Kevin Nolan, that well known intellect... I'm sure he's a very nice man but i just don't want him as our manager.
That'll be the old 'reality v expectation' conundrum.
Hello folks, Norwich fan in peace here saw the rumor floating around earlier, thought I'd chuck my two penny's into the ring!
Chris Hughton might be a good appointment for you, he might not, here are some things he will bring to the job, Newcastle fans I spoke to when we appointed him said the same.
He is tactically unable to change a game. He has a plan a, he will stick with plan a, and then he will wait and wait and wait to make a sub. Then when that sub comes more often than not it is like for like. If you go 1-0 down in a game, he will not aim to get back to 1-1, but to keep it 1-0 until 15 minutes left, and then attack a little more. He just makes very poor sub's, and is the worst manager I've seen in my 18 years at Carrow Road at being able to change a game from the sidelines.
His football is mind numbingly boring. He managed to take a free flowing attacking side under Lambert and turned them into the lowest scorers in England (have to go to level 9 of the pyramid to find lower scorers than us). He will go to away games and play for draws. We won a grand total of 4 league away games in two seasons under him. Shocking however you spin it. When we were 4-1 down at Villa at half time, a game I spent 70 quid to go watch, he admitted that his objective in the second half was to keep a clean sheet. It makes my blood boil to this day!!!
He also took the passion away from the side. We used to at least show some guts, but this year there was nothing. He was simply unable to inspire the side. Russell Martin admitted we had no identity, and the boys weren't up for the challenge. That falls on the manager.
I saw someone post about bringing through youth? Well he didn't do that here. We have recently won the FA Youth Cup, have some young players like Ryan Bennett and Nathan Redmond as well, yet he brought in old clogger's like Yobo, Gutierrez and Elmander instead of giving these talented youngsters a real run in the side.
Don't let our 11th place finish last year decieve you, we got lucky that we faced teams with nothing to play for in the final weeks of the season. There was no way we were the 11th best team in that division.
The one thing that riles me most is the nice man argument. Yes he is a nice chap, he took five minutes after a pre season friendly against Ajax to talk to me and my mate, but being a nice man does not mean you are a good football manager. He will talk up the opposition in his press conferences, he made Cardiff sounds like Guardiolas Barca!!
There are some positives, he will make your defence (which is already good) tighter. He does get good home results most of the time, and personally I think he brought well when he had less to spend (his first year in charge). The less said about last summers spending the better!!
That's my thoughts on Hughton. At the end of the day he'd probably do an OK job for you guys, but he doesn't really fit the mould you guys seem to want, and he will take all entertainment and passion away from you slowly but surely.
If you've got anymore questions I'll answer them, oh and look forward to visiting the Amex next season
Hello folks, Norwich fan in peace here saw the rumor floating around earlier, thought I'd chuck my two penny's into the ring!
Chris Hughton might be a good appointment for you, he might not, here are some things he will bring to the job, Newcastle fans I spoke to when we appointed him said the same.
He is tactically unable to change a game. He has a plan a, he will stick with plan a, and then he will wait and wait and wait to make a sub. Then when that sub comes more often than not it is like for like. If you go 1-0 down in a game, he will not aim to get back to 1-1, but to keep it 1-0 until 15 minutes left, and then attack a little more. He just makes very poor sub's, and is the worst manager I've seen in my 18 years at Carrow Road at being able to change a game from the sidelines.
His football is mind numbingly boring. He managed to take a free flowing attacking side under Lambert and turned them into the lowest scorers in England (have to go to level 9 of the pyramid to find lower scorers than us). He will go to away games and play for draws. We won a grand total of 4 league away games in two seasons under him. Shocking however you spin it. When we were 4-1 down at Villa at half time, a game I spent 70 quid to go watch, he admitted that his objective in the second half was to keep a clean sheet. It makes my blood boil to this day!!!
He also took the passion away from the side. We used to at least show some guts, but this year there was nothing. He was simply unable to inspire the side. Russell Martin admitted we had no identity, and the boys weren't up for the challenge. That falls on the manager.
I saw someone post about bringing through youth? Well he didn't do that here. We have recently won the FA Youth Cup, have some young players like Ryan Bennett and Nathan Redmond as well, yet he brought in old clogger's like Yobo, Gutierrez and Elmander instead of giving these talented youngsters a real run in the side.
Don't let our 11th place finish last year decieve you, we got lucky that we faced teams with nothing to play for in the final weeks of the season. There was no way we were the 11th best team in that division.
The one thing that riles me most is the nice man argument. Yes he is a nice chap, he took five minutes after a pre season friendly against Ajax to talk to me and my mate, but being a nice man does not mean you are a good football manager. He will talk up the opposition in his press conferences, he made Cardiff sounds like Guardiolas Barca!!
There are some positives, he will make your defence (which is already good) tighter. He does get good home results most of the time, and personally I think he brought well when he had less to spend (his first year in charge). The less said about last summers spending the better!!
That's my thoughts on Hughton. At the end of the day he'd probably do an OK job for you guys, but he doesn't really fit the mould you guys seem to want, and he will take all entertainment and passion away from you slowly but surely.
If you've got anymore questions I'll answer them, oh and look forward to visiting the Amex next season