Don't want to raise hopes but there is a news conference at 3 o'clock - a bit early to be about Sunday's game?
God I'm starting to feel young here, it's only been 42 & 1/2 years for me!!! Although I suspect you are correct, I have a feeling this year may be different (but I've thought that before too)!
I think it's widely accepted that Hooper isn't the guy to play on his own up front. Enough people have said it for me to think that that can't be changed. He is a classy player though so it's a shame we can't accommodate him. I also wonder how many times this year we will be chasing a game and perhaps want to change to a system that would benefit him? That said, and contrary to what some have stated on here, I think I saw something that suggested he isn't a good impact sub. His goals come in spells where he is getting good playing time and he hasn't had that with us. I might be wrong - will try to dig out whatever stats gave me that impression. I also suspect that Hooper wouldn't be satisfied with being a well-paid benchwarmer. It may seem daft now but he came to Norwich for one reason - to try to get an England call-up by playing in the PL. The guy is ambitious. I suspect if he goes somewhere with a system to suit he'll score bucket loads and we'll be left feeling we didn't get the best out of him.
I think that sums up my opinion too! I agree that Hooper is at his best and scores most when he plays consistently, not as an impact sub...
Don't all of the pre-match pressers happen on Thursday, even for the Sunday games? NB: I may be completely mistaken.
Its purely for Sundays game. Don't get your hopes up about other stuff and I dare say it will be a straight bat regarding transfers/Grabban. It starts at 12.30pm I believe anyway. Edit - make that 1.30pm
Hooper will go out on loan and will score a hatful in the champ as he will be the main man in a team shaped to suit his strengths at a lower level. I had hoped that he would be utilised in more of a no.10 role for us combining his skill and vision with some creativity and link up play with Jerome and the ability to knock a few in when chances present themselves.. What has changed for me is that Wes has started the season in fantastic form. I honestly thought that he would struggle as he did not exactly star in our relegation season and he is now two years older but fair play to him happily he has thus far proven me wrong. I thought that if Wes struggled Hoops could be a decent alternative (or TBF Redmond) but Wes is performing and AN does not see hoops as an alternative. I suspect that reading between the line AN possibly feels that Hoops could have worked a bit harder pre season to get himself into contention - surely he can't be unaware of the manager's preference for quick, mobile strikers and whilst it is unreasonable to expect him to turn into Usain Bolt overnight speed and conditioning are things which can be worked on (we have a brilliant sports science set up at Colney to assist with this) and he hasn't worked as hard as the boss wants so maybe this is why he is down the pecking order.
Turner to Sheff Weds http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/michael-turner-norwich-city-sheffield-wednesday-2650168.aspx
Does anyone know if Hooper and Turner are getting 100% of their wages covered? Good to get Turner off the the wage bill.
There's a thread on our board about the possibility of Jordi Amat joining you guys? Anyone here heard anything on this?
So after another day of rumour and debate about the merits, or otherwise, of certain individual players what do we know? Turner has gone meaning that we now only have the required 25 man squad but only have 6 specialist defenders. Grabban is suspended and Hooper is still here leaving us with 5 strikers when all we really need is 3 or 4 plus Loza and on top of that the Club are after another striker. As of 6pm today there are only 5 days left in the transfer window and we know from previous experience that deals in the last 48 hours can be extra expensive. Anyone else getting a wee bit concerned?
