March 19th, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | 2 Comments »
As everyone knows, there are no small games in the English Premier League.
Every game is a big game; and, at the end of the day, a win is just a win – whether it be against a Manchester United or a Blackburn Rovers, it is still three points.
And so many a managerial mantra will run. [...]
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March 10th, 2012 by Kevin Baldwin | 3 Comments »
Of course, we know very well after two and a half years that this public reticence conceals intelligence, astuteness, boldness and determination. In Lambert we trust to such an extent that while his team selections sometimes raise eyebrows before kick-off, they never raise objections in the stands.
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March 7th, 2012 by Mick Dennis | 9 Comments »
I always rage at the moaners and the snipers who, even this season, can find something to make themselves miserable before they phone Radio Norfolk or log-in to message boards. Yet Lambert was less able to deal with the [Manchester United] defeat than any of them. You’ve got to love the guy.
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March 1st, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | 5 Comments »
‘There is not enough money, and the Premier League and Football League have confirmed no parachute payment money will come to the club. I do not have people interested in buying the club currently knocking my door down to do the deal.’
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February 27th, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | 2 Comments »
Were I still beholden to delivering marks out of ten on all concerned, I think it would be fair to say that no-one in a Canary shirt would have dipped beneath an eight for yesterday’s performance against Premier League champions Manchester United. Many would have walked off with a nine…
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February 21st, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | Comments Off
For all their trials and tribulations over the last decade and for the numbers, the noise and the colour with which they take to the road this season, personally I think City’s supporters deserve a decent cup run; they have earned the right to grace Wembley Way sooner rather than later – even if it was only for a semi-final. The place needs to be a celebratory sea of yellow and green.
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February 14th, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | 1 Comment »
The point is fairly simple. Football is littered with fine lines; decisions made in haste that come back to haunt you; decisions that are made for all the right reasons at the time can – with hindsight – appear so, so wrong. But on this occasion, Norwich City Football Club appear to have side-stepped a very large minefield…
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February 7th, 2012 by Rick Waghorn | 8 Comments »
Somewhere down the back – in Canary Corner – will be the New York Canaries. We will, I suspect, talk football rather than digital platforms. Which is fine; you end up wearing a coat of many colours these days. And I already know my first question: ‘So, is this as good as it gets?’
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January 26th, 2012 by Kevin Baldwin | 2 Comments »
With the passing of time – and a renewed enthusiasm for football engendered by the transformation at Carrow Road over the last three seasons – I felt able to give it another go. Fired by that enthusiasm, not to mention a large Mars bar and two Red Bulls, I stepped onto a pitch again last Friday evening…
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January 17th, 2012 by Mick Dennis | 9 Comments »
The changed football landscape meant that clubs like Norwich could never again compete at the very top of the English game on equal terms. But, there are no other clubs exactly like Norwich, with fans who stay so loyal and so passionate in the third tier. Certainly there are no managers quite like Paul Lambert…
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