mikeyp102 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Is Pearson still his assistant? I always thought that was a weird move as they seem to have opposing styles on football. It seems at Brentford Smith was playing pressing passing football, he tried that with us but struggled with the step up in the prem. Yet as soon as Pearson came in we went far more direct. Norwich seem that way as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Is Pearson still his assistant? I always thought that was a weird move as they seem to have opposing styles on football. It seems at Brentford Smith was playing pressing passing football, he tried that with us but struggled with the step up in the prem. Yet as soon as Pearson came in we went far more direct. Norwich seem that way as well. Do you mean Shakespeare? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 6 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Do you mean Shakespeare? Probably yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 didnt start well for Deano's Norwich, lost 1-0 to Cardiff. They really should have the talent in their squad to come straight back up, no excuses really, will be interesting to see how they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Yeah, a bad start. I watched the game. Gotta say Norwich fans are being nice. Cardiff with pretty much a brand new squad of kids and new signings, knew exactly what they were doing. I dont know what Deano's Norwich style is and neither do the players, they seem very confused. He has had this squad for over half a year already its really not very good. This is pretty much a Championship title winning squad. Rashcia looks just as bad at championship level, bullet dodged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 4 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Gotta say Norwich fans are being nice. They don’t seem very complimentary on the Norwich forums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 As I said on another thread,I have $50 on Norwich to NOT make the top 6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 55 minutes ago, jim said: They don’t seem very complimentary on the Norwich forums. How many accounts do you have on it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 They still probably go up and Pukki will bag 20+ this season accounting for slowing down. They won't invest and will go straight back down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Don't think DS is a ruthless enough maanger to win the league tbh. Norwich will be around top 8 all season but no chance they're romping away with league as they've done under Farke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Poor start for deano. He wont last vwry long with results like that. They need to start well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, rodders0223 said: They still probably go up Not with smith in charge they won't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 4 hours ago, villa89 said: Not with smith in charge they won't. Never got a team promoted before? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Smith has a bigger advantage than he did at villa. He has had half a season and a pre season with them. There rely should be no excuses for them not getting promoted when you have players like rashida and pukki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Not a brilliant start by them but dont forget our first win under Deano was a fairly average 1-0 win against Swansea. not going to write norwich off just yet as they have plenty of fire power to win a lot of games down there, they have wigan hull and huddersfield up next so expect them to pick up some points. They apparently beat Marseille 3-0 back in pre season too who I imagine put up a fairly decent line up, better than most championship teams anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I watched the first half of their game against Cardiff, they weren't actually that bad, they were probably the better team and that was with Cardiff themselves also playing well, Cardiff took me by surprise and probably did the same to Norwich. Didn't see the second half seems the thing of Smith struggling against ten men struck again, but I wouldn't read too much into one game. As it stands they managed to hang on to all their better players, and signed Hayden from Newcastle, so really should be one of the strongest teams in the league. Was impressed with Jonathan Rowe from the little I saw of him last season, wouldn't be surprised to see him have breakout year in the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 38 minutes ago, useless said: I watched the first half of their game against Cardiff, they weren't actually that bad, they were probably the better team and that was with Cardiff themselves also playing well, Cardiff took me by surprise and probably did the same to Norwich. Didn't see the second half seems the thing of Smith struggling against ten men struck again, but I wouldn't read too much into one game. As it stands they managed to hang on to all their better players, and signed Hayden from Newcastle, so really should be one of the strongest teams in the league. Was impressed with Jonathan Rowe from the little I saw of him last season, wouldn't be surprised to see him have breakout year in the championship. Cardiff had 10 men and he lost again?? No way. Honestly smith so hopeless against 10 men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 20 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Cardiff had 10 men and he lost again?? No way. Honestly smith so hopeless against 10 men for just over 10 minutes, Norwich got a red card too 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: for just over 10 minutes, Norwich got a red card too Also don't know people think it's so easy to play vs 10, it's not, it's often harder, the defending team compacts and sits deeper meaning they're harder to break down or find space against Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: for just over 10 minutes, Norwich got a red card too Ah thats not really that bad then to be fair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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