No, not at all.

Hucks had more around him, plus we followed him up with 2 other loans, then 2 other signings.

Earnie came in when we were on a downward trend after losing Ashton, with bigger gaps in the squad following poor signigns after relegation.
We could of used that cash to get a decent CB and a decent CM.
Build for the future.
Instead we spent all on 1 striker.
He did enough to keep us up, but couldn't have the allround impact of a hucks.

Hucks rarely scored THAT many, what he did was put opposition teams on defensive with his running. He ofrced teams to double up on him, giving more space elsewhere.
You don't do that on earnie, teams rarely double on him, just be aware of where he is.
As his service was so limited, it limited the threat he posed.
Hucks needed little service back then, ball anywhere to him and teams were backing off.

Posted By: megson on May 8th 2008 at 17:09:02

Message Thread

was robert earnshaw a success or failure for NCFC? (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 16:57:54
- big fat FAILURE (NCFC) - Tomblander, May 8, 17:09:24
- success (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 8, 17:08:14
- Success - scored lots of goals and broke even on him. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 8, 17:01:28
  - How could anyone ever regard Earnie as a bad signing? (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 17:10:05
    - wrong signing, badly timed, didn't fit the squad, didn't do us much good really (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:20:13
      - We needed a goalscorer = he scored goals (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 17:44:11
        
        yeah, and imagine someone having to inherit a that squad without him? (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:45:41
        
        Grant by that point was signing a lot of 'his' players (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 17:50:49
        
        I think Hamilton was worse than Grant (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 17:54:52
        
        Agree to a degree (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 17:59:12
        
        bit like fozzy this season then? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 18:01:49
        
        Whats like fozzy? (n/m) (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 18:03:16
        
        injured innit (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 18:05:00
        
        When hes good, hes very very good (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 18:07:40
        
        not what im saying in the slightest (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:52:09
        
        Calm down dear (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 17:54:46
        
        haha, pots and kettles (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:56:14
        
        Righto - Well what on earth (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 18:01:09
        
        that anyone who took the job when he did, had a mountain to climb (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 18:04:05
        
        BUT he was (NCFC) - romayellow, May 8, 18:07:09
        
        that's because you've deserved it (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:57:22
        
        As I learnt to expect, and it's never stopped, (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:57:11
        
        SUPER PETER GRANT (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:53:42
        
        nah he just WAS the worst norwich manager ever (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:47:12
        
        to be fair he never saw the impact earnie had (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:45:25
      - yeah 27 goals in 45 appearances was poor (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:23:22
        
        15 love (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, May 8, 17:25:03
        
        For the team as a whole, very much the wrong signing (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 8, 17:30:45
        
        so you'd rather he scored less (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:33:28
        
        Er....yes. Are you unfamiliar with the concept of "team"? (n/m) (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 8, 17:35:43
        
        not really (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:39:13
        
        There's no "I" in team (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 17:37:19
        
        I really can't be arsed to write an essay about it (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 8, 17:53:29
        
        being as Chris Brown joined us 3 months after Worthy had been sacked (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 8, 18:55:44
        
        I'm not (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 8, 19:06:45
        
        but he didn't... (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 8, 19:29:26
        
        See again, Chadders is a worthy signing for me (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 19:41:30
        
        even unofficially it was under Grant that he came to us (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 8, 21:10:40
        
        I think of Brown as something to do with Worthy too (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 19:21:33
        
        arrers! (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:40:48
        
        sorry 4 in himself (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:41:10
        
        and also he's being blamed for being too good (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:34:05
        
        You are missing nothing (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 17:36:31
        
        made money on him :) (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:37:52
        
        Christ, am I actually agreeing with Himmers? (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 8, 17:32:15
        
        you're both mental yes (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:34:23
- Success for waht he did (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 16:59:59
  - hucks did the same no? (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:03:37
    - No, not at all. (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 17:09:02
      - but nobody wanted to join us (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:10:36
        
        How do you know? and who did we look for? (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 19:02:12
      - oh and a million on earnie would of left £2.5m to spend elsewhere (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 17:10:11
        
        you're speaking as if we had a pick of decent players (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:11:42
        
        too many people here used to playing championship manager (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:14:46
        
        I reckon the word patronizing has more sting to it when you spell it like that. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, May 8, 17:23:28
        
        I honestly believe that, (NCFC) - Tomblander, May 8, 17:16:02
        
        spot on (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:17:27
        
        i'll drink to that (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, May 8, 17:21:25
        
        quit moaning about petrol prices then :P (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, May 8, 17:34:13
        
        meggers, a suggestion (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 17:11:19
        
        Yeah, i should HAVE been out the door ten minutes before i posted that though. (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 18:55:57
        
        tell him to fuck have meggers (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, May 8, 17:12:05
        
        rolf (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 8, 18:54:52
- he did miss a shit load of chances but i reckon he was a success. (NCFC) - NCFC4life, May 8, 16:59:49
  - indeed the stats don't lie (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 8, 17:01:46
- Success (NCFC) - Old Git, May 8, 16:59:00

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.