The Official 2014-15 Norwich City to a playoff semi final loss thread sponsored by the inevitable mid table finish for Ipswich Town

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

First topic message reminder :

New manager to be announced

Ins - hopefully some good ones
Outs - hopefully the bad ones

Other musings -

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http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/norwich/next-permanent-manager

It really isn't happening

[ncfc_Tooze]

Won't be malky, feel it would have been sorted by now as no compensation to sort.
Plus don't see him fitting The criteria set by the board, he's as defensive as hughton was

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Lennon's hardly renowned for his tika taka expansive football either

[NickisBHAFC]

Mackay or Adams for me.

Outside chance it might be Zola. 

No one else from those 3.

[Roller_Coaster]

Ooh Olly. Neil Lennon has announced his departure...

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http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/norwich/next-permanent-manager

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

[Bull]

It's happening Olly.

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If it makes you feel better

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/brighton/next-permanent-manager

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Adams on a three year deal.

WHAT THE FOOK

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

HOWEVER

IT ISNT LENNON  

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Why on earth did that take so long? Someone has got to have said no. Good for him though. Comfortable job too, many a manager will envy a man who gets to start out at a financially sound club just relegated with those kind of parachute payments.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'd imagine Mackay said no...

I'm not too unhappy with it, as long as he's given help in the transfer market.

If we'd earmarked him as a man for the future why not give him a go now. And as you say he's got a good base to start grom

[TopoftheChops]

HAHAHAHA league one here you come

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

HAHAHAHA league one here you come

This comment is gonna be gold come May next year

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

It is pretty obvious we got rejected by our first choice, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was Mackay.

Adams is a good coach, a very good one, and he showed some decent management traits in those five games. In the new structure he'll be allowed to concentrate on getting the team ready for matches and the coaching side of it, whilst we have a DOF bringing in players. 

Also happy this means we'll see some of young uns given a go, some are very promising. 

Sure he doesn't have the experience, but I've always said experience is overrated. 

Words cannot describe how relieved I am it isnt Lennon

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Malkay and Lennon both said no you imagine

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Jake Humphrey is an incredible cretin

I wish he would just stop tweeting about football

[GSC]

Could be a masterstroke, could see Norwich go the way of Blackburn and Bolton

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Could be a masterstroke, could see Norwich go the way of Blackburn and Bolton

Indeed, unfortunately never a guarantee with any manager appointment

Seen people comparing it to the Gunn appointment. Its nothing like it, the Gunn appointment was the last desperate act of a penniless board, he had no coaching experience whatsoever. Adams is a highly thought of coach, who has had success. Whilst it's fairly obvious he wasn't first choice, you're not always going to get your first choice, but that doesn't make him a bad manager or it a bad appointment, its why you have a shortlist.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@CharlieWyett: A brave decision by Norwich to appoint Neil Adams. Malky Mackay was first choice, was offered the job but could not come to an agreement"

As expected

[Bull]

Lennon will join Spurs according to some very reliable sources at the Bulling News.

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The Bulling News, affiliated with the Dogging Forecast

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Spurs fans will go nuts if they get Lennon. Make it so!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Also, good old Jim White of SSN is saying we've bid for Olsson

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Also, good old Jim White of SSN is saying we've bid for Olsson

Hmm saw that, apparently a bid of 750k. Can imagine we'll tell you were to go if that's true

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Hahahaha thats classic West Ham! We do not understand how to negotiate

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He'd be a good signing for you lot, he does need shoulder surgery this summer tho

Would imagine he's one we'll be desperate to hold onto tho

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Im not a massive fan but dont mind him either. If I were you I'd ask for Vaz Te as part of the deal. He'll score in the Champ, undoubtedly.

[ncfc_Tooze]

Stringer, Brown and Walker were all moved up from being youth team.managers to first team manager here so not a bad list for Adams to join. Would be great to see him do aswell as they did

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Gary Holt to be Adams's assistant

Makes a lot of sense

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Grants dad?

[TopoftheChops]

some ginger guy

[ncfc_Tooze]

Mark Robson and Gary Holt in as coaches

And

Former Norwich player of the season and Ipswich manager Joe Royle in as technical director

[TopoftheChops]

Agent royle

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Good experienced coaching staff behind an inexperienced manager, what was needed

Royle was wanted by Everton and Martinez, so quite happy to get him in

[cherriesfna]

SCREW U GUYS U BUNCH OF MORNS U GONNA GO DOWN STUPID MORON IDIOTS

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Hahahahahah lolz

[TopoftheChops]

Grabban is overrated, he's like Billy Sharp. He's only good at one club and is a waste of money

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Ipswich fan in disliking a Norwich signing shocker

"@Johnruddy86: Good to see us making strides to get straight back up, welcome to the club @grabbs22 #goals"

HAVE MY BABIES JOHN       

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

NODGE UPDATE

New kit. It's yellow and green

Snodgrass is off to Hull for obscene monies

Fer and RVW have both indicated they are happy to stay with words, whether there actions follow suit is another thing altogether

Oh and kyle Lafferty lolz

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Lafferty, three year deal, undisclosed

Meh

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@Matt_Law_DT: England goalkeeper coach Dave Watson set to join Southampton from Norwich #saints #ncfc"

Oh

[Fernando]

Will Ruddy follow   Let's face it their keepers not the greatest Southampton.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

They're one of the clubs I fear losing him too, but Ruddy was here wayyyyy before Watson and let's face it after Watson was part of the team who didn't take him to the WC, and Ruddy's rather vocal displeasure at that, I can't imagine the relationship between the two was great

[GSC]

I don't think he'll have had much impact on the final decision. Hart was nailed on, Roy loves Foster and Forsters been much better the last 2 seasons

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I'm fairly sure he said in an interview in one of our programmes that Hodgson asks him before every squad which GK's he thinks should be in, I'll try and find it (yes I'm that sad I keep match day programmes)

[GSC]

Yes Hodgson asks his GK coach for his opinion on GKs, well done Olly. The final choice is still Hodgsons.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Overnight, a rather incredible set of quotes has been attributed to the Palermo President, Maurizio Zamparnini about why he's selling Lafferty.

Zamparnini told an Italian radio show:

'It is a request made directly from the manager (Giuseppe Iachini) & at the end of the season I said that Lafferty was not manageable."

"He is an out-of-control womaniser, an Irishman without rules. He is someone who disappears for a week and goes on the hunt for women in Milan."

"He has two families with six children, he never trains, he`s completely off the rails. On the field he`s a great player, because he gave us everything he had and more."

"In terms of his behaviour, however, he is uncontrollable. My manager told me he cannot sort this player out, so he has to go."

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Yeah he said that about a week ago

He's got a culture shock coming to Nodge I tells ya. 

Although the Palermo chairman isn't exactly the most reliable of fellas

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