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A Class Apart – Stormin’ Normann

A Class Apart – Stormin’ Normann

19th October 2021 By Chris Sadler 4 Comments

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There have been three occasions in recent years when a supernova exploded over Carrow Road. 

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The first was Nathan Redmond. City were a Championship side and played a Premier League team in a friendly. As the sides trotted onto the pitch there was an immediate difference between the two squads.

The Premier League players looked like Premier League players and the City players… didn’t. Well, nearly didn’t, there was one exception – Nathan Redmond. Although fairly slight, Redmond moved like a Premier League player. He exuded the pace, power and confidence of a Premier League player. And sadly the rest of the squad just didn’t.

They looked like a mid-table Championship side – and that’s what they were. Redmond looked like a Premier League player and that’s where he ended up and has played nowhere else since.

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The second explosion in the sky over NR1 was James Maddison Esq. I remember the sizzle reel put out around the time of his imminent transfer to an unnamed club.

The astonishing and frightening thing about Maddison’s performances in his video highlights wasn’t how good he looked it was how bad the City players looked around him. They were missing his runs, the one-two opportunities; his pace, his vision, his drive. That was what was most astonishing and frightening – and slightly depressing.

Maddison soon left for the promised land of the King Power Stadium to join top-flight Leicester City and folks more sympathetic with his talents. He remains there.

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And now we have a new coruscating catalyst, a shining star called Mathias Normann. A player who will be worth £50million by the end of the season. Sadly he is a conundrum too as he is only on loan and City will not see this benefit unless they stay up.

His talents are exceptional. Even though not entirely match fit he’s won Man of the Match in all the games he’s played. He makes the players around him look bland. His energy, drive and commitment put the rest of the side to shame. He is the sort of player with such influence and character he is capable – as they used to say – of winning games on his own.

The sad thing is these qualities shine not because of his undoubted talent, but because of the effort, commitment, hard work and confidence he exudes.

Why did we have to wait for Stormin’ Normann to arrive before we saw that on a pitch? Those are not qualities restrained by talent, but purely by attitude. The other players need to hold themselves to account against this. With eleven Mathias Normanns on the pitch we would certainly stay up. But as it stands we only have one.

Is that enough?

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  1. Colin M says

    19th October 2021 at 12:55 pm

    You’ve either got it or you ain’t but in the lower reaches of P L there’s not that many that have.
    Interesting observation, but I’d want to add more, Hucks, Emi, Bellars, Crook.

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  2. canaryjim says

    19th October 2021 at 7:59 pm

    Maybe a mick channon too colin 😉

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    • Colin M says

      20th October 2021 at 12:36 pm

      Ah yes and Martin Peters too.

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  3. Cannock canary says

    21st October 2021 at 8:25 am

    Chris Sutton always looked a class apart in a very decent team

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