Thats a fair assessment except......

anytime there is a worst ever Norwich manager list his name always appears.

If it was worst human being as a Norwich manager then I could get on board.

But based on the context of the poor squad and no money and position we were in when he took over......FFS that just baffles me.

Posted By: usacanary on December 1st 2025 at 15:12:36

Message Thread

Remember when Neyul was sacked and Alex Neil came in? (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 13:09:57
- PC certainly has a sense of calm but strong leadership about him. No messing around (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Dec 1, 15:07:31
- Neil was fine-tuning one of the best squads in the division (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 1, 14:02:28
  - Completely different objectives though (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:05:57
    - Innit (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:29:54
      - Which is why the comparison seems so odd. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 1, 14:43:25
        
        Yes, hard to see the comparison of two teams needing to improve performances… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 15:38:07
        
        Oh well (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:59:18
- I might be being a bit glass half empty … (NCFC) - APB, Dec 1, 13:18:52
  - Feels as though we're still thin on numbers for a while (NCFC) - mr carra, Dec 1, 13:33:24
    - Yep, everyone needs to stay fit now for a few weeks (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 1, 13:49:28
- I was impressed straight away with Alex Neil (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Dec 1, 13:18:29
  - I think every team we played that season under Neil … (NCFC) - APB, Dec 1, 13:23:49
    - Agreed, weren't we like 7th at the time. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 13:32:50
    - Neil inherited far better players than PC has (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 13:30:00
      - But playing Devils Advocate..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 14:07:49
        
        Roeder did an excellent job in his first season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:12:29
        
        Thats a fair assessment except...... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:12:36
        
        Things did go south the following season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 15:39:17
        
        The appointment of Gunn was a side effect of sacking Roeder... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:44:48
        
        In the same way Alex Neil was the outsider response to nice club man Neil Adams... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:46:48
        
        Terrible treatment of Hucks too (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:30:48
        
        Yes - that was man management and fan management failure (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:32:01
        
        The problem is the hard arsed approach is great in the short term but... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:15:51

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