| The Curious Career of James Norwood 17:29 - Apr 2 with 4897 views | MB26 |
We are coming up to 2 years of James Norwood as a Town player and I honestly can't think of another player who's had such a bizarre career with us.
- Joined with huge hype after back to back promotions with Tranmere scoring goals for fun
- Solid start to his career. Player of the Month in August and national attention with the WWE GIFs, tweet from Dwayne 'The Rock Johnson' before his wrestling appearance in Harwich.
- Injury hit spell begins alongside stop/start parternship with Jackson
- More national attention for smashing his car window in order to get to training on time.
- Various Twitter exchanges with both Town and opposition fans over his time.
- The 'PrezzoGate' incident.
- Drink Driving saga
I'm sure there's a lot more that I've missed but there's plenty there to get us started. I genuinely feel for the bloke at times, particularly at the moment, as he's clearly being used whilst carrying some sort of injury as he's the only goal threat we seem to possess. It seems as if he can only play 45 minutes and we are praying he can score in that time to give us any advantage before he misses a game or two. He is a capable goalscorer at this level and certainly has the instincts of a natural goalscorer (movement and positioning) but sometimes lacks that killer finish.
I think we can safely say that he will certainly be remembered as a Town player over the years. I hope over the summer we can rehab him properly to at least get a fully fit Norwood for 75% of next season. [Post edited 2 Apr 2021 17:31]
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| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 10:10 - Apr 3 with 742 views | Herbivore |
| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 09:48 - Apr 3 by Keaneish |
I’d have thought Judge, Huws, Skuse and Chambers are all ahead of him. We’re lead to believe that £5k ish per week is a high earner for League One standard. Even with a 30% decrease dropping down, the aforementioned would be above that threshold or thereabouts. |
The wage cuts for many of the squad were higher than 30% and I seem to recall whispers that we're paying Norwood more like £8k a week. |  |
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| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 10:31 - Apr 3 with 724 views | Keaneish |
| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 10:10 - Apr 3 by Herbivore |
The wage cuts for many of the squad were higher than 30% and I seem to recall whispers that we're paying Norwood more like £8k a week. |
A discussion for Phil to shed some light on I think. |  |
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| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 10:38 - Apr 3 with 718 views | jayessess |
| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 09:48 - Apr 3 by Keaneish |
I’d have thought Judge, Huws, Skuse and Chambers are all ahead of him. We’re lead to believe that £5k ish per week is a high earner for League One standard. Even with a 30% decrease dropping down, the aforementioned would be above that threshold or thereabouts. |
Huws might be, depending on what relegation clauses we had for him.
Skuse and Chambers have both signed new contracts post-relegation and I would be astounded if they're on the same sort of money as Judge and Norwood. |  |
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| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 15:46 - Apr 3 with 667 views | SamWhiteUK |
What's Prezzogate? |  | | |
| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 19:06 - Apr 3 with 608 views | Keaneish |
| The Curious Career of James Norwood on 10:38 - Apr 3 by jayessess |
Huws might be, depending on what relegation clauses we had for him.
Skuse and Chambers have both signed new contracts post-relegation and I would be astounded if they're on the same sort of money as Judge and Norwood. |
Maybe; maybe not. Experience is invaluable.
What surprises me most about this thread and a lot of wider chat on this forum is that Norwood is under the microscope. As I said on another thread, it’s kinda lazy. Even from a layman’s point of view you can see, he, of all players is putting in a shift to try and make things happen. It’s almost like we’re looking at our lack of goals as a striker issue rather than the fundamental issues behind them.
Norwood is a good footballer. We have a couple of seasons at best of him left. It’s about time we started looking at the frailties in utilising his abilities rather than scapegoating him. | |
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