Cumbria Canary

Selling out to Chinese investors with no connection to the area or the club sounds just a bit desparate. Money certainly helps but no guarantee of success. In football, as in life, success is earned not bought.

When do the schools go back ?

Lambert''s gone never to be seen near Carrow Road again. Next.

Well put "Faded Jaded etc.." There are no easy answers and the simple truth is that we''re not quite good enough for the PL this season. If we do go down I expect AN still to be in charge next season with the job of rebuilding the squad from back to front. To many posters on here, the best managers are those out of work and the best players are those not in the squad.  Oh, if it were that simple. 

And what good does sacking the manager do FFS. It was the players who let the 2-0 advantage go not the manager. Is it half term ?

Interesting to venture on here occasionally to take the temperature of NCFC fans. The idea that West Ham could be AN''s last match in charge is plain daft. The board backed AN substantially this January because they believe he is one for the long term and I believe they are right. Hull and Burnley went down and they''ve sensibly stuck with their managers and it''s paying off. The idea that you can bring in someone (Pearson, for example) who will immediately turn things around is for the fairies. The reality is that we have to get behind the team and do our bit to make sure that at the season''s end we finish no lower than 17th place. There is no magic solution. We get out of this by backing the club and the manager.  

I thought he could but I''m beginning to have my doubts. This is certainly the biggest test he''s faced in his short managerial career.  I still think he has it within him to become a good manager, and the club should stick with him, but he needs decent support because, among other things, the constant team changes and strange tactical substitutions are not helping. What''s more worrying for me is the lack of zip and aggression in our approach. Tottenham man for man are better than us, but you would expect us to try to compensate by a greater work rate and closing down and making life difficult. But I didn''t see much of that tonite, especially in the first half. A gap is opening up between us and the group above so Saturday really is a must win.

Probably better to concern ourselves with matters on the pitch than worry about the composition of our board. If we had some of the people in charge of football clubs these days I would worry but happily our board is made up of people who love the club. Of course you could always move your support down the road if you''re seriously concerned but me I''m happy to put my trust in people who have long experience of running a football club and who for the most part have done a very good job. When does school start again ?

Well said a1. Some NCFC fans need to get a grip. Transfers are not like buying sweeties off a shelf. They need a player that wants to come here, and a club that''s willing to sell. I expect either or both were factors in some of our targets not coming to Carrow Road. And possibly the fact that we''re a newly promoted side with a young and relatively inexperienced manager may have played a part too. It wasn''t so long ago that many supporters were questioning Johnson''s abilities. He did great for us in the Champs but he was well down the pecking order after AN brought in midfield reinforcements. So a good deal for the club, and great respect to Johnson for not wanting to be a bench warmer. I''m confident we''ll stay up but it doesn''t help when our supporters just criticise and see conspiracy theories everywhere. Perhaps you would rather change places with QPR or Ipswich supporters.

I think you''d be better spending your time completing your homework before you go back to school. You either support NCFC or not.

As exciting as your company promising you a brand new Audi and then passing you off with a clapped out Ford Fiesta.

Not the best day at the office and the balance of play inevitably changed after Whittaker''s needless sending off.  We need to bring in reinforcements but we won''t be spending stupid money. As AN has said for us it''s about team spirit and that money can''t buy. A chance over the international break  - how pointless are they - to put some things right and bed new players in in time for that small team on the south coast  - Bournemouth. 

It was good under Lambert while it lasted but never look back. Given time AN will do an equally good job.  Doubt PL will be troubling the food banks any time soon.

You need to get out more. Do your homework, go for a run, play a game of squash, do some DIY whatever. We really don''t need any pointless posts about PL. He''s history, gone, never to come back. And, oh, his team lost 5-0 today to Arsenal.

Thanks for taking the trouble, as always, to post a report for those of us who weren''t able to be there. Lets hope we can kick on when Phelan arrives tomorrow.

Excellent appointment by NCFC. I wish I had the wisdom of some on here who seem to have such incredible knowledge and foresight to the extent of knowing far, far better than our board what is best for the club. Have the schools broken up ?

[quote user="skippdogg"]i hope this is true, would show we have some ambition[/quote]Would be more than happy with Lennon. Surely this has got to be a diversionary tactichttp://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/western_sydney_wanderers_head_coach_tony_popovic_emerges_as_a_shock_norwich_city_managerial_candidate_1_3598396How could we be taken seriously ? I''m sure someone said it''s Pep and Paddy just misheard.

Good posts on here. While our overall level of performance was poor for a long time, my personal view is that it was only after the WBA game that we were looking relegation in the face. Until then I thought Hughton would see us over the line - just - and we would change manager in the summer. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we will never know whether CH would have pulled some rabbits out of the hat. NA had an impossible job but I think he got more out of the players and sussed who was up for the fight and who wasn''t. A big rebuilding job in prospect over the summer for which we''ll need a savvy and shrewd Ch Exec. I sincerely trust that the Board and David McNally provide the stability we''ll need. Many will blame them but we can''t forget where we were before DMcN was appointed. I believe they''ll learn from our mistakes this season. OTBC.

Carlos has said most of what needs to be said on the subject.  We all make wrong calls but I know I would much rather have our Board and Ch Exec than most out there. Shxt happens so let''s just get on with the task of getting back into the Premiership.  We wouldn''t have wanted it but I seem to remember our 5 or 7 year plan allowed for relegation.

Wouldn''t be unhappy with Adams. But No to Malky Mackay. Sentimental choice - playing style much like Hughton''s and made some pretty poor signings at Cardiff. 

Lennon over Malky any day. Malky would be the sentimental choice and like Gunn it will never work.

It''s not whether Lambert would come back ; it''s whether we would want him back. The answer is a loud and resounding NO. Get over it and move on.

Watched on Now TV at home. Missed the first 15 minutes, saw we were 2-0 down and thought we were in for the usual pasting. But all credit to the players and the manager we played with attacking intent, showed passion, spirit and fight and I thought we deserved something from the game. The difference was that the team (and NA) actually believed they could get at least a point to the extent that Ruddy was sent up for a corner. Have to say Adams and his team seem on the evidence of this game to have a lot more about them.

Shame, I hoped CH would succeed. Decent bloke and had the club at heart. But over the past few games it looked, for whatever reason, like we were sleepwalking into relegation. We''ll know in five games whether NA''s appointment was the answer but in football, as in business, if you continue doing the same things you get the same results. Let''s hope this change stops the rot. Thank you CH and now let''s all get behind NA and pray ! Sad to say but I think NA will give us a bounce and let''s hope he can prove all the national pundits wrong.

Yes, on balance. Rome wasn''t built in a day and I think CH needs more time to get it right. But I trust the board to make the right decision. Our Ch Ex knows there''s discontent about the style of play and that must be part of the discussion re. next season.