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Former Norwich City boss Johannes Hoff Thorup says he would have done things differently had he known the target was to finish in the Championship play-off places.
The Dane was relieved of his duties by the Canaries last week following a run of six defeats from eight Championship games and only one win.
He was appointed in May 2024 and as recently as February, with the team 10th and four
Former Norwich City striker Iwan Roberts believes failure to resolve defensive frailties is a big reason for Johannes Hoff Thorup’s downfall as head coach.
“I watched the first half of the Norwich-Portsmouth game (on Friday) and made a tongue-in-cheek comment to my son after the game, I said ‘that’s a sackable offence’, conceding five goals against a team that had scored seven in their previous 12 games,” he told BBC
Norwich were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City immediately before the international break, having previously drawn with Blackburn and Oxford United.
Following the West Brom game, they face Plymouth (a), Sunderland (h), Burnley (a), Portsmouth (h), Millwall (a), Middlesbrough (a) and Cardiff (h).
Four of those teams are above them in the table, with Sunderland and Burnley currently fourth and third – and the latter still pushing for automatic
The 35-year-old Dane added: “The FA have decided this is the way they want to go.
“They have opened a door where they can go back in time and take decisions like that and even on gamedays they can present the news to the teams. It’s a completely different world to us.
“Everyone was [surprised] but I can’t go into details – Big Brother is watching and that’s how it
He continued: “We are about to build something special, and an environment and a culture and way of playing that is exciting, so people want to be here.
“And people from outside look at the people here and that’s a good connection to have because it creates some interest and it creates some excitement and that’s what we want.”
Wilshere retired from playing in 2022, aged only 30, and has
Having come from 2-0 down to draw with Hoffenheim in their previous game, Norwich found themselves 3-0 down at half-time against St Pauli, and although Jonathan Rowe pulled one back, they could not reduce the deficit further.
“In some moments of the game, the performance was at a very high level, especially at the beginning of the match, and then in some moments of the game it was too low
He continued: “I’d rather go down that road than just give the ball away and then it is more up to random situations. The way we are going to approach the game is that it has to be not random.
“The way we see things is that we can train everything in football and we can prepare these players for more or less every situation in football, and that’s
While a number of transfer targets have been identified, departures also seem likely before the new season begins in August.
The club’s policy has been to develop and sell players, with the likes of Emiliano Buendía, Max Aarons and Andrew Omobamidele having been sold in recent years.
There is currently speculation over the futures of Gabriel Sara, Josh Sargent and Jonathan Rowe, who have been linked with Premier League clubs.
BBC Radio Norfolk’s Rob Butler
It’s fair to say Norwich City fans have been hard to please over the last couple of seasons.
Dean Smith didn’t light any fires at Carrow Road, he was followed in the head coach hot seat by David Wagner who took the club to a respectable sixth-place finish in the Championship.
The play-offs beckoned but when the Canaries were soundly beaten by Leeds United in