Steven Naismith

[Peregrine Shorts 538]

Sacked by the Jam Tarts……..oh well, never mind

[dylanisabaddog 6,149]

No doubt he'll get a pay off to add to his 'Norwich account'. 

I'm not bitter...  

[cambridgeshire canary 7,804]

Still not sure why Alex Neil thought he would save us

[KiwiScot 1,684]

1 hour ago, dylanisabaddog said:

No doubt he'll get a pay off to add to his 'Norwich account'. 

I'm not bitter...  

Have a heart man. Naismith doesn't.

[Old Shuck 291]

Alex Neil currently favourite to replace him.

So Naismith's successor might be the manager who signed him for Norwich.

[hogesar 10,771]

1 hour ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Still not sure why Alex Neil thought he would save us

Most on here thought he might too.

You were probably one of them.

He was a proven prem player at the time.

Signing him wasn't the problem. The contract we offered him was.

[Worthy Nigelton 1,306]

2 hours ago, hogesar said:

Most on here thought he might too.

You were probably one of them.

He was a proven prem player at the time.

Signing him wasn't the problem. The contract we offered him was.

I didn't. I always thought it was an odd signing considering we had a better player in Wes that already played in that position. Maybe I just don't like Scottish players.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 4,627]

3 hours ago, hogesar said:

Most on here thought he might too.

You were probably one of them.

He was a proven prem player at the time.

Signing him wasn't the problem. The contract we offered him was.

Indeed, in that January window we signed him and Klose, who were both big money, proven, experienced players at the peak of their careers. Earlier that season, Naismith had scored a Premier League hat trick against Chelsea and Klose had played in the Champions League.

The problem was that Naismith saw the contract as his pension and realised that he'd be nearly 33 when it expired so it was going to be his last big one. He wasn't arsed about playing well, or even playing at all, as long as he got paid. 

Funnily enough, many of us on here (me included) have called for a couple of these type of signings ahead of each of our last two Premier League seasons, but we didn't sign anywhere near enough experience either time and finished miles away from safety.

Edited September 22 by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

[All the Germans 1,239]

3 hours ago, hogesar said:

Most on here thought he might too.

You were probably one of them.

He was a proven prem player at the time.

Signing him wasn't the problem. The contract we offered him was.

He probably thought he was the saviour, worst player to ever play football, next coming of Pele and technically most gifted person to have ever lived interchangeably within the first couple of appearances.

[Nuff Said 5,973]

6 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Still not sure why Alex Neil thought he would save us

Neil or McNally?

[chicken 3,088]

1 minute ago, Nuff Said said:

Neil or McNally?

Neil. We wanted Naismith in the summer but the price was too high. We got desperate and silly in January really.

[Midlands Yellow 4,682]

Parallels with Gibson? Paid way over the odds for both with huge wages ( For Norwich) In hindsight we got done over on both. 

[stratton canary 164]

The Pink un website states Norwich City's attacker sacked by Hearts, well he did attack in one game against Liverpool!!!! 😏 

[Mr Tea 140]

This is both bad and good.

If there is one person who I despise then it’s this bloke to the point I’d wear an ipsh*te shirt for a day over liking him.

This is bad because I wanted him to suffer as much as possible . I guess he will also get a payout (  history repeating itself there then ) 

Good because he has less chance of getting any other job .

 

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

1 hour ago, Mr Tea said:

This is both bad and good.

If there is one person who I despise then it’s this bloke to the point I’d wear an ipsh*te shirt for a day over liking him.

This is bad because I wanted him to suffer as much as possible . I guess he will also get a payout (  history repeating itself there then ) 

Good because he has less chance of getting any other job .

 

He’d have been on peanuts there compared to what he was on as a player here but his contract was to 2026 so it’ll still be a tidy few bob.

There’s been some crazy contracts handed out at Carrow Rd over the years but his was the craziest. He even got a million smackers when we got promoted in 2019 and he’d barely been in Norfolk for well over a year.

Not Alex Neil’s finest hour.

[Danke bitte 1,155]

Anyone else think he’s probably been the worst signing in recent history? £ to minute for me anyway. After relegation in 2014 we shipped RVW off. When we got relegated with Naismith we continued to play the guy when it was obvious he couldn’t be bothered. 

[Corbs1 167]

18 minutes ago, Danke bitte said:

Anyone else think he’s probably been the worst signing in recent history? 

I’ve still not recovered from Drazen Muzinic signing, my therapist advised not to go there. 

[Mr Tea 140]

On 23/09/2024 at 14:01, ......and Smith must score. said:

He’d have been on peanuts there compared to what he was on as a player here but his contract was to 2026 so it’ll still be a tidy few bob.

There’s been some crazy contracts handed out at Carrow Rd over the years but his was the craziest. He even got a million smackers when we got promoted in 2019 and he’d barely been in Norfolk for well over a year.

Not Alex Neil’s finest hour.

Yes, I remember the promotion bonus .thats one of the biggest things that sticks in my gut.

would I have taken it ? YeS but he did f*** all when he was playing so put the two together and it gives me my most disliked player ever to pull on the shirt .

 

[All the Germans 1,239]

15 minutes ago, Mr Tea said:

Yes, I remember the promotion bonus .thats one of the biggest things that sticks in my gut.

would I have taken it ? YeS but he did f*** all when he was playing so put the two together and it gives me my most disliked player ever to pull on the shirt .

 

How can you dislike him for that if you would have done it yourself?

There may be one or two people who wouldn't have taken the bonus, but, not many. It's not his fault for taking it, it's the fault of the idiot who gave him the contract that entitled him to take it.

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

On 23/09/2024 at 16:13, Corbs1 said:

I’ve still not recovered from Drazen Muzinic signing, my therapist advised not to go there. 

That was another weird one. 

John Bond admitted he’d never seen him play for Hadjuk Split when he arrived for £300,000 in 1980. Didn’t speak a word of English and left after two years after making just 30 appearances and scoring no goals.

Rumour had it that the fee was split three ways. That era was pretty notorious for brown envelopes.

[LaUnionCanary 150]

On 23/09/2024 at 03:49, Worthy Nigelton said:

I didn't. I always thought it was an odd signing considering we had a better player in Wes that already played in that position. Maybe I just don't like Scottish players.

Jimmy Bone, Robert Fleck, Duncan Forbes, Malky McKay, Bryan Gunn. You didn't like any of them?

[JonnyJonnyRowe 975]

Deserved.

If you've got 1 point in 6 games in the SPL with Lawrence Shankland in your side then something has gone terribly wrong. 

[JonnyJonnyRowe 975]

31 minutes ago, LaUnionCanary said:

Jimmy Bone, Robert Fleck, Duncan Forbes, Malky McKay, Bryan Gunn. You didn't like any of them?

Don't forget Super Chrissy Martin 2009-10 season, he sort of counts.

[Peregrine Shorts 538]

39 minutes ago, LaUnionCanary said:

Jimmy Bone, Robert Fleck, Duncan Forbes, Malky McKay, Bryan Gunn. You didn't like any of them?

And Russell Martin

[JonnyJonnyRowe 975]

3 hours ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

That was another weird one. 

John Bond admitted he’d never seen him play for Hadjuk Split when he arrived for £300,000 in 1980. Didn’t speak a word of English and left after two years after making just 30 appearances and scoring no goals.

Rumour had it that the fee was split three ways. That era was pretty notorious for brown envelopes.

And never played another professional game again, despite being just 29.

A bit of digging and here he is today.

Edited September 25 by JonnyJonnyRowe

[shefcanary 2,956]

14 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said:

And never played another professional game again, despite being just 29.

A bit of digging and here he is today.

Great archaeology!

As a young kid, I was really hoping he'd come good for us, but the first of many disappointments. 🙂 

[One Flew Over... 33]

From Wikipedia:

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Bond admitted that he had not seen Mužinić play and had signed him on reputation, leading then-Norwich player Justin Fashanu to say "I don't think we got Mužinić, I reckon they sent his milkman."

 

[NewNestCarrow 292]

Amazing how subjective fans can be about players' values.

Naismith was a proven PL player who should have improved us. It sounds like he never really wanted to be here and I suspect our desperation led to a silly transfer fee and large contract.  As we were just five points off safety at season-end the risk was prob worth it.

He made 48 apps & scored 8 gls., and for the last 18 months of his contract we got a loan fee and part of his wages paid.

Now, I'm not saying that was a great deal, but compare it to:

Louis Thompson - seven years at  NCFC, just 14 apps (and a shed-load of medical bills).

Josip Drmic - 3-yr contract. 21 apps & 1 goal. Sent to 'coventry' by NCFC, paid in full for SEVEN MONTHS to stay away.

Leitner - 4-yr contract.  Sent to 'coventry' by NCFC, paid in full for TEN MONTHS to stay away before being paid to leave.