| Norwood 20:58 - May 1 with 6255 views | cressi |
Maybe not the brightest
But he may be a 20 goal a season striker in this league and he has that Animal in him that wants to win
So it's a yes for me for next season just need two Strikers to complement the squad as rest are poor |  | | |  |
| Norwood on 22:31 - May 1 with 1385 views | SpruceMoose |
| Norwood on 22:29 - May 1 by chrismakin |
And people said i was being slanderous by saying he likes a drink |
I'd say you were being entirely factual!
The thing is, I love a drink too. I just don't do it and then drive home when my salary allows for me to have someone else, someone sober, drive me home. |  |
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| Norwood on 22:32 - May 1 with 1385 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood on 22:22 - May 1 by Illinoisblue |
Always make sense to sell your leading scorer. |
With his incredible tally of, what, 8 goals is it now? That's such a piss weak argument for keeping him. Everyone agrees this squad has been a massive failure these past 2 years, he's been a big part of that failure. |  |
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| Norwood on 22:32 - May 1 with 1375 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Norwood on 22:24 - May 1 by SpruceMoose |
It's not exactly without reason though is it? The bloke needs to grow up and get his head down. I'm all up for giving him that opportunity next season, but he needs to stop embarrassing us - and himself. [Post edited 1 May 2021 22:29]
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Thanks Dad! |  |
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| Norwood on 22:32 - May 1 with 1376 views | chrismakin |
| Norwood on 22:27 - May 1 by SpruceMoose |
And let's not even get started on that 'hilarious' Blackface costume business. [Post edited 1 May 2021 22:28]
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I don't know him personally, but from everything ive seen from him, It only shows me that he's a pri ck
I may be wrong, but i doubt it on this occasion. |  |
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| Norwood on 22:33 - May 1 with 1375 views | SpruceMoose |
What a clown.
He's definitely up there with Chopra and Taylor in the ITFC Bums club. | |
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| Norwood on 22:34 - May 1 with 1367 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Didn't know that.
He has pleaded not guilty this time so we do not know the full circumstances but that does not look good for sure. |  |
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| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 with 1371 views | Ftnfwest |
| Norwood on 22:24 - May 1 by SpruceMoose |
It's not exactly without reason though is it? The bloke needs to grow up and get his head down. I'm all up for giving him that opportunity next season, but he needs to stop embarrassing us - and himself. [Post edited 1 May 2021 22:29]
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Won’t disagree but 9 goals from 17 starts in this team makes me wonder what he might do in a decent side |  | | |
| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 with 1359 views | SpruceMoose |
Well, that was worth logging in to post wasn't it!? | |
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| Norwood on 22:38 - May 1 with 1358 views | SpruceMoose |
| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 by Ftnfwest |
Won’t disagree but 9 goals from 17 starts in this team makes me wonder what he might do in a decent side |
I understand your point of view completely.
But personally I'm done with him. He's a bum. I think we could get those goals from elsewhere without all the extra shît that he adds on. | |
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| Norwood on 22:38 - May 1 with 1353 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 by Ftnfwest |
Won’t disagree but 9 goals from 17 starts in this team makes me wonder what he might do in a decent side |
He is a good striker but Cook needs to sort him out off the pitch or ship him out. | |
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| Norwood on 22:46 - May 1 with 1340 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 by Ftnfwest |
Won’t disagree but 9 goals from 17 starts in this team makes me wonder what he might do in a decent side |
On the flip side, might we have been a more effective side if he could actually hold the ball up and genuinely keep CBs occupied rather than just pissing about and wrestling with them? His link up play isn't great, especially when asking him to play as a lone striker. | |
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| Norwood on 22:54 - May 1 with 1331 views | Steve_M |
| Norwood on 22:35 - May 1 by Ftnfwest |
Won’t disagree but 9 goals from 17 starts in this team makes me wonder what he might do in a decent side |
Exactly. There are definitely valid questions about his fitness and off-field behaviour but he’s a decent striker at this level. He basically makes this lot look like a team. |  |
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| Norwood on 22:58 - May 1 with 1327 views | BiGDonnie |
It's a no brainer that he stays. He's our best striker and under contract. Whether he'll be a regular starter or more of a squad player after the summer remains to be seen.
He's got a bit of a personality and people don't like it. |  |
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| Norwood on 23:00 - May 1 with 1322 views | BlueBadger |
| Norwood on 22:58 - May 1 by BiGDonnie |
It's a no brainer that he stays. He's our best striker and under contract. Whether he'll be a regular starter or more of a squad player after the summer remains to be seen.
He's got a bit of a personality and people don't like it. |
'He's our best striker' is quite the high standard you're setting there. |  |
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| Norwood on 23:00 - May 1 with 1320 views | Churchman |
| Norwood on 21:35 - May 1 by wkj |
There are much better out there, and I sincerely hope that Cook is of the same thinking. |
Exactly this.
Norwood is 30 years old and is not going to get any better. What you see is what you get. He’s played most of his career at Conference level. He did well one season at League 2 level. He managed 28 games last year, 24 so far this. He has fitness issues and needs a good few chances to score a goal, as all lower league players do.
That’s an objective take on what he’s done and excludes the personal; Twitter etc side. He might be the life and soul of the party, the one the manager can trust, the one the youth players have been told to emulate. I don’t know the bloke, but model Matt Holland-esque professional? I doubt it.
Purely on football merit terms, if this club wants to progress surely it has to try and find better than Norwood. My solution is that unless he’s trouble, if he’s under contract, hang onto him in case we can’t find somebody decent and if we do, let him go at Christmas or keep him as back up till seasons end. [Post edited 1 May 2021 23:01]
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| Norwood on 23:02 - May 1 with 1320 views | Ftnfwest |
| Norwood on 22:46 - May 1 by Herbivore |
On the flip side, might we have been a more effective side if he could actually hold the ball up and genuinely keep CBs occupied rather than just pissing about and wrestling with them? His link up play isn't great, especially when asking him to play as a lone striker. |
Well we’ll soon see whatever. His return in the games he’s played (the lack of which is the main problem that I have with him) suggests that for a club that’s desperate for performers of any quality at all, he’s worth keeping. But frankly overall as we’ve all been saying there’s very few beyond the younger players that I would keep (none of the other strikers for a start). | | | |
| Norwood on 23:06 - May 1 with 1310 views | Illinoisblue |
| Norwood on 22:32 - May 1 by Herbivore |
With his incredible tally of, what, 8 goals is it now? That's such a piss weak argument for keeping him. Everyone agrees this squad has been a massive failure these past 2 years, he's been a big part of that failure. |
9 goals. In a woeful team that creates little to nothing. Not saying he’s the best we can do, just don’t understand the need to dismiss him so quickly. |  |
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| Norwood on 23:11 - May 1 with 1300 views | Keaneish |
| Norwood on 22:32 - May 1 by Herbivore |
With his incredible tally of, what, 8 goals is it now? That's such a piss weak argument for keeping him. Everyone agrees this squad has been a massive failure these past 2 years, he's been a big part of that failure. |
Ironic you talk about “piss weak” arguments when Norwood has only started approximately 16 games this season. I’d say 1 in 2 in an injury hit season playing for a dross side is perfect reason to keep him. Your bias against Norwood makes you look a bit silly when his goals to minutes ratio is very commendable, as also pointed out by Atkins today.
You know best though... |  |
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| Norwood on 23:13 - May 1 with 1291 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood on 23:06 - May 1 by Illinoisblue |
9 goals. In a woeful team that creates little to nothing. Not saying he’s the best we can do, just don’t understand the need to dismiss him so quickly. |
I missed the cup goal, my bad. Still not exactly great. And I just don't think he's very good based on his 2 years here, and he has fitness issues, and he seems to be a knob, and we're paying him a fortune by League 1 standards for not much return.
Everyone has been panning the squad and 2 years of underperformance in which Norwood has played his part, a couple of goals against a hopeless Swindon side and now he's the answer all of a sudden. I struggle to see why anyone wants to keep him personally. | |
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| Norwood on 23:18 - May 1 with 1273 views | Fixed_It |
| Norwood on 23:13 - May 1 by Herbivore |
I missed the cup goal, my bad. Still not exactly great. And I just don't think he's very good based on his 2 years here, and he has fitness issues, and he seems to be a knob, and we're paying him a fortune by League 1 standards for not much return.
Everyone has been panning the squad and 2 years of underperformance in which Norwood has played his part, a couple of goals against a hopeless Swindon side and now he's the answer all of a sudden. I struggle to see why anyone wants to keep him personally. |
He played regularly when not fully fit last season until he eventually needed an operation. People are clearly biased against him because of his social media antics. But on the pitch, when fully fit, he is an asset. |  |
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| Norwood on 23:18 - May 1 with 1271 views | Garv |
| Norwood on 22:46 - May 1 by Herbivore |
On the flip side, might we have been a more effective side if he could actually hold the ball up and genuinely keep CBs occupied rather than just pissing about and wrestling with them? His link up play isn't great, especially when asking him to play as a lone striker. |
Considering he clearly can and has done that, your post is somewhat off the mark. |  |
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| Norwood on 23:21 - May 1 with 1272 views | SpruceMoose |
| Norwood on 23:18 - May 1 by Fixed_It |
He played regularly when not fully fit last season until he eventually needed an operation. People are clearly biased against him because of his social media antics. But on the pitch, when fully fit, he is an asset. |
It's interesting that the folk who defend him always reference his social media antics as being the thing people are bothered by, but rarely do they mention the double drink driving arrests, the pissing about while injured or the Blackface stuff.
I think y'all know he's a wrong 'un. People just get split into two camps. Those who are fine with it so long as he's knocking in goals, and those who aren't. | |
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| Norwood on 23:26 - May 1 with 1263 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood on 23:18 - May 1 by Fixed_It |
He played regularly when not fully fit last season until he eventually needed an operation. People are clearly biased against him because of his social media antics. But on the pitch, when fully fit, he is an asset. |
How do you know he'd be an asset when fully fit given you're claiming he's never really been fully fit here? What are you realistically expecting from a 30 year old journeyman playing at the highest level he's ever played at who seems to have fitness issues? | |
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| Norwood on 23:27 - May 1 with 1254 views | Garv |
| Norwood on 23:13 - May 1 by Herbivore |
I missed the cup goal, my bad. Still not exactly great. And I just don't think he's very good based on his 2 years here, and he has fitness issues, and he seems to be a knob, and we're paying him a fortune by League 1 standards for not much return.
Everyone has been panning the squad and 2 years of underperformance in which Norwood has played his part, a couple of goals against a hopeless Swindon side and now he's the answer all of a sudden. I struggle to see why anyone wants to keep him personally. |
'I struggle to see why anyone wants to keep him personally.'
If this is true then you are clueless. Sorry, but really clueless.
We can't literally buy a whole new playing squad, as much as everyone wants to. Being so casually happy to let our best striker leave is plain odd.
No one has said he is the answer. It's quite possible he might be replaced in the summer as first choice. People just point out what he is, and that's quite clearly a striker who will score goals at this level when he is given chances, and sometimes not even then, as we've seen this season. | |
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| Norwood on 23:31 - May 1 with 1240 views | Fixed_It |
| Norwood on 23:26 - May 1 by Herbivore |
How do you know he'd be an asset when fully fit given you're claiming he's never really been fully fit here? What are you realistically expecting from a 30 year old journeyman playing at the highest level he's ever played at who seems to have fitness issues? |
He was fully fit (ie not carrying an injury) at the start of last season and was scoring goals. In the previous season at Tranmere he was fully fit - and scoring goals. Therefore, I am expecting him to score goals next season if he is fully fit, as he has done to an extent this season despite hamstring issues. [Post edited 1 May 2021 23:33]
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