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  1. Posted

    there was a lot of outrage when we loaned him out but I feel that this will be beneficial for his career and for us. He was always going to have limited time here, it will be good if he can become a little bit stronger on the ball and get the same positive experience as Jacob and Josh.

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    [quote user="treacletown07"]Newcastle looked disjointed and poor defensively.

    I am not really impressed with any of their signings and they don''t look better thanoour players.

    If we stick together and are compact then we will can get automatic promotion with a couple of sensible striking additions.

    The key is not making or being forced into wholesale changes.[/quote]

    I would take Hayden and Ritchie. Other than that, meh.

  7. Posted

    NORWICH City midfielder Wes Hoolahan has signed a new contract with the Canaries, keeping him at Carrow Road until at least 2018.

    The summer of 2018 will mark 10 years since the popular Ireland international signed for City from Blackpool, after which he has gone on to feature 338 times in all competitions, scoring 45 times.

    Read more at http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/wes-hoolahan-norwich-city-contract-3219551.aspx#yrLbOKy7TRkhp7h2.99

    The man is a god

  9. Posted

    have you ever played football Indy?

    This article is based purely on stats and not convincing ones, it is also written by someone with a lack of understanding of the way the game is actually played. He is weak on the ball, i''ve never seen him win a 50/50. Given the way the game has changed this day and age being a poacher/finisher is not good enough to get you in any starting XI. There are no current strikers in the premier league who are pure finishers, they can hold the ball up or use pace (much like Jerome) but RVW is a dying breed.

    RVW is not good, he has not been good and anyone who was even at the peterborough game could see that he is just not good enough. He is now playing in a league where a 36 year old Dirk Kuyt can score over 20 goals. I expect he will score a few over there (given the standard is terrible) and you will be running to say how good he is back on here. The reality is that he''s had 3 different managers and NONE of them have rated him as good enough.

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    ah yes, you need to blend in so asking a steward where your seat is you''ll stand out like a sore thumb no one ever does that.

    I''ve also been a matchday steward for York city and they have often told me to be on the look out for scouts and try and find them and eject them.

    I thought I was just a man in a jacket but the power is great.

  14. Posted

    [quote user="True Grit"][quote user="Duncan Edwards"]More sound advice.

    I note that packed lunches were mentioned earlier and we''ve now broached services.

    Do you find it difficult to resist the Krispy Kreme donuts and KFCs? Or do you partake and then employ a rigorous exercise regime in order to maintain an athletically professional aesthetic for potential clients?[/quote]

    I generally eat clean, but there will be instances where you need to change your appearance if you''re revisiting a hostile club, who are suspicious of scouts tapping up their players. In which case I will bulk up for a week or so before using foods with high fat contents - I will stress that method-scouting is rare, but an essential skill.[/quote]

    Ah yes, eating fatty foods for a week would obviously make you practically invisible. I''m sure the 3 pounds you''d put on would make you unnoticeable.

    Would you recommend drinking a coffee so you''re more alert?

    Would you recommend asking a steward where your seat as as they can be difficult to find at times?

    What''s your opinion on buying a program so you know who each player is based on their number?

  15. Posted

    I spoke about the club spending 12 million and stated that it was relatively unimportant. 12 million does make little difference in terms of the clubs finances or yourself. Which it is in reality. You compared this to spending 1.6 billion on the worlds best players...

    If you think you''ve ''caught me out'' and you''re happy to have done so with your coherent argument then fair enough mate.

  16. Posted

    [quote user="Indy_Bones"][quote user="Mark Fotheringham City Legend"]

    What difference does it make if the club spends 12 million. It actually makes no difference to the club or yourself other than saying ''well we spent 12 million on someone''

    I think you''ve been playing a bit too much Football Manager kid.[/quote]I wish we''d have known that the amount of money spent made no difference to the club, if only we''d known that we''d have signed half the Barca side, a selection of the best players across the world, and when asked where the 1.3billion (or whatever it would cost to sign these players) is coming from, we could simply answer "It makes no difference to us, we just spent 1.3billion"...The fact that you think transfer fees are irrelevant and make no difference shows the rest of us exactly who the ''Kid'' is.[/quote]

    Good to see the point has gone completely over your head.

    12 million is completely comparable to 1.6 billion so that is certainly a relevant critique on what i said. I''m sure those players would love to go to Norwich and FFP would not be an issue at all. Complete non-post and taking what i said out of context.

    They are certainly irrelevant when comparing whether we sign a striker for 12 million or 7-8 million. 5 million pounds is not a lot of money for a club in our position.

    Can you please tell me what relevance a 12 million fee has with no resale value than a 15 million fee with a potential resale value (with nothing guaranteed) as OP suggested.

  17. Posted

    [quote user="True Grit"][quote user="93vintage"]The club''s aim is to get promoted this year at whatever cost, hence we''re not building for the future. We''re paying a lot for ''safe'', experienced players, but the trouble with this plan is that in the longer term we won''t be able to compete with richer clubs.Eventually our luck will run out and we''ll fail to get promoted. The team will then decline because we won''t even be able to afford to replace like for like.We need to keep building. Because every year we don''t do so, we fall further behind.[/quote]

    Great post, that''s exactly it. We have fallen into, and perhaps have always taken the safe option.

    Last season we had the chance to make marquee signings and really push. I suggested high profile players, the likes of dzecko, Pato and Barton. I predicted we would be relegated unless we took a calculated risk on signing players of this stature and caliber. Unfortunately my prediction became a reality.

    As we''ve lost out premier league status we don''t have the option of top level players. I beleive it''s important to sign experienced work horses this year to fight us back into the tip flight - this season won''t be pretty, the players need to bite down hard on their gumsheilds (metaphorically speaking) and tough it out.[/quote]

    Dzeko would never go to Norwich, neither could we afford him.

    Pato is past it, would never go to Norwich and we couldn''t afford him.

    Barton is toxic. We would have been able to afford him but not the sort of player most of us would like at the club.

    No to all three.

  18. Posted

    Bamford did absolutely nothing in his time at Norwich to suggest that we should be going for him at any level.

    To suggest that you''d rather have someone completely unproven from ''barcelona youth academy'' or someone who has played 2 games for Chelsea instead of a player like mccormack is utterly delusional. Also, what makes you think an 18-19 year old would want to leave his country to play in the championship?

    What difference does it make if the club spends 12 million. It actually makes no difference to the club or yourself other than saying ''well we spent 12 million on someone''

    I think you''ve been playing a bit too much Football Manager kid.
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