NBTTT - Rose tinted Farke - Wrath of the Barclay

NBTTT - Rose tinted Farke

Don't get me wrong I bloody love Farke but there is a bit of rose tinted nostalgia going on below...

During the 2nd promoition season he tweaked his 4-2-3-1 system to be a bit tighter, effectively playing 2 midfielders who were deeper. And having Skipp helped.

Then when we got promoted he suddenly changed to 4-3-3 based around Billy bloody Gilmour! What the f**k was that all about? We had never played 4-3-3 why did we not play it beforehand if it was going to be the plan in the prem? This is on Farke and was a terrible decision.

When it became clear that it wasn't going to work he floundered around but performances were not good. Plus none of the signings were oven ready for the brutal Prem.

So it was not surprising he was sacked. We were playing terribly and the fans would have turned which would have been a great shame.

The signing of Dean Smith made complete sense on paper. Tacatically pragmatic. Prem experience. Promotion experience. History of developing youth. For various reasons it didn't work out for him, partly because I don't think his heart was ever really in it, but also beacuse he was barely able to sign a single player over his tenure.

Posted By: Knitted Jesus on February 26th 2025 at 12:41:58

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NBTTT - Rose tinted Farke (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 12:41:58
- Always felt it was the right decision with the wrong replacement (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 26, 13:23:42
- I remember the 4-3-3 strange to change a successful system (NCFC) - phrankin, Feb 26, 13:19:53
  - Exactly! Insanity (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 14:17:24
- I am sure the excuses for his next PL relegation are already drafted (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 26, 13:11:06
- Hmmm - much of what you're saying here damns Webber and absolves Farke! (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 26, 12:50:59
  - I can't believe the switch to 4-3-3 was made without Farke's input (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 14:06:15
  - Didn’t Bailey touch on 4-3-3 in his recruitment piece ?.. (NCFC) - loz, Feb 26, 12:58:14
    - But even so it was a massive risk to change system at the point of promotion (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 14:15:58
    - We looked much worse trying to play 433 - we just didn't have the players for that system (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Feb 26, 13:05:44
      - Gilmour, Lees-Melou and Kenny 🙈 (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 26, 13:07:26
        
        You forgot (how could you?) Normann (NCFC) - APB, Feb 26, 17:31:48
        
        I always think that is the problem (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 26, 18:10:17
- If what was reported was accurate (NCFC) - inutero, Feb 26, 12:46:54
  - Neither smith or Wagner have exactly … (NCFC) - loz, Feb 26, 12:59:01
    - Leaving Norwich is basically a curse (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 26, 13:04:31
      - you managed it alright though? (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 26, 13:22:37

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