Quite simply Holt is a Norwich legend, which is quite something after little more than 60 games for the club. His goal scoring exploits alone would be enough to clinch this status, but there’s a swagger and a touch of mischief about the man that warms the cockles of the most frozen of Canary hearts.
Archives for December 2010
Wilbraham’s arrival sees another piece of the jigsaw fall into place for a spring assualt on the play-offs
“I have liked the look of him every time I saw him play – and he scored against us last season,” the City chief told the club’s official website. “He will play alongside our other strikers here and I’m sure he will be able to pass on his experience to them as well.”
Luckless Lansbury could have played his last game for City as Lambert’s squad is stretched thin
“It’s been unbelievable what’s happened since we’ve come in,” admitted Lambert, that League One title safely installed on his blossoming cv. “Sometimes you tend to find it stops at times, but for some reason the lads have just kept on going which has been incredible.
Wesley all smiles after that first hat-trick of his senior career. ‘We just keep going and going…
“We keep going and going,” said Hoolahan, quizzed as to what it was about these second-half revivals. “And the Gaffer keeps on at us – that it’s not over until the final whistle. And we kept going and going – and lucky enough got the few goals at the end.”
Hoolahan’s hat-trick seals another famous City win as the sparks fly in a real festive thriller
“I think when you’ve got a fan-base as vibrant as Norwich you’ve got to hit the ground running,” said the City chief. “But the way it went last season was brilliant and its just gone on from there.”
Hoolahan's hat-trick seals another famous City win as the sparks fly in a real festive thriller
“I think when you’ve got a fan-base as vibrant as Norwich you’ve got to hit the ground running,” said the City chief. “But the way it went last season was brilliant and its just gone on from there.”
Evans hoping for a birthday bonus as struggling Blades head for a clement Carrow Road
“At the moment we think it’s going to be a least a fortnight. But that’s at the very least. It could be much more than that,” Carver told the Sheffield Star newspaper ahead of this afternoon’s trip.
Lambert banking on Holt getting better and better as City prepare for the Boxing Day trip to Palace
“He’s a heavyweight lad,” said Lambert, speaking of his skipper. “I think he’s always going to have to watch what he eats – so the way that his body is and the make-up of him, he’s always got to watch what he’s doing. But if he does that and he can keep fit, then it’s great for everybody at Norwich…
A Stanley Special: A festive salute to the architects of these happiest of recent times…
On balance there have been few more enjoyable times to be part of the Yellow Army. We can only hope that it all lasts, and for this to happen we have to hold onto the architect of our resurrection, a man whose actions speak infinitely louder than his words… step forward Paul Lambert.
Lambert hands Santa his Xmas wish-list – the right big characters being right to the fore
“If they’ve got the winning mentality to coincide with that, then you’ve got a good player on your hands,” he added. “And that’s what I look for. I don’t look for anybody to come in and disrupt anything – or come in and think that they’re bigger than the group that’s already there…
Holt looking ever more like the man for this season as he starts to really hit his stride
Equally telling was the sharpness he demonstrated within that six-yard box; he is clearly alert in both mind and limb as the business end of the season looms ever larger on the Canary radar.
City fans reap rich reward for their trip into the teeth of winter as Holt delivers at the double
“I have been in some really good dressing rooms at certain times in my career, but the one here is as good as any,” said City chief Paul Lambert afterwards.
Lansbury signs up for another month as Lambert looks forward to a reunion with Mr Platt
“He’s a terrific lad and did really well for me when I was at Colchester,” said Lambert. “He’s a proper man which is rare these days – and he’s a handful, there’s no doubt about that. A good lad and a good character.”
Simple survival remains the name of the game for Lambert; that’s what he’s gunning for first
“There’s not much in it and we’ve been playing brilliantly, but I just want to survive. That’s my main concern – and if we survive we’ll be doing alright.”
Palace (a) on Boxing Day; that’s the one that will test City’s mettle as the back bend starts to unwind
I remember having a frank exchange of views with then boss Gary Megson as to which way the Evening News’ wind was blowing as to his chances of surviving a summer of change board-room wise. Suffice to say, it was the Evening News wot won it as Mike Walker returned for his second spell at the helm.
Lambert still of good cheer as Nugent makes City rue the chances that got away
“Sometimes when the players are in there in the dressing room you can criticise people when things haven’t gone your way, but I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” said the City chief, with the result leaving the Canaries in sixth this evening and still in the play-off mixer.
A festive little ditty or two to keep us all in the post-derby party mood… Happy Xmas, one and all.
Deck the stands with boughs of holly, Four-four-four-four-four, four-four-four-one, Ipswich fans are melancholy, Four-four-four-four-four, four-four-four-one. Those in yellow/green apparel, Four-four-four, four-four-four, four-four-one, Bent their players o’er a barrel, Four-four-four-four-four, four-four-four-one… I had thought about filling this entire column with festive ditties basking in our derby win. But it’s now a week and a half […]
Cotterill rues the points that have got away as Holty’s derby mugs fly off the festive shelves
“We could have got four more points last month,” he told the Portsmouth News this week. Suddenly we would have been in the top six and continued our great run from October. But that’s what happens in football. It’s such a fine line…
If it ain’t that bust, is there a real need to try and fix it this January?
What’s interesting about this current set-up is that it is short on big ‘names’; if you asked a dozen Canary supporters to say who is the ‘star’ of this current team and you might get half-a-dozen answers.
Lambert salutes his away-day heroes as the Canaries continue to power on and on
“I’ve never been one to go away from home, to bed ourselves in and try and consolidate – I’ve always been one to try and get hold of the game,” Lambert explained. “And I think that the crowd that we bring we have to get on the front foot; they come a hell of a long way to watch us and it’s up to us to try and give them something.”