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  1. Think he’s been told that he can go in the summer to see if he can get a 2 year contract elsewhere to see out his career rather than stay at Norwich for another year and then be out of contract and risk not getting another deal elsewhere.
  2. Reduction in the wage budget thanks to players departing will help a little but you are 100% correct we will still need a big sale to balance the books. In regard to wages I imagine we will be losing approx. the following: Gibson £35k + a week Idah £20k a week Batth £25k a week Dimi G £25k a week Placheta £15k a week Sorensen £15k a week And probably a few more. above equates to over £7m a year. One thing is certain, we will be shopping in the bargain bin unless there is a big injection of cash from somewhere.
  3. Will be a big clear out in the summer and in some respects I don’t hold it against Knapper that we have been quiet in January so far, especially in regard to incomings. I hope he is just keeping his powder dry for the summer, rather than being a rabbit in the headlights. Time will tell. I imagine we will see a striker come in on loan before the end of the window to facilitate Idah departing. I am led to believe that before Hwang got injured the plan was definitely to get Idah moved on. So I imagine assuming we get a loan striker in to facilitate his move to Italy. It’s sad that Adam has never kicked on as we all hoped. In a strange way I also think it makes it easier for the club hierarchy to make the decision to let him go given he is on overinflated wages for the next 4 and a half years. £20k a week for that period of time is a huge burden for the club if he’s not going to develop into a hugely sellable asset as we had hoped. Sadly it appears to me Ashley Barnes has been a huge flop, he looks every bit the 34+ year old past it striker, who was never that prolific in the first place. The insistence on playing his as number 10 is even more baffling to me. The fact Barnes is on huge wages and here for another year doesn’t help things either in regard to Idah staying as there is no chance we would be able to offload Barnes without paying him off as nobody is going to take on £30k a week wages for him. In regard to Rowe it seems quite clear to me that he will be off in the summer rather than January. Seems we will look for a bidding war in the summer and I imagine that Knapper and the club will a) be very much in need of the money and b) see Kamara as his replacement after his successful loan at Pompey. In a similar vain to Rowe I would not be surprised to see Gunn leave in the summer. I think he only has one year left on his contract after this one and with a father who is an agent and family based in the north west I imagine they will be hoping for a big Euros with Scotland and to get a move on the back of that. Its going to be a huge summer for NCFC. We will know so much more about Knapper once next season starts. Fingers crossed he transforms the playing squad and coaching staff, which in turn will hopefully breath fresh energy into a fan base that is downbeat and is (rightly IMO) highly sceptical of everything that is happening at the club at the moment both on and off the pitch. OTBC
  4. A load of their fans left at half time as well
  5. Dimi just frustrates the life out of me. Very little end product despite being cultured on the ball. He’s also unbelievable meek and not the bravest. Pulls out of tackles all over the place. For the price we paid and the wages he is on I feel he has been a bit of a disappointment. I feel McCallum should have developed better than he has in his time at Norwich, he still plays like a promising kid rather than someone who has been around for a while now. I guess a good coach would have helped him develop more. Very good in the air and think there is more to come from him going forward. I’m not sure he enjoys the defensive side of things much though, always jogs back with no real urgency or positional sense when we are out of possession. Taking finances into consideration I’d keep Sam and let Dimi go.
  6. It feels more and more likely to me that our board will finally wake up and sack Wagner at the end of January, just as the transfer window closes. They will finally make the decision when we have taken few if any points form Hull, West Brom and Leeds games and been knocked out the cup by Bristol Rovers. The decision will be reluctantly made as they will suddenly start to panic about season ticket renewals.
  7. He’s played over 50 games for us and I fail to remember him having a good game. has scored 1 goal and can’t remember too many assists. Over hyped because we “stole” him from Ipswich. falls into the same camp as Idah, Thinks he has made it as we gave him a contract way above his actual current value. Desperately needs/needed a loan to League 1 or 2 to get 40+ games under his belt starting week in week out. Can’t see him ever making it with us.
  8. Tomkinson is finished at the club, two very poor loans in League 2 where he has struggled to get game time.
  9. Where is Forshaw, he was back from injury and on the bench for the Ipswich game but has disappeared from the bench again since then? Is he injured yet again? All been very quiet. Of all the signings we made in the summer he has to be the biggest panic buy. Farke didn't offer him another contract at Leeds as he didn't feel he was up to the riggers of a championship season, which is telling especially as he then signed Sam Byram, yet we saw fit to offer him a contract. shocking recruitment.
  10. I think Delia and many of her fans actually think Norwich City only began when Michael and her took over. Amazing how many times anything before that has been airbrushed by them. I remember her going on about how Farke’s team were the best ever NCFC team…. Completely forgetting anything what went before her tenure.
  11. Almost as classy as drunkenly ranting at the fans at half time all those years ago and then abusing the fans at an AGM this week. As the old saying goes “In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you” Delia let her mask slip this week and she only has herself to blame for the consequences.
  12. I think Sara is made out to be a bit better than he his currently. No doubt he has talent and has scored some great goals but to me he’s a highlights reel type player currently. He can’t play in a midfield 2, where we insist on playing him, which doesn’t help us or him. I wish we had just given him the number 10 role and built round him as then we would really discover how good he is. We have been blessed with some brilliant attacking midfielders in the last decade or so in Wes, Maddison & Buendia and currently I don’t think Sara is anywhere near their quality. He doesn’t take games by the scruff of the neck like they did, they completely ran games when they were on song where as he seems to go missing for chunks of games and isn’t consistent enough for me personally yet. He’s young and has potential so time will tell how good he actually goes on to be. At the moment however I think some elements of our fan base slightly overrate him, predominantly because, other than Rowe, we have so little flair and talent in the side.
  13. What about when McNally came in fired Gunn straight away…. It didn’t work out too badly did it?
  14. If the comments attributed to Neil Adams tonight are indeed correct and represent the stance being taken by the powers that be at our club then there seems only one way this all plays out which is humiliation at Portman Road. It is going to be horrendous to stomach getting absolutely thumped by that lot from Suffolk but I think then and only then will the fans switch from the current apathy to anger towards the board.
  15. No surprise he is injured, his whole career has been plagued by injury. Another really poor signing this summer sadly. On a more positive note i have read several articles of late, talking up Finley Welch. Can anyone who knows more about the U21's and academy give details of what type of player he is? Appears he is predominantly a midfielder but is versatile from what I can gather. How far is he realistically off the first team?
  16. McCallum wanted to leave before the window shut and Wagner told him he was not part of his plans. Very nearly went to Swansea I believe. So unless we get a new manager I very much doubt he will be hanging around. Gibson on big big wages and misses family up in the north east so don’t think either party will likely be looking to renew. Dimi has sadly been a huge let down as a player. Came with a relatively big reputation but has never delivered. Not sure he is really cut out for English football as pretty mentally and physically weak. Forshaw and Batth were both stop gaps that currently haven’t worked for one reason or another so look every bit panic buys by a distracted Sporting Director. Sorenson has flattered to deceive, has never broken into the team unless we have an injury crisis, even then he seems to be made of glass himself so again imagine he will depart. Seems strange to think/say it but Placheta looks the most likely to have a chance of staying but depends on his wages, if he’s on big wages I imagine we will cut and run and give the likes of Abu Kamera his squad spot.
  17. Thanks Essex. Pompey would be a good move for him. May impact on Kamara’s loan spell there for us though.
  18. Has Josh Martin got a club since he left us? Thought he had a bit of talent but haven’t heard his name mentioned anywhere.
  19. Even the name change hasn’t helped him 🤣
  20. His record as both a player and a coach at NCFC is outstandingly bad. This may just be coincidence and I’m sure he is a lovely guy but it just doesn’t fell like Norwich is the right fit for him.
  21. I fear it is because we can’t afford the pay off for the whole backroom staff, who all need to be cleared out not just Wagner. They are all culpable for the inept tactics we repeatedly try and use each week. The cost of getting rid of the whole Huddersfield gang will be a big figure and it’s clear to see from the accounts we haven’t got any money. Any self respecting manager would not want Hughes and co to be forced upon them as their backroom staff.
  22. Did i imagine it or did he leave after falling out with Webber?
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