mykeyb Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Losing 3-0 now. Could be a bad o e for Norwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, jim said: Should have stuck with Farke Farke won 2 Championships. Will be a big task for Smith to improve on that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Oh Deano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 He really should not have taken this job. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Just now, villalad21 said: Farke won 2 Championships. Will be a big task for Smith to improve on that. Doubt he will get the chance tbh. His job was to keep them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Just now, jim said: Doubt he will get the chance tbh. His job was to keep them up. We'll see. Norwich are quickly realizing Smith can't play without Grealish though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 How to bin a respectable CV in a few easy steps. He would have if he played his cards right got a decent job again. Norwich are an absolutely pointless non entity unambitious waste of oxygen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 42 minutes ago, jim said: Doubt he will get the chance tbh. His job was to keep them up. Was it? How do you know that? My guess would be to keep them respectable this season and then get them up again next year Pep would struggle to keep this team up, they're shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: Was it? How do you know that? Smith has said as much himself in various interviews. Quote "I've seen how progressive this club has been. Yes, it's been difficult in the Premier League so far. Mine and Craig [Shakespeare's] job, along with the rest of the staff and Stuart [Webber], is to keep us in the league this season and that's firmly what we believe we can do. https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11709/12470741/dean-smith-new-norwich-head-coach-says-job-is-not-a-risk-and-believes-he-can-keep-premier-leagues-bottom-side-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) We're back to this in the Dean Smith thread... He's not going to say his job is to get relegated and then do well next year is he? He's not going to say we don't stand a chance of staying up cos the owners bought a team of shit championship level players Edited December 28, 2021 by villa4europe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, jim said: Smith has said as much himself in various interviews. https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11709/12470741/dean-smith-new-norwich-head-coach-says-job-is-not-a-risk-and-believes-he-can-keep-premier-leagues-bottom-side-up In fairness in the same interview he says taking the job is not a risk and if it was he wouldn’t have taken it (he literally says that). He says it’s not a risk, he says the job is to keep them up. I think it is a risk (all football jobs are) and while the job is ultimately winning matches and succeeding which for Norwich would be survival, I don’t think he gets the boot if they’re relegated. Maybe if they fail to register 20 points or something they’d act. Edited December 28, 2021 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Can't think of a worse squad I've seen at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, villa4europe said: We're back to this in the Dean Smith thread... He's not going to say his job is to get relegated and then do well next year is he? He's not going to say we don't stand a chance of staying up cos the owners bought a team of shit championship level players You asked me how I knew that and I provided a word for word quote of what I posted Personalky I believe his remit was to keep them up, otherwise why sack Farke if they were happy being relegated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Team they've got out today with injuries and covid is far weaker than the one that won championship last season. It reminds me mid season in 19/20 when we lost at Watford or somewhere with likes of Lansbury, Hause, Taylor and Samatta all starting and it was nowhere near quality of team we went up with. Just hope it's not one of those runs where Norwich lose ten straight as DS would probably struggle to make end of the season and that would be massive shame. I think they'll pick up eventually but they'll be a good 10 points off 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 You know it's not going well when you have one spot in your draft fantasy defence for 'any defender from the team playing Norwich this week' and you feel very confident of the clean sheet points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Naive of Dean to take this job - didn’t need to prop up this lame duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Smith is a poor manager and now Norwich are seeing why we sacked him. He'll probably get the sack from there too as they got rid of Farke because they didn't want to go down. Bet they wish they had stuck with him now! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 one of the worst starting lineups in top flight history. Would expect this team to be beaten in an early round Carabao cup game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, rodders0223 said: How to bin a respectable CV in a few easy steps. He would have if he played his cards right got a decent job again. Norwich are an absolutely pointless non entity unambitious waste of oxygen Who else would have given Smith a job in the premier league? I doubt anyone. Norwich stick with their managers and will be favourites to go straight back up like every relegated team is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Who else would have given Smith a job in the premier league? I doubt anyone. Norwich stick with their managers and will be favourites to go straight back up like every relegated team is. Burnley arguably Brighton if they sacked Potter. the rest I couldnt see them hiring an English manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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