I have not been on here for the last 3 months partly because I got fed up with the anti Hughton hatred - he did his best but just wasn't good enough - but mainly because of personal circumstances. A serious illness to our daughter in law in Australia left our son and grandchildren in dire need of help. Mrs 1950 and I went out to help for 3 months and after a couple of weeks back here Mrs 1950 went out for another 3 months. With the sympathetic waiving of visa rules by the Aussie authorities she is now staying for a further 6 months but although the prognosis has changed from life threatening to life in an adapted wheelchair it is quite clear that permanent help will be required so the appropriate forms have been submitted which by the end of the year will change 1950canary to Adelaidecanary and put an end to 64 years of regular attendance at Carrow Road. In the meantime I can upset a few of you with my views as I see things
a) Not worth going back over the last season as it is is over, gone, kaput and nothing can be changed except to say that, firstly, I heard more sense spoken on the Radio Norfolk phone in yesterday morning than I have heard for a long time and , secondly, a lot of the supporters frustration at relegation was made worse by the unrealistic expectations they had at the start of the season.
b) Whoever the new Manager is the supporters have got to stop moaning even if they disagree with who it is. Personally I don't care who it is as long as he is a disciplinarian. For a variety of reasons this Club turns into a holiday camp under nice guys like Gunn and Hughton and we have always needed a hard man such as Saunders and Lambert to get players fit and boot a few backsides. Nobody will ever convince me that all of last years squad were as fit as they could be nor were they over concerned if they were playing badly. Under Lambert they took clean underwear in with them at half time if they played badly and also knew that he would likely haul them off if they didn't give 100% and we need that culture back.
c) We do need Adams in the structure as a lot of our future success could lie with the kids he has brought through and Adams knows them better than anybody else. We need at least 5 or 6 of them in next years squad gaining experience and some match time.
d) Most of last years squad will stay mainly because nobody else will want them - in fact there are a few who will probably have to be pushed out. The only one they must hang on to under all circumstances is Redmond. Anybody else can go IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT - which means not a lot less than we paid - which does cause a problem with the likes of RVW.
e) Next year will not be easy. The Championship is not full of over performing small Clubs - at least half of them would describe themselves as under performing big Clubs who should be in the Premiership. Anybody who assume that we will walk into automatic promotion or the the play offs will probably be as disappointed as they have been last year. I think we need next year to regroup and I suspect that we will finish about mid table. Last year I said we would finish 5th from bottom and was obviously being over optimistic - although that wasn't what most of you called me at the time!! I hope that I am not being over optimistic this year.
a) Not worth going back over the last season as it is is over, gone, kaput and nothing can be changed except to say that, firstly, I heard more sense spoken on the Radio Norfolk phone in yesterday morning than I have heard for a long time and , secondly, a lot of the supporters frustration at relegation was made worse by the unrealistic expectations they had at the start of the season.
b) Whoever the new Manager is the supporters have got to stop moaning even if they disagree with who it is. Personally I don't care who it is as long as he is a disciplinarian. For a variety of reasons this Club turns into a holiday camp under nice guys like Gunn and Hughton and we have always needed a hard man such as Saunders and Lambert to get players fit and boot a few backsides. Nobody will ever convince me that all of last years squad were as fit as they could be nor were they over concerned if they were playing badly. Under Lambert they took clean underwear in with them at half time if they played badly and also knew that he would likely haul them off if they didn't give 100% and we need that culture back.
c) We do need Adams in the structure as a lot of our future success could lie with the kids he has brought through and Adams knows them better than anybody else. We need at least 5 or 6 of them in next years squad gaining experience and some match time.
d) Most of last years squad will stay mainly because nobody else will want them - in fact there are a few who will probably have to be pushed out. The only one they must hang on to under all circumstances is Redmond. Anybody else can go IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT - which means not a lot less than we paid - which does cause a problem with the likes of RVW.
e) Next year will not be easy. The Championship is not full of over performing small Clubs - at least half of them would describe themselves as under performing big Clubs who should be in the Premiership. Anybody who assume that we will walk into automatic promotion or the the play offs will probably be as disappointed as they have been last year. I think we need next year to regroup and I suspect that we will finish about mid table. Last year I said we would finish 5th from bottom and was obviously being over optimistic - although that wasn't what most of you called me at the time!! I hope that I am not being over optimistic this year.
Seriously midway, it's good to have you back, I'm so sorry to hear of your problems and hope you can find some comfort in sorting the help out as a family!
