If Idah impresses in pre-season and the first month of the season then they’ll keep him around. If not, 40 games at a League One club could be the spark his development needs. 

    Suggested this the other day because, as you mention, a full season playing could be huge for his development, especially at such an important time in his career.

     How much playing time will he realistically get with us behind Pukki and Hugill? Throw in Sinani and the minutes are reduced further.

    Michael Bailey, however, appears to have dismissed this idea in his Athletic piece today: "Teemu Pukki will complete Norwich’s forward options for their EFL Championship campaign alongside Idah and Hugill."


  16. Benik Afobe went to Stoke last year for £12m

    Helder Costa cost £15m this summer

    Che Adams £15m from Birmingham to Southampton

    WBA paid £8m for Kenneth Zohore (!)

    Brentford are holding out for £20m for their two strikers. QPR are rumoured to want £15m for Eberechi Eze.

    Whether you think Hugill is right for us or not, £2.6m rising to £5m with add-ons for a bloke who scored 13 league goals last season is a small outlay in comparison.

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