Outsider here, you lot should appoint Duncan Ferguson.

[Rob17896]

When you get relegated, you should appoint a Chris Sutton and Steve Bruce combo. Club hall of famers, forthright opinion from Sutton and PL experience in Bruce.

That is all,

Everton Fan

Really?

 

[Jebus_lives]

Really?

Makes perfect sense.

 

[Jo3Fr3sh]

I'm leaning more towards Baines. I know he doesn't have a lot of experience. Can't put my finger on it.

 

[Rob17896]

Makes perfect sense.

in lah lah land perhaps...wait a minute!

 

[Jebus_lives]

in lah lah land perhaps...wait a minute!

Time for Norwich to restore some pride. They do that by going to club legends and experience.

Forget Sutton and Shearer as the original SAS, Bruce and Sutton could be the very first BS combo.

 

[canary]

Bryan Gunn a Norwich legend, but not a manager.

Duncan Ferguson, Everton Icon, not a manager.

This is, frankly, a silly comparison.

Bryan Gunn retired as a player in 1999, became Norwich manager in 2009, and in the interim 10 years had....

1). Done no coaching whatsoever
2). Obtained his only coaching badges in 1983, when he was 20, some 26 years before becoming our manager.
3). Taken a job in our catering department for ten years.

His appointment as manager ranks not only as one of the worst things to happen at Norwich but potentially one of the stupidist things ever to happen in British football. He was a former international goalkeeper and he signed the worst keeper in Norwich City's history.

We appointed the hospitality manager to run the football team.

Somewhat insulting to your own club legend to draw the comparison don't you think?

 

[ChesterBlue]

God no.

As @TheBigIguana stated he did well on blood and thunder but the novelty will wear off at some point and thats when he'll need more than just a jacked up Goodison to push the side on.

I think his last game (Arsenal at home) you could see the Big Dunc effect wear off - Arsenal were there for the taking that game and we literally offered nothing with the crowd largely subdued.

I would rather the Granny Shagger if it came to a choice between the two ex bloos.

That Arsenal game may have legitimately been one of the most boring games I’ve ever seen - both sides had new managers coming in and neither looked like they could be assed

 

[stopstandthere]

Has anyone ever raised the question if Big Dunc wants to be appointed?

 

[barneygumble]

This is, frankly, a silly comparison.

Bryan Gunn retired as a player in 1999, became Norwich manager in 2009, and in the interim 10 years had....

1). Done no coaching whatsoever
2). Obtained his only coaching badges in 1983, when he was 20, some 26 years before becoming our manager.
3). Taken a job in our catering department for ten years.

His appointment as manager ranks not only as one of the worst things to happen at Norwich but potentially one of the stupidist things ever to happen in British football. He was a former international goalkeeper and he signed the worst keeper in Norwich City's history.

We appointed the hospitality manager to run the football team.

Somewhat insulting to your own club legend to draw the comparison don't you think?

No, it’s not.

Ferguson is genuinely a PR man. Love the bloke, but he’s shown no credentials to running a football team.

6 different managers, same cowardly players. If he was going to get a bounce out of them, then he’d have done it by now.

Genuinely my favourite Everton player ever, but would never call him a legend either. Bleeds blue.

But Ball, Dean, Southall - Legends.

Ferguson, a beacon of light in a rotten 90s period, and an Icon. Nothing more.

 

[Cameron Manning]

That Arsenal game may have legitimately been one of the most boring games I’ve ever seen - both sides had new managers coming in and neither looked like they could be assed

Absolutely dismal, dreary, dreadful and diabolical game with both teams deserving to be booed off the field, Everton looked dead on their feet after three games running their plums off,in fact the third game versus Leicester City in the league cup, Everton looked knackered after half an hour with Leicester 2-0 up and it could have been a lot more. Midway through the second half Tom Davies pulled a goal back and the crowd came to life roaring the Blues on and Baines scored a cracker of an equaliser before it went to penalties and we blew it.

Now we have hardly anything in central midfield, problems at centre back, nobody in the boardroom to sort out the rest of the transfer window, Ferguson, Baines and Ebbrell dealing with the coaching, training and medical side of the game and Kenwright still here putting his nose into affairs he knows little about like wanting Martinez back, the only thing he never puts in and never has is money, took plenty out though.

Plenty to worry about and yet I’ve just been to Goodison Park and ordered my ticket for the Brentford cup tie, not bad for someone who is nearly dead. Canary I’ll be coming up to Norwich soon with my cat to bleedin’ sort you out.

 

[yakublue]

I'm leaning more towards Baines. I know he doesn't have a lot of experience. Can't put my finger on it.

it's the barnet

 

[yakublue]

No, it’s not.

Ferguson is genuinely a PR man. Love the bloke, but he’s shown no credentials to running a football team.

6 different managers, same cowardly players. If he was going to get a bounce out of them, then he’d have done it by now.

Genuinely my favourite Everton player ever, but would never call him a legend either. Bleeds blue.

But Ball, Dean, Southall - Legends.

Ferguson, a beacon of light in a rotten 90s period, and an Icon. Nothing more.

feel like we're into splitting hairs territory if we're saying someone is an icon but not a legend

 

[deipnosophist]

feel like we're into splitting hairs territory if we're saying someone is an icon but not a legend

...yes, but is was you who mentioned Bainesy's barnet lol

 

[barneygumble]

feel like we're into splitting hairs territory if we're saying someone is an icon but not a legend

It’s right though.

Dixie Dean record goal scorer.
Alan Ball, magician.
Southall, best in the world.

Duncan, hard man, bleeds blue, loves the club, and scored some amazingly important goals. But he’s not a legend.

The best of an era, but not of all time, like Cahill is.

 

[Tipp blue]

That's two 60+ year old has beens who have only achieved great things with stupidly large transfer budgets.

Each time you hire one of those they want to tear the side apart and bring in their own players immediately, they are practically nearly dead and see these jobs as little bonus jobs to top up their retirement pots, and therefore only ever think short term, why is a 61 year old going to care about developing that promising 17 year old in your U18's so that he can be captaining you in ten years, they never look further than the current season these types.

Duncan Ferguson will know who the bad eggs are, he knows who the prospects are, he's as hard as nails so going to naturally command a degree of respect from all men, unlike Roy Keane who everybody knows couldn't knock out a w*nk. And he has far too integrity to stick around waiting for compensation of it all goes wrong.

The last time you appointed a former player it was Howard Kendell and that went terribly didn't it, can't believe a load of you are calling for the return of Martinez who you all forced your board to sack 5 years ago.

Duncan Ferguson is the one.

That is all,

Norwich Fan.