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Just as he wasn't suited to Italian football either.

I can only think SVH was purchased (loaned) on the back of his father's name, he doesn't shape up as a footballer at all. As stated by all on here, to loan swap him with Idah was a terrible decision and that's not because Idah is anything special but you could always give him a go from the bench. It is worrying that within the club we have people capable of making such patently bad decisions, just like the string of duds we purchased to keep us in the Premiership last time, players totally out of their depth and impossible to off-load post relegation.

Thanks, Nuff Said.

For listening to away match commentaries, what does the paid-for Canaries Audio ticket give you over and above the free Radio Norfolk transmission?

If we are still working with the same scouting personnel who have unearthed the gems we have acquired in recent seasons, then it is a blessing that we have no money to **** up the wall.

Through last season, whenever critically question, Webber was adopting an attitude of indifference, he could take it or leave it. This was bad enough but to learn that he gave notice in March and was allowed to remain in post for up to a year is to me, the most unbelievable part of this whole sad story. To think that all the planning and recruitment for this 2023 - 2024 season was left in the hands of an individual who had long ago announced his disinterest in the club's future is a sad indictment of our owners. Is it not more than a coincidence that successive managers, Farke, Smith and now Wagner, have all failed to get anything out of the squads that Webber has assembled for them? So we arrive at this point where there's no one around to sack Wagner, nobody suitable to appoint a replacement and a season that was over in October. Can't wait for renewal time in February.

Webber's time at the club is very much a tale of two halves, wonderfully successful initially and pretty woeful thereafter. It strikes me a little unusual that he remains in place working his notice. Here, we have a man structuring our rebuild and then leaving before we get to judge the results. That he is strongly rumoured to be joining a Championship rival makes his presence even more questionable. A previous post on this thread was critical of our owners for not following the lead of other listed clubs in not chasing success with more (borrowed?) cash. Could it be that the manner in which £55m. was sprayed up the wall two seasons ago, has deterred them from that idea? Such terrible recruitment that the purchases were not only not good enough for the league for which we bought them, they were not good enough for the league to which we were relegated.

Nexus_Canary wrote: "Don't ignore the Americanisation of the spelling of amasing either." Do what?

I felt the parting of the ways with Dean Smith became a no-brainer and that the David Wagner appointment appears to be as good as we could hope for. My concerns looking ahead are not borne out of Wagner's ability but out of the task he has taken on. Bundesliga follower Dan O'Hagan defends Wagner's time at Schalke with the following words: " "It was a difficult time. The club was in flux off the field as well as on it. There was no money to bring in new players, the players that were brought in weren't really up to standard in the Bundesliga. Finances had all but dried up, it was a team in no way equipped to be competitive in that league". Reading that, I guess Wagner will feel he has landed on familiar territory.

I totally agree with the title of this thread. In fact I'd put a couple more pleases in front for emphasis. Triggered by some of the comments on the thread, I've looked at the Swansea message board and it is reminiscent of when Martin was here. The only difference is that as a manager he does not appear to have any supporters whereas here, as a player, he did have a sizeable number who bought into his rhetoric. As has been said before, if there is any serious consideration of bringing him back here, it is important that Webber takes a look at what's being said down in Wales. And for further evidence of why he should be dismissed from consideration, have a look at his post-match presser yesterday. One by one, he names almost every player as he throws them under the bus. He comes over looking even more beleaguered than Dean Smith did in his final interview. Only difference, Smith handled himself more honourably.

He didn't get the credit he deserved from the Sky commentary team as they waxed lyrical about Martin's shot from outside the box. "Krul absolutely nowhere near it - no chance" screamed one of them. No, he only finger tipped it onto the post.

Thanks for that Vazza, I'll definitely benefit from that for the next away match.

My reception was excellent tonight as it has been for the other games I've seen. My only problem was the home commentary team. I would have much preferred the Radio Norfolk coverage and never thought I'd hear myself saying that but it eventually gets to you when the game is increasingly seen through opposition lenses. So many times, while paying lip service to impartiality and referring to Brentford, reference would be made to "they" but as the sentence developed there was much talk about "we" and any talk of "they" had become a reference to Norwich. All very confusing and annoying so watched last half hour with sound muted.

Farke is constantly referring to the difficulties caused by these protracted European and English transfer windows and he certainly has problems while they remain open. However, for me the single biggest influence on today's result was not the mindset of Buendia or Aarons or Cantwell but the fact that again, we didn't convert a penalty when awarded one. Commentators and the press saw today's effort as a piece of really bad luck resulting from the excessive amount of rain and whilst that factor did not help, I do not think it was the whole problem. The fact that in taking the kick Pukki elected to assume a 45degree position meant that to lose his standing foot was hardly surprising. His confidence as a striker may not have recovered from last season when he failed to score on numerous one on ones with the keeper and I wonder if this continued to trouble him in this penalty scenario. I don't know what would be considered a good conversion rate for a penalty taker but do feel that Norwich have struggled in this respect for many seasons. We always consider ourselves hard done by as far as penalty awards are concerned, so it is all the more important to score when we do get one. It seems an awfully long time since we could feel confident of scoring when one was awarded, probably back to Neil Adams's playing days.

Harry53 wrote: And Chelsea once they find out that Lampard can't manage??? Have they re-registered their name for this season as Derby did last year? Frank Lampard's Chelsea.