Wednesday, 14 January 2009

The Annual Norwich City Manager Decision

Some of you I know, some of you I'm meeting for the first time. Those of you I know are most likely aware that I am a fan of Norwich City Football Club.

Handsome man at Carrow Road shocker

When I'm not working or posting frivolous piffle on here, I am also the editor of the NorwichCityMad site, part of the FootyMad network. I put as much as I can on there that's Norwich-focussed but don't always pay it enough attention, particularly when they're doing badly and there are no arrivals or departures on the horizon.

I decided a while ago to buy up the url www.letsbehavinyou.co.uk, where I fully intended to post my musings on the general state of football and footballers. When this blog and my interest in social media really took off a few months back, however, it completely fell by the wayside.

NorwichCityMad on Twitter

I've considered, and even attempted to no avail, a rebrand of www.ricklamb.co.uk as Let's Be Havin' You, but was concerned about losing the SEO I've built up on this site, and confusing what little audience I have.

So, I've decided to allow myself to whack the odd football post up here. If it's particularly Norwich related, chances are it'll already be on NorwichCityMad, which also means it will be on Twitter under @NorwichCityMad (eat that My Football Writer).

Anyway, Norwich sacked their manager today, Glenn Roeder. I think he gets a raw deal in general from West Ham and Newcastle fans (particularly the latter, but they've got more to worry about), and would have advocated patience. He's the third manager to lose the same job in three seasons.

Glenn Roeder - tight-lipped

Anyway, I'm publicly advocating the appointment of Aidy Boothroyd as his successor (partly because, for some reason, he really reminds me of my uncle), but am tempted to put myself forward. Loads of football fans have similar tales of applying for jobs at their club, and some even get letters of rejection. I think that's the attraction. That and the fact that maybe, just maybe...

Aidy Boothroyd - waving at himself drives him crazy


And I got through a whole post without mentioning Delia Smith. Oh well.

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