Tumbleweed wrote:I used to like Norwich, but the unadulterated and uninformed crap with which many of their fans greeted ANs appointment on their message boards made me reconsider. Patronising and frankly offensive comments on the man himself, on Accies and Scottish football in general showed them in a very unflattering light and I wanted Alex to do well only for himself and not for their fans.
I was delighted for him when he got them promoted and the criticism and cynicism abated, when he was the best thing since sliced bread. Now they have been relegated, the old I-told-you-so's are back in fashion.He has made mistakes, has been learning on the job and will undoubtedly improve, whether it's at NCFC or elsewhere. Frankly, I'd love him to leave there and be a success elsewhere in England while Norwich get a manager they deserve.
Euan wrote:Like any young inexperienced manager, he'll make mistakes as he progresses.
We're experiencing much the same up here as Martin Canning has struggled to get a consistent performance, signed a few duds and led us to suffer some heavy defeats, but ultimately kept us up (and is hopefully learning from mistakes as he'll be here next season).
I felt Alex would have benefitted from being at Accies a while longer to develop in the SPFL, but when Norwich came knocking it was too good an opportunity to ignore or turn down.
He is a great motivator, so turned around your underperformers, but the concern was that he'd no experience of the Premiership and no previous with the type of big money signings required to survive there. Promotion was a double edged sword in that you want to succeed but he and Norwich would have benefitted from another season in the Championship.
I'd stick with him as he'll have learned from the past season and will hopefully get you back up and will have a better knowledge of what's required to stay up next time...if not we'd take him back at NDP anytime.
Good Luck next season.
AlanHutcheson wrote:Neil has virtually every aptitude required,- diligence, hunger, courage, intelligence, game knowledge, and an ability to both frighten his players, and inspire them to play without fear.
The only question is over his ability to compete strategically at the very highest level, and at the age of 34 he deserves time to answer it.
KIO wrote:Well he's now on borrowed time, a one trick pony who insists on making like for like substitutions with no Plan 'B. Has spent £Millions in the transfer market yet most of his sigings don't even make the bench or are sent out on loan. He's lost the fans and WILL be sacked, why our board are putting off the inevitable beggars belief. We have now lost SEVEN from nine league games, TWENTY-TWO this year ! Automatic promotion back to the Premier League has gone indeed at this rate we won't even make the play-offs. We are a side in freefall who unless AN is removed from his job sooner rather than later will probably end up in a relegation battle.
He must go now - AN OUT !!!!!!!!
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