Norwood

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Have you watched the video and listened to the guys points though?
Souza is good at what we bought him for, breaking up play, but we're asking him to do a lot more and he seems to be struggling. Playing Norwood not only gives him a partner to make interceptions and nick back the ball(which Norwoodwas one of the best at in the Championship), but he's always free and unmarked for a straightforward 10yrd pass, which Souza seems to need.

Playing Norwood gives us an actual leader again, even captain. I'd give it McBurnie or Baldock, but Oli knows the style we want to play and was been a huge part of pulling that style off in the past.

Norwood Playing deep and dictating the tempo and play gives Hamer license to play higher up the pitch. Hamer IS a box to box player but he doesn't win duals very often and is far more impressive further forward.

Slimane and Davies might be long term successors, but right now both seem over weight, slow and short of fitness.

I've been Norwoods biggest critic for years, and nobody is more aware of his faults than me, but at his best, the things we are massively missing at the moment- he can bring to the table when he's at his best.

Norwood has been an excellent player for us but he isn't PL standard. He's played games this season and with us not having much possession it's like having 10 men as that's his game.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Newcastle's first goal Norwood lost Langstaff who ran past him for a tap in.

 

[jono_t2000]

Whether we would be better with Norwood in the team or not, he doesn't represent the future of the club.

Like I've said previously, we are so engrained in Norwood ball that when he doesn't play we look lost.

The answer isn't bringing him back into the team as that's just sticking a bandaid on the issue..it's finding a style of play that suits us without him.

 

[ancientblade]

Norwood has been an excellent player for us but he isn't PL standard. He's played games this season and with us not having much possession it's like having 10 men as that's his game.

weve got too many players who are not premier league standard and thats why it will be a miracle if we stay up this season while im not convinced that hecky is a premier league manager hes been dealt a rotten hand by our boardroom financially

 

[Bell4]

Whether we would be better with Norwood in the team or not, he doesn't represent the future of the club.

Like I've said previously, we are so engrained in Norwood ball that when he doesn't play we look lost.

The answer isn't bringing him back into the team as that's just sticking a bandaid on the issue..it's finding a style of play that suits us without him.

I’ve said before

Doyle was the signing we needed not Macatee . Doyle is the upgrade on Norwood and may have actually helped Suza find some form , although from what I’ve seen of him that’s somewhat doubtful

 

[FTPE]

I’ve said before

Doyle was the signing we needed not Macatee . Doyle is the upgrade on Norwood and may have actually helped Suza find some form , although from what I’ve seen of him that’s somewhat doubtful

I think that's a big point.
The Norwood role is still needed, it's suits the players and system we use, we just needed an upgrade on the player himself. In preseason Hecky tried Berge in it and he looked good against Stuttgart, but Doyle was my first choice absolutely. I'm not sure what Heckys thinking was in overlooking him this time because in Souza, Hamer and Davies they are completely different players.

 

[Nesh Blade]

I think that's a big point.
The Norwood role is still needed, it's suits the players and system we use, we just needed an upgrade on the player himself. In preseason Hecky tried Berge in it and he looked good against Stuttgart, but Doyle was my first choice absolutely. I'm not sure what Heckys thinking was in overlooking him this time because in Souza, Hamer and Davies they are completely different players.

Isn't the point that Doyle wasn't on offer to us? It's easy to say well he didn't cost much for Wolves, but we all know that was a bit of an FFP mess around for City. I would have loved us to get Doyle back, but I just don't think City wanted to sell him to us

 

[FTPE]

Isn't the point that Doyle wasn't on offer to us? It's easy to say well he didn't cost much for Wolves, but we all know that was a bit of an FFP mess around for City. I would have loved us to get Doyle back, but I just don't think City wanted to sell him to us

I thought the reports were, he wanted to come, City were happy to sell, the figure to buy him (although not as low as Wolves paid) was very reasonable, and the only sticking point was wages.

 

[Nesh Blade]

I thought the reports were, he wanted to come, City were happy to sell, the figure to buy him (although not as low as Wolves paid) was very reasonable, and the only sticking point was wages.

Fair enough. I can't say I followed the transfer window that closely so happy to be corrected. Shite if so.

 

[FTPE]

Fair enough. I can't say I followed the transfer window that closely so happy to be corrected. Shite if so.

Don't get me wrong, that's hearsay, and 'wages' isn't always as small of an issue as the fans make it out to be, but I would have built my team around Anel, Doyle and Ndiaye for years to come. He had everything I want from my United players.
Ah well, I need to get over it.

 

[Snowflake]

I think that's a big point.
The Norwood role is still needed, it's suits the players and system we use, we just needed an upgrade on the player himself. In preseason Hecky tried Berge in it and he looked good against Stuttgart, but Doyle was my first choice absolutely. I'm not sure what Heckys thinking was in overlooking him this time because in Souza, Hamer and Davies they are completely different players.

Maybe we couldn’t afford to buy Doyle and that was the only way we could have signed him.

 

[Silent Blade]

I thought the reports were, he wanted to come, City were happy to sell, the figure to buy him (although not as low as Wolves paid) was very reasonable, and the only sticking point was wages.

Refused the relegation clause.

 

[FMBlade1]

Isn't the point that Doyle wasn't on offer to us? It's easy to say well he didn't cost much for Wolves, but we all know that was a bit of an FFP mess around for City. I would have loved us to get Doyle back, but I just don't think City wanted to sell him to us

I think that's correct, wasn't it also related to the Nunes deal? (not officially but.... you know....)

 

[Bladesince59]

It's all a bit irrelevant with 1 point after 7, soon to be 10

 

[Cheesebored]

It's all a bit irrelevant with 1 point after 7, soon to be 10

4 after 8.

 

[FTPE]

Refused the relegation clause.

I would have taken his out then.
Seriously.
All the rest have it and I bet we offered to leave it out of the proposed Ndiaye deal (which I hear was amazing).
That's what parachute payments cover.
Our only new signing on big money would be Archer, and if we go down we lose him anyway.
I suppose Hamer will be on a decent whack but we can always sell these type of players if we struggle with wages in the Championship anyway.

Again, I dont know the ins and outs or our finances.
What is evident though, is that we still don't have a Norwood upgrade.
On paper Hamer, Souza and McAtee is a very good midfield but it doesn't work, we are going to have to resort to a style that needs a Norwood type in there.
And the only Norwood type player we have now is the man himself.

 

[Bell4]

I would have taken his out then.
Seriously.
All the rest have it and I bet we offered to leave it out of the proposed Ndiaye deal (which I hear was amazing).
That's what parachute payments cover.
Our only new signing on big money would be Archer, and if we go down we lose him anyway.
I suppose Hamer will be on a decent whack but we can always sell these type of players if we struggle with wages in the Championship anyway.

Again, I dont know the ins and outs or our finances.
What is evident though, is that we still don't have a Norwood upgrade.
On paper Hamer, Souza and McAtee is a very good midfield but it doesn't work, we are going to have to resort to a style that needs a Norwood type in there.
And the only Norwood type player we have now is the man himself.

S p o t on

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Trialist tonight for…. Stockport County.

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Trialist tonight for…. Stockport County.

could be a good move for him.

 

[Champagneblade]

Probably more interested in being close to his roots that a stellar move.

To be fair, Stockport won league two last year despite all the hoohaa around Wrexham.

Might be a good move for him and lead to a successful season.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

He probably realises his role shows him at his best when he playing in a side with confidence who will probably attack the division with the momentum they have. He’s hardly gonna have much impact at a team in the champ who are anything other than top end.

 

[MightyBlades]

Dwight Gayle also playing as a trialist for Stockport tonight. Surely he's better than Stockport? I wouldn’t mind the Blades inviting him over for a week to take a look at him, to see if he still has the desire. I could quite easily see him scoring 15 for a top-end Championship side, which provides plenty of balls into the box for him to feed off.

Yes, I know he’s got a reputation for being a cunt, but if he can put the ball into the back of the net, I can forgive him that for the season he’d be with us.

 

[ben1987]

Dwight Gayle also playing as a trialist for Stockport tonight. Surely he's better than Stockport? I wouldn’t mind the Blades inviting him over for a week to take a look at him, to see if he still has the desire. I could quite easily see him scoring 15 for a top-end Championship side, which provides plenty of balls into the box for him to feed off.

Yes, I know he’s got a reputation for being a cunt, but if he can put the ball into the back of the net, I can forgive him that for the season he’d be with us.

He’s been shite for a few years, shadow of his former self.

3 goals in 45 appearances for Stoke who could not wait to see the back of him and then dropped into league one

There’s a reason he’s on trial in league 1. He’s done at championship level and teams aren’t queueing up to the him on

 

[jono_t2000]

 

[Grandmanasty]

GLTTL

 

[Badger Blade]

He should be able to stroll it in League One, especially in what's meant to be a decent side at that level.

 

[Working Class Hero]

I'd be very surprised if he didn't have some offers in the Championship, but at his age and the type of character that he is, I can see why he chose a club close to home.

Hope he smashes it, which he is well capable of doing at that level.

 

[Champagneblade]

It does show his actual drop off that his next club is in fact two leagues below where he let played for us.

That said, he’s had his career, made his money and Stockport is probably an interesting project that suits him geographically and he can go and enjoy himself a bit.

That said, I bet Hecky is kicking himself he didn’t get the PNE job sooner. I’d imagine he’d have fancied an experienced head like Norwood there.

GLTTL

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

 

[itsinyerblood]

Ollie was decent on more than one level. He came to this club due to the injury to Paul Coutts.
Once Coutts was no longer going to be part of this team we lacked a midfield authority, and that's what Norwood brought to the Blades.
Norwood was able to impose his authority early on. Boy, could he pass a ball, and his role for the Blades became an integral part of our team.

Ollie was also the type of character that any side loves to have, and it was clear that he was exactly what we needed. Toward the end of his time with Utd he'd lost
both some of his mobility and wasn't as effective as he once was. Happens to most players, but a good all round professional that always gave his all.