Lets not blame the city legend for taking the job! The board appointed him.

[Indy 3,471]

Guys lets not give Adams a hard time, he''s done the best he can with his experience.

The board should never have take such a risk and given the fans such a poor option.

I would have loved for Adams to be the next Walker but its clear he''s not.

Time to turn your questions to the board and not be too critical of Adams who took the job anyone of us would have in his position.

[Katie Borkins 1]

Adams

was unable to keep City in the Premier League but has now been handed a

three-year job and tasked with getting the Canaries back to the top

flight.

McNally

said he would not be naming any of the other candidates interviewed for

the job because he had “too much respect” for all of the candidates and

their clubs but said: “Neil was the first person to be offered the job,

nobody has turned down the job.”

He

continued: “Our ambition is that we want to get back to the Premier

League and the appointment of Neil was carried out with that in mind at

the earliest opportunity.

“Of

course we respect the Championship, it’s a very tough, competitive

league but in terms of whoever had been here today there as no consensus

was among the support, whoever was the favourite on websites, the

polls, with the bookmakers, they would have had a minority support, so

whatever would have been the outcome today the majority would perhaps

have asked us the question why?

“We

understand that but had to focus on getting the best man for the job

based on the criteria we were looking at and Neil is that.”

Chairman

Alan Bowkett re-emphasised the club’s long-term ambition to be

established in the Premier League, saying: “The ambition of this

football club is to be competitive in the top half of the Premier

League.

“We

believe we can establish, from the way we are managing this football

club, a club that can compete for a European place and win a trophy.

“The

possibility of winning the Premier League in the current financial

circumstances is beyond us but we believe we can be in the upper reaches

of the Premier League and that’s why we have made this appointment

today.”

Malky

Mackay, Gianfranco Zola and Neil Lennon were all rumoured to be in the

running for the City vacancy, but Bowkett defended the time taken by the

board to decided to appoint Adams.

“The

reason we took longer than we wanted to take was because we did a

review of the German market, the Italian market, Spanish market, the

whole of the British Isles, to find the candidate who stood the best

chance of getting us promotion as soon as possible,” Bowkett said.

“And the things

we were looking for, as well as experience, is some of the basic things

such as coaching skills, leadership, vision hard work, a progressive

attitude, hunger for the job and the commitment to do it the Norwich way

and Neil easily come top of that in terms of those various attributes.”

[Indy 3,471]

Exactly bor....

We were a team with big budget and premiership squad......really couldn''t find a manager with a better cv?

It was a cheap option and they again are getting off with poor Adams getting all the stick.

Hughton should have gobe last January, yet the board said there was no one out there then they gave it to Adams who was already at the club!

The board are stale and we need a new attitude from the Old Boys at the board level.

[? 0]

Thanks Bor, that''s just back all the memories of total dismay I had when he was appointed.

For all those who continue to back Adams, can you really say that this appointment is working? It''s obviously not so something really needs to change sooner rather than when it''s too late!

I have no ax to grind against Adams, the board must bear the brunt of all the current criticism, their gamble has not paid off!

[Maccys Back 0]

I thoroughly agree Indy, after the dross with coco then the "no stone left unturned" rubbish added to the expectation for us= an utterly clueless board!!! Mcnally''s claim to fame is appointing Lambert without him we''d be still in league 1 today. He only got Lambert as colu beat us ffs what if it had of been another manager that day? We''d of still had them now aswell.

I can not believe the board have gambled YET AGAIN with the security of the club. They didn''t learn from Gunn and decided to repeat the same mistake again and will do again in the future NO DOUBT about it!!!! Absolute bunch of jokers.

[The Judge 0]

It was a totally unnecessary risk appointing a novice manager for a club coming down from the premiership with the resources at its disposal. There is of course no guarantee a more expensive/ experienced manager would be fairing any better, but obviously your chances are greatly increased ( look at the impact Lennon has had at Bolton, and Pulis at Palace last year).

You have to question the ambition of the board in the appointment.

[JF 694]

I will not join in any anti Adams chants. The heat for this is firmly aimed at the clueless board members that have been shown up for what they are.

[Syteanric 1]

Lets not blame the city legend for taking the job! but they chastise poor old Gunny.....

[Indy 3,471]

Again Gunny did the best he could and never blamed him at the time.....the board have a lot to answer in my book.

[whoareyou? 0]

How is Adams a City legend?Legend is such an over used word these days.I think someone hit the nail on the head when they said the club has become stale. It needs fresh impetus from outside and Pulis is that man.

[Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,221]

For me McNally has a lot to answer for, we either need to get a replacement in or somebody with more experience to provide Adams with advice/guidance and we need to do it as soon as possible.......

[Theres only one Martin Peters! 0]

The writing is very clearly on the wall again, as it was since last December when the board chose to take no action until it was too late.

There are 2 very good Managers without jobs at present, now is the time to appoint one of them, but have the Board got the courage to make a much needed change?

[Hooleyfan 0]

In the PL we played some good football even though we couldn''t score enough and margins were quite slim between getting something out of a game and coming away empty handed...the squad still contains most of those PL players, so what has happened?

I went to the recent Hillsborough game, and what I saw in the first half there I believe were the seeds of what we have seen since. Some players just aren''t performing, they are coasting and just going through the motions. Whittaker and Johnson have consistently been disappointing, amongst others....how does happen overnight? The coaching team may be nice guys but they''re just not getting the best out of the squad. I''m disappointed with the Board and Chief Executive who for the second time in recent history have appointed a cosy inexpensive manager, who will now be vilified by a certain section of our support and will never regain his standing, like Gunny.

The time has come for someone to help Neil out... a technical director of football of some standing. This is no place for romantic sentimentalism...or blind faith and penny pinching..

The fans and the club''s expectation after three years in the PL is more than Championship survival. The stats of today''s game speak volumes in terms of shots on goal.

Help Adams out, McNally! either with someone who has some credentials who can add something of substance to the existing coaching team, or else someone to carry his bags on his way out of the club, who can then come back for yours and the rest of the Board!

[gabba 0]

[quote user="Bor Bor Bor"]

Adams

was unable to keep City in the Premier League but has now been handed a

three-year job and tasked with getting the Canaries back to the top

flight.

McNally

said he would not be naming any of the other candidates interviewed for

the job because he had “too much respect” for all of the candidates and

their clubs but said: “Neil was the first person to be offered the job,

nobody has turned down the job.”

He

continued: “Our ambition is that we want to get back to the Premier

League and the appointment of Neil was carried out with that in mind at

the earliest opportunity.

“Of

course we respect the Championship, it’s a very tough, competitive

league but in terms of whoever had been here today there as no consensus

was among the support, whoever was the favourite on websites, the

polls, with the bookmakers, they would have had a minority support, so

whatever would have been the outcome today the majority would perhaps

have asked us the question why?

“We

understand that but had to focus on getting the best man for the job

based on the criteria we were looking at and Neil is that.”

Chairman

Alan Bowkett re-emphasised the club’s long-term ambition to be

established in the Premier League, saying: “The ambition of this

football club is to be competitive in the top half of the Premier

League.

“We

believe we can establish, from the way we are managing this football

club, a club that can compete for a European place and win a trophy.

“The

possibility of winning the Premier League in the current financial

circumstances is beyond us but we believe we can be in the upper reaches

of the Premier League and that’s why we have made this appointment

today.”

Malky

Mackay, Gianfranco Zola and Neil Lennon were all rumoured to be in the

running for the City vacancy, but Bowkett defended the time taken by the

board to decided to appoint Adams.

“The

reason we took longer than we wanted to take was because we did a

review of the German market, the Italian market, Spanish market, the

whole of the British Isles, to find the candidate who stood the best

chance of getting us promotion as soon as possible,” Bowkett said.

“And the things

we were looking for, as well as experience, is some of the basic things

such as coaching skills, leadership, vision hard work, a progressive

attitude, hunger for the job and the commitment to do it the Norwich way

and Neil easily come top of that in terms of those various attributes.”

[/quote]Bowkett knows jack $h!t about football, no mention of an interest in football in his Debretts profile below. He''s just one of Delia''s prawn sandwich munching luvvie friends who happens to be good with a calculator. I doubt him or Fry had ever been to a football match until they got involved with Norwich via Delia.http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/18765/Alan-John-BOWKETT

Recreationsshooting, salmon fishing, opera, everything Italian, growing vegetables.

[simmo_2 6]

Never was a legend and never will be. Embarrassment is more apt word.