Nothing on here about his departure (compare with the Pink Un board, which has had a couple of heated debates). Maybe we're scared of arguing amongst ourselves again, because Snodgrass was certainly a player who divided opinion. Personally I'm glad he's gone, and delighted to have got so much money for him with just one year left on his contract. Now that he's gone, Adams will more or less have to try to set the team up in a different way. I know he may have done this in any case, but it will surely be a lot easier to do without any temptation to slip back to the past.
It is well documented on the Mega Transfers thread VC I am also not too peeved about his departure, given the money we are getting for him. All being well we will have adequate cover (possibly better) come August.
100% agree with this statement (and Thai's). I lost count of the number of times I wanted him to pass/cross the ball rather than try to be 'the hero' himself and IMO, he drifted in to the middle too often. Whether that was him or the way he was asked to play by CH, we'll never know, but I know several other fans who are glad to see he's gone and especially at the fee Hull have paid!!!
I've heard GBP 6m 7m and 8m fees so far. Anyone clear on how much we got for him or is it traditional NCFC "undisclosed fee"? Perhaps 6m rising to potentially $8m with triggers maybe? Either way, decent amount.
I see Lallana took out a full page advert in Southampton's local rag thanking the fans for all their good wishes, Snoddy, take note!
a large section of norwich fans booed snodgrass last season. a larger proportion moaned continuously about him. he's said his piece, that should be that.
Exactly Dave it's about respect, I thought when Ricky Lambert departed too he was very classy about it. I'm not taking about undivided loyalty, just thanking people for giving your career a big opportunity and thanking the people who have supported you through thick and thin.
Snodgrass was only here for 2 years, and lets face it he only moved here because we were a premiership team at the time. He has always said he wanted to play in the premiership. It's no surprise he has gone. He's thanked the club and the fans for their support. Lets move on! With all due respect the Lambert deal is completely different. They are still in the premiership, and probably would have liked to have kept him but they realised that they couldn't stand in the way of him moving to Liverpool. Playing for Southampton has resulted in him achieving a move to his dream club. Of course he would be pay tribute to them for that.
right, first off, he HAS thanked the fans. that would be the same fans who booed him last season. seriously, some people overreact at anything these days. embarrassing. lallana was at saints from the age of 12 and won two promotions and became an england regular during his spell there - he is a bonafide saints legend. snodgrass played fairly well for two seasons. unbelievable that people are comparing the two. same applies with lambert who had the time of his life at the club.
A day after a giant retweet ****fest on his twitter account, then a day later his missus probably said Bob have you thanked Norwich?. Nothing wrong for standing up against ill treatment, some of you would allow someone to piss on your face and you'd probably sit there and take it, weak.
Looking at the reports: BBC say it is "believed to exceed £6m" Red tops say "£8m" with add-ons Evening News say that it breaks the transfer record Transfermarkt often have good inside info and they reckon the price was £6.6m. There will definitely have been add-ons - our current record sale is Ashton at £7.25m, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if the add-ons beat that, which may well take it close to £8m assuming Snodgrass meets targets. That should give you a good idea of how much he cost. Either way, a fantastic price for someone in with 12 months on his contract. Siem de Jong cost the same amount for Newcastle! Though of course Snodgrass is a much safer bet in that he will definitely hit the ground running no problem (and irrespective of the arguments about his style and effect on the team, he is a fantastic footballer and was undoubtedly our best player over the last two seasons). Record sale? Probably in numbers terms, but Ashton's price is worth well north of £9m now taking into account inflation and Sutton for £5m in 1994 is worth over £8.5m in today's monopoly money.
Good Heaven, what a huge overreaction! I don't use Twitter personally, so I wouldn't know (or care) what's been said anyway. If this is how it affects people, I won't hurry to join. Piss on your face indeed!
It's true though it's this whole nice little Norwich mindset, if someone was sleeping with their wife they'd probably shake their hand and wish them good luck.
sorry but its a ****ing ridiculous overreaction towards a decent player, who gave decent service, leaving a football club - ironically, having had a go at snodgrass for not coming across well it is in fact you who comes across badly. even when the guy does thank the fans you still have a pop! pathetic. grow up.
Good luck getting shot of that gigantic chip on your shoulder - ideally well before the new season kicks off?
Can I just say that the reason I'm a bit miffed is because we exchanged tweets on several occasions but he ignored my thanks and good luck tweet! Bastard!
A guy who only decided he wanted to play properly in the later half of the season, anyway didn't see you calling him decent in the other thread? Thought you were quite glad to see the back of him. Telling someone to grow up after some of the self righteous sulks you've thrown on here in the past. I'll try my best
i am quite pleased to see him leave, yes, but i'm not immature enough to spit my dummy out just because the player didn't IMMEDIATELY tweet his praise of our fan base, a fan base which showed him little respect at times last year. lets not forget, snodgrass missed all of pre season last summer because of both injury and his wife being in a very serious traffic collision which could have killed herself and their unborn child. i also know he played with injections during the run in, yet showed more character than many fitter guys out there. i think maybe you should show a little more humanity - footballers are people, just like all of us. yes they are highly paid but they have emotions and sometimes, just sometimes, things affect them and their game suffers as a result. i liked snodgrass as a player, he is talented, but it is my opinion that he caused as many issues to the team as he solved - that is why i'm pleased he has left.
