• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

My Football Writer

My Football Writer Norwich City news… comment… analysis

Norwich City – news, comment and analysis

Find the best betting sites
  • Home
  • About us
  • The Team
  • Archives Index
  • Patreon
  • ADVERTISE
  • Contact us

All deathly quiet; nothing expected tonight. Just don’t go anywhere on the 31st…

18th January 2008 By Ferret Leave a Comment

Please share

Suggestion was that there wasn't a deadline as such tonight, anyway.

You play the old 'emergency loan' card and you can haul someone's ass in tomorrow morning if needs be; so it wasn't necessarily a case of six o'clock or else.

But whatever, there was no fresh news expected tonight and everyone was staying firmly 'Mum…' about whether or not that two o'clock phonbe call Roeder was promised ever materialised.

Given it was all eyes on the Foxes' clash tomorrow, reaction would in every likelihood have to wait until after the game.

He had, after all, already suggested that he was dealing with the modern player beast in his chat to the Press this morning; having already been knocked back once in his reign by boys who get a nosebleed anywhere outside the M25 after dark, it could be a lively discussion tomorrow is someone else has pulled that trick.

The second 'target' over and above the loan was always the old faithful, Martin Taylor. Keep your eyes on Blues' match against Chelsea to see whether or not 'Tiny' continues to work his way ever more into Alex McLeish's affections after being an unused sub in their decent 1-1 draw at The Emirates last weekend.

For that's the fear there chatting to my pal in the Midlands; that the more McLeish sees Taylor at work, the more he discovers what a decent lad he is the less likely he is to deal – particularly if it then leaves him short of cover.

If that happens, that looks set to happen late.

Otherwise, it was all deathly quiet. Which suits the agents. You just keep your boys under wraps for as long as possible and watch as the price goes up. Like if your McFadden's man at Everton – you're pulling 15% of any transfer and the fact that Blues are now reported to be offering ?5.5 million having kicked off the bidding at ?2 million means that Christmas as come late this year.

Norris is the one where the action is as his agent – aka his dad, David Norris Snr – got that little auction going by telling the world that Argyle had never actually got round to starting new contract talks with his boy. So, therefore, it was time for David Jnr to seriously consider his future.

It was a classic speech complete with the usual: 'He's 27-years-old now and has to think seriously about his future…'

Given that Town boss Jim Magilton has nibbled there twice and has yet to touch any of the Marcus Evans cash and that at the Walkers, Ian Holloway knows the lad inside out and now has Mandaric's millions to play with, if Roeder was to fancy his chances there, the going could get rough…

Basically, we're all shaping up for a long night on the 31st.

As ever.


Please share

Filed Under: Column, Ferret

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

FIND MY FOOTBALL WRITER ON

As featured on NewsNow: Norwich City news” style=

Norwich City News 24/7

#NCFC LATEST

ryanpearce5 Ryan Pearce @ryanpearce5 ·
3 Apr

If usual tricks = being kicked in the penalty area and not getting a penalty then yeah 😂 #ncfc

Reply on Twitter 1642899144267243522 Retweet on Twitter 1642899144267243522 Like on Twitter 1642899144267243522 1 Twitter 1642899144267243522
norwichcityes Norwich City FC en español @norwichcityes ·
3 Apr

Partidazo el que nos espera este viernes 🔥🔥🔥.

Vamos con todo por esos tres puntos #NCFC 💛💚

Reply on Twitter 1642897241835798529 Retweet on Twitter 1642897241835798529 Like on Twitter 1642897241835798529 2 Twitter 1642897241835798529
fan_banter Fan Banter @fan_banter ·
3 Apr

Boreham Wood mocked over bizarre announcement parting with stadium caterers - https://fanbanter.co.uk/boreham-wood-mocked-over-bizarre-announcement-parting-with-stadium-caterers/

#watfordfc #ncfc #twitterclarets #safc #rufc #wafc #bcfc #rovers #utmp #bristolcity #ccfc #pusb #htafc #hcafc #coyh #boro #millwall #qpr #readingfc #twitterblades #scfc #sufc

Reply on Twitter 1642893716791894019 Retweet on Twitter 1642893716791894019 Like on Twitter 1642893716791894019 Twitter 1642893716791894019
norwichcityfc Norwich City FC @norwichcityfc ·
3 Apr

🤝 Connection with the club
📈 Growth of women's team
🏟 Carrow Road fixture

@NorwichCityWFC general manager Flo Allen answers your questions in the latest episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 ⬇️

#NCFC

Reply on Twitter 1642889121868783616 Retweet on Twitter 1642889121868783616 2 Like on Twitter 1642889121868783616 18 Twitter 1642889121868783616
norwichcityacad Norwich City Academy @norwichcityacad ·
3 Apr

🏟️ The Under-21s make their return to Carrow Road later this month in a #PL2 clash against Southampton 👊

Secure your FREE ticket for our final game of the 2022/23 campaign ⬇️

#NCFC

Reply on Twitter 1642886378743537666 Retweet on Twitter 1642886378743537666 Like on Twitter 1642886378743537666 1 Twitter 1642886378743537666
Load More...

Copyright © 2023 21VC Ltd | All rights reserved | Not to be reproduced without prior permission.

Disclaimer: The information on this website consists of personal opinions. Whilst we have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained on these Web pages is accurate and correct at the time of writing we do not accept any liability whatsover for any loss or damage caused by reliance on this information.

We do not accept any responsibility for information contained in other websites to which this site links. We strongly advise users to check any information before acting or relying on it.

Developed and Hosted by