• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

My Football Writer

My Football Writer Norwich City news… comment… analysis

Norwich City – news, comment and analysis

Find the best betting sites
  • Home
  • About us
  • The Team
  • Archives Index
  • Patreon
  • ADVERTISE
  • Contact us

Goal No25 for Holt seals a crucial win on a near-perfect day for the Canaries

28th February 2010 By Tom Haylett Leave a Comment

Please share

City boss Paul Lambert hailed his troops after they ground out another three points at Oldham on what was a near-perfect day for the table-toppers.

With Leeds being held to a draw at Huddersfield in the early kick-off and Colchester going down to a 3-2 defeat at Bristol Rovers, City’s 1-0 win at Boundary Park increases the gap to both the Whites and the chasing pack, with the Yorkshire giants now five points adrift.

And a single second-half goal, courtesy of Grant Holt after a beautifully flighted cross from Anthony McNamee, was enough to seal the victory for the Canaries.

They did, however, have to withstand some late pressure, with Fraser Forster saving well at the feet of Keigan Parker when the Latics striker was clean through.

And after missing a host of first-half chances, City may not have got away with it on another occasion.  But they did and at this stage of the season, it’s all about the points.

“It’s another important three points,” he said afterwards, speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk. “It is a tough place to come in difficult conditions but I’m delighted with the lads.

“I thought we had a few chances in the first-half, maybe enough to finish the game but we never took them.

“Grant scores and then we’re hanging on at the death and Fraser makes a great save but it’s another big win for us.

“If we’d have taken our chances in the first-half then we might not have been in that position but as I said, I’m delighted with the lads.”

The City chief made just one change to his line-up with the rested Korey Smith coming back in for Stephen Hughes in the engine room.

And, to the surprise of a few, McNamee kept his slot on the right-wing. With Wes Hoolahan roaming as well, it was certainly a bold move by the Scot.

But in the business end of the season, it’s all about getting your hands on maximum points. And Lambert has never been afraid to take a risk.

“I always keep saying that we’ve got to try and win more games than not and I think the best way to do that is to attack people and I thought the two of them [McNamee and Hoolahan] did fine.

“Wes came out on the left where Chrissy Martin was and vice versa. The lads have shown me that they can adapt to different formations which is great.”

Asked whether he was aware of Leeds’ 2-2 draw at west Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield, Lambert confirmed that he knew the score before City kicked off.

But whatever their promotion rivals do from now until May, the Canary boss is just concentrating on his side.

And he’s absolutely delighted with the position they’ve put themselves in with just 12 games remaining.

“Yes, we were aware [of the Leeds result] but we can’t influence what happens anywhere else. We can only try and win our own games and it was another big three points.

“We’re doing fine and we’ve done absolutely brilliantly to get ourselves into this position because in my first game, people just wanted us to get into the play-offs.”

City: Forster; R Martin, Doherty, Nelson, Rose; McNamee (Spillane 80), Smith, Lappin, Hoolahan (Hughes 67), Holt, C Martin (Johnson 80). Subs not used: Steer, Adeyemi, McVeigh, Gill.


Please share

Filed Under: Latest news

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

FIND MY FOOTBALL WRITER ON

As featured on NewsNow: Norwich City news” style=

Norwich City News 24/7

#NCFC LATEST

andyarmsby Andy Armsby @andyarmsby ·
3h

In no particular order:
Seeing #ncfc win at Wembley
Fathering my little one
Seeing @peterkay_co_uk live tonight

My top 3 best moments in life

Reply on Twitter 1639051084747382784 Retweet on Twitter 1639051084747382784 Like on Twitter 1639051084747382784 Twitter 1639051084747382784
klobo15 Klobo @klobo15 ·
3h

He learnt it all on the fields of Colney. #NCFC

Reply on Twitter 1639049984577503233 Retweet on Twitter 1639049984577503233 Like on Twitter 1639049984577503233 Twitter 1639049984577503233
fan_banter Fan Banter @fan_banter ·
4h

England fans attacked by baton wielding Italian police with fan knocked unconscious - https://fanbanter.co.uk/england-fans-attacked-by-baton-wielding-italian-police-with-supporter-knocked-unconscious/

#watfordfc #ncfc #twitterclarets #safc #rufc #wafc #bcfc #rovers #utmp #bristolcity #ccfc #pusb #htafc #hcafc #coyh #boro #millwall #qpr #readingfc #twitterblades #scfc

Reply on Twitter 1639035544561672192 Retweet on Twitter 1639035544561672192 Like on Twitter 1639035544561672192 Twitter 1639035544561672192
norwichcityfc Norwich City FC @norwichcityfc ·
4h

🇫🇮 Teemu Pukki claimed an assist for Finland tonight, featuring in their fixture against Denmark ⬇️

#NCFC

Reply on Twitter 1639030802695462913 Retweet on Twitter 1639030802695462913 Like on Twitter 1639030802695462913 31 Twitter 1639030802695462913
fan_banter Fan Banter @fan_banter ·
5h

Ex-Prem and EFL forward becomes manager of 14th tier club 'destined for big things' - https://fanbanter.co.uk/ex-prem-and-efl-forward-becomes-manager-of-14th-tier-club-destined-for-big-things/

#watfordfc #ncfc #twitterclarets #safc #rufc #wafc #bcfc #rovers #utmp #bristolcity #ccfc #pusb #htafc #hcafc #coyh #boro #millwall #qpr #readingfc #twitterblades #scfc

Reply on Twitter 1639025478295236608 Retweet on Twitter 1639025478295236608 Like on Twitter 1639025478295236608 Twitter 1639025478295236608
Load More...

Copyright © 2023 21VC Ltd | All rights reserved | Not to be reproduced without prior permission.

Disclaimer: The information on this website consists of personal opinions. Whilst we have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained on these Web pages is accurate and correct at the time of writing we do not accept any liability whatsover for any loss or damage caused by reliance on this information.

We do not accept any responsibility for information contained in other websites to which this site links. We strongly advise users to check any information before acting or relying on it.

Developed and Hosted by