comparisons with Wigan & Reading..
nothing whatsoever to do with the "little Norwich" approach. After all we heard a lot of crap at the start of this season favouring comparing Adie Boothrpyd's big talk with our "little Norwich" approach but it made sod all difference to them. And Wigan spent most of last season commenting on making sure they had enough points to stay up.
Our problems in the Prem compared to Wigan and Reading were mainly because:
a) the team we went up with wasn't actually very good and way way short of Prem quality (we had a lot of luck in the Championship-winning season, both in games and with injuries, and a few key players conveniently had the season of their lives at the same time)
b) our manager had a negative approach - we pretty much always responded to going ahead by dropping virtually everyone to the edge of our own box - and poor team selection (Holt? Fleming?)
c) we had some bad luck with injuries at bad times
None of thoise things are anything to do with the "little Norwich" approach, which was more a board thing and I suspect didn't affect the players and management.
Posted By: mr carra on April 10th 2007 at 10:31:31
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- What Worthington and the Board should have done when we got promoted (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 09:44:59
- was to keep the squad together and buy 3 or 4 quality players to make it stronger (NCFC) - NCFCbjorn, Apr 10, 11:01:16
- Don't know if we shouldn't have done anything... (NCFC) - Groningen Canary, Apr 10, 10:17:46
- comparisons with Wigan & Reading.. (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 10, 10:31:31
- As usual there's some truth on both sides of the argument, but for me (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 10, 10:43:25
- we DID spend in the summer (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 10, 10:52:10
- We did cheapo spending (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 10, 11:03:42
- that's the charlton model though... (NCFC) - Dave in France, Apr 10, 11:17:53
- be interesting to see where Watford end up (NCFC) - blindasabat, Apr 10, 11:26:48
- The Watford model (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 11:23:44
- that's the charlton model though... (NCFC) - Dave in France, Apr 10, 11:17:53
- We did cheapo spending (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 10, 11:03:42
- we DID spend in the summer (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 10, 10:52:10
- pretty much agree with that (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Apr 10, 10:41:22
- yup, me too. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 10, 10:42:01
- As usual there's some truth on both sides of the argument, but for me (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 10, 10:43:25
- comparisons with Wigan & Reading.. (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 10, 10:31:31
- easy to say now but realistically.. (NCFC) - Brandonio, Apr 10, 09:52:23
- And can you imagine the abuse they'd have got (NCFC) - hod80, Apr 10, 09:49:55
- As I recall Doncaster also doesn't understand the meaning (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 10:16:24
- Iwan and Malky should never be released (NCFC) - XXL16, Apr 10, 09:47:06
- yeah, look at Iwan he played after he left ncfc (NCFC) - Dave in France, Apr 10, 11:07:46
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