Steven Naismith excited for NCFC future.

[......and Smith must score. 1,349]

[quote user="Van wink"]Arm waving of the highest quality.[/quote]For the money he''s on - which is rumoured to be well north of £40K - I''d expect him to be in Pete Townshend''s league. [:D]

[lake district canary 4,539]

Who?

[Alex Moss 2,165]

Well hopefully we don''t get fooled again

But I like both Pete and Steven Naismith 👍

[Rock The Boat 1,332]

We should substitute Naismith for another guy.

[westcoastcanary 173]

Naismith''s understanding of movement, shape and the utilisation of space is way better than most Norwich players (and clearly beyond the grasp of some on here). I wouldn''t be surprised if, for that reason, Farke sees a crucial role for him next season. Might still be trumped by financial considerations though.

[Van wink 2,994]

westcoastcanary wrote the following post at 04/06/2017 3:36 AM:

"Naismith''s understanding of movement, shape and the utilisation of space is way better than most Norwich players"

Particularly he letter Y shape he makes fully stretching both arms upwards and to the side utilising all the space around him.😀

But yes you have a point 👍

[Van wink 2,994]

Let''s see action!

[Bradwell canary 109]

[quote user="Van wink"]Arm waving of the highest quality.[/quote]

Almost in the Snodgrass category, but not quite!!

[Iwans Big Toe 312]

[quote user="keelansgrandad"]He''s offered very little since joining, had a about 5 good 45 min spells in 18 months.

And who did? Very few. And what we paid for him and his wages are the club''s stupid fault.[/quote]Hoolahan, Oliveira, Jake Murphy, Jerome and Howson all performed much better, far more constantly than Van Naismith. Even Pritchard and Josh Murphy offered more to the team than the standard arm waving and moaning at all and sundry when it wasn''t going his way. Get rid if possible, won''t be missed.

[hampton canary 24]

Naismith along with tettey and Martin are prime examples of our older experienced players who take too long on the ball before they do anything with it, often resulting in them giving the ball away.

[Hoola Han Solo 448]

Hoolahan, Pritchard, the Murphy''s et al are all better technical players. If we want a hard worker, perhaps we can buy a dog and get it a stick to chase.

[king canary 7,623]

I guess it probably all really translates as ''Naismith- I''m happy to be paid £40k a week and unless someone matches that I''m staying put''

[hogesar 9,704]

Thing is King, that doesn''t really tally up with Naismith''s persona, so to speak.

Always been a committed person anyway, but on top of that is quite a generous individual too:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/everton/12043942/Steven-Naismith-the-nicest-man-in-football.html

[BroadstairsR 2,184]

Agreed there are a lot of things about the Naismith package that could be an asset to our club, both on and off the field.

At the same time there are also things about it which amount to a sheet anchor prohibiting progress, his wages, his age and his style of play.

If Farke can harness the latter with effect the first two might not matter so much.

On balance, I feel that most of us would be delighted to accept a decent fee in exchange for the player. I am very much against giving him away as such because he could finally be a revelation and because he clearly has value.

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,564]

Probably end up being the most expensive sub in the Championship - certainly the highest paid one.

While Norwich can probably just about afford his wages this season, if they aren''t promoted he will be a massive burden the following one.

By Naismith staying Norwich might be forced to sell someone like Maddison to cover his wages. A real shame if the club won''t be able to ship him out this summer.

[Stone 0]

I''m sure Stuart Webber is doing everything in his power to move Naismith on. If he''s still here come next season it will only be because we literally can''t give him away.

Unfortunately what Naismith offers the team doesn''t come close to what he costs the club.

He''s been a huge disappointment.