Following the Canaries’ humbling loss, the German has left Carrow Road. The club’s season has been highly inconsistent, with a hot start that quickly became chilly.
That theme of inconsistency persisted throughout the season, but they fought hard to make the playoffs, despite serious losses to some of their most key players, such as Jonathan Rowe, along the way.
The 4-0 setback at Elland Road reflected both why Leeds finished with 90 points and what was wrong with Norwich for much of the 23/24 season.
There was a massive gulf in class between the two sides, and, across both legs in fairness, City just never seemed to be right. You couldn’t bank on them getting it together at any point in either game. These inconsistencies came back to bite them in a big way, at the worst time.
The focus will now be on the 24/25 Championship season, with the main priority being to determine who will captain this team.
The former Tigers manager has emerged as a reported possibility, but is he a suitable fit for the post, and can they beat off competition from Birmingham City and Sunderland? Some of the FLW writers have expressed their opinions…
Liam Rosenior apparently turned down one job. Plymouth Argyle approached him about taking over the Green Army, but the 39-year-old declined, according to Alan Nixon.
He also has suitors in the North East, as Sunderland seeks to fill the currently empty head coaching position.
There are some questions about the former Derby County manager. Hull made the choice to cut ways with Rosenior based on his playing style. It wasn’t objectively bad, but it didn’t look like the game that Southampton or Ipswich Town played most weeks, or that Leeds played on Thursday night.
His candidature for manager of the season surprised many people as well. He’d been given a nice budget and a good staff to work with, but he wasn’t among the top six when the applicants were announced. They lost out on the play-off positions to City.
There is obviously a discussion over whether he underperformed at the MKM Stadium, and the question for Norwich will be if they believe he could perform better with their set of players than he did with Hull. That’s where people might be unsure.
Having said that, his age and the fact that he could grow with the team, as we see so often with younger managers, would be a significant positive. Even though he fell short of Hull’s goal of finishing in the top six, he had a decent season.
The Canaries’ misgivings about Rosenior should make them reconsider going after him right away, but they aren’t so concerned that he should be completely eliminated from their consideration.
Liam Rosenior feels like an obvious candidate for the Norwich City job and it’s no surprise that early reports suggest he’s on their radar.
He’s a young, up-and-coming coach that favours a possession-based style of football and has a good track record of working with young players – all traits that Canaries sporting director Ben Knapper is likely to look for in David Wagner’s replacement.
The criticisms of his style of football at Hull were fair, however. It often felt like possession for possession’s sake and there was often a lack of incision in the final third, with Rosenior reliant on individual quality – something he was not short on in his squad – to win games.
That said, he is still a young coach and as he continues to develop, his playing style may evolve to be more effective and attractive.
Norwich would be stupid not to bring him in as part of their hunt for a new manager, and you have to believe that they are the most appealing choice among EFL clubs searching for a manager right now.
Sunderland’s youth-focused policy may imprison a coach, as it did Tony Mowbray at times, while Plymouth Argyle are expected to struggle for survival next season, and Birmingham City are in League One.
The Canaries are a team with genuine Premier League ambitions and some excellent players in a group that the club’s management will look to improve this summer – it’s the most appealing job in the EFL right now.
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