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Centre back..

ernest said:
Yes but there is only one way to gain experience. Moreover if you think about it Davies has had a full season of experience at Div 1 level and this is the natural step-up for him.
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Defenders and in particular centre backs take longer to come into their own. I would hate Davies to be put in too soon and put him back to where he was when he came into the team as a full back. There's loads of time for him and will be a class act if we look after him properly.
 
ernest said:
Yes but there is only one way to gain experience. Moreover if you think about it Davies has had a full season of experience at Div 1 level and this is the natural step-up for him.
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Also when he was a Fleetwood he was one of three which does take a bit of pressure off....if Neal went with a back 3 I would have no worries with Davies in this system.
 
Yoowell said:
Also when he was a Fleetwood he was one of three which does take a bit of pressure off....if Neal went with a back 3 I would have no worries with Davies in this system.
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Fair enough - but let's see how Davies does tonight presuming he get some time on the pitch.
 
Kingy said:
Hunts and Davies for me - although Spurr and Boyle do provide solid, adequate back up. I rate all 4 of them tbh - also heard Spurr say in an interview that CB is is best / favoured position.
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It is, I believe he wasn't best pleased with not being played there last season...
 
It's a big problem IMHO.

A pairing of Hunts and Ben Davies against Sheff Wednesday will leak goals. Btw has anyone seen the list of forwards at Wednesday?!?

Rhodes
Forestieri
Winnall
Joao
Nuhiu
Hooper
Fletcher
 
Sports Lawyer said:
It's a big problem IMHO.

A pairing of Hunts and Ben Davies against Sheff Wednesday will leak goals. Btw has anyone seen the list of forwards at Wednesday?!?

Rhodes
Forestieri
Winnall
Joao
Nuhiu
Hooper
Fletcher
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Fair enough but we will dominate them in midfield if they play that formation 😉
 
Sports Lawyer said:
It's a big problem IMHO.

A pairing of Hunts and Ben Davies against Sheff Wednesday will leak goals. Btw has anyone seen the list of forwards at Wednesday?!?

Rhodes
Forestieri
Winnall
Joao
Nuhiu
Hooper
Fletcher
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They can hoard forwards all they want but they struggled to get over 6 goals each barring Forestieri and Fletcher
 
We needed a commanding CB last season, it's absolutely imperative now, but I can't see us signing one, as rare as strikers.
 
Sports Lawyer said:
We will probably end up with Bassong.
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I hope not. He has been rubbish for a couple of seasons, slow, the Queen Mary could turn faster, gets caught out of possession and the City fans are glad to see the back of him. If AN does sign Bassong the time I am giving AN to prove himself with us will be almost at an end.

I have never, ever said anything bad about any of our managers, I have always allowed them time to adjust to being in charge and setting up their style of play and bring their own players in, etc but having watched Norwich a number of time under his tenure, how he set the team up, having no plan 'B', heard him speak and watched how he approaches things when they lost, I am not full of confidence. I know that some managers, and players, do rubbish at one club but brilliantly at another, e.g.McGeedy at SW, Beckford at BW, Eddie Howe at Burnley compared to Bournemouth, I just hope that AN is like that and does great with us.
 
norfolk white said:
I hope not. He has been rubbish for a couple of seasons, slow, the Queen Mary could turn faster, gets caught out of possession and the City fans are glad to see the back of him. If AN does sign Bassong the time I am giving AN to prove himself with us will be almost at an end.

I have never, ever said anything bad about any of our managers, I have always allowed them time to adjust to being in charge and setting up their style of play and bring their own players in, etc but having watched Norwich a number of time under his tenure, how he set the team up, having no plan 'B', heard him speak and watched how he approaches things when they lost, I am not full of confidence. I know that some managers, and players, do rubbish at one club but brilliantly at another, e.g.McGeedy at SW, Beckford at BW, Eddie Howe at Burnley compared to Bournemouth, I just hope that AN is like that and does great with us.
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Sounds like you've firmly nailed your colours to the mast already in regards to Neil.

He's won over 50% of his games at this level, losing 17 out of 68.

I'll take that.
 
sf said:
Sounds like you've firmly nailed your colours to the mast already in regards to Neil.

He's won over 50% of his games at this level, losing 17 out of 68.

I'll take that.
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Exactly, however it ended at Norwich he'd have to go some here to improve on that record.

FWIW I don't think he'll end up at 46% like Grayson (with league 1 included of course) but a change in style, updating the squad and continued stability results wise and he'll get 2/3 years (minimum) for me.

Talk of time being up if he signs Bassong is way OTT. I'm sure Grayson was hit with the "he's only signing players he knows" when he signed Clarke and Woods.
 
sports rehab said:
Got to say I though Spurr was very good last night....

For me its about who we play with him now !
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I would have happily seen Spurr offloaded this summer but he seems to have trimmed himself down - or should that be up - a bit and may prove useful. Davies also seems to have made a claim for himself - and that does not surprise me - but neither is a really dominant player though Davies might develop into one. At the moment out best bet for a central defensive 'general' is Huntington and decent, honest player that he is I am not certain he is that.
 
norfolk white said:
I hope not. He has been rubbish for a couple of seasons, slow, the Queen Mary could turn faster, gets caught out of possession and the City fans are glad to see the back of him. If AN does sign Bassong the time I am giving AN to prove himself with us will be almost at an end.

I have never, ever said anything bad about any of our managers, I have always allowed them time to adjust to being in charge and setting up their style of play and bring their own players in, etc but having watched Norwich a number of time under his tenure, how he set the team up, having no plan 'B', heard him speak and watched how he approaches things when they lost, I am not full of confidence. I know that some managers, and players, do rubbish at one club but brilliantly at another, e.g.McGeedy at SW, Beckford at BW, Eddie Howe at Burnley compared to Bournemouth, I just hope that AN is like that and does great with us.
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Get a grip. We have not even played a competitive fixture btw the Norwich fans loved him when he took them up.
 
Waltz said:
Get a grip. We have not even played a competitive fixture btw the Norwich fans loved him when he took them up.
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A mate of mine who is a Norwich fan has said that he has been awful for at least the past 2 seasons. This isn't my mate having a gripe because AN is now our manager, my mate was unimpressed with him back in 2014/15 onwards. I trust his judgement.
 
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