FAO Jayson Blair and Ralf Scrampton
Just continuing our chat from below - yes, I do want Boothroyd. I'm realistic enough to think it's unlikely though: why would he take the job at a League 1 club with no money? If our circumstances are as bleak as it appears, Gannon, Robins or Tilson would all be realistic appointments, and ones I'd be quite happy with.
Sure, Boothroyd and Irvine were unproven when Watford and Preston appointed them. But a) Norwich are a bigger club than either, and had parachute payments and recent Prem experience when we bizarrely plumped for Grant; and b), at least they had coaching experience, unlike Gunn! No appointment is guaranteed to work: many go wrong for a whole variety of reasons, not least if the club is badly run in the first place. But it simply has to be a better bet appointing someone who's already done well somewhere else than taking a complete shot in the dark.
Lastly, on Roeder: was he appointed just to keep us up, or as a medium and longer-term choice? The latter, which his record advised against to an enormous degree. Meaning even though he kept us up, he was a crazy appointment for a club looking to progress over a period of years rather than months.
Posted By: thebigfeller on May 7th 2009 at 19:12:57
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- FAO Jayson Blair and Ralf Scrampton (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 19:12:57
- Boothroyd would want the job because... (NCFC) - JD3, May 7, 19:27:31
- Thing is though, he's done media work for some considerable time now (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 19:37:46
- I don't think there have been too many vacancies since he left Watford. (NCFC) - JD3, May 7, 19:43:28
- he did turn down Huddersfield (NCFC) - double hipness, May 7, 20:19:06
- I don't think there have been too many vacancies since he left Watford. (NCFC) - JD3, May 7, 19:43:28
- Thing is though, he's done media work for some considerable time now (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 19:37:46
- Something I couldn't be arsed to post below (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 19:26:01
- aye, this is my point too (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 19:44:07
- We were a club still receiving parachute payments, and far bigger than Watford (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 19:32:02
- By and large, those payments were already spent (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 20:02:23
- Iwan, I don't hate the guy. I don't blame him anywhere near as much as some have (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 20:15:00
- Hucks was carrying injuries - still - and Safri couldn't be arsed (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 20:32:21
- and Phil Brown at Hull (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 7, 20:36:31
- Gah! Over, use, of, commas, (n/m) (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 20:33:22
- Hucks was carrying injuries - still - and Safri couldn't be arsed (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 20:32:21
- Iwan, I don't hate the guy. I don't blame him anywhere near as much as some have (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 20:15:00
- Watford have appointed Brendan whatsits face (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 19:48:09
- Because they're quite comprehensively fucked financially (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 7, 19:50:06
- By and large, those payments were already spent (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 7, 20:02:23
- Boothroyd would want the job because... (NCFC) - JD3, May 7, 19:27:31
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