VillaChris Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Genuinely chuckling at some of these championship fans thinking Potter's stock is so low he's just going to accept mid table championship gigs. Actually given we've been talking about Dean Smith recently that would be a decent fit for him I think if they want a better style. Can imagine Michael Beale would be interested aswell given he did get good form out of QPR for 2-3 months before walking out. They'll have some good candidates applying so interested who ends up at the Den. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 They definitely won't end up with a plodder, they want someone to please the fans so it'll be someone with a good style of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Almost like me sitting in the trinity when Brucey was on his way out and the old boys in front were sure we could grab Brendan Rodgers. We just need to sell him the dream! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted October 20, 2023 Tonight's game is off - Babet got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 It's interesting with those teams like Watford, Norwich, West brom etc who used to yo yo between championship and prem. It feels like they're just becoming championship clubs again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 How the hell did norwich let a 2 goal slip to leeds and lose? Think leeds will get 2nd spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2023 Reading currently hold the record for the highest number of points in the championship with 106. After 12 games they had 27 points. Leicester are currently on 33 points after a dozen games. In fairness, Ipswich are also currently surpassing what Reading did at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 hour ago, turvontour said: It's interesting with those teams like Watford, Norwich, West brom etc who used to yo yo between championship and prem. It feels like they're just becoming championship clubs again now. Watford's endless chopping and changing of managers and squad overhauls has basically stripped them of any identity so they'll probably beat enough of the lower teams to just stay up but it could be a close run thing. West Brom still got a decent 11 on paper but lack a decent goalscorer and got endless financial issues. Both more likely to be league 1 in next 5 years than prem imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2023 53 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: How the hell did norwich let a 2 goal slip to leeds and lose? Think leeds will get 2nd spot God I hope not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 10 hours ago, Demitri_C said: How the hell did norwich let a 2 goal slip to leeds and lose? Think leeds will get 2nd spot Dean Smith and Aaron Ramsay's fault innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Pearson sacked by Bristol City seems odd. Checked their forum and they seem unanimously pissed off with the board/owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Ainsworth sacked at QPR and they hired Hammarby's manager Martí Cifuentes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 They’re currently third and fourth, a third of the way into the season. Do we think the final league game of the season between Leeds and Southampton will prove to be a fairly important one or will it be more of a non event with neither side wanting to pick up an injury for the play offs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 28 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: They’re currently third and fourth, a third of the way into the season. Do we think the final league game of the season between Leeds and Southampton will prove to be a fairly important one or will it be more of a non event with neither side wanting to pick up an injury for the play offs? Can see Ipswich dropping off personally, so it could be for automatic. Chances are against of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naaaaarch Posted November 13, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 19/10/2023 at 10:55, VillaChris said: Genuinely chuckling at some of these championship fans thinking Potter's stock is so low he's just going to accept mid table championship gigs. He has some history with our new sporting director. It's happening, we're the mid table championship gig of his dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Naaaaarch said: He has some history with our new sporting director. It's happening, we're the mid table championship gig of his dreams. its weird to see the semi demise of Norwich from a Pl/Champ/PL/Champ club to mid table Champ club. You have had some very good players over the last few years, an exciting, if not entirely suitable style for the PL. Whats happened do you think?, i know you have sold some of your better players (Buendia etc), lost Pukki etc etc, but you had a bit of a rep a couple of years ago for finding gems on the cheap, but the wheels seem to have come off over the last couple of years? Do you think you will be challenging for promotion again in the next couple of years?, or do you think you have slipped in to mid table championship mediocrity a bit now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naaaaarch Posted November 14, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2023 2 hours ago, MaVilla said: its weird to see the semi demise of Norwich from a Pl/Champ/PL/Champ club to mid table Champ club. You have had some very good players over the last few years, an exciting, if not entirely suitable style for the PL. Whats happened do you think?, i know you have sold some of your better players (Buendia etc), lost Pukki etc etc, but you had a bit of a rep a couple of years ago for finding gems on the cheap, but the wheels seem to have come off over the last couple of years? Do you think you will be challenging for promotion again in the next couple of years?, or do you think you have slipped in to mid table championship mediocrity a bit now? We threw away our identity in the last Premier League season and have half-arsed trying to put together a new one ever since. We were clearly trying to put together a more physical squad but if you look at our central midfield position (Sara, McLean, Gibbs, Nunez, Sorensen and Foreshaw) it's clear we're not fully committing. We've been really complacent over the last couple of seasons, it's like the club just assumed we'd get promoted because it's Norwich in the Championship. We really did stray from the original Webber/Farke squad building mentality though. I think we'll have 12 or 13 30+ players by the beginning of 2024. Our new sporting director started yesterday so hopefully that can be the reset we need. Although our recent accounts show that we don't exactly have the money for a dramatic rebuild. I honestly have no idea if we'll be challenging again any time soon. Will be interesting to see how Ben Knapper sees football, coming from a long stint at Arsenal I'm hoping we'll be a footballing side again. We also have an ownership change on the horizon so we'll hopefully be more financially competitive going forward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Naaaaarch said: We threw away our identity in the last Premier League season and have half-arsed trying to put together a new one ever since. We were clearly trying to put together a more physical squad but if you look at our central midfield position (Sara, McLean, Gibbs, Nunez, Sorensen and Foreshaw) it's clear we're not fully committing. We've been really complacent over the last couple of seasons, it's like the club just assumed we'd get promoted because it's Norwich in the Championship. We really did stray from the original Webber/Farke squad building mentality though. I think we'll have 12 or 13 30+ players by the beginning of 2024. Our new sporting director started yesterday so hopefully that can be the reset we need. Although our recent accounts show that we don't exactly have the money for a dramatic rebuild. I honestly have no idea if we'll be challenging again any time soon. Will be interesting to see how Ben Knapper sees football, coming from a long stint at Arsenal I'm hoping we'll be a footballing side again. We also have an ownership change on the horizon so we'll hopefully be more financially competitive going forward. How bad has Shane Duffy been and would a fit Omobabidele have been better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naaaaarch Posted November 14, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: How bad has Shane Duffy been and would a fit Omobabidele have been better? Omobamidele would have absolutely been better fit with how we try to play out from the back but it's pretty obvious he was sold to fill a hole in finances. He'd also have still been suffering from the midfield tactics. Wagner's midfield pairing essentially need to do everything and none of our midfielders are that complete. None of our midfielders have a shred of defensive instinct (well maybe Foreshaw did but his legs went years ago). It basically results in out best attacking midfielder (Sara) getting pressed on the edge of his own area. Our fullbacks play high up the pitch so if we lose it in the middle we're essentially giving the opposition an overload against a pairing made of our not so mobile central defenders (Duffy, Gibson, Hanley, Batth). Duffy is pretty much what you get at Championship level, he's limited in a lot of ways and has the odd moment of madness but he's actually quite solid and dominant in the air.. He was a key performer in our run at the beginning of the season where we only lost 1 in 8. Wagner has complained about an injury crisis although I don't really think it's been that bad. He's just not found a way to play without Josh Sargent and he's very set in his ways when it comes to that midfield build up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2023 After a ropey couple of weeks, Leicester have most things go their way this weekend. Ipswich lose. Southampton and Leeds both drop points. I say most things have gone their way…obviously the Rooney juggernaut kicking into gear will have them have grateful there are two automatic promotion spaces up for grabs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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