Wagner gone!!

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

On club site now

[Pyro Pete 2,384]

Finally the end of the road for my 'Das Wagnerlution' t-shirt, I bought from Along Come Norwich when Wagner was first appointed.

 

[canarycop 232]

Knapper saying continue our due diligence suggests they be someway down the road on the next appt

[Galactico 19]

1 hour ago, Google Bot said:

Mad to think that if the Sainz red card never happened we'd likely have finished 5th and playing Saints tonight.  Just shows how massive such moments can be.

Yeah. Could have been thrashed at St Mary's instead of Elland Road. Vive la difference!

[Badger 2,750]

2 minutes ago, canarycop said:

Knapper saying continue our due diligence suggests they be someway down the road on the next appt

Yes, "continue" was an interesting choice of words, especially in a formal statement rather than an off-the-cuff remark.

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

Buhler gone too, no mention of Pelach or Andy Hughes

[cambridgeshire canary 7,915]

12 minutes ago, canarycop said:

Knapper saying continue our due diligence suggests they be someway down the road on the next appt

Get the feeling that our awful winless run cemented an agreement that Wagner would go at the end of the season regardless of where we finish and that half this season has already been spent looking for a replacement.

 

There's probably a reason Knapper has been so quiet.

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

Probably saved on his payoff by issuing him with his notice at Christmas

[Branston 58]

1 hour ago, Google Bot said:

Mad to think that if the Sainz red card never happened we'd likely have finished 5th and playing Saints tonight.  Just shows how massive such moments can be.

Or if we had bothered to give a crap at Birmingham !

 

[Bobzilla 210]

Right decision for all but I'm a bit sad.  I liked him and I liked Farke.  Compared to others, I never thought that Dean Smith was the right choice, and never thought Hughton was up to it either.

[crab man 180]

David was a proper nice guy. Always kept his head held high through the difficult times . Full of class. Managed to stick another one over on the scum as well. Done his best with a very limited squad and injuries, but ultimately fell short. Wish him and his family all the best 

[Nuff Said 6,035]

2 hours ago, Paul101 said:

why who cares never found it an issue on this forum 

 

you can have multiple threads one with all the grumpy in people 

 

the other with the normal 

I get a thread to myself? 👍

[chicken 3,137]

1 hour ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Get the feeling that our awful winless run cemented an agreement that Wagner would go at the end of the season regardless of where we finish and that half this season has already been spent looking for a replacement.

 

There's probably a reason Knapper has been so quiet.

Nah. I woukd wait to see who it is appointed. I think realistically Knapper and the club had been looking since earlier in the season.

Far more likely is that promotion was the benchmark and as I have posted elsewhere, failure would mean enforced changes in terms of losing players. All of it bundled together gives an oppertunity for someone to come in with fresh eyes, a blank slate, to build something new.

[Nuff Said 6,035]

4 hours ago, Worthy Nigelton said:

Not one of our great managers but certainly not one of our worst. He did okay, but ultimately Knapper was always going to want his own man in and for that reason it is probably the right time to go. The club have acted well in this instance by giving him a chance and some time, and if we had gone up, I would have expected him to stay. This feels like the right decision at the right time and I wish him well in the future. No hard feelings from me at all. 

Blatantly going to be the Arsenal assistant manager once he finishes his GCSEs and moves out of his mum's house.

He can find a nice motherly landlady along with Knapper while they get used to doing their own washing and other grown-up stuff.

Edited May 17, 2024 by Nuff Said

[JonnyJonnyRowe 1,041]

2 hours ago, Badger said:

Yes, "continue" was an interesting choice of words, especially in a formal statement rather than an off-the-cuff remark.

 I reckon the Arsenal man has basically said "look mate I'm interested, but we're in a title fight here, last game of the season in 2 days, let me get that out of the way, spend a few days with the wife and kids, then I'll get down and we'll have a chat".

If Cuesta is the real deal he won't be focused on anything other than Everton at home right now.

[GenerationA47 868]

13 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Or if Knapper hadn't loaned out Idah and replaced with SvH, we'd likely have got 3 points from the likes of QPR away

Hoggy, no offence but think you mean a different guy, Celtic striker, Adam Idah rather than  Norwich striker, Adam Idah 

[JonnyJonnyRowe 1,041]

2 minutes ago, GenerationA47 said:

Hoggy, no offence but think you mean a different guy, Celtic striker, Adam Idah rather than  Norwich striker, Adam Idah 

They've done us a huge favour in messing up our season by ditching Idah.

We need the rebuild, refresh, and to rediscover our identity.

An embarrassing lucky promotion and humiliating year as the Premier League whipping boys would just delay the inevitable and necessary.

Edited May 17, 2024 by JonnyJonnyRowe

[......and Smith must score. 1,637]

3 hours ago, Mello Yello said:

I use an old bra as a double barrelled slingshot to hunt squirrels....

Please tell us it’s one of your ex’s 😳

Edited May 17, 2024 by ......and Smith must score.

[GenerationA47 868]

2 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said:

They've done us a huge favour in messing up our season by ditching Idah.

We need the rebuild, refresh, and to rediscover our identity.

An embarrassing lucky promotion and humiliating year as the Premier League whipping boys would just delay the inevitable and necessary.

My point was intended to be  about Idah’s Jekyll & Hyde act when playing for Celtic (complete with crap Scottish opposition defences in play) v us. Rather than ’ they have him now, not us’ per se.

 

But yes, I get your point there and you may well be right about that.

[hogesar 10,935]

Just now, GenerationA47 said:

My point was intended to be  about Idah’s Jekyll & Hyde act when playing for Celtic (complete with crap Scottish opposition defences in play) v us. Rather than ’ they have him now, not us’ per se.

 

But yes, I get your point there and you may well be right about that.

Idah was still comfortably our best goalscorer from the bench and at the time he left, was one of the top goalscorers from the bench in the entire division.

[Nuff Said 6,035]

2 hours ago, Pyro Pete said:

Finally the end of the road for my 'Das Wagnerlution' t-shirt, I bought from Along Come Norwich when Wagner was first appointed.

 

I’ll be a little worried about the fate of my Borja Sainz T shirt until the transfer window slams shut.

 

[GenerationA47 868]

2 hours ago, Pyro Pete said:

Finally the end of the road for my 'Das Wagnerlution' t-shirt, I bought from Along Come Norwich when Wagner was first appointed.

 

Nonsense! Don’t bin it

It’s just become retro chic

(Edit: Stop press- just noticed the grammar.. should be Die Wagnerlution… Go ahead and  vermühleimerieren it)

Edited May 17, 2024 by GenerationA47

[Petriix 3,250]

4 hours ago, Nuff Said said:

You don’t take a club from 17th to 6th (and briefly 5th) if you’re not a good manager. 

Conversely you don't take a squad this good and leave it languishing in 17th place in the first place if you are a good manager. 

[Pyro Pete 2,384]

25 minutes ago, GenerationA47 said:

Nonsense! Don’t bin it

It’s just become retro chic

(Edit: Stop press- just noticed the grammar.. should be Die Wagnerlution… Go ahead and  vermühleimerieren it)

Does that mean I can return it as faulty and get a refund?

[Mello Yello 2,585]

38 minutes ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

Please tell us it’s one of your ex’s 😳

Not in the moob....

[GenerationA47 868]

19 minutes ago, Pyro Pete said:

Does that mean I can return it as faulty and get a refund?

Jawohl!

Otherwise it’s definitely a case of Rücksprung durch Mistechnik

[Mello Yello 2,585]

Wagner....gone, but not verboten.....

[KeiranShikari 1,524]

As the great philosopher Fall Out Boy once said - 'thnks fr the mmrs, even though they weren't so great'

[K Lo 248]

Whatever you think of Wagner and his abilities as a manager...
 

[Nuff Said 6,035]

1 hour ago, Petriix said:

Conversely you don't take a squad this good and leave it languishing in 17th place in the first place if you are a good manager. 

You might do if some of your key players get badly injured.