Kanadyan Kanary

McCarthy should have done better there. Went thru his hands. OTBC

Thank God, Hanley is still on the pitch!

C'mon. This is better!

I don't disagree from a Dean Smith perspective but I would "expect" the players to be more up for it than they have been.

Feel for Pukki. Ploughing a loan furrow up front.

Wow - this is concerning. I expected more of a bravo, win or die attitude from our players, to try and impress the new coach.

Yep... its only a matter of time before they score. Midfield is non-existent at the moment.

Pukki.... with his head!!!!

Very similar team to one that started against Leicester: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Williams Lees-Melou McLean Gilmour Cantwell, Pukki, Rashica So Normann in for Lees-Melou. Lets hope the boys are up for it today.

I like this too. I think Gilmour needs 2 defensive midfielders around him. With Scotland, he has McGinn and McTominay, which means he can have more of a free role in the middle of the park.

Or perhaps they shouldn't comment until they have done the research. That would be more adult-like.

You have to laugh. All these posters who are saying it was a no at the beginning but now they are warming to him. His record hasn't changed in a week. Its a bit like players who become better in peoples mind, when they are sitting on the bench.

Its a No for me. The only positive I can see is that he kept Villa up but it shouldn't be forgotten that that was with a much better squad than he has inherited. He has no championship medals in his locker and only just got Villa promoted with a team of premiership loans that should have been fighting for the title.

Yep, you're right, My morale is low with news of this potential appointment. Hope abandoned!

He won't keep us up. Fact is he has failed in his position at Villa. Unlikely that he will turn things around with a lesser team .

Why is everyone lauding up Shakespeare? He was with Smith when he got sacked.

Judging by this board, I suspect the fans will turn quickly if he doesn't get the results. Just doesn't see like an appointment for the longer term.

I don't rate Kenny because he regularly gives the ball away or is easily dispossessed.

Definitely not. Step backwards!

Don't think Smith and Lampard are an improvement on Farke. Knutsen don't know too much about but I like the fact that he appears to have instilled a culture and way of playing that has been successful in Europe. That suggests to me that he would be a better fit for Norwich and a development on the culture that Farke had instilled in the Club.

We are back to our pedestrian play. We look spent in the middle of the park.

He didn't get onto it. The defender played it back.

Tense now!

That was Williams. Dowell stepped over it.

Poor defending again.