Alex Neil

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I agree with Munky that this is a big risk, but like others I feel it is necessary if we are to push on for promotion. McNally stated that the list of candidates the press came up with was split very evenly and that the likelihood was that any of those 'obvious choices' would have been likely to have the support of about 15% of the fan base. At the moment, Neil has received 82% support in the Pink'un's live poll.

Like Munky, I feel that much of that is emotional given how quickly this has been resolved. Yes, it's a calculated gamble, but 'business as usual' wasn't going to move things on this season. I also agree with Munky that people have underestimated what Neil Adams managed to do in turning around the relegation hangover, manage transfers in and out and keep us in the promotion picture when so many previous PL teams are failing miserably. That at least has given the new manager a shot at promotion.
 
Guru of Ipswich said:
hang on before rob says anything, Warky we need proof of this!
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I'm sorry Guru, you have misunderstood.

It is not I who disbelieved you, it is my fellow Norwich City fans. Up until you had admitted that you were wumming all along, I have been wholeheartedly convinced of your honesty and integrity.

And you must understand that the bits that they need evidence for are your malicious and spurious accusations. Not wikipedia stats. Though admittedly JWM struggles with those (evidence - his belief that Ipswich's latest home game drew a larger crowd than Norwich's ever has).

See - that's the sort of evidence they need.

Now if you would be so kind as to provide all that has been requested, we would be very grateful. You are normally a good man, I'm sure. It's just without the evidence you come across as an unpleasant, whiny, bullsh1tting little troll, who cannot take a joke, is incapable of admitting fault and brings the atmosphere down. But I have no doubt that is a false representation of course and actually you are the angel you assert.
 
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Canary Rob said:
I'm sorry Guru, you have misunderstood.

It is not I who disbelieved you, it is my fellow Norwich City fans. Up until you had admitted that you were wumming all along, I have been wholeheartedly convinced of your honesty and integrity.

And you must understand that the bits that they need evidence for are your malicious and spurious accusations. Not wikipedia stats. Though admittedly JWM struggles with those (evidence - his belief that Ipswich's latest home game drew a larger crowd than Norwich's ever has).

See - that's the sort of evidence they need.

Now if you would be so kind as to provide all that has been requested, we would be very grateful. You are normally a good man, I'm sure. It's just without the evidence you come across as an unpleasant, whiny, bullsh1tting little troll, who cannot take a joke, is incapable of admitting fault and brings the atmosphere down. But I have no doubt that is a false representation of course and actually you are the angel you assert.
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EH? [HASHTAG]#confusedasfuck[/HASHTAG]
 
Everyone else:

If this is getting annoying and ruining your experience of not606, please send me a message and I will stop responding. I appreciate that the troll has now ruined this thread and my incitement of him has encouraged this rage, so I am happy to draw a line under it if that's what people will prefer. Otherwise, I will continue torturing him - it's easy because he is thick.

Best

Rob
 
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I love 50's reference to Hinge and Bracket, now we just need to decide which one is unhinged and which one deserves a punch up the bracket! One thing's for sure, this has got them worried, they just can't tear themselves away! <laugh>
 
Tony_Munky_Canary said:
Have to say that I've spent the past couple of days trying to get my head round all this, and regardless what angle I'm looking at it form I have to admit the one word that keeps coming up in my head is "bonkers".

I'll also admit that other than reading the sound-bites and bits coming out from Hamilton, I know absolutely nothing about this guy at all apart from the fact he's 33, has been a manager for around 18 months and during that incredibly short period of time he has had a bit of success for a small team with very limited expectations, so I accept that I'm no oracle on what he's going to be bringing to the table - but then surely none of us are, and all the positivity I'm reading on here and everywhere is surely based on not much more than wishful thinking and us hoping for the best as I wouldn't say his achievements north of the border are any indication of success down here in a far, far more difficult league - don't forget the SPL is a shocking standard at the moment, with the likes of Hibs, Hearts or Rangers not even in the top flight.

This is a massive step into the unknown and a hell of a risk at a time when most of us had accepted that this year provides our best chance of bouncing back before our best players get poached/decide they want to leave. He might well be a huge success, he might well have a massive future in the game and he might well go all the way to the top as one of his former players has said of him, but we've got hardly anything so far to base this on as his career has been so short and has provided quite a different challenge to the one the Carra Rud gig offers.

One of the big criticisms of Adams when he got the job initially was that he wouldn't be a name that would entice some of our squad to stay with us and he wouldn't be able to attract the type of players that would take us forward, however nobody seems concerned about this at all with this chap. In fact nobody seems to be concerned at all and everyone (even Carrabuh, which I'm absolutely astonished about) seem to have bought into this already and I have to say the level of positivity flowing from every outlet rather taken me aback somewhat, though I'd also say it has left me pleasantly surprised. I say this because regardless of whether I agree with the decision I will always get behind the manager and give him my full support (I even backed the Rodent until he completely lost the plot by releasing Hucks), and I really, really hope that this does turn out to be a masterstroke by the board and Alex Neil goes on to be as big a success (bigger if possible) that Paul Lambert was, a manager that left me equally underwhelmed when he was first appointed so I guess stranger things have happened.

I just didn't expect this at all, I thought the board had learned about taking risks at this stage of the club's history with Adams and gone down the tried and tested route, especially in the short-term. Probably should have accepted that nothing surprises us any more with our club, so Mr.Neil certainly has my full backing now he has the job and I look forward to seeing what he's going to bring.

Just as a final point, I think some of the stuff written about Adams' reign is a bit OTT to me. Stuff is being written as though his time as manager was nothing but disaster after disaster and that everything he did turned to sh1t, which it clearly didn't. Absolute rubbish that is, he leaves us in 7th place, three points off the play-offs, just ten points off the top with a +15 goal difference and in a far better position to have a crack at promotion in the second half of the season than either Cardiff or Fulham who came down with us. We've scored 11 goals in our last two home games and have only been beaten once in the league by more than a single goal (away the the team currently fourth). People seem to re-writing history to make him out to be far worse than he actually was, which provides quite a dis-service to the man and what he did in the first few months of this season - it's very difficult turning a squad of players with a losing mentality into winners, I thought Neeyul was doing ok personally and find some of the stuff I've read quite disrespectful if I'm being honest. That said, I I can understand why the board made the decision to replace Adams, however I'm a little flummoxed why it has been with someone with marginally more experience (albeit at an inferior standard at a club with vastly different expectation levels/operating budget/fan base) with a heck of a lot still to prove.

Hopefully he'll prove it all with us and become a club legend, just a hell of a risk if you ask me, and this was a risk most people weren't interested in pre-season but now appear to be more prepared to swallow for some reason.

It's definitely an interesting appointment at least, let's see what happens <ok>
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Everything you say is rational, but maybe it's not the time to be rational.

I think the 82% approval rate for Neil's appointment may be because everyone wanted a new start after Hughton and we were denied that because the people who the board appointed already had some kind of relationship with City and the 'new' manager was part of the existing set-up at Carrow Road. There was a psychological need to put everything behind us, and we couldn't. Now we have our new start. It may be a false dawn or it may be Lambert Mark 2, but at least it's a fresh beginning. At least that's how I feel. The future starts now.
 
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canary-dave said:
I love 50's reference to Hinge and Bracket, now we just need to decide which one is unhinged and which one deserves a punch up the bracket! One thing's for sure, this has got them worried, they just can't tear themselves away!
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And the irony is that their team is handsomely placed in the auto promotion slots as we speak - and yet rather than wallow in the glory that should come with that 'once every maybe two decades' euphoria, thay prefer to take cheap shots at the way our CEO conducts his affairs regarding NCFC.
Pitifully sad pair of t@ssers <doh>
 
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singaporecanary said:
Everything you say is rational, but maybe it's not the time to be rational.

I think the 82% approval rate for Neil's appointment may be because everyone wanted a new start after Hughton and we were denied that because the people who the board appointed already had some kind of relationship with City and the 'new' manager was part of the existing set-up at Carrow Road. There was a psychological need to put everything behind us, and we couldn't. Now we have our new start. It may be a false dawn or it may be Lambert Mark 2, but at least it's a fresh beginning. At least that's how I feel. The future starts now.
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Is there ever a good time to be irrational?
 
He's done a great job with Hamilton Accies with virtually no budget...

He likes to plays passing attacking football.

Ok, you don't rate Scottish Football but if he gets respect from the players I think he'll do a good job for Norwich.
 
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