Haven’t been on here much recently but my thoughts from afar

1) Seems like our club executive structure needs a review. Example being who do Knapper and Webber report to daily at the club? Or is it purely phone calls to Norfolk holdings at that point. Sounds like we need to sort it out.

2) What support structures are there for Knapper, in terms of experienced sporting execs? This is his first Sporting Director role so he’s gonna make a lot of mistakes, but what do we have supporting him in terms of experience and support networks to lean on? We’ve not made one single transfer under Knapper that I think we would be able to sell on at a good profit at this point in time or the future. Given that is our publicised strategy, I’m concerned (Jim levels).

3)Haven’t seen that much of us this season but the players look like they are always playing safe balls, nobody risking forward passes for Sarge to run onto etc. How much of that I wonder is player ownership of their roles or coaching? Probably bit of both?

4) Kenny’s interview the other night, Darling the game before, suggests that the playing staff are divided, lack of trust in each other to perform. Again how much of this is coaching? How much is just the shear volume of change and players not yet up to speed in both championship intensity and quality.

5) Injuries continue. I don’t really buy the argument that it’s due to something internal related to sports science/coaching. It’s happened across multiple coaches for a few years now. I wonder how much of it comes down to simply our recruitment policy of taking on players with known injury records, relatively cheaply which we have repeatedly done for years now.

6) Manning. I feel for the guy, I like him and I think he’s got talent but for whatever reason something is not working with him at NCFC. Maybe wrong club, wrong time for him? I’m not sure how long it continues or how bad it has to get?

Posted By: I Am H2O on October 24th 2025 at 10:14:55

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Haven’t been on here much recently but my thoughts from afar (NCFC) - I Am H2O, Oct 24, 10:14:55
- You can’t sell players for profit if you never play them in their best positions. (NCFC) - Kentish Canary, Oct 24, 13:50:06
- This is all very well thought out, however... (NCFC) - atlcanary, Oct 24, 13:08:48
- Regarding injuries, I would assume that the physio and medical team would've stayed (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 24, 11:29:57
  - Farke had his own fitness guru didn't he - Chris Domogalla? Gone to shit since he left (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Oct 24, 11:43:11
    - I think he was some kind of yoga ninja (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 24, 16:09:29
    - Didn't he get sent off once? Brilliant (n/m) (NCFC) - atlcanary, Oct 24, 13:23:07
      - Against them. For being pointed at by Lambert. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 24, 16:08:55
      - He just looks guilty (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 24, 14:39:22
      - LOL when he didn't do anything... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 24, 13:34:54
    - This is true from what i understand too (n/m) (NCFC) - I Am H2O, Oct 24, 13:03:28
    - Bring back the Germans!! (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Oct 24, 11:43:35
- I don't think Forson, Diallo, Chrisene, Mahovo, Jurasek etc (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 11:16:04
  - Chrisene suffered a serious ligament injury to his knee before (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 11:35:16
    - Ah yes, forgot that (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 11:40:06
- Agree, especially with our injury record comments, I think however much we support the (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Oct 24, 11:01:42
- Re injuries etc.. its why we can buy them (NCFC) - Disco, Oct 24, 10:59:18
  - 100% agree, I wonder how much it’s hurting us though (NCFC) - I Am H2O, Oct 24, 13:04:54
- I agree with a lot of that (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 10:49:04
  - No I agree, it’s not solely on Knapper although he’s clearly made some mistakes (NCFC) - I Am H2O, Oct 24, 13:07:00
    - Sorry but this is nonsense. They're in among the most senior jobs at the club (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Oct 24, 17:47:56
      - Yes - I agree (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 19:34:15
    - That begs the question, what does the Technical Director do? (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 13:32:10
      - Putting out the cones at Colney is quite a technical job. (n/m) (NCFC) - Chicken, Oct 24, 15:14:01
  - Squad? Did you think that before the season kicked off? (n/m) (NCFC) - Chopper, Oct 24, 11:33:36
    - What any of us thought before the season kicked off is surely irrelevant (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 24, 13:00:49
      - This, 100% (n/m) (NCFC) - Bertie Russell, Oct 24, 13:35:20
    - Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 11:35:29
      - Not sure any of us could have been certain of that (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 11:41:47
        
        I was excited (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 24, 15:13:38
        
        Spot on, nobody said we had a poor squad. (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 24, 12:57:08
        
        Ahem (NCFC) - megson, Oct 24, 15:58:14
        
        Mystic megson (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 16:15:47
        
        I didn’t think we’d be this shit, but my concerns were right (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 13:13:00
        
        Change in manager was certainly transformational... (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 13:33:08
        
        lol! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 13:41:41
        
        I thought we’d be short of goals (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 11:50:19
        
        And…. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 24, 11:57:28
        
        Yes, agree (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 24, 12:01:38
- ^^^^ Really good balanced summary (n/m) (NCFC) - Drinkell, Oct 24, 10:32:19
  - Opinions v summary v speculation (n/m) (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Oct 24, 12:54:18

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