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Archive for January, 2011

Lambert happy with a potentially ‘pivotal’ point as City draw a blank down the Selhurst

January 30th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | 1 Comment »

“I thought John Ruddy was excellent with some great saves; I thought Leon Barnett was excellent,” said Lambert. “And, as I said, it’s a point away from home and that point could be pivotal towards the end.”

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Russell Martin signs up for an extended tour of duty as Lambert readies for the final push to the line

January 28th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“This new contract gives me a platform to continue that and the fans have been great since I’ve been here and I’m hopefully here for a few more years to come,” he told www.canaries.co.uk.

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Is ‘The Force’ now with the Canaries? Is the die now cast for a spring to celebrate?

January 26th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | 2 Comments »

He has Henri Lansbury back in the pack till the end of the season; that young man now has a clear run of games in which to make his mark. That he will play is clear; that’s why Arsene Wenger lets his boys out in the first place – on the basis that they will get games.

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Crofts could be the dark horse for Player of the Season in a city wreathed in smiles today

January 24th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“The fans have been different class to me and the team and, as I say, we just want to keep working, keep building and keep going,” he said. “And they have been unbelievable since I’ve been here; the atmosphere is always great – and they’re now getting their rewards.”

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Crofts the two-goal hero as Lambert salutes a ‘colossal’ effort by players and fans alike

January 22nd, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“I’ve said to him that he’s creating a niche for himself the way that he’s been performing,” Lambert told BBC Radio Norfolk afterwards. “He’s been probably one of the best midfielders in this league – I think…

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Ramsey’s return to Cardiff takes a little shine off Lansbury’s longer tour of duty as Lambert hones his thinking

January 21st, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“I am considering to give Ramsey one month out on loan, with a possibility of him going to Cardiff,” said Wenger at his pre-match Press conference. “I don’t want [Ramsey] to go to a Premier League club because I want him to finish the season with us…

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Back from the brink and boldly looking to the future – a timely salute to Messrs Bowkett and McNally

January 19th, 2011 by Mick Dennis | 5 Comments »

It was not the sort of triumph that leads to an open-topped bus parade, but perhaps it should have been recognised by some sort of celebration, because at this year’s AGM chairman lan Bowkett admitted that, without that rescheduling: “We would not be standing here today…”

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Ian Wright, Wright, Wright on why Hammers would be wrong, wrong, wrong for his pal Paul

January 18th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“Paul is a good mate of mine as we used to share a car on the way to Celtic training,” revealed Wright. “You will not meet a nicer man in the world and he is doing well at Norwich. I am not sure he would need all the stick he would get by walking into the job at West Ham…

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Lessons from the day that the Lambert balloon first went up; that the cow in the other field isn’t always the, um, right cow…

January 17th, 2011 by Kevin Baldwin | Comments Off

The first sign that something might be afoot came the weekend before. I was listening to 6-0-6 (a rare event these days, and likely to become even rarer if Robbie Savage is a regular on there) when a Burnley fan came on and said he’d heard Lambert had resigned…

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Not content with keeping Mr Bellamy under wraps, Russell Martin adds another big goal to his 2011 tally

January 16th, 2011 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off

“I’m happy how I’ve done with him [Bellamy],” added Martin. “We all know what he’s got going the other way, but as he said at the end he was fed up running back with me!

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