| Norwood… 17:46 - Dec 18 with 6709 views | hoppy |
Is he still on the transfer list? |  |
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| Norwood… on 09:34 - Dec 19 with 1183 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 09:30 - Dec 19 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I beg to differ. He has formed an effective partnership with Jackson under Lambert and has done well when given a chance under Cook too. He is a good striker at this level who works hard to close down, is positionally aware and can finish. You don't get the record he has without being able to do a lot right. Of course, he is far from a perfect player and that is why he is at this level. |
Have to agree to disagree. He had a good 10-15 games with Jackson back in 2019 but since then he's been in and out and when he's played he's looked very rusty. His hold up and link up play isn't great. I think we need better, I'd still like to see him go in January. |  |
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| Norwood… on 09:54 - Dec 19 with 1140 views | SaigonTractor |
| Norwood… on 09:13 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
We have two strikers at the club who have shown themselves to be better strikers in League 1 than Norwood, let alone there being no better in the division. |
You're giving the benefit of the doubt to both Bonne and Piggott while not extending that to Norwood.
Bonne got off to a flyer but has fallen off a bit, and Piggott hasn't even got going.
Meanwhile Norwood has 2 in 2. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 09:58 - Dec 19 with 1134 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 09:54 - Dec 19 by SaigonTractor |
You're giving the benefit of the doubt to both Bonne and Piggott while not extending that to Norwood.
Bonne got off to a flyer but has fallen off a bit, and Piggott hasn't even got going.
Meanwhile Norwood has 2 in 2. |
Just calling it as I see it. You're free to disagree of course. Personally I would rather we bin Norwood off, I don't think he's very good and he brings a load of baggage for a player of mediocre ability. | |
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| Norwood… on 10:03 - Dec 19 with 1126 views | hoppy |
| Norwood… on 09:58 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
Just calling it as I see it. You're free to disagree of course. Personally I would rather we bin Norwood off, I don't think he's very good and he brings a load of baggage for a player of mediocre ability. |
What have you seen of Pigott in a town shirt that provides the evidence that he’s a better option than Norwood, without who’s 2 goals in the 2 league games he’s been involved in would’ve left John McGreal’s caretaker record as 4 defeats? | |
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| Norwood… on 10:11 - Dec 19 with 1092 views | timothyeo |
Ridiculous if he is on the transfer list.
He offers something different to our other strikers and he does tend to score at this level.
That Cook didnt utilise him is partially why he isn't here anymore- there have been games screaming out for Norwoods attributes in latter stages of games. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 10:50 - Dec 19 with 1058 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 10:03 - Dec 19 by hoppy |
What have you seen of Pigott in a town shirt that provides the evidence that he’s a better option than Norwood, without who’s 2 goals in the 2 league games he’s been involved in would’ve left John McGreal’s caretaker record as 4 defeats? |
I'm not basing it on just 2 games, because that would be silly. Pigott got 20 goals at this level last season and hasn't really had a run of games here to show what he fam do. Norwood has been here two and a half years, we know what he can and can't do. | |
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| Norwood… on 11:12 - Dec 19 with 1036 views | hoppy |
| Norwood… on 10:50 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
I'm not basing it on just 2 games, because that would be silly. Pigott got 20 goals at this level last season and hasn't really had a run of games here to show what he fam do. Norwood has been here two and a half years, we know what he can and can't do. |
So to break that ‘two and a half years’ down:
2019/20 - 28 league appearances - 11 goals
2020/21 - 26 league appearances - 9 goals
2021/22 - 4 league appearances - 2 goals
Joe Pigott’s stats for the same period:
2019/20 - 34 league appearances - 7 goals
2020/21 - 45 league appearances - 20 goals
2021/22 - 12 league appearances - 2 goals | |
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| Norwood… on 11:17 - Dec 19 with 1030 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 11:12 - Dec 19 by hoppy |
So to break that ‘two and a half years’ down:
2019/20 - 28 league appearances - 11 goals
2020/21 - 26 league appearances - 9 goals
2021/22 - 4 league appearances - 2 goals
Joe Pigott’s stats for the same period:
2019/20 - 34 league appearances - 7 goals
2020/21 - 45 league appearances - 20 goals
2021/22 - 12 league appearances - 2 goals |
What that tells me is that Norwood really doesn't play a lot of games and that his best spell with us was 2 years ago now. | |
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| Norwood… on 11:22 - Dec 19 with 1026 views | hoppy |
| Norwood… on 11:17 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
What that tells me is that Norwood really doesn't play a lot of games and that his best spell with us was 2 years ago now. |
Or that, even though available, was stuck with the under 23’s, and not given the run of games you say Pigott hasn’t had either? | |
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| Norwood… on 11:35 - Dec 19 with 1013 views | bazza |
His hold up Play and aggression on the pitch is needed , our team is powder puff at times, I think that rubbed off on morsy yesterday as well.. we are no where near physical enough for this sh1te league. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 13:06 - Dec 19 with 972 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 11:22 - Dec 19 by hoppy |
Or that, even though available, was stuck with the under 23’s, and not given the run of games you say Pigott hasn’t had either? |
There's reasons he was stuck in the under 23s, none of them positive. | |
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| Norwood… on 13:11 - Dec 19 with 960 views | jeera |
| Norwood… on 13:06 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
There's reasons he was stuck in the under 23s, none of them positive. |
I think we have to accept he was out of favour for good reason but has clearly got his head down and got on with things.
If he has worked his way back into the picture then so be it. At least that shows a positive attitude, and none of us want to see him scoring against us for another side.
Hopefully he's changed his ways.
Still not understanding that Tweet from the other week mind you, but I suppose we may never know what that was about. |  |
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| Norwood… on 13:20 - Dec 19 with 931 views | Herbivore |
| Norwood… on 13:11 - Dec 19 by jeera |
I think we have to accept he was out of favour for good reason but has clearly got his head down and got on with things.
If he has worked his way back into the picture then so be it. At least that shows a positive attitude, and none of us want to see him scoring against us for another side.
Hopefully he's changed his ways.
Still not understanding that Tweet from the other week mind you, but I suppose we may never know what that was about. |
I guess only Norwood and the staff know the full details of what's gone on behind closed doors. All I know is I've seen enough of him on and off the pitch over the last 2 and a half years to not really want him at the club and to not really understand why some of our fans rate him as highly as they do. | |
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| Norwood… on 14:01 - Dec 19 with 907 views | jeera |
| Norwood… on 13:20 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
I guess only Norwood and the staff know the full details of what's gone on behind closed doors. All I know is I've seen enough of him on and off the pitch over the last 2 and a half years to not really want him at the club and to not really understand why some of our fans rate him as highly as they do. |
That's fair enough.
We're desperate though aren't we. Like last week when he scored I was so fed up of us showing so little I had got to the point I didn't care who scored for us so long as it got us out of trouble.
Maybe some of us have just lowered our standards accordingly. | |
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| Norwood… on 14:12 - Dec 19 with 899 views | fabian_illness |
I get the feeling from his praise for KD and the help he got when training with the U23’s that he’s someone who needs an arm round his shoulder.
He’s clearly a complex character.
If it wasn’t for the dreaded social media, no one would know a great deal about him away from matchdays. Apart from the odd appearance in the EADT and to be fair ITFC have had several players in sticky situations over the years.
Aside from that, he offers something different. No one playing against him gets an easy game.
He’s not a graceful player but, and here’s the big ‘but’, he scores goals with the right service and formation. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 16:23 - Dec 19 with 861 views | OldFart71 |
Minds will need making up pretty soon about whether Norwood stays or goes. There will be no shortage of teams prepared to buy him. Don't think he's any better than this Division but what sort of contract do you offer a 31 year old. I would have thought he would want at least a two or three year one and if say we got promoted end of next season he would then be thirty two in a Division that I believe is above his capability. At all boils down to what sort of money we could obtain for him and who we got to replace him. Jackson has I believe had his day at PR also. | | | |
| Norwood… on 17:34 - Dec 19 with 831 views | Iwasthere |
| Norwood… on 11:17 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
What that tells me is that Norwood really doesn't play a lot of games and that his best spell with us was 2 years ago now. |
Like most of your comments on here they are shrouded in bias and prejudice. | | | |
| Norwood… on 18:03 - Dec 19 with 811 views | Eireannach_gorm |
If he is Sunday League standard ( which he may well be ) where should our other forwards be playing for? |  | | |
| Norwood… on 18:07 - Dec 19 with 807 views | positivity |
| Norwood… on 18:03 - Dec 19 by Eireannach_gorm |
If he is Sunday League standard ( which he may well be ) where should our other forwards be playing for? |
nah, he's scored plenty of goals in league two, he's a league 2 forward (as is drinan it seems!)
by that reckoning pigott & bonne are league one forwards
chaplin's a championship forward | |
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| Norwood… on 18:13 - Dec 19 with 805 views | franz_tyson |
He’s the best in-form striker at the club at the moment.
Not just his two goals, but needling defenders and being a pest. Some of his lay off play was very good. Example being on the highlights for, I think, the Penney chance.
Who knows how McKenna will set up. I want Pigott to come good, but think he’s best in a two. We all want Bonne to hit form again, but don’t see him good enough to do it all through the season. Norwood has little extra edge. Norwood, Pigott, Bonne….. happy to see the season out with those three. | | | |
| Norwood… on 19:01 - Dec 19 with 779 views | Churchman |
| Norwood… on 14:01 - Dec 19 by jeera |
That's fair enough.
We're desperate though aren't we. Like last week when he scored I was so fed up of us showing so little I had got to the point I didn't care who scored for us so long as it got us out of trouble.
Maybe some of us have just lowered our standards accordingly. |
Are we that desperate? We really ought not to be if the club are going to practice what they preach and improve standards on and off the field.
I don’t know Norwood. Don’t wish to. The reality is doesn’t play enough, so his use to us is limited. In terms of changing, people rarely do beyond a certain age and that is a lot earlier than the 31 years old that JN is.
I hope we can do a bit better, more likely than not in the summer window. January, as many have said, isn’t the best time to do business, so I expect Norwood will be with us until then. I hope he proves me wrong and proves his worth. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 19:26 - Dec 19 with 759 views | itfcsuth |
You’d be a brave man to suggested he should be on the transfer list right now.
Before he came back into the fold there seemed no need for him to remain here, however he has come in and given the hierarchy a reason to take him off that list. |  | | |
| Norwood… on 23:55 - Dec 19 with 715 views | JDB23 |
I think if you put Norwood in that Sunderland team and keep him fit he'd score 20+ goals in a season. You don't have to be a very good striker to score goals at this level, we as a football club just have a habit of making players look way worse than they actually are. Not saying Norwood is outstanding or anything, but he does enough that in a half decent team he would bang goals in and he is always an aerial threat. | | | |
| Norwood… on 04:24 - Dec 20 with 668 views | BondiBlue |
| Norwood… on 09:25 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
His movement is decent and that means he usually gets a couple of chances in a game, which he then may or may not take, but his all round game really isn't very good. He's the sort that would do well at a Fleetwood or a Gillingham but I'm not convinced he offers enough for a side with greater aspirations. |
Aspirations are all well and good but i feel like aspirations have been our problem this season. Until the last days of cook, we turned up against the teams we deem worthy of being on the same pitch as us (pompey, wycombe etc.). On the other hand, we haven't bothered against sides we feel are beneath us (cheltenham, cambridge, the u21s, barrow, oldham, the list goes on).
I can't help but feel like the players bought into this whole idea of buying a squad for the championship a bit too much. This next bit is debatable of course, but i think what we need alongside the talented players is some guys who are just delighted to be playing in league one with ipswich. Guys like donacien, nsiala, and norwood. [Post edited 20 Dec 2021 4:29]
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| Norwood… on 06:28 - Dec 20 with 647 views | PioneerBlue |
| Norwood… on 18:36 - Dec 18 by Dowson |
Some funny replies on this post. People seem to hate him as he has a personality and isn’t the usual PR trained robot. The boy scores goals and that’s all that matters. |
I understand he has a cult following, I’ve enjoyed his 2 goals in last 2 weeks. Not a player for me!
He’s 31, contract coming to an end, high earner and there is not much more to his game than we have seen. Overriding recent memories are Lambert era, Nors running around like a headless chicken, offside or crashing into challenges and itfc losing attacking momentum week after week. I’m not mad for his injury record either when asked to play regularly.
You could potentially see a short term contract but everything depends on his goals, performances, attitude and fitness.
Im all for backing players and developing but I would like to look beyond likes of Norwood, Jackson, Nsiala. | |
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