As far as I can tell, this is the genuine Robert Snodgrass Twitter account and this is all he had to say about yesterday's game: "Never good losing the lads gutted as much as the fans, but the fans questioning our passion and desire ..... Have you seen the game ???" Not a word about the penalty. Not the tiniest hint of contrition. Just a thinly veiled criticism of the fans for 'questioning his passion'. Jumped-up little arsehole. What he should be doing on Twitter is begging the fans' forgiveness for ignoring the manager's decision and for pushing a player who is much much better than himself (RvW) out of the way to take the penalty. He should be saying something like 'I know I cost us three points probably and I really want to apologise', plus 'I know what a total prat I have been lately and I promise I will change in the future'. But no, apparently it is the fans who are the problem, not Robert-I-am-Premiership-class Snodgrass. On this point alone, I wish Lambert was still manager now. Because we know exactly where Snodgrass would spend the next few months - where Bent has been for the past year. I was one of Snodgrass's biggest supporters last season. I think he was our best attacking player by a long way, and only just behind Bassong in my opinion for POS. This year I think he has become a spoiled brat who forgets that we took him out of the obscurity of the Championship and gave him a chance to make a name for himself. I hope Hughton has the guts to discipline him, but I doubt very much if he has.
I am in no way making excuses for him, but I wonder what the accident involving his heavily pregnant girlfriend may have done to him! It would appear that's when the change in him took place!
Sorry, but this is getting silly now. Evidently, the players weren't under strict instruction for RVW to take the penalty or this situation wouldn't arise. If the penalty had been scored nobody would have said a thing. At the end of the day, a penalty or free-kick is a great way for a player to get his name on the scoresheet so some players will want to take them. His penalty wasn't bad, just Guzan was even better than it. There is no saying that RVW would have scored it either. Get a grip.
Still no excuse for him to assume the mantle of team captain and wrest the ball from the obvious penalty taker in the starting line up. The last thing this squad needs is in-fighting within the dressing room - some fans on the terraces are beginning to make their feelings known after only 5 games, we don't need internal disquiet as well
Stupid post. Any player can miss a pen and maybe he has a point about some of the fans? The amount of negative comments about our team for the last year has been ridiculous.
As I said Cromer, I'm not making excuses, just wondering! You are dead right about dressing room behaviour, that has been our biggest asset over the last four years!
Some of RvW's body language and facial expressions in the last 2 games show he is getting very frustrated with the lack of service he's getting - understandably. Pilks had a right go at Garrido which is uncharacteristic for him. Frustration becoming evident on the pitch / in the dugout will take no time at all to filter through into the stands
Well, if they weren't under strict instruction, they should have been. What the **** do we pay CH a ****load of money for?
Situation was the same under Lambert though? And in every other team. EVERY time ANY team wins a penalty more than one person will fancy it, and frankly I think that is a good thing.
He made a mistake I'm sure he's going to get a hefty fine, but hughton has too much class to come out and say that he's no paulo di canio. Snoddy's passion sometimes gets the better of him if you saw his penalty for leeds against arsenal you'll know why he wanted to take it. It's a shame he's not quite himself at the moment but everyone is human even the lord almighty grant holt missed a couple of penalties for us.
I know maybe I'm over-reacting to this, but for me there is a key issue at stake here, especially for a 'smaller' club such as City. It is a team game. That's the simple truth. And we have to work, to succeed or to fail as a team. Now I understand that, in the heat of the moment, a player might say 'i want to take that penalty/free kick'. Fair enough. What bugs me is that Snodgrass seems not willing to apologise for the heat of the moment. All he has to do on Twitter is say 'I'm really sorry, guys, I screwed up.' It is not difficult. On the contrary, his comments (to me at least) seem like a veiled attack on the fans. (Marsupial and others disagree, but I don't see how else we are meant to interpret 'but the fans questioning our passion and desire ... Have you seen the game?') It really isn't acceptable. 'I'm sorry, guys, I screwed up.' It isn't that difficult, Robert.
i personally think snodgrass was brave to come out on twitter last night but actually he'd probably have been better off staying quiet and doing his talking on the pitch because as we can see, some fans have taken it as an insult. we'd all appreciate it more in the form of a goal or an assist
Notwithstanding the fact that the penalty was a poor effort struck and at the perfect height for the 'keeper to save with no real pace, I find it incredible that we started a football match with no designated penalty taker. IF RvW was supposed to have taken it and with his terrific record I can only assume he was, Snodgrass should have his arse kicked big time because IMO that miss could possibly have cost us 3 points let alone 1. Not only that it could also be another nail in the manager's coffin of course. Looking at our upcoming fixtures, next weeks game is now turning into a 'must win', but no doubt we'll see the same old **** and come away with nothing. This morning I heard someone say that a dream team for City would be Martin O'Neil and Neil Adams ! Now even I think that would be bloody madness , but fans are already plotting Hughton's successor. Glenn Hoddle anyone ? Zola ? Poyet ? 5 wins in 26 and counting
Kio, I'm with you on everything here until the bit in bold. You need to drop it. It makes you sound like you're selectively criticising.
chris hughton has a win ratio of 33% at norwich city - near as damn it 1 win every 3 games. so we're a mid table side with a mid table manager... sounds about right to me as i always say, stats can be made to look how ever you like. during our last 19 games (equivalent of half a season) we've hardly been appalling - 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats. i agree its not great but hardly abysmal either. more 'mid table' than 'bottom of the league, sack the manager' form.
a little irrelevant now i know and i think he'd probably still have saved it, but at half time yesterday i was in the bar and noticed bt sport's coverage appeared to be critical of the referee for not allowing snodgrass to take the penalty again because brad guzan encroached 3 yards from his line to narrow the angle before snodgrass had even got to the ball. i honestly cannot remember the last time a keeper was pulled up for this offence. why do assistant referees never spot it when they are looking directly at it?
