Norwich City manager Dean Smith is encouraging his players to “play with a bit of freedom” and enjoy their final Premier League match, stressing the need for positivity to get through the “mourning period” that followed their early relegation.
There’s a significant financial incentive to go out with a bang against Tottenham and potentially leapfrog Watford into 19th place, though, with an estimated £2.5million difference in prize money that would be especially helpful next season; but for the Canaries, it seems the tougher the opposition, the more miserable the result.
Prediction Spurs to 4-1
Noel ‘I hate Spurs’ Gallagher? I’ve nothing against Citeh especially but I have no interest in what he thinks about football because he’s got this weird unhinged hatred of my club. What’s his beef? He’s from f*cking Manchester, it’s like us hating Citeh. Why would we even give a f*ck?
Plus, he’s been writing the same two songs over and over for the last 30 years…
Going to be a busy summer, or at least it will appear as such.
That’s what football does to people. Never in doubt though. When I say win out I mean Burnley too But it was pretty obvious anyway.. had them to go down at start.
How long does his contract have left to run, six months?
Neither Norwich or Everton had a single reason to play their last games of the season, other than their obligation to put a team out as part of the fixture list…
Tottenham Hotspur=71.
It was clear theyd win out, friend of mine was panicking about Norwich….I said , really. It’s done mate. Don’t stress.
And the team listed above are in the CL.
What
The
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Quote from Noel Gallagher who’s on the wireless about City yesterday.
“How they went from being absolutely appalling, like the worst I’ve ever seen them , to an absolute machine in the last ten minutes….”
Indeed. And therein lies the joke of entertainment inc. what are the chances relegation, top 4 and the title all went down to last match?
City played their part , taking the drama down to the very last minutes. Yawn. People really need to start thinking about what they’re watching.
We need back up keeper, one left wb, one right wb, one central defender, one central mid, one forward – that’s slightly more realistic
Davies, Sessy, Royal, Sanchez, Moura, Skipp, Kulu are ok for backup under Conte
Well said
Some sense, thank you, but even Champions league is secondary. It’s all about the league first and foremost
Huh,
He wants the league, but I’m not seeing he’ll break his contract, know more at the end of the week I guess.
Contes interview didn’t look a dead cert to stay!
Any trophy will be success for Spurs next season, even dropping into the ropey and winning that will do the trick for me. Conte knows how to succeed and I’d say that what he needs to do so is James Ward Prowse along with a CB and one or two wing backs. Oh and a back up striker, and a winger to replace Moura, and a back up goalie as Gollini is useless, maybe three wing backs as all Royal, Doherty, Sessegnon and Reguilon are lacking, maybe two CBs because Dier, Rodon and Sanchez are pretty poor, and maybe Ben Davies isn’t good enough for champs league and top 4 either, so just the 11 players needed including an £80m JWP to help us compete with the multi billion pound juggernauts of city and utd along with the dream-team of Liverpool and new money of Newcastle.
Certainly not holding my breath as this is still a huge job for the recruitment team, especially with the deadwood we need to move on. But who cares as we beat the Ars3 to 4th and denied them a stepping stone to the next stage of their development. Kane, Conte and the rest of our best players stay, I guess that gives us some kind of hope for next year.
The domestic cups are now nothing more than a kind of faux success for the top teams, unless you do it in tandem with something else and it’s a nice add on.
Did well with Diaz didn’t he?! 😂
Never forget that humiliation. We lost plenty away in the EL and ECL and we need reinforcements to avoid an early CL exit.
Though Sky would probably spontaneously combust if they couldn’t lick Liverpool boots for a second.
Several individuals should have been shown their P45 after that game, not only those on the playing staff…
Caught only bits and pieces of the game today, but it seems we got the job done without much fuss at all. Good. Lovely to see Son get the golden boot – it’s not a famous trophy, but he deserves some sort of recognition for the season he’s had, and I’m happy he got it.
Now the real challenge starts: will Levy sanction the important deals we need and rid us of the players Conte clearly doesn’t trust? Or will we still have to listen to people telling us to trust what the Don’s cooking a week before the transfer deadline?
I think it’s clear that certain players have no future here – Winks, Gollini, Bergwijn, Lo Sellon, Ndombele, and one or two wing backs at the very least, with question marks still hanging over Sanchez and Rodon. So let’s get rid ASAP and get in fresh blood (that fox terrier striker from Ligue 1, Pau Torres for Lo Noshow and some money, Spence from Forest and Pope from Burnley would be decent shouts for starters).
Conte deserves absolute support, and I really struggle to see a way out for Levy should he again try to foist some punts on him.
Then again, maybe let’s not worry about transfers too much, as Pape Sarr is coming!
Exactly. It’s going to be interesting!!
Agree.
Yes, as you say, he’s 52, in his peak years, and will want to be filling those peak years with trophies. He won’t be satisfied marking time at Spurs.
I would question though what Conte could win with us apart from the domestic cups. He doesn’t have a particularly great record in the Champions League, the furthest he’s got in European comps is to the semifinals of the Ropey.
He seems to do better domestically, particularly in the league and with Citeh and Liverpool so far ahead that’s not really a goer. I think he’ll be thinking about all this and I still find it hard to imagine him sticking with Levy if there’s a better job around elsewhere…
I’m not too worried about Europe; the CL the only European tournament that interests me. The Premiership and the CL for me are the big ones that, ideally, I would want Spurs to win, but still quite nice to win the FA Cup.
AC did well, great final day 4th, Son GB fck m salad. Spammers back where they belong and we didn’t have to see klopps dentures oh and did I mention fck M salad!!!!
Winks should of gone after the Zagreb game.
Exactly
It’s as likely as him staying. He’s at the top of his profession, he’s 52 which isn’t old in management terms but having won titles recently, why would he take a step backwards in his peak years? I thinks it’s fairly touch and go if he stays or goes. It’s pretty much down to ENIC decide how this plays out…
Don’t worry about Europe.
The focus for conte is purely the league, everything else is secondary and will be sacrificed if need be.
The objective for Conte is to have a first 11 and a bench of good enough quality by the end of the summer.
The CL qualification is to give less of an excuses for players to give in a transfer negotiation.
Clearly, Conte has his doubts and wants guaranteed levels of investment. As was said earlier, the scary thing is that he could leave now having enhanced his reputation whereas if he doesn’t get the required backing, he makes himself look worse. Tough conversation coming up for Danny Boy. Back him or f-off.
Well if that’s the price of finishing 4th, I’ll take it.
Oh and I think that if 2 strikers have an equal number of goals at the end of the season, the golden boot should go to the one who scored the fewest penalties, and if their still equal, fewest number of shots.
Well done Sonny.
No, ironically, Arsenal now should have a much better chance of winning European silverware than us next season by participating in a much weaker competition (I regard last 16 in CL as being about the equivalent of making the Europa final!)
A true sports fan would have given priority to building a great football team; a property developer gives priority to building a stadium and other capital assets.
Looks a bit to me like for this summer’s incomings to make it all the way up to ‘backing the manager’ level, relies on Levy taking a massive hit on N’belly & Low Sell so; and possibly Sanchez.
If the Itchy Parrot can bring in 3 in the BentaKer & KuluChefSki mould rather than the above mentioned players mould, who knows?
Very unlikely CL final again, anyone? The betting odds of that should dampen any silly expectation levels. I can’t be bothered to check.
The debt due to the unnecessarily extravagant stadium is a major concern, of course.
And somehow, like Martin O’Neill at Aston Villa, I don’t think he’ll hang around too long if he isn’t backed. In a worst case scenario, he may be gone before the commencement of next season!
Yet Levy is a wonderful businessman. Do one, you c***. Yet he won’t.
If Paratici has been doing his job he would have already drawn up lists of targets by the end of February and have been quietly sounding out agents, sporting directors etc about prospects under certain scenarios.
It’s a myth that you sit down at season’s end and draw up a list.
You have that list to present to the Chairman by the end of February and that list will be: a) if top 4 is achieved; b) if Europa League is Achieved; c) if neither are achieved.
They’ve also had 4 months to sound out Villareal, Sevilla etc about players out on loan….
Well, it has been for the first 23 years of ENIC. But now we also have 800m of debt… 🤔
They did indeed! I went off for a walk with the main issues looking settled – only a matter of time until Liverpool got the winning goal that delivered the league title, I had assumed. I wouldn’t have been shocked at all if Villa had won; I thought all week that they might win 2-1, but I also thought City could win 4-0!
It would not surprise me at all if Conte left. He goes with his rep intact having done a great job in tricky circumstances. If he stays without sufficient backing, he could damage it.
Stick, or twist Daniel? 🤔
Exactly, alas!
A relatively non specific phrase would be Levy’s “we will continue to invest in the team”!!!
Yes, the over reliance on counter attacking often leaves us looking bereft of ideas when teams sit in. That seriously needs to improve if our level is to improve.
Been my favourite Spurs player for a few years now.
Not sure about that! Initially, I wasn’t too impressed; first few times I watched him he wasn’t that good and looked to me as if a puff of wind would blow him over. He was playing rather ineffectually again one Sunday afternoon and I was getting increasingly frustrated with him (get him off! etc) when he suddenly scored a superb goal…and the rest is history, as they say.
Totally agree with you!
I just saw that. Wants a sit down with the hierarchy. It’s balls out time for Levy or Conte will go.
The little I saw before the streaming played up, we were moving the ball around nicely, I thought.
Yes, he really is a prize berk! Conte already making noises, according to 606 a few minutes ago. He’s promising hard ball with Levy and if he doesn’t get the financial backing he wants he’ll be off and who could blame him really?
Yes, I think it’s now 16 finishes in the top four of the league and last four of cup competitions since we actually last lifted silverware. Not that surprising really and quite appropriate when ENIC only aim for top four!
If he fails to back this manager, we should all accept mediocrity will be here as long as ENIC is.
In the real world perhaps, not in Levyland…
I believe Conte has said this is one of his finest achievements; I wholeheartedly agree. With some of the dross we have and the stale squad he inherited and a boardroom that doesn’t really support a manager, I think he has done fantastically well to get us over the line into the CL; Klopp and Guardiola, in my view, wouldn’t have found it EASY to emulate this achievement.
The team itself? In my view, as a counter attacking team, we DO look like one of the best four teams in the country but when teams sit back against us and we have to force the pace we look mid table mediocrities. A really creative midfield player would make a difference but don’t hold your breath waiting for Danny boy to get us one!
It’s great what has been achieved, we’ve taken the opportunity because of the condition of the league.
71 points beats Poch’s first 2 seasons points totals as well.
If 3 or 4 of todays starters (excluding Sanchez and Royal) are on the bench instead for new signings, I’ll be pretty pleased with the window. There are always going to be the couple of under 21s picked up as well, but at the stage we are at it’s got to be first 11.
Quality over qty is key, especially
plus Conte needs an extension on his contract by August.
No, he hasn’t and they say a leopard never changes its spots …..and nor, in probability, does a colossal c…that is our CEO!
Well it is a library already !
whoop
Not realistic, surely two have to have the potential to be back ups (the youngest)
Levy will say; “well, we are alweady ahead of our main Pwemier League rivals, plus, people have no compwehension of how hard it is to compweet a twansfer deal…” etc.
There only one way to go with the current situation and that’s back a present day winner. You’ve got this whacking great stadium, stop embarrassing the club any longer and try to win some stuff…
Thanks Steve. I’ll save your message for future reference (Next Season Games). Your assistance is Much Appreciated. I did manage to use this stream watch.60mins.online thanks to Paddio but unfortunately had to listen to the sound in Arabic. 😉😂
Under the circumstances its a day to be happy…keep Kane, Conte and Son and go again….the bench today had 2 first team players..2……..a busy 2 months for levy, lets hope he isn’t on holiday till the last week of the window, Conte has just made him an extra 100m..!
I so badly want to be wrong but I’m afraid I agree with you. We should be getting excited with Conte in charge.
Well, he never has been before. Let’s be honest…
All 4 WBs are sub-standard. Get rid.
Can’t see Royal not getting another season now…
‘St Ars*hole’s Day’…
I really hope Conte is given the tools to deliver a pot or two for the fans and those two. World-class and we should have built around them.
No he wasn’t which is why this is so much sweeter
He certainly vastly improved some duds and the new boys have been great.
no winks!
This is very true. However, backing a manager of Conte’s profile means NOT failing to get a deal like Diaz over the line, just as an example…
A Belated Thanks Harry….I did try only to find out that Twitter had suspended the account….Anyway I tried this site https://watch.60mins.online/ and managed to watch the game with the sound in Arabic… 😉😂…Thanks again.
Final game for Bergwijn, Winks…Royal? (I actually think now Royal might stay ahead of Doherty)
Also the end for Gollini, Reggie, Rodon and…Doherty (see above)?
We really are lucky to have both him and Kane. Both deserve to be winning stuff, rather than propping up the facade behind which exists nothing but borrowed money…
He has been brilliant for us since day one.
Good point! 😂
A bit of investment in some PL-ready talent and we can push ahead of the goons and manure. Should be an exciting time if the owner is serious about the team.
Or Egyptian!
Absolutely, Baldy needs to put his thinking cap on and have his private jet readied for a trip to the Bahamas. Otherwise the sh*t will really hit the fan…
If Kane hadn’t been on semi strike we could have had a few more points…but then, Nuno could have lingered longer. Mixed feelings on that
A number of takeaways….
We finished above Woolwich when the odds were in their favour to finish 4th.
West Ham are back to mid table. Get back in your box.
Sonny shares the golden boot without a penalty.
We have CL football next season.
Over to you Daniel….
The squad isn’t good enough for a club of this standing/wealth.fanbase/stadium etc
But Conte worked near miracles with what he had available.
Really turned up when Harry was still sulking as well. Magnificent servant of the club. Love how he always has a smile on his face as well.
Great season since Conte got going
Thought Bent and PEH did the job of owning the midfield and set the tone almost immediately. We didn’t want a slow start today!
He also doesn’t take penalty kicks
Impressive performance today. Yes, it was only Norwich but they managed the game well under the circumstances.
Well I’d sign up to that demand in a split second, but unfortunately it appears to me to resembles the complete opposite of Levy’s MO.
Let me spell it out then, invest in the team with the ambition to win rather than just compete. Do not adopt a sell-to-buy approach. Identify targets now and get the deals over the line as soon as possible. Get the new additions integrated into the squad during the summer so that when next season starts the team hit the ground running. Go for proven quality additions that can immediately add value to the existing first eleven. Look to have a squad capable of competing across all competitions next season.
The lads got the job done in an awkward season; covid issues, matches close together, new manager & players, being owned by ENIC.
Go on the HandsTiedBehindYerBacks!
Woohoo congrats to conte and the boys !!!
If he was Brazilian, he would be revered by the press!
Its a great achievement.
‘Backing a manager’ is a relatively non specific phrase. Plenty of room for arguments over its possible meanings.
Very pleased for the players and Conte, considering everything it’s a decent achievement whatever negatives will be thrown at it here.
Sorry man was watching the game.. I watched on weakstreams.com…. Next time google ‘totalsportek official reddit streams’.. Then go to totalsportek.net or totalsportek.to.. There’s always 50 plus different links there. The first one or two always works for me. They work on PCs or xboxs. Most of them work on mobiles.
Magnificent from Son. Salah plays in a far superior team and we were awful under Nuno. Proud for him.