Making Plans 936 Posted January 9, 2015 Simple yes or no, no sermons, no preaching, no reasoning. Just a simple yes or no.Yes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted January 9, 2015 No A lot worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,336 Posted January 9, 2015 No such thing as a simple yes or no.I remain hopeful.as always. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacks Back 0 Posted January 9, 2015 In the long term - yesFor the rest of this season - no Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal Canary 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Slightly, yes.It''s hard not to feel positive when you''re presented with a such a lovely Scottish brogue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Juler 148 Posted January 9, 2015 No - status quo for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 271 Posted January 9, 2015 marginally better - hoping he can add the extra 10% needed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thas a rummun 2 Posted January 9, 2015 Very much so, yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dubai Mark 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Sorry, but am also in the "I remain hopeful" camp, impossible for me right now to feel either negative or positive as its such a strange appointment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,553 Posted January 9, 2015 No. Much less. Because McNally ignored my strong plea for a youthful and go-getting dreamtime quadrumvirate of Martin O''Neill, Neil Warnock, Glenn Hoddle and Alan Curbishley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gitto 0 Posted January 9, 2015 NoIn time, It''ll take time?Whatever you do DON''T answer the door to any door to door salesmen You''ll end up skint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kantata soul 0 Posted January 9, 2015 I think Alex Neil''s appointment is a panic move and backward step by a club which has run out of ideas and whose fans are nostalgic for the past.Making Alex Neil manager is just a sop to unhappy fans who are searching for a tough strongman as an emotional crutch to lean on. They want a rugby style blood and thunder scrap instead of an elegant and clever game of football. The trouble with going for the ''power option'' is that we''re competing with several other clubs who are attempting to go down a similar route but are better financed or bigger clubs.In Uwe Rosler there was a viable choice available who would have been able to modernise the playing style and lift the club up a level. But inexplicably we''ve opted for a novice who plays a dated kick and rush game which is supplemented with token passing to make it look more modern. Those choosing the new manager, whilst probably good at accounting and dealing with the bank manager, are obviously illiterate when it comes to the game of football.Alex Neil''s appointment demonstrates that there''s no long term plan or ambition within the boardroom. There''s no sense of direction as the slightest difficulty causes long term plans to be ripped up and a complete change of tack. The board are content for Norwich to be a Championship club which occassionally gets promoted and once in a blue moon manages to stay in the Premiership for more than one season.Competing on strength and power like Stoke under Pulis instead of competing on quality like Swansea or Bournemouth is futile, a grievous error which will prevent the club from becoming an established premiership side.Instead of progressing, the club has become a Paul Lambert tribute band, a nostalgia act which plays the hits of yesteryear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0 Posted January 9, 2015 [quote user="Dubai Mark"]Sorry, but am also in the "I remain hopeful" camp, impossible for me right now to feel either negative or positive as its such a strange appointment.[/quote]This Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westcoastcanary 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Nobody knows what style of football Alex Neil is committed to. All we know is what style of football enabled him to take Hamilton Accies into the Scottish Prem, and to third in that league (at the present time), with the (limited) resources at his disposal. Why ASSUME he hasn''t the intelligence and football nous to adjust to the demands of the club he works for, the league he is in, and the quality of the players available to him? To condemn him at this point in time as playing "a dated kick and rush game supplemented with token passing to make it look more modern" is surely jumping to a quite unjustified conclusion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,531 Posted January 9, 2015 Not more optimistic, just grateful we haven''t gone for some has been manager that has been round the houses a few times. Refreshing change and a return to more Lambert - or dare I say McCarthy - down to earth, proper competitive football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,544 Posted January 9, 2015 More optimistic about the football, less optimistic about the people who''ve written the new manager off already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flying high up in the sky! 1 Posted January 9, 2015 Yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,553 Posted January 9, 2015 [quote user="PurpleCanary"]No. Much less. Because McNally ignored my strong plea for a youthful and go-getting dreamtime quadrumvirate of Martin O''Neill, Neil Warnock, Glenn Hoddle and Alan Curbishley.[/quote]But seriously, yes. I see a comparison with Billy Davies, but in a good way. The Billy Davies who got a small Scottish club outperforming, carried on the good work with Preston and then got a very average Derby side promoted. Neil sounds like the Davies before the latter went bad. Tough, focused, very demanding of his players and tactically on the ball. However things go from now I doubt fans will have much reason to complain that the best is not being got out of the squad or that there has been a lack of effort. Passion I couldn''t care less about. It is for pimply youths and old men trying to act young. But effort is a requirement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bury Yellow 2 Posted January 9, 2015 So I take it that''s yes estrada rumtotal?Jolly good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Felixfan 53 Posted January 9, 2015 Optimistic and excited, but have been here many times before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
