The Norwich City 'beautiful football' myth

Re: Yorkie's post below. OK, is it true, or isn't it? It strikes me that fans are much more inclined to be patient if the manager seems to 'understand' the club and especially, if he tries to play football in 'the right way'. Ipswich fans now often slag off Royle despite the very good job he did there; Megson was on a hiding to nothing at Forest; many Newcastle fans I know are already on Allardyce's back despite their good start; and I regularly see posts on here criticising O'Neill's time at Norwich too.

Put it this way: Magilton fits Ipswich's ethos perfectly, which helps get the fans and team all pulling in the same direction. (Whisper it, but they remind me a heck of a lot of Norwich 01/2: I can see them making the top 6, I'm afraid). And based both on my own (post-88) experience, as well as reading through the history books, I'd argue Macauley, Ashman, Bond, Brown, Stringer and Walker were seen as "Norwich managers" - but Morgan, Saunders, Deehan, Megson, Rioch, Hamilton and Worthington weren't. Which led to pathetic crowds even when Saunders took us up, and Megson being seen as Robert Chase's yes man, which was completely ridiculous (Gary Megson will never ever be ANYONE's puppet).

What do people think? Is there a "Norwich way", or not?

Posted By: thebigfeller, Oct 24, 16:21:53