Hodgson

[paul moy 235]

Soon on his way, according to Talksport

[SwindonCanary 457]

Did they say Alex Neil was leaving ?

[paul moy 235]

Nothing confirmed but they said he was on the brink..... exact words, so if we lose tonight perhaps he is out. 

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="SwindonCanary"]Did they say Alex Neil was leaving ?[/quote]

Having him in some advisory capacity can''t be a bad thing.

[wcorkcanary 4,784]

But will AN listen?

[Syteanric 1]

Talksh*t is the radio equivalent of that bloke in the pub.

Says 100 different things about 100 different things, gets one right then ''told us all so''....

[Crafty Canary 547]

The DM are reporting the same claiming Neil has two games for the team to show significant improvement otherwise heis out and crony Roy is in. If this happens we might as well be known as Crony City. Hughtonesque football without any of the attacking intent. You couldn''t make it up!

[Capt. Pants 5,008]

[quote user="Daz Sparks"][quote user="SwindonCanary"]Did they say Alex Neil was leaving ?[/quote]

Having him in some advisory capacity can''t be a bad thing.

[/quote]As long as it''s not Alex Neil who he''s advising. No point paying two people to do the job of one.

[Making Plans 957]

Hodgson is just an older version of NeilHardly what you would call an ambitious choice.

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="Making Plans"]Hodgson is just an older version of NeilHardly what you would call an ambitious choice.[/quote]

At least Roy can set up an effective defence, and that''s what our achilles heel is presently.

[king canary 8,754]

I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.

[DDD In The Fine City 1]

If they can''t afford a 2 million pay off how are they gonna afford hodgsons overinflated wages?

[king canary 8,754]

@making plans

''Hodgson is just an older version of Neil.''

That makes no sense.

[A Load of Squit 6,260]

[quote user="Crafty Canary"]The DM are reporting the same claiming Neil has two games for the team to show significant improvement otherwise heis out and crony Roy is in. If this happens we might as well be known as Crony City. Hughtonesque football without any of the attacking intent. You couldn''t make it up![/quote]

Do you mean the bloke who''s the Brighton manager?

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="A Load of Squit"][quote user="Crafty Canary"]The DM are reporting the same claiming Neil has two games for the team to show significant improvement otherwise heis out and crony Roy is in. If this happens we might as well be known as Crony City. Hughtonesque football without any of the attacking intent. You couldn''t make it up![/quote]

Do you mean the bloke who''s the Brighton manager?

[/quote]

I see where you''re going with this Squit [;)]

[Yorkshire Canary 118]

Hodgson may not be an exciting appointment but a safe and competent pair of hands. Alas by the time it may come the coffers will be near bare

[paul moy 235]

A new manager generally gives the squad a fresh psychological impetus and surely that''s what we need as we are stale and complacent. He can also see things through a fresh pair of eyes and has a lot more experience than Alex, and will not have immediate favourites.

One telling thing to me last week is that when Dorrans was down injured we were in limbo. A player or players should have been warming up just in case he could not continue. To me, the fact that nobody was, was symptomatic of the complacency currently in the club which shows in the current poor run of results. We played with 10 men for 3-4 minutes before Olsson came on. That is not acceptable and unprofessional IMO.  

[Herman 11,136]

[quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]This is probably nearest to the point. I''m not a massive fan but I think it would be a decent appointment.

[Cantiaci Canary 610]

[quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]

I absolutely agree.

If he could replicate here what he did at Craven Cottage and the Hawthorns then surely we would all be delighted.

If he came he would drill our defence and lighten the pressure on the forwards to have to score multiple times to even draw games.

[Scot-e-dog 34]

To save having to pay AN a lump sum to terminate his contract early, we could simply change his job title, to say janitor, and then pay it off in monthly instalments, which we could call, say wages.

This is a win-win as AN could be doing something he is good at for the benefit of the club and we get a new manager. Furthermore, it could be argued we would be doing the wider football community a favour by keeping AN out of circulation.

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="Herman"][quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]This is probably nearest to the point. I''m not a massive fan but I think it would be a decent appointment.[/quote]

Agreed Herman, I think we would be nearer the top of the Division had Roy been in charge from the off, however, I can''t see him pulling this season out of the fire from here, or Post Derby if we lose the next 2.

[paul moy 235]

Perhaps it may even mean that Klose, Brady etc may decide to stay.....

[kick it off 2,062]

[quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]

Track record of mediocrity and atrocious football. Some of us have enough in our lives that we don''t need Norwich to win at any cost. We all want to see them succeed but not at the expense of playing shyte football every week. Hodgson is the most underwhelming choice we could go for and one of the board''s cronies. Don''t want another yes man, and don''t want another manager who plays such shyte football that even when we win there''s little joy in it, a la Hughton.

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462]

A significant advantage to appointing Roy Hodgson would be the ever-present option of creating a senior oversight role for him at a given point in time.

This would no doubt be amenable to Hodgson at a certain point and would ensure the kind of continuity and longevity of approach that the Board craves, whilst providing an educative direct-access link between grass and boardroom that has long been required.

An introduction of a genuine International capacity in operations is also long overdue. Particularly upon ascent to the Premier League.

Parma

[kick it off 2,062]

[quote user="paul moy"]Perhaps it may even mean that Klose, Brady etc may decide to stay.....[/quote]

That''s right because he has a great track record at getting the best out of the bigger names/so called star players doesn''t he? After all, he was highly successful with England, Liverpool etc.

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

Well put Parma.

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="kick it off"][quote user="paul moy"]Perhaps it may even mean that Klose, Brady etc may decide to stay.....[/quote]

That''s right because he has a great track record at getting the best out of the bigger names/so called star players doesn''t he? After all, he was highly successful with England, Liverpool etc.

[/quote]

Just a hunch kick it off, but you are slightly anti Hodgson?

[Herman 11,136]

[quote user="Daz Sparks"][quote user="Herman"][quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]This is probably nearest to the point. I''m not a massive fan but I think it would be a decent appointment.[/quote]

Agreed Herman, I think we would be nearer the top of the Division had Roy been in charge from the off, however, I can''t see him pulling this season out of the fire from here, or Post Derby if we lose the next 2.

[/quote]Sorry for the negativity but I get the feeling this season is pretty much done. Maybe it''s a chance for us to regroup, reshape and reform the squad. Get rid of the expensive, underpeforming and elderly members and start rebuilding a team, with the Murphys, Maddison, and especially Pritchard. Roy could be the one to help start the process, including helping reform the managerial and coaching set-up.

[Guest]

I think the main advantage to a Hodgson appointment would be the players respect.

To be honest, I have wondered from the beginning of AN''s tenure whether many of our more seasoned pros respect a chap enough who played at a very lower professional level.

I may be well off the scent here but have had this idea that apart from the coaching side, a manager must be able to tell an expensive and well loved player how it is going to be during his reign and if you don''t like it, here''s the taxi number.

[Daz Sparks 1,558]

[quote user="Herman"][quote user="Daz Sparks"][quote user="Herman"][quote user="king canary"]I will never understand why so many are anti Hodgson. Well connected, great experience and a fantastic track record at similar sized clubs to us.[/quote]This is probably nearest to the point. I''m not a massive fan but I think it would be a decent appointment.[/quote]

Agreed Herman, I think we would be nearer the top of the Division had Roy been in charge from the off, however, I can''t see him pulling this season out of the fire from here, or Post Derby if we lose the next 2.

[/quote]Sorry for the negativity but I get the feeling this season is pretty much done. Maybe it''s a chance for us to regroup, reshape and reform the squad. Get rid of the expensive, underperforming and elderly members and start rebuilding a team, with the Murphys, Maddison, and especially Pritchard. Roy could be the one to help start the process, including helping reform the managerial and coaching set-up.[/quote]

Herman, I think most of us know in our hearts that this season is pretty much a write off, I still just about hold a faint hope of plays offs, but that will probably evaporate after Monday.

I like the suggestion that someone like Roy could steady the ship and give us direction, right now we look like a bunch of amateurs.