In other news, http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/norwich-city-news-chris-hughton-1806525 Thoughts? Much of it covered here I feel
Rob I think you should calm down, is it not a prerequisite of this board that we do not tolerate personal insults Dave ?
Where are the personal insults I have just written? Get your facts straight. How about you read through Munky's comments to me, where you will find personal insults abandon.
For goodness sake can we ALL calm down and BTW rob you did tell munky to **** off. You both appear to be trading insults and it doesn't make good reading that is all
For the record, I have to agree with Rob on this discussion, Munky, I'm afraid you have surprised and disappointed me on this thread! If we can't all discuss without name-calling and slap-head smileys, I think it's a shame!
It's gone from hyperbole to hyperbollux in my opinion. For what it's worth, I think the James Nursey column is spot on.
Yes, and sorry to be annoying, but that's not a personal insult. I accept it is insulting for you and for that I apologise. If you read through Munky's posts, he has been patronising and offensive for no apparent reason and with no justification right from the start.
I believe, if you read through, you'll find Rob admitted that and apologised for it, something that Munky has yet to do!
Thanks Dave For what it's worth, I apologise wholeheartedly to everyone (including Munky) for the swearing. KIO is right, there's no need and it's not pretty.
From said article: "Holt, 32 next week, is a work-horse who can bully defenders and did brilliantly last term with 17 goals but lacks pace and is unlikely to be at the club next season so I don't blame Hughton for currently giving quick MLS loanee Kei Kamara a chance to showcase his capabilities." I've been castigated for saying the same on here but it seems someone agrees with me
Fair point. I think September might be a little soon, as we didn't really get going until past then this season, and when we did get going, we did very well for a spell. But I agree with you that a new manager would benefit greatly from having time to get to know his squad. I suppose factor in which managers are available, and an appointment October-November would be reasonable.
Very interesting link, cheers for that Rob. On the topic of Holt leaving, I personally don't feel he'll go until next summer. Last season was really his last chance at being 'the main man' at a PL club, and whilst he hasn't played badly this season, Kamara has shown that Holt isn't the first name on the team sheet any longer. If he leaves now, I don't see him getting another 'main man' gig at a PL side, so if he's going to be a squad player, I imagine he'll see Norwich as as good as anywhere. If he was to stay for a 2014-15 season with Norwich, he'd be likely to be limited to Jackson-like appearances, so I could see him moving to a championship side further north next summer, to be closer to his family and get more first team football. Obviously that doesn't account for the club deciding to cash in, but I don't think we'll get significant offers for him this summer, as he hasn't shone like last year. Another interesting point in there was the goals conceded stats. We've let in 47, down from 66 last season. We debated earlier on whether we'd actually seen real improvements to the defence in terms of goals conceded, but a reduction from 2.13 to 1.56 goals a game is definitely significant.
I have also said this in more than one post, KIO. It is undoubtedly a possibility but does depend on our intended tactics for next season - Holty can still be a real distraction for defenders and a foil for a clinical striker if we're going to play 2 up front. He's had a really tough season with his lone role and the hamstring injury at Xmas. Regarding Chris Hughton, I think it's madness to suggest he should be sacked - I entirely agree with the James Nursey mirror article. We need to get through the difficult second season in the Premiership then augment the squad with what should be a reasonable war-chest in the summer.
Very good article that by nursery, sensible to say the least. As for holt, regardless of what the club thinks, I'm sure he is not happy starting from the bench in recent weeks, although his goal haul is low (like everyones really), I can see him leaving in one of the next two transfer windows coming up What i am also disaapointed with is his size. Ok there are probably factors we don't know, but he's clearly put timber on and not lost it. Remember how slim he was around the swans (a) game last season?
This has been dealt with. He is not overweight. His weight is monitored by the club all the time. If he was overweight or his body fat went over a certain limit he'd be fined and wouldn't even be on the bench.
I assume he's not getting to watch us to often to write such nonsense. That article explains absolutely nothing, no appreciation or acknowledgement of how the team are playing. He talks about Ruddy being out but we have been incredibly lucky this season with injuries, we've never had players injured on mass for any sustained period. Apparently Hughton drills the side intensely on shape this idiot informs us. A shape of four with another four sitting in front all game. It must be incredibly hard to get into the players heads such a complicated defensive arrangement. Hughton must be some kind of a magician. And finally he even gets a "recipe for success" in there. Has anyone heard that one before. You have the chance to write to thousands and he sticks that **** at the end. Awful.
Out of all that report, if that warrants the word report? I'm just glad we didn't succeed in getting Hooper from Celtic. I mean what's the bloody point in buying strikers if we aren't going to make chances for them. Take Morison when he was at Norwich, we hardly ever played to his only strength, which was a ball on the ground passed on his right side for him to run onto to shoot. If Van Wolfswinkel is to be successful at Norwich then we MUST buy a attacking midfielder, get the ball out wide early, get crosses into the box early for him to have a fighting chance. But hold on a god damn minute, don't we have a 20 goal a season striker already? Yes we do Grant Holt I believe his name is, but he has to keep chasing back and defending so he's not getting too many chances, I wonder if van Wolfswinkel will be asked to do that?? Answers on a postcard to the next Norwich Manager please!
