Having a burn with Wynn Jones

For anyone who didn't read yesterday's posts, Delia and Michael Wynn Jones were in Pizza Express in Norwich after the game yesterday - as was I. So while he chain smoked Senior Service outside the topic of conversation inevitably turned to current events....

1. He seems like a very amiable fellow who genuinely does have the club's interests at heart and was perfectly willing to answer any question I asked him.

2. He genuinely seems to believe that NW is capable of getting us out of this mess - "I have never met a more ambitious manager".

3. There are two general reasons he believes we should stick with NW.

a) Stability is really important to him - he believes that changing managers is a quick fix.

b) It would be difficult to replace NW with a manager of an equivalent calibre.

4. He (and people close to him) seem to believe that dissatisfaction with the current situation is limited to a few moaners on message boards. Btw, he didn't say that as perjoratively as I did. The tiny demo yesterday (which I was at) reinforced that point of view.

5. He conceded that the play offs are now highly improbable and we're looking at a mid-table finish.

6. He sees the season in the Prem as a success - hence, to him, NW has not been underperforming for as long as many think he has.

Not much new there, I know but at least it seems as though what they are saying in public does reflect what they're actually thinking.

A couple of others tidbits - not gleaned from WJ or Delia I hasten to add - but from someone whose opinion I trust.

There are attitude problems with at least two players in the squad that NW is having no success dealing with. One player is key to us and the other peripheral.

Right enough that's enough informing....

Posted By: slater, Feb 6, 16:10:45