Norwich manager Alex Neil will assess his own position at end of season
Norwich manager Alex Neil is disappointed by the departure of the club's chief executive and says he will assess his own position at the end of the season.
David McNally announced his resignation following the Canaries' loss to Manchester United on Saturday, which left the team four points adrift of safety with two games left to play.
Norwich play Watford on Wednesday, with the future of Hornets head coach Quique Sanchez Flores increasingly uncertain, but Neil's side will be relegated regardless if Sunderland beat Everton.
Asked if he would consider his own future should Norwich go down, Neil said: "I'll certainly look at my contribution this season, look at my team individually in terms of their contribution and the bigger picture in terms of the club and what we've managed to do on the field and off the field.
"Recruitment is a part of that, a whole load of things needs analysing.
"I'll speak to the powers that be and the board but I don't think anything is ever off the table in football. We spoke about Quique Flores earlier on.
"At the end of the season I'll be judging how I've performed, how other people have performed and I'm pretty sure people will be judging me. That's normal in the Premier League."
Asked he still wants to be at Norwich, Neil said: "Of course, this is a club I've been given the task to help.
"Unfortunately we're not in the position I'd like us to be but we need to crack on and see where it takes us."
Sanchez Flores, whose side face Sunderland on Sunday, knows Watford could turn out to be the "bad boys" in East Anglia.
"I don't like to play against Norwich and Sunderland because they are fighting against relegation and it's always very sad, but in this case we are the bad boy in the film. This is our role and we need to play it," said the Spaniard.
"It's important for us and it's good for us that we have the necessity to be competitive because I know we are expecting to play against a very tough team, because Norwich need the victory.
"For us it will be important to go to the pitch with the idea to play well, to think about how we can stop Norwich, to play football and to score goals.
"This is our idea because we need to be competitive and to show everyone that we respect the Premier League, so of course it is a serious match for us.
"Our responsibility is to win and to choose the best team. We need to be competitive, we need to respect the other team, and other teams don't need to have any doubts about us because we will use the best players we can."
Sanchez Flores will select from an unchanged squad.
Norwich defender Ryan Bennett is available after recovering from illness but Jonny Howson, Timm Klose and Andre Wisdom (all knee) along with midfielder Alex Tettey (ankle).
Source: PAR
