Respect and thanks to Jim Duffy

[a1canary 0]

He''s only been here 5 minutes, doesn''t owe the club particularly and has no allegiances to the club. So to leave with such good grace and good words for the club, even when feeling pretty bad at having been sent on his way, says a lot about the man. I hope he finds something else in the game to move on to.

[Old Boy 0]

I agree. Both he and Grant worked very hard, but lack of experience and bad luck with injuries to important players and the loss of staff (particularly when Duffy picked up the baton) did for them both. That, and I feel the general lethary at the Club (did I read that Gunny did a Talksport interview from Tenerife, while he was Duffy''s last man standing and we were really up against it?). It''s strange how people aren''t valued until they leave the Club - Hunter came in for fearful abuse on here from the usual suspects, until he left for Watford, and now he''s a great coach. All the best JD

[Michael Starr 571]

Agree 100%

Best wishes to Duffy, he seems a nice bloke, it just didn''t work out... nothing personal.

[Syteanric 1]

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I hope he finds something else in the game to move on to.
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like getting someone else Relegated....

jas :)

[Canary Wundaboy 1,423]

[quote user="a1canary"]I hope he finds something else in the game to move on to.[/quote]Just not in any of the club''s kitchens, all he served for us left a bitter taste.

[djc 0]

Yeah, good words and good grace..

Also, he has just been sacked, and so isnt gonna go slag us off cos new employers wont think that too clever of him.

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

[quote user="Old Boy"]I agree. Both he and Grant worked very hard, but lack of experience and bad luck with injuries to important players and the loss of staff (particularly when Duffy picked up the baton) did for them both. That, and I feel the general lethary at the Club (did I read that Gunny did a Talksport interview from Tenerife, while he was Duffy''s last man standing and we were really up against it?). It''s strange how people aren''t valued until they leave the Club - Hunter came in for fearful abuse on here from the usual suspects, until he left for Watford, and now he''s a great coach. All the best JD
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Rubbish, none of the above excuses some of the ridiculous formations and team selections made by either Grant or Duffy.  Let alone man management skills rivalling Graeme Souness.  Absolutely hopeless.  Neither was up to the managers job, Duffy showing everyone why he has relegated ALL his previous clubs.

Im glad this useless pair is out of our club.

 

[Old Boy 0]

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[quote user="Old Boy"]I agree. Both he and Grant worked very hard, but lack of experience and bad luck with injuries to important players and the loss of staff (particularly when Duffy picked up the baton) did for them both. That, and I feel the general lethary at the Club (did I read that Gunny did a Talksport interview from Tenerife, while he was Duffy''s last man standing and we were really up against it?). It''s strange how people aren''t valued until they leave the Club - Hunter came in for fearful abuse on here from the usual suspects, until he left for Watford, and now he''s a great coach. All the best JD[/quote]

Rubbish, none of the above excuses some of the ridiculous formations and team selections made by either Grant or Duffy.  Let alone man management skills rivalling Graeme Souness.  Absolutely hopeless.  Neither was up to the managers job, Duffy showing everyone why he has relegated ALL his previous clubs.

Im glad this useless pair is out of our club.[/quote]Unfortunately, you''re not a competent judge of formations or team selections - your previous posts show that. But in any case both Grant and Duffy had team and formation affected by injuries (or did you not realise we''ve had Huckerby, Dublin, Drury, Doherty, Brellier, Fotheringham and Cureton all with significant injuries so far? You should try to keep up with things like that - it shows an interest in the Club). So, like it or not, they''ve been unlucky. They made errors, sure, which were down to lack of experience, as I said. However, the Club and the players let them and us down, by appointing them when they weren''t equipped for the job, and then undermining them. And I believe you had some very choice comments about Martin Hunter - how do you feel about him now? LOL

[First Wizard 0]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

[Mook 0]

[quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

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Uh oh, the carrot-crunching, yokel is piping up again. Cover your ears all those that aren''t from East Anglia, particularly any fans that we may have up in Scotland! We''re not all like this, honest.

CJF, you should try and make a post without mentioning how many times people have been relegated or sacked. Not because you don''t have a point, but just because I''m interested to see if you can!

Did you know Brian Clough was sacked by Leeds and relegated Nottingham Forest? Alf Ramsey was sacked by England! Bobby Robson was "moved upstairs" by Barcelona and sacked by Newcastle, AND his contract wasn''t renewed by the FA - he must have been a really bad manager!! Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea! Mike Walker was sacked by Everton!

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

[quote user="Old Boy"][quote user="Citizen Journalist Foghorn"]

[quote user="Old Boy"]I agree. Both he and Grant worked very hard, but lack of experience and bad luck with injuries to important players and the loss of staff (particularly when Duffy picked up the baton) did for them both. That, and I feel the general lethary at the Club (did I read that Gunny did a Talksport interview from Tenerife, while he was Duffy''s last man standing and we were really up against it?). It''s strange how people aren''t valued until they leave the Club - Hunter came in for fearful abuse on here from the usual suspects, until he left for Watford, and now he''s a great coach. All the best JD
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Rubbish, none of the above excuses some of the ridiculous formations and team selections made by either Grant or Duffy.  Let alone man management skills rivalling Graeme Souness.  Absolutely hopeless.  Neither was up to the managers job, Duffy showing everyone why he has relegated ALL his previous clubs.

Im glad this useless pair is out of our club.[/quote]Unfortunately, you''re not a competent judge of formations or team selections - your previous posts show that. But in any case both Grant and Duffy had team and formation affected by injuries (or did you not realise we''ve had Huckerby, Dublin, Drury, Doherty, Brellier, Fotheringham and Cureton all with significant injuries so far? You should try to keep up with things like that - it shows an interest in the Club). So, like it or not, they''ve been unlucky. They made errors, sure, which were down to lack of experience, as I said. However, the Club and the players let them and us down, by appointing them when they weren''t equipped for the job, and then undermining them. And I believe you had some very choice comments about Martin Hunter - how do you feel about him now? LOL

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HAHAHA Unlucky my arse....  Lack of experience!!  Jim Duffy has had shedloads of experience in taking teams down!!  Your ignorance in ignoring Duffy''s appalling previous record and Grants utter baboonery as manager is pathetic.  Even he realised he wasn''t up to the task.  Bottom of the league by 5 points!!!  What a joke this club is becoming.

As for Hunter, Im not surprised he left, he probably couldnt beleive the total muppets he was working with.  Not that his previous record in club coaching and management is anything to shout about.  He tried to implement many of the ideas learned at the FA here, such as his 4-3-3/4-5-1 and zonal marking.  They failed.  Maybe he has learned from the experience.

[a1canary 0]

[quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

[/quote]So you''re blaming Duffy now are you? How ridiculous. The man left his job in Scotland, probably moving his family with him, to come here to help the club, to be a part of taking it forward, and to do a job he loved doing.  Now after a very short space of time, he has been sacked after doing very little wrong. I expect someone of your life experience to show him some respect and dignity as he did to us. Yet ''good riddance'' is all you can say. You bring new meaning to the term "grumpy old man." Why not try breaking the mould from time to time (as you did do not so long ago when you were far more pleasant) rather than falling back on your tiresome self-made charicature?

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

[quote user="Mook"][quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

[/quote]

Uh oh, the carrot-crunching, yokel is piping up again. Cover your ears all those that aren''t from East Anglia, particularly any fans that we may have up in Scotland! We''re not all like this, honest.

CJF, you should try and make a post without mentioning how many times people have been relegated or sacked. Not because you don''t have a point, but just because I''m interested to see if you can!

Did you know Brian Clough was sacked by Leeds and relegated Nottingham Forest? Alf Ramsey was sacked by England! Bobby Robson was "moved upstairs" by Barcelona and sacked by Newcastle, AND his contract wasn''t renewed by the FA - he must have been a really bad manager!! Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea! Mike Walker was sacked by Everton!

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lol - Yes - Jim Duffy relegated EVERY CLUB.  Glenn Roeder - RELEGATED 2 clubs and Sacked by EVERY CLUB. Hopefully he will do a good job here, but if it all starts to go wrong after a season or so, well you can''t say it wasnt coming.

[First Wizard 0]

[quote user="Mook"][quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

[/quote]

Uh oh, the carrot-crunching, yokel is piping up again. Cover your ears all those that aren''t from East Anglia, particularly any fans that we may have up in Scotland! We''re not all like this, honest.

CJF, you should try and make a post without mentioning how many times people have been relegated or sacked. Not because you don''t have a point, but just because I''m interested to see if you can!

Did you know Brian Clough was sacked by Leeds and relegated Nottingham Forest? Alf Ramsey was sacked by England! Bobby Robson was "moved upstairs" by Barcelona and sacked by Newcastle, AND his contract wasn''t renewed by the FA - he must have been a really bad manager!! Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea! Mike Walker was sacked by Everton!

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Truth always hurts you Mook doesn''t it? Grant and Duff were total failures here, that is beyond doubt. And thats why I won''t thank them, look at the table, savvy?[:|]

[Mook 0]

I wouldn''t want you to thank them Wiz, as they were total disasters here, the both of them.

I just think their nationality is entirely irrelevant, particularly at this moment when the Scots look like being the sole representative of the UK in the upcoming European Championships. Perhaps we need more Scots, rather than less?? Maybe just better Scots!

[geo374 0]

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Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

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Its more of a shame that someone as totally racist as you is even allowed to have access to this forum.

What do you do for the club, apart from slagging it off?

Have you invested your own money into buying shares in the club? If not, why not? And if so, why do you keep trying to destroy their value?

I live up in Scotland and show my support for the club by investing in it, not trying to totally destroy it and all those associated with it.

As for having a go a Bryan Gunn, I find that totally repellent after all he has done for not only the club but also his adopted county.

[First Wizard 0]

[:|][quote user="geo374"][quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

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Its more of a shame that someone as totally racist as you is even allowed to have access to this forum.

What do you do for the club, apart from slagging it off?

Have you invested your own money into buying shares in the club? If not, why not? And if so, why do you keep trying to destroy their value?

I live up in Scotland and show my support for the club by investing in it, not trying to totally destroy it and all those associated with it.

As for having a go a Bryan Gunn, I find that totally repellent after all he has done for not only the club but also his adopted county.

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The old racist charge again, you know nothing about me squire, and if you did, you''d realise how stupid that comment of yours was!.

Others on here know my lineage and origins, so you believe your own blinkered views............they know the truth and the real me!

 

[lappinitup 629]

Been on here about a year now wiz, and I admit I know no more about you other than you''re Dave from Lowestoft. But the impression I get from your offerings is that of the old boy who goes in the pub at five to twelve on Sunday morning with a red and blue cravat on, blue blazer and grey flannels and a neatly trimmed beard. Always has two G&Ts (unless some sympathetic NCFC fans happen to stroll in and are overwhelmed  by your fame) in which case it''s 25 G&Ts. ( this is definitely my last......oh go on then !.....my round ?......no that''s me, finished savvy !!......you''re getting them ?.... ok then , just one more....cheers squire !!

Now what was I saying..... oh yes, Worthy in.....NO Worthy out....in out, in out, what''s it all about ? Sorry I forgot, Peter has a plan, and I''m backing him all the way. GRANT OUT !! Now where was I ?  Oh yes..... Sack Roeder....Back Roeder..... I''m so confused.

Excuse me, thanks for the drink, sorry I didn''t catch your name.!  Angus McTavish !! Scottish ? Lovely people. Salt of the earth ! We once had a Scottish manager. Did I ever tell you the story...........

 

 

[geo374 0]

[quote user="1st Wizard"][:|][quote user="geo374"][quote user="1st Wizard"]

Thank God him and his Jock mate have gone, he was here long enough to help create the mess we''re now in, good riddance!.

Shame he didn''t take Gunny with him!.[:|]

[/quote]

Its more of a shame that someone as totally racist as you is even allowed to have access to this forum.

What do you do for the club, apart from slagging it off?

Have you invested your own money into buying shares in the club? If not, why not? And if so, why do you keep trying to destroy their value?

I live up in Scotland and show my support for the club by investing in it, not trying to totally destroy it and all those associated with it.

As for having a go a Bryan Gunn, I find that totally repellent after all he has done for not only the club but also his adopted county.

[/quote]

The old racist charge again, you know nothing about me squire, and if you did, you''d realise how stupid that comment of yours was!.

Others on here know my lineage and origins, so you believe your own blinkered views............they know the truth and the real me!

 

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At least I am not as stupid as to make such a stupid comment in the first place.

I don''t see why where someone is born is in any way relevant - after all both Grant and Duffy have spent a long time with English club''s, and Gunn has been a loyal servant to the club and also to the county of Norfolk.

By all means question what they have done (the first two at least) but don''t bring nationality into it, it just makes you look narrow minded and insular.

[One Flew Over... 33]

I hear you''re a racist now Wizard! It''s not the Scots it''s the Catholics he''s after!

Any indication of Roeder''s religion? Did a non-papal follower slip through Delia''s net?

Any even more mysteriously why does the wizard need to put stops after exclamation marks?!. Very strange!.

[:D]

[Rush 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"]Been on here about a year now wiz, and I admit I know no more about you other than you''re Dave from Lowestoft. But the impression I get from your offerings is that of the old boy who goes in the pub at five to twelve on Sunday morning with a red and blue cravat on, blue blazer and grey flannels and a neatly trimmed beard. Always has two G&Ts (unless some sympathetic NCFC fans happen to stroll in and are overwhelmed  by your fame) in which case it''s 25 G&Ts. ( this is definitely my last......oh go on then !.....my round ?......no that''s me, finished savvy !!......you''re getting them ?.... ok then , just one more....cheers squire !!

Now what was I saying..... oh yes, Worthy in.....NO Worthy out....in out, in out, what''s it all about ? Sorry I forgot, Peter has a plan, and I''m backing him all the way. GRANT OUT !! Now where was I ?  Oh yes..... Sack Roeder....Back Roeder..... I''m so confused.

Excuse me, thanks for the drink, sorry I didn''t catch your name.!  Angus McTavish !! Scottish ? Lovely people. Salt of the earth ! We once had a Scottish manager. Did I ever tell you the story...........

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hahahaha now thats funny lappinitup lol....................................

OTBC

[Foggo_on_the wing 0]

Foghorn & Wiz. Approximately 10,500 posts between them. Approximately 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

[shortfatb 0]

Moving away from whether the man who talks warlocks most of the time is a Scotiaphobe or not, does anyone know how much ''poor'' Jim Duffy got paid off for either not realising or not being brave enough to say Peter your tactics are wrong for a year? Over £200k do you think?

[Rudolph Hucker 0]

Stop looking back......look forward.

[Paul Lamberts Disciple 0]

[quote user="Foggo_on_the wing"]

Foghorn & Wiz. Approximately 10,500 posts between them. Approximately 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

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To be fair most of those posts have been during a period of appalling football.

[First Wizard 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"]

But the impression I get from your offerings is that of the old boy who goes in the pub at five to twelve on Sunday morning with a red and blue cravat on, blue blazer and grey flannels and a neatly trimmed beard. Always has two G&Ts .

 

 

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Firstly Lappin, I only drink Jim Bean or Jack Daniels, and usually enough until I drop!.

 Secondly, the great Gunn myth, a good loyal servent tis true, but I have watched a baying Barclay Stand, boo and taunt him because they wanted a certain young Andy Marshall in his place!.[:|]

I know this happened, I was there, and I was one of the few fans clapping and cheering for Gunny that sad day!.

But since his ridiculous appointment by his fellow Highlander Grant (see how stupid the PC brigade is!) he''s done bog all but take a big wage from the club we can ill afford.

Thats not me being negative, thats the truth,and a lot of the posters on here can''t handle that.

[First Wizard 0]

[quote user="One Flew Over..."]

 

Any even more mysteriously why does the wizard need to put stops after exclamation marks?!. Very strange!.

[:D]

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Its simply because I know you shouldn''t do it in prim and proper English!.[;)]

This question came up a couple of years ago on here, and I said at that time, I can''t be doing with all this grammer, correct and proper way of doing things, its simply not me, I hate to conform to all your idea''s on normality..............it sucks!.

I''ll leave that to the rest of the PC loving herd!. Savvy?.[;)]

[nutty nigel 7,902]

[quote user="1st Wizard"]

 Secondly, the great Gunn myth, a good loyal servent tis true, but I have watched a baying Barclay Stand, boo and taunt him because they wanted a certain young Andy Marshall in his place!.[:|]

I know this happened, I was there, and I was one of the few fans clapping and cheering for Gunny that sad day!.

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You are right Wiz it did happen but all that does is prove how fickle Norwich fans can be at times. It''s refreshing to see a poster on here without a selective memory of the past. I also remember the disgraceful zigger zagger chants against Watling in the 60''s which were far far louder than those muffled Smith out chants of today. I also remember John Deehan being booed in the 80''s which I never did understand. On reflection I think Norwich fans are more tolerant these days but is it a good thing?

 

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

[quote user="Foggo_on_the wing"]

Foghorn & Wiz. Approximately 10,500 posts between them. Approximately 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

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Norwich city over the past 3 years 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

[Mook 0]

[quote user="Citizen Journalist Foghorn"][quote user="Foggo_on_the wing"]

Foghorn & Wiz. Approximately 10,500 posts between them. Approximately 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

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Norwich city over the past 3 years 95% negative.

My imagination or do others agree?

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95% of your posts being about the same thing, and usually containing the same points phrased differently, is a bit dull.

My imagination, or do others agree?

By the way, Glenn Roeder has been relegated twice and sacked THREE TIMES!!!!