Syteanric 1 Posted December 31, 2016 Get used to it because mid table mediocrity is order of the day for the next few seasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
? 0 Posted December 31, 2016 Yep, in a couple of years an away draw at Brentford will be considered an excellent result! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JF 694 Posted December 31, 2016 To see the future you merely need to look into the past. We''re heading back to the pre Lambert years in afraid, and with the owners future plans it''s looking grim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted December 31, 2016 Sadly everything is pointing that way. What a shame for our club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis DW 11 Posted December 31, 2016 Blah blah blah. That wasn''t so bad.A few positives to be had, but not from most negatives on this board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 556 Posted December 31, 2016 ABSOLUTELY agree with all of this.The dying embers of the Lambert legacy are fading out.We failed to capitalise on the special opportunity gifted to us and, with more and more Championship clubs selling out to big investors, we are settling into lower mid table obscurity.It makes you realise what a true magician Paul Lambert was ... such a shame he left so soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 31, 2016 It''s not Lambert leaving that was the problem it was when Mcnally left that our real troubles started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JF 694 Posted December 31, 2016 Lewis DW wrote the following post at 31/12/2016 7:42 PM:Blah blah blah. That wasn''t so bad. A few positives to be had, but not from most negatives on this board. 😄👏🏻 😄👏🏻😄👏🏻😄👏🏻😄👏🏻 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 929 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="Ron Manager"]Yep, in a couple of years an away draw at Brentford will be considered an excellent result![/quote]The sad thing is that some people consider today''s result as excellent.When you''ve got supporters who believe that then we''re really in trouble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Scott 238 Posted December 31, 2016 Club are a soft touch from the board all the way down to the fans. We will be in league one within 2 seasons, guaranteed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis DW 11 Posted December 31, 2016 No one has called it excellent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="Inch High aka Inchy.."]It''s not Lambert leaving that was the problem it was when Mcnally left that our real troubles started.[/quote]To be fair it started when he was here. He wasn''t the catalyst of it but he definately wasn''t the messiah he''s made out to be either.Parted company with every club he''s been at and not in the game presently.What is a chief exec if not a mouth piece for the board at any company? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis DW 11 Posted December 31, 2016 You can''t guarantee. I think you mean "you think or believe'' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,655 Posted December 31, 2016 people have maybe forgotten what''s its like to be a mid-table team, I dont think we''ve been one now (at least during the season) for a decade now as we''ve always been either trying to get out of a division or stay in one. As Kelly Dalglish/Cates -whatever her name is pointed out after the game today, if you''re a team who can only beat bottom half teams but loses to the top half , then doesn''t it suggest that ,that is what we actually are? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted December 31, 2016 Indeed it does.We''ve won 10 and lost 10. Bang average with a 1 goal difference.Players not good enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,239 Posted December 31, 2016 FFS, snap out of it. If you want constant success go and support one of the big boys. We are NCFC, it''s all ups and downs and we will get through the downs It''s what we do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted December 31, 2016 Don''t expect regular success.I''d be happy if we emulated Stoke, Bournemouth or Watford though...Progressive clubs establishing as one of the 20 best in the country with a real chance of cup success... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,352 Posted December 31, 2016 Well we did emulate bournemouth and Watford just a couple of years ago. Swansea did even better but I notice wanting to be them seems to have dried up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted December 31, 2016 I just want to be Norwich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted December 31, 2016 We won''t ever progress to a side like Southampton or a Stoke whilst under the current ownership. This club is going backwards rapidly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Essjayess 307 Posted December 31, 2016 The future started last year early in the Premiership, retaining the Whittakers and Martins etc. As early in the season as Southampton away i could see the way we were headed, the Newcastle away game really cemented that imo. But the main reason i always expected us to return to a mid table Champs side was not the players but the manager. Alex had enough newness and grit inside him to motivate the side to Wembley and promotion in those first 6 months, but ever since, we have seen him struggle, totally inept at finding a right formation and a regular starting 11, a situation that has continued thru nearly all of last season and now halfway thru this season.We will now see the breakup of the team, yes, season after season of mid table Champs football, reality hits home when we realise we are joining our cousins in treading their path. AN has to go, sooner or later, and will, but the story is already written, we are here, and here is where we will be for the forseeable future, no matter what new manager we get in.But i knew this would happen so not so glum, we''ve found our natural position. Would only be really despondent if we went down again to L1 and the club once again found themselves in dire straights financially, something which is not, at this moment in time, not looking likely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GPs Beard 0 Posted December 31, 2016 Cyclical? Or just some absolutely shocking transfer windows . ? Or is that the same thing ? Does Canos paint the dugouts now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted December 31, 2016 Essjayess, that is the best post i''ve read here for a long time.It really wouldn''t have mattered if it had been Hughton, Adams or Neil... whoever the manager was we''ve been heading this way for a while...i feel for AN somewhat as it will always be seen as his failing, but the club has been heading this way for a long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 556 Posted December 31, 2016 For me the problems began the moment that we hired Hughton.We ended that Lambert Prem season as a vibrant, dynamic and free scoring team with momentum. After Hughton''s first Christmas the magic dust had been shaken off and we deteriorated into a negative and paranoid pale shadow of our former selves. Just look at what happened to Grant Holt.Keeping hold of Hughton for as long as we did wrecked any hope of building something sustainable from Lambert''s foundations.We should have been more ambitious and looked beyond the Championship when it came to replacing Lambert ... with our star at its highest.We would have been an exciting prospect for a more effective manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
City 2nd 191 Posted January 1, 2017 Lewis DW wrote the following post at 2016-12-31 11:42 PM:Blah blah blah. That wasn''t so bad. A few positives to be had, but not from most negatives on this board. And apart from not losing, they were what exactly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 929 Posted January 1, 2017 [quote user="ricardo"]FFS, snap out of it. If you want constant success go and support one of the big boys. We are NCFC, it''s all ups and downs and we will get through the downs It''s what we do.[/quote]It may be "what we do" and it''s not about wanting "constant success"It''s about learning from previous mistakes and not making excactly the same mistakes again, and again and again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,290 Posted January 1, 2017 [quote user="Making Plans"][quote user="ricardo"]FFS, snap out of it. If you want constant success go and support one of the big boys. We are NCFC, it''s all ups and downs and we will get through the downs It''s what we do.[/quote]It may be "what we do" and it''s not about wanting "constant success"It''s about learning from previous mistakes and not making excactly the same mistakes again, and again and again.[/quote]Clubs do indeed go through cycles of success and struggle bug that does not mean you should accept it being self inflicted or the club doing nothing to try and avoid it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairy Canary 628 Posted January 1, 2017 Agreed MP. I''ve been round this cycle many times and the thing that you take on board is that you have to make the most of the opportunities when they come. That''s even more important now that getting promoted gives such a huge boost to the clubs income, something that want always the case.We had two wonderful chances recently and have blown both. The first when Lambert went was unfortunate because we did actually splash the cash in an attempt to stay up, but bought very badly.The second opportunity when AN took us up has been squandered by allowing the guy to stay for far, far too long. The squad has become disjointed, has been lacking desparately in key areas for way too long with millions spent on players that can''t even make the bench. In short the chance has been a totally wasted and the main reason for failure is still here, possibly about to be given another transfer window to "develop the squad".I understnd our level, which makes it so much more galling when we don''t have the balls at top level to take the tough decisions that would allow us to make most of our chances when they do come along. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 490 Posted January 1, 2017 We may find ourselves grateful for mid-table Champioship football. Once the parachute payment finishes next season we will sell, sell, sell to keep the debt within acceptable limits and could well slide into L1. There we will enjoy visits to old style grounds and advanced level Sunday parks football. At least the cook and her bag carrier will be able to flick their noses at those nasty PL rich kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted January 1, 2017 Agreed Crafty. To reduce our wage bill to only 15m will require wholesale disposal of any player with a resale value and a considerable scaling back of the academy. Relegation to league one looks set to be the overarching narrative for the 17/18 season, and if the board fails to act soon, that relegation may come as early as May. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites