Archive for April, 2014

He should, without doubt, have been the first Norwich City player to have played for England. The fact that he still wasn’t considered, even when he was winning the FA Cup and reaching a major European final with West Ham is a footballing travesty.

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To be put forward as cannon fodder at the canonization of St Ryan was always going to be a challenge but to roll over in such limp fashion when the stakes were so high speaks volumes of the current crop.

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Fulham might have been held to a 2-2 draw at home to Hull City; Norwich might still be one point clear of the bottom three. But the Londoners have Crystal Palace at home on the final day of the season. City have Arsenal at home.

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In the cold light of day we’ve been marooned on 32 points for over a month. Not since the win over Sunderland – the one we thought had taken us to the cusp of safety – has the points total headed in an upward direction.

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Who’d be your preference. Darren Fletcher or Ray Wilkins? Nani or Bryan Robson? Danny Welbeck or Frank Stapleton? Paul McGrath or Chris Smalling? Shinji Kagawa or Arnold Muhren?

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Rather than being steam-rollered, the Canaries rolled up their metaphorical sleeves up and dug in. The heads stayed high and the chests remained puffed out. And what we witnessed was a City side ‘giving it a go’. Something we have been asking for all season.

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Gary Hooper’s first Premier League goal since Boxing Day and a late header from Robert Snodgrass ensured that the Canaries at least went down all guns blazing this afternoon as Liverpool’s irresistible charge towards the Premier League title wobbled briefly in the midst of their eventual 3-2 success.
In fairness to Neil Adams’ men they could [...]

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My son’s simple, unjaded attitude is a reminder of two basic truths about our situation as supporters: first, about what our expectations should be; and second, that our love of the game and of our team overrides all setbacks

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With the bookies, pundits and ‘experts’ alike now predicting a return to the Championship, City now find themselves in the realms of ‘nothing to lose’.

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Here’s another question. If Lambert and Villa were to part company this summer, which of the two men would be the first to be re-employed? Who would get the bigger gig?

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