Exactly, they, Norwich, retained their best players. Can you think of a club that didn't?
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Watching brief can we trust Bloom and the board
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Exactly, they, Norwich, retained their best players. Can you think of a club that didn't?
Bombadier Botty
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- Jun 2, 2008
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Is that TB currently on Have I Got News For You on BBC1 or is it Jon Ronson? 
Really? Can you back this up with any evidence?
Knotty
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A great description of your posts on the subject!
It's not a case of "Trusting Bloom" for me! I just won't be spending any money at his establishment until he sorts out a number of issues... He knows what they are I'm sure!
Regardless of that
I'm with you.
No chips, no support from me too.
drew
Drew
And why could they retain their best players? Because they were on premiership contracts having just got relegated and, with parachute payments, could afford to keep them. We couldn't because the good players we lost all went on to better things, both in league being played in and, in almost certain probability, wages.
As for managers, over the last 15 seasons, we've done pretty well. Adam, Taylor, Coppell, McGhee, Poyet, Garcia and even Wilkins. Slade might have made the list had he had a chance but he did keep us up. A few duds, aka Hinshelwood and Hyypia.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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Would love to be proved wrong this time next year.
Knotty
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Now that's a post I do agree with!
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Well not completely.Leroy Fer was off to the profligate and newly promoted QPR for £8m and Snodgrass was Prem League bound to Hull for £7m.
That c£20m Parachute Payament (the same as Albion's wage bill) they had for being relegated won't have hurt either in maintaining a strong squad..
Pretty pink fairy
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just goes to show what a bunch of toby's we've got supporting us then
regards
DR
and Jeremys .
Diego Napier
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You stated "Norwich have invested wisely and also got there even with a relatively new manager"
My reply was making several points:
1. Norwich's investment in their squad was in the Premier League, you can't equate players purchased there with our situation
2. Norwich weren't promoted even though they had a new manager, it was because they had a new manager, they were sliding down the league (even with their great squad) before he arrived.
3. Norwich & Bournemouth's teams had very different backgrounds and pedigree, the common factor was a very capable manager.
You don't have to retain all your best players to be successful (look how many pundits tipped Southampton for relegation after their summer sell-off or Forest for promotion because of their purchases) but you do have to have a good manager.
B.W.
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And you do need to have a good recruitment team too...
I don't disagree with what you are saying. I think a combination of what you and I are saying is the right direction.
If you do retain your best players the squad know each other and can stand a better chance in the next season. We released (not that we had much choice in some instances) to many good players without offering them decent incentives to stay.