Tiresias Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Interesting Norwich related fact - Stephen Fry follows me on twitter, I have no idea why Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 He only follows fellow homosexuals I think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hoots picking Van Wolfswinkel and Fer. Pardew picks Darren Bent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hoots picking Van Wolfswinkel and Fer. Pardew picks Darren Bent. Two players who are completely unproven in the top six leagues of Europe? It is not guaranteed to work, especially with what they will be surrounded by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hoots picking Van Wolfswinkel and Fer. Pardew picks Darren Bent. Two players who are completely unproven in the top six leagues of Europe? It is not guaranteed to work, especially with what they will be surrounded by. Wolfwinkel is proven in a top six league. He has a one in two ratio in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Portugal isn't one of the top six leagues in Europe. I'm not talking about UEFA ratios and how well the mega rich sides perform in Europe either. League has no depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Ok, so you've arbitrarily decided on your own european ranking system. Where would you rank portugal then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Fer is an improvement over any of the players they were playing in central midfield, and RVW is an upgrade over Holt and Jackson. Snodgrass, Bassong, and Pilkington are decent players too, imo. These moves won't vault Norwich into the Top 8, but they're not relegation fodder anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Norwich, like Sunderland, are at least making moves to improve their squads. Which is more than we can claim at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 The signings of Redmond, Wolfswinkel and Fer, combined with the fact they're trying to get more quality in (even though Alderweireld rejected them at least they agreed a fee and so i'm sure they'll move onto another target) means that I think they have a decent chance of a top ten finish. The major concern is that the next level if there is an injury to these players will be a step down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Fucking Norwich man. Showed some ambition, punched above their weight and it paid off. Fair play to them. Probably why they had to sack him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Ok, so you've arbitrarily decided on your own european ranking system. Where would you rank portugal then? I don't know. Lower than England, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Russia definitely though. Outside of the European qualifying teams, there is almost nothing. This is irrelevant, though. The crux of what I am saying is that both the Erevidisie and the League in Portugal are significantly weaker than the Premiership and neither of these players will have experienced the week in and week out competition that exists in England. Plenty of players better than these two have struggled when making the move to a bigger league and Wolf hasn't impressed me when I've watched him personally. We'll see though. Honestly, good for Norwich. They've been at the top for a while now, so they should pursue a higher quality of player. All I have said is that there signings are risky. Even Redmond has only been decent at the Championship level, which could be said of Howson and Snodgrass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hoots picking Van Wolfswinkel and Fer. Pardew picks Darren Bent. Two players who are completely unproven in the top six leagues of Europe? It is not guaranteed to work, especially with what they will be surrounded by. Fair enough, you would prefer Bent and say another English player to them ?. And you have fallen for Pardew's waffle about needing Premiership experienced player, to cover up his utter mismanagement and dogshit football. I'd have them two before Bent or any other cheap Premiership experienced player. They are class players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Ok, so you've arbitrarily decided on your own european ranking system. Where would you rank portugal then? I don't know. Lower than England, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Russia definitely though. Outside of the European qualifying teams, there is almost nothing. This is irrelevant, though. The crux of what I am saying is that both the Erevidisie and the League in Portugal are significantly weaker than the Premiership and neither of these players will have experienced the week in and week out competition that exists in England. Plenty of players better than these two have struggled when making the move to a bigger league and Wolf hasn't impressed me when I've watched him personally. We'll see though. Honestly, good for Norwich. They've been at the top for a while now, so they should pursue a higher quality of player. All I have said is that there signings are risky. Even Redmond has only been decent at the Championship level, which could be said of Howson and Snodgrass. I'm not having the depth of the Russian league being held over the Portugese league. I'd argue the French league as well but the Russian league point is just not true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Villarreal have made an enquiry for Julio César, according to Marca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 German press taking the piss already http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/ricardomb00/1373710394697_zps55017ca6.jpg I scanned it for Hitler and it's not there, so I can't figure out any of that paper in context. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Norwich, like Sunderland, are at least making moves to improve their squads. Which is more than we can claim at this point. Can't wait for the season to start so I can have something specific to be frustrated about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hoots picking Van Wolfswinkel and Fer. Pardew picks Darren Bent. Two players who are completely unproven in the top six leagues of Europe? It is not guaranteed to work, especially with what they will be surrounded by. Wolfwinkel is proven in a top six league. He has a one in two ratio in Portugal. Doesn't mean much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Ok, so you've arbitrarily decided on your own european ranking system. Where would you rank portugal then? I don't know. Lower than England, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Russia definitely though. Outside of the European qualifying teams, there is almost nothing. This is irrelevant, though. The crux of what I am saying is that both the Erevidisie and the League in Portugal are significantly weaker than the Premiership and neither of these players will have experienced the week in and week out competition that exists in England. Plenty of players better than these two have struggled when making the move to a bigger league and Wolf hasn't impressed me when I've watched him personally. We'll see though. Honestly, good for Norwich. They've been at the top for a while now, so they should pursue a higher quality of player. All I have said is that there signings are risky. Even Redmond has only been decent at the Championship level, which could be said of Howson and Snodgrass. I'm not having the depth of the Russian league being held over the Portugese league. I'd argue the French league as well but the Russian league point is just not true. GTFO Are you serious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 The Portuguese league is awful outside the top spots, a few of those teams wouldn't look out of place in the Spanish or English third tiers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 The Portuguese league is awful outside the top spots, a few of those teams wouldn't look out of place in the Spanish or English third tiers... They sign 2nd division Brazilians ffs to start in that league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 A casual reminder to bear in mind we, not once but twice, failed to beat Maritimo last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 A casual reminder to bear in mind we, not once but twice, failed to beat Maritimo last season. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_03/088derby_468x378.jpg That doesn't mean anything to me We always provide that sort of thing against vastly inferior teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I'm sorry but the vast majority of the russian league is utter shite and the top of it is not up there with the top of the portugese league. I'm not sure how you can't see that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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