'Manning's shown he can deliver'

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2 days ago

We asked you what you thought of Norwich City appointing Bristol City boss Liam Manning to take up their vacant head coach role.Some of you think he's the right man for the job based on his success with the Robins last season, while others worry about what his appointment says about the transfer window.Here's what you had to say:Lee: It's a bit underwhelming. Manning has done a decent, though not exceptional job with his other clubs but he doesn't stay at one place very long. He also has links with Ipswich, despite being born in Norwich, and that's never going to go down well here. We have to give him a chance, but this doesn't feel like it's part of a long term plan to me.Kevin: I think this is a brilliant appointment by Norwich. Unlike JHT, he has a track record in the UK. He gets more out of teams than the sum of their parts. It's all very well choosing a manager who has potential, but so much better to appoint someone who has shown that they can deliver.Simon: He did well at Bristol with inferior players but instilled a great team work ethic, which Norwich lacked. Lets hope he can sort out the defence that's been a problem area for many seasons.Paul: Whoever was appointed was always facing a tough task facing a new season without Sargent and Sainz… he will need to hit the ground running to get the fans fully engaged. Huge transfer window. Good luck to him. OTBC.Paul: Concerns me that they're impressed with his ability to do well with little resource, I think this will prompt a miserly venture into the transfer market yet again.Matthew: I'll be interested to see how this plays out for Ben Knapper. Thorup was almost naively loyal in following the club line in all his media, only to be betrayed and made the scapegoat with two games left. Had he known the loyalty didn't go both ways, I wonder if he would have talked more of mitigations and criticised Knapper and the complacent, entitled squad of players he took on. I don't think Manning will make the same mistake so we may see manager and club collide at some point. I'm hopeful Manning is the kind of character who shakes people up and makes them realise having a fancy training ground and a 'talented' squad means nothing without consistent hard work.Tony: Manning has a track record which he can build on at Norwich City, his priority must be sorting out our defence and being able to manage games at the end.Rob: Lots of work to do, feels like the squad needs almost a complete rebuild from keeper to striker. Bristol did very well on a smaller budget so I'm optimistic but time will tell.Listen to more thoughts on Manning's appointment in a special episode of Canary Calls on BBC Sounds.