Grant Holts Moustache

If it is true a loan would make most sense particularly with a year left on his contract. Yes his loan at West Brom didn't quite go as expected but his Sheffield Wednesday one seemed to be him finding his feet again and playing more regularly after not doing so since he left us.

He is. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/jacob-murphy-middlesbrough-sheffield-wednesday-18765597 Quote from Monk too: When asked to assess Murphy's contribution at the end of last season, Monk said: "I’ve been pleased with him. I think his performance levels have been much more consistent." "I think there is still a bit of roughness and rawness to him in certain situations but I think his attitude towards the work has been fantastic and I have really enjoyed working with him."

He posted a similar number of goals and assists last season for Sheffield Wednesday as he did the season we sold him. I don't disagree that it is probably agent talk but a little harsh to say he had one good season where he overperformed.

Saw something about them still owing £81m in transfer fees and before Ake only having £5m due to them. They need to sell to get their wage bill down too so expect a few more before they can really start to spend.

That's not how it happened at all. Fulham was first game of the season. He went on to play another 35 games under Farke and finish second top scorer behind Maddison that season.

He's got 4 years worth of admin experience as the director of a top 26 club...

I don't think they have gone full tilt at any point in this game. There's been no need to.

This is pathetic. It's just so easy.

Was coming on to post just that. Can forgive a lack of quality but set pieces is something where we can be a lot better through good coaching. It's not just defending them either. We never look likely to score them at the other end. Even on throw ins we may as well just give it to the opposition. This must be somewhere we look to bring in some specialised coaching as even a marginal improvement would make a lot of difference.

Unless Rangers sold someone am not sure they could afford him. His wages will be decent here and we won't let him go easily as he is our best all round cm.

Not really. Hernandez could play for months and not find an end product. We need goals.

I think Aarons. Krul has been steady and consistent but never really put in the type of performances we needed if we were to stay up. Not that many others have.

I don't think Cantwell was stopped by a violent challenge. Looked like a collision when they showed the replays. Free kick yes but red never.

It was a red. He prevented a goal scoring chance. You also see players booked for similar tactics most games when they do the same in the middle third to prevent teams breaking.

December we were told they couldn't change rules on VAR midseason (despite them being implemented incorrectly) because of the integrity of the game. Fast forward a few months and every hair brained idea possible is being explored because the integrity of the game no longer matters apparently. Can't say I see how 5 subs benefits anyone other than the wealthiest clubs in a league that is already massively skewed because of the finances of those same clubs. Teams were already playing games every 3 or 4 days so I don't buy the injuries reason.

Rumours on the Ipswich forum that it was at Evan's request...

Isn't the club just responding to supply and demand. Demand is high and tickets are hard to come by so if they can sell out at £35 a ticket why charge £25 and reduce the budget you have to spend on new signings, wages and infrastructure?

Sure it was poorly timed to say the least! However the player had said in an interview that he signed a contract with us before we announced it.

Two of the pieces never even mention Norwich. Telegraph no idea as won't pay to read that. Even the Daily Mail one despite not knowing it is a free transfer only actually criticise us for that. In the lead up they also say: "Yes, they operate on a far smaller budget than their Premier League rivals - as Sportsmail reported last April, they took a slender transfer budget of £20m with them into the Premier League with an eye on preserving their financial future. They're bottom of the league as it stands but when clubs have shredded themselves for throwing mountains of money on Premier League survival and failed, a responsible business model does deserve respect."

Also emailed lots of Amazon affiliates yesterday reducing their commissions for certain products, some by 65% - 80%. Interestingly the reduction is mainly for products that have increased in demand recently. He just got a lot richer and reduced a lot of peoples income at the same time.

I disagree that most away from a city forum feel this way. Was even a thread on TWTD this week where the Sinani deal was posted and everyone apart from the OP was in agreement that even if the timing of the announcement was poor there isn't a moral problem with the club forward planning. Even Shearer said that a club like Norwich will have to look at this differently to the elite premier league clubs.

You know when they sued they never asked for any money? They were trying to get the procurement process started over because they believed it was flawed. The company won the case which kind of proves they were right. Why are you not challenging the government regards this? Surely the issue should be that government and tax payer money is possibly being handed out to companies /organisations who are not the most cost effective or able to offer the best services to those who need them.

Footballers are payed by clubs via PAYE. Their wages cannot be set up in tax efficient ways as they are taxed at the point of pay and receive their money after tax. Those receiving money for endorsements etc. may be able to be more tax efficient but I can't imagine the likes of Norwich and Sheffield United really have players earning fortunes from this type of deal. As for players can afford to take a 70% cut you don't know whether they can afford to do so. Like many of us they will live to their means and have their own circumstances. Throwing them all in together just doesn't work. Look at a squad like ours, we have many playing at the highest level they have ever played at, a few who only broke through in the last 1-2 years (Lewis, Aarons, Godfrey, Cantwell and Idah) and players like Zimmerman, Onel and Stipermann who were brought in because they were cheap and have spent their careers playing at low levels where the pay isn't what many associate with footballers. You also have to consider that for many of our players this will be the one and only season they earn this level of money. Whilst I am certain there are players out there who can afford to take cuts it is unfair to judge all of them based on the wealth of the very few players who earn the big money. What is right for Barcelona players isn't going to be the case for Norwich players.

Because you have literally no idea what they are doing behind the scenes. Put your pitchfork away until you have a clue what decisions they come to. Fifpro have recommended players do not agree individually because the talks are about a collective agreement across the league.

PFA and Premier League were meeting about this yesterday. Fifpro have recommended that players wait until the outcome of these talks. Let's not judge players just yet.