The next NCFC Head Coach

1990s

 

..................I can't remember seeing one.

The year of Newman Butterworth, Polston and co? Was that...'92 or something?

 

Thanks Dave and FML!!!
In the Lambert years, we won most games by outscoring the opposition and when that option was failing to deliver results towards the end of 2011-2012 season, PL opted to 'jump ship!!!'

 

Newman, Butterworth, Polston and co. also included Ian Culverhouse at RB and Mark Bowen at LB. That was pretty solid, but I'd go back further to when we had Steve Bruce and Dave Watson as CBs in the 80s. If SW can come up with a couple like that we'll do OK. In the modern game, though, the art is to get the right balance between attack and defense as both are whole team responsibilities. Wagner managed it at Huddersfield and hopefully we'll be able to do the same.

 

Very true JMF. Lambert rode his luck and the promotion buzz for the first half of that PL season and then things dropped away badly in the second half with only 2 or 3 wins in a run of around 15 games. He knew how hard the next season was going to be when he jumped ship.

 

Thanks Rick - an AWFUL lot of fans seem to have short memories regarding that run of games!!!

 

When we won the league in 03/04 we conceded the fewest goals of any team in the league. So Green, Drury, Mackay, Fleming, Edworthy wasn't too shabby.

 

Can't disagree with this:

From today's MFW column.
http://norwichcity.myfootballwriter...st-we-forget-this-is-how-we-felt-last-summer/

 

MB also has a good article today, mainly because he's listening to a Dortmund reporter who knows, rather than MB talking about what he doesn't. Interesting that no one at Dortmund was sad to see Wagner go, but the opposite is true with Farke, who he considers the better manager. As to the style of football:

“Danny has a straight idea of how he wants to play football. He wants the ball all the time. He wants to dominate the game, have a lot of possession. Lots of short passes. It’s something you can expect. They will press high and will try to play fast, but it’s a little bit different to Wagner. He was more like Jurgen Klopp; their idea was to get the ball and be quickly in front of goal. Farke’s team does that too, but they also try to keep the ball if there’s no opportunity to head forward quickly and I think it’s a good idea. I can’t imagine how it would look in the Championship, but here in the fourth tier it was the right way to have the ball and maybe 70pc possession. What’s interesting is even though they played offensively on the pitch, they still had the best defence in the league. They were always focused on defence and stability, and tried to score goals out of a good defence. They created enough chances; their problem was more converting enough of those chances.”

Obviously the devil is in the detail about how that approach can be translated to our players. We showed last season that we can create and score goals, but failed to keep them out at the other end. If Farke can manage that we could be on to something. The other problem is breaking down stubborn defenses, especially at CR, but that may be where his tactical flexibility comes in. I have to say I like the prospect more and more as more is revealed and though there's a risk in such a radical change, there could be some great rewards as well.

The full article is here: http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/...s-tipped-to-join-him-at-carrow-road-1-5032082

 

Sounds similar to what CH wanted to achieve with us, doesn't it?

Solid defensive shape, lots of possession and an attacking presence. Didn't work with us but it did with Brighton and Newcastle because they had the players and the defence to pull it off.

I think we do have the forward/creative players now but the defence still needs to be totally revamped. I will have reservations if we are still lining up with Rusty at CB next season though.

 

Reservations?
On a one way ticket to dispairville .

 

Yep, this all seems legit

 

Thought he was coming over to be our HC, not a petrol pump attendant.

 

He's a good 9 ft tall

 

A man's gotta work !!!

 

The run Irvine took us on breaking our away day hoodoo and scoring shed loads of goals IF he was given the chance in December we probably would have finished top 6.
He did a good job and already knew the place and players I hope he is still with us in some capacity.

 

Why does the petrol station say 'Bonjour'? Shouldn't it say Guten Tag?

 

He's getting his last fill of cheap diesel before he leaves France!!!

 

If this is going to be our first overseas managerial appointment in our clubs history , I can't help but think that we took the cheap option again.

 

Why are the French advertising stuff in pounds?

Bah!