Bruce Rioch Anyone

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

When Gunn inevitably get''s sacked/resigns how about Bruce - good tough manager still lives locally and has attends Home games from time to time.

Whoever replaces Gunn can''t be a novice it''s a massive job.

I feel his spell at the club was much underrated and he laid solid foundations that Worthy then ran with. I feel our Home form which got us to the premiership was something he established

[Excited Canary 19]

Tilson or Boothroyd.

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

Boothroyd would''nt touch us

[Excited Canary 19]

If we offered him decent money (which we don''t have) then I am sure he would come, he has already expressed his desire to get back into management.

[NCFC_Edward 0]

Boothroyd or Worthington

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

I just think Boothroyd wants a bigger stage than Carrow Road. I think if he really wanted the job he''d have it by now.

[city-till-i-die 7]

[quote user="Norwich"]Tilson or Boothroyd.[/quote]Tilson for me or anyone but Gunn

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

Worthington ?

Are you mad he triggered this mess by refusing to resign and spending all the premiership money on a bunch of no-hopers.

I hold him more responsible than both Grant and Roeder

[NCFC_Edward 0]

Are you being serious?, at the end of his reign he ran out of ideas. Obviously he has talent, after all he did take us to the premiership. Now 4 years on or whatever, with a whole new squad, a new league, new board members, surely giving him another chance wouldnt be that bad?

[The Walking Man 13]

Perhaps a more realistic solution would be to have Rioch come in as a director of football?

[They need to EARN the right to play us 0]

Bruce Rioch instituted the policy of having two players for every position. Which means that we buy loads of rubbish instead of footballers.

[O.T.B.C 0]

Don''t think DOF works at all.

[Time to go Delia 0]

Southampton , skint , league 1 , minus 10 points get Alan Pardew and we get the hospitality man , another gem of a decision from Delia and hubby.

[HappyhammerAndy 0]

What does a Director of football actually do, I''ve never really understood it? What is he responsible for?

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

Without wanting to go over it too much

Worthington basically inherited a very good team :

green, mackay, flem, kenton, steeno, roberts, mulryne, mcveigh and the signing of holt and drury just needed the i and t crossing that. Basically that bunch of players plus Hucks got us to the premiership. He then failed hopelessly to replace them with a very decent budget remember he blew 3m on Earnshaw and when we were in dire need of a target man

yes things have got worse since he has gone but that one and half he had after the relegation were the start of the rot

[O.T.B.C 0]

Pardew is shiite. Now I have said that, he will go and get them promoted...

[Ulf Ottosson 0]

2 player for every position was defo Worthy why else did he sign Hooze, Thorne, Robinson, Jarrett. It was then continued by Peter Grant

[Dean Coneys boots 1,406]

Why are we looking to the past....the answer is none of the above and certainly not the Gunster

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,856]

Boothroyd has to be the ideal candidate, but he may feel he could do better. Never seen what Tilson has that is so special though.What is wrong with two players for every position though?

[CanaryOne 0]

[quote user="Canaries in Bed"]Pardew is shiite. Now I have said that, he will go and get them promoted...[/quote] Hes a competent enough manager and a million times better than the clown we have in charge.

[The Walking Man 13]

[quote user="Canaries in Bed"]Don''t think DOF works at all.[/quote]

I think in this case it has the potential to work. Inexperienced manager is guided by an experienced ex-manger (such as Rioch) who has no intention of the manager''s job himself. Before anybody says sack Gunn and let''s get in an experienced manager, that unrealistic because allegedly he has the backing of the board, he''s not going to sacked after 1 game, and then even if he is sacked we''re left with a new manager to come in inheriting a team that has been assembled by the previous manager, it''s not a viable scenario if we want to be promoted this season.

[The Walking Man 13]

[quote user="Canaries in Bed"]Don''t think DOF works at all.[/quote]

I think in this case it has the potential to work. Inexperienced manager is guided by an experienced ex-manger (such as Rioch) who has no intention of the manager''s job himself. Before anybody says sack Gunn and let''s get in an experienced manager, that unrealistic because allegedly he has the backing of the board, he''s not going to sacked after 1 game, and then even if he is sacked we''re left with a new manager to come in inheriting a team that has been assembled by the previous manager, it''s not a viable scenario if we want to be promoted this season.

[The Walking Man 13]

[quote user="HappyhammerAndy"]What does a Director of football actually do, I''ve never really understood it? What is he responsible for?
[/quote]

I think in this case he could be used as an experienced managerial guide for Gunn, also i''m under the impression that the DOF acts as the link between boardroom and the coaching set up. However I think this varies from club to club with DOF''s such as Eriksson who are responsible for overseeing the entire academy and scouting structures...

[ur just a man in a jacket 0]

[quote user="Ulf Ottosson"]When Gunn inevitably get''s sacked/resigns how about Bruce - good tough manager still lives locally and has attends Home games from time to time. Whoever replaces Gunn can''t be a novice it''s a massive job. I feel his spell at the club was much underrated and he laid solid foundations that Worthy then ran with. I feel our Home form which got us to the premiership was something he established[/quote]

he is moving to cornwall. fact.

[Syteanric 1]

[quote user="Ulf Ottosson"]When Gunn inevitably get''s sacked/resigns how about Bruce - good tough manager still lives locally and has attends Home games from time to time. Whoever replaces Gunn can''t be a novice it''s a massive job. I feel his spell at the club was much underrated and he laid solid foundations that Worthy then ran with. I feel our Home form which got us to the premiership was something he established[/quote]

Bruce Riochs been out of the game for over a decade.. the first thing he''d do whe he arrived at Colney was wonder where the hell Che Wilson was....

no thanks!

jas :)

[Shyster 0]

Mike Newell - a mans'' man who garners the respect of players and takes no sh*t from anybody.

[O.T.B.C 0]

Like Glen Roeder was mooted on his arival.

[Herb 0]

[quote user="Ulf Ottosson"]He then failed hopelessly to replace them with a very decent budget remember he blew 3m on Earnshaw and when we were in dire need of a target man[/quote]Would that be the same Earnshaw who scored 17 goals before getting badly injured in January?Yeah, crap signing...

[nutty nigel 7,619]

I don''t get this Ulf. In January 2006 Worthy signed Earnshaw for 2.75m plus add ons. 18 months later he was sold to Derby County for 3.5m. Inbetween he played 47 games and scored 27 goals.

When Earnshaw was sold Grant then spent 800,000 and a healthy 3 year contract on Jamie Cureton. Two years later he still has a year of that contract to run but can''t get any pitch time even in the Third Division when we are being tonked at home by Colchester. In between Cureton  has played 68 games and scored 15 goals.

Worthy tried to bring a target man in but was not backed by the board. He refused to buy second rate players so in the end, much to the disgust of the thousands baying for his blood, he signed Dion Dublin.

If we''d sacked Worthy sooner I think there''s a strong possibility we could have already had one season in the Third Division.

 

[nutty nigel 7,619]

Sorry Ulf - meant to add regarding your opening post I would have far more confidence in Bruce Rioch than what we have now. Bruce was a proven manager at a much higher level. (He was an excellent footballer too for those of us old enough to remember) [;)]