Marc Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 Norwich 'under the radar' City moved top into the international break, this is a fantastic article on the transition period over the last couple of years. A well research piece that talks about Farke and also our sporting Director Stuart Webber. If our success continues and we get promoited it'll be interesting to see if more clubs look at signing players from European leagues and in particular second divisions in Germany etc. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/norwich-city-championship-table-leeds-united-derby-county-daniel-farke-stuart-webber-a8625396.html Thoughts on the Norwich regime? And could the Huddersfield/Norwich model that Webber adopted be copied by other clubs?
AMG Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 Its interesting. But a lot of factors to take into account here. a) Klose still hasnt decided to renew his deal, and we dont know how much of an impact Farke has on this, and whether he would be willing to stay with a non-german manager. b) Neither has Farke c) I think that, on the lower levels, it is a tad hard to convince players to move to another region, especially another language speaking country. LEts take the reverse into consideration. How willing would someone from a mid to top tier Championship team be to play in the 2. Bundesliga, for say, Duisberg or, say Magdesburg. I still think that this is the outlier, rather than become the mainstream.
Marc Posted November 11, 2018 Author Posted November 11, 2018 2 hours ago, AMG said: Its interesting. But a lot of factors to take into account here. a) Klose still hasnt decided to renew his deal, and we dont know how much of an impact Farke has on this, and whether he would be willing to stay with a non-german manager. b) Neither has Farke c) I think that, on the lower levels, it is a tad hard to convince players to move to another region, especially another language speaking country. LEts take the reverse into consideration. How willing would someone from a mid to top tier Championship team be to play in the 2. Bundesliga, for say, Duisberg or, say Magdesburg. I still think that this is the outlier, rather than become the mainstream. Klose is one of the last players still on big money from the previous regime. Him and Pinto are probably the last two? I don't think a decision will be made towards the end of the season and if we are still in the championship i'd be very surprised if he re-signed unless he is willing to take a serious wage cut. He'll be 31 by the time the season finishes. Farke i'd imagine will sign a new contract in the very near future, i'm not concerned about that. The majority of German's speak fluent English, certainly all our recruits do. English players have always been reluctant to travel abroad and also the money is far better in our 2nd tier than the German 2nd tier for example. I don't think it'll ever become the norm, but I think English football league clubs will start scouting Europe more, the myth that foreigner players struggle int he long hard football league season should be expelled.
Dave Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 After the success Watford, Wolves and Huddersfield have had in recent years I imagine this trend will continue until we get some horror stories like Wolves 2013. On top of their recruitment, I feel Norwich City deserve a lot of credit for maintaining their Category A status which has allowed them regularly bring through players from their academy that are Championship status. I find it frustrating beyond belief that given our catchment area we didn't maintain the same principles. Clubs with your attitude quite frankly deserve success.
AMG Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 6 hours ago, Cannabis said: Is this the same Norwich that gets promoted, does the square root of fuck all before going down again? Thought so. Really couldn't give a shit, one of the biggest tinpot clubs out there. Leeds coming up as Champions is what everyone wants. Decent attempt. But I've seen better from you. about 5/10, this one.
Danny Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 Lower leagues abroad are undervalued markets, think Brighton have done the same. We've got players from French, German, Danish, Dutch leagues and they've all done brilliantly and they cost very little.
Marc Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 9 hours ago, Cannabis said: Is this the same Norwich that gets promoted, does the square root of fuck all before going down again? Thought so. Really couldn't give a shit, one of the biggest tinpot clubs out there. Leeds coming up as Champions is what everyone wants. awful trolling as usual on TFF. Really poor level of posting from a staff member, it really bring this place down. @The Palace Fan putting in some serious football posts, thank god.
Administrator Stan Posted April 5, 2019 Administrator Posted April 5, 2019 Not sure which one is Marc and which one is @AMG
AMG Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 On 12/11/2018 at 03:04, Cannabis said: Is this the same Norwich that gets promoted, does the square root of fuck all before going down again? Thought so. Really couldn't give a shit, one of the biggest tinpot clubs out there. Leeds coming up as Champions is what everyone wants. https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/things-have-changed-perennial-yo-yo-club-norwich-city-will-be-premier-league-mainstays Bet you're gutted
Administrator Stan Posted April 7, 2019 Administrator Posted April 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, Michael Simeonovitch said: https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/things-have-changed-perennial-yo-yo-club-norwich-city-will-be-premier-league-mainstays Bet you're gutted Why would he be gutted? What is there to say that Norwich won't be a yo-yo club?
Lucas Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 Norwich deserve to go up. Been the best team performance wise. But the fans should have been bouncing at Carrow Road yesterday smashing QPR and pretty much guaranteeing promotion. I just don't get it. They all seem so blase about it. If that was us, the scenes would be mental, which is why it literally feels like life and death for us going up. Every game we are nervous as fuck for. Where is the passion?
Subscriber Dan+ Posted April 7, 2019 Subscriber Posted April 7, 2019 Called a couple of months ago that they would eventually run away with it and stand by that, reckon they'll finish about 10 points about whoever comes 2nd - who I think will be Sheffield United. They play some absolutely excellent football. Hard to say how it'll work in the top flight but I could see them surprising a few on what I've seen so far.
Fairy In Boots Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 Will they invest though is the main thing? Otherwise I see yo-yo.
The Artful Dodger Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 On 07/04/2019 at 13:28, Lucas said: Norwich deserve to go up. Been the best team performance wise. But the fans should have been bouncing at Carrow Road yesterday smashing QPR and pretty much guaranteeing promotion. I just don't get it. They all seem so blase about it. If that was us, the scenes would be mental, which is why it literally feels like life and death for us going up. Every game we are nervous as fuck for. Where is the passion? Been up and seen it quite recently, and several times over the past decade or so. For Leeds, like Liverpool with the first division title, the long wait makes it mean a hell of a lot more .
AMG Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 On 07/04/2019 at 17:58, Lucas said: Norwich deserve to go up. Been the best team performance wise. But the fans should have been bouncing at Carrow Road yesterday smashing QPR and pretty much guaranteeing promotion. I just don't get it. They all seem so blase about it. If that was us, the scenes would be mental, which is why it literally feels like life and death for us going up. Every game we are nervous as fuck for. Where is the passion? Guaranteed play-off spot, not automatic promotion. There's still 6 games to go, and 18 points to play for.
SchalkeUK Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Not sure what Scotland did to the young fella, but when Timo was with us he was a quiet, shy and very likeable lad - he was great on the field, but his abiltiy to just 'sneak in' at the right time did not fit with the management at that time and those of us who got to spend time with him were very sorry to see him go, but we knew what he was capable of. He seemed to have been 'toughened up' north of the border and the young, blonde good looking kid has turned into a bearded animal that preys on defensive weaknesses. That seems to be down to the Norwich staff and system and he and they deserve everything that is coming to them this season. I will look forward to seeing how he copes with the Premier League defensive walls next season but whatever happens it will be great to watch! My neighbour who is a Leeds fan avoids me whenever I mention Timo to him (as I did in September) as the phrase 'told you so' upsets him
Inverted Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, SchalkeUK said: Not sure what Scotland did to the young fella, but when Timo was with us he was a quiet, shy and very likeable lad - he was great on the field, but his abiltiy to just 'sneak in' at the right time did not fit with the management at that time and those of us who got to spend time with him were very sorry to see him go, but we knew what he was capable of. He seemed to have been 'toughened up' north of the border and the young, blonde good looking kid has turned into a bearded animal that preys on defensive weaknesses. That seems to be down to the Norwich staff and system and he and they deserve everything that is coming to them this season. I will look forward to seeing how he copes with the Premier League defensive walls next season but whatever happens it will be great to watch! My neighbour who is a Leeds fan avoids me whenever I mention Timo to him (as I did in September) as the phrase 'told you so' upsets him Pukki seemed a bit taken aback in Scotland. He was still relatively young, and didn't adapt so well despite making a decent effort. I think he took that experience with him to Denmark, and realised that though smaller leagues might not be so high quality technically, they're still very tough for a striker to thrive in, perhaps even tougher than in the Bundesliga where the game is more about movement and technique. It was at Brondby where he seemed to finally reach his potential and he became a major part of them making a huge title challenge out of nowhere last season, though it fell apart near the end. And that's what made him such a smart signing for Norwich; he's had to learn the hard way how to make an impact using his movement and his work rate against experienced, physical defenders like you get in Scotland and Denmark, and it's similar in the Championship.
AMG Posted May 6, 2019 Posted May 6, 2019 Just going to leave this here https://i.imgur.com/rF3iHnT.mp4 For the first 6 weeks, we were nowhere.
Administrator Stan Posted May 6, 2019 Administrator Posted May 6, 2019 Promotion bus broke down https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48178528
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