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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20148104" data-attributes="member: 158020">Neil “likely” to stay at Norwich  Alex Neil says it is "likely" he will stay on as Norwich City manager as the club looks to bounce back in the Championship next season. The Canaries were relegated from the Premier League in midweek and their misery was compounded as they fell to a 3-0 defeat against Everton in their final game of the season on Sunday. Neil initially said he couldn't answer whether he would remain in charge of Norwich until he held discussions with the club's hierarchy in the aftermath of them dropping down to the second tier. But the former Hamilton boss says he has since held brief talks with the board and looks set to lead Norwich in the Championship next term, but insists more meetings are still to follow.He told The Pink 'Un: "There have been brief discussions. I'll have more tomorrow but it looks likely I will be here next season. "I still have a few discussions to be had. It's a big job because we have a number of players who have been here for a number of years for a start. We've got a team that is getting older - a lot of players 27, 28 and above. "It is whether we deem we need to freshen it up and how much, and if we have got the resources available to us to do that."I think we have the basis of a squad because I don't think you can have that much churn between two seasons," he added. "There might be some changes in the summer and it depends on what we can and can't get done. I think we have got a lot of decisions to make. There is going to be a lot of discussions over these next few days. Then we'll see who is coming with us." Norwich showed little of the attacking flair and spirit that had earned them a 4-2 victory over Watford on Wednesday in their loss at the hands of Everton at Goodison Park. Everton raced into a 2-0 first-half lead thanks to a strike from James McCarthy and a Leighton Baines penalty, before Kevin Mirallas wrapped up the points for the hosts shortly after the interval. And afterwards Neil pinpointed Norwich's inability to contain Romelu Lukaku as a key part of their downfall.He added: "To be honest, the first goal pretty much summed us up this season. "We had a good chance and Cameron (Jerome) has a header from seven or eight yards out. The keeper mops it up comfortably and 20 seconds later the ball ends up in the back of our net. Three or four occasions we could have stopped it getting to that point."It is a good strike from McCarthy but I think we have to look at how we defended it. "We played some reasonable stuff without being overly threatening and when they went forward they looked decent at times. We couldn't deal with Lukaku."</blockquote>

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