The trouble with 7-0 wins is that they set the bar impossibly high. And it wasn’t just the seven goals. It was the quality of performance; the ebb and flow; the relentlessness; the precision. What followed was only ever going to be a pale imitation in terms of its beauty. While some were expecting another […]
DERBY PREVIEW… with a little help from some of MyFootballWriter’s friends
It was time to get the band back together for this week’s preview. Off the back of the most thrilling Tuesday evening since the dawning of time, Colin Michael, Andy Delf, Don Harrold and John Scent have dusted down their instruments, scraped themselves off the ceiling and given us their considered thoughts ahead of City […]
City deliver a near-fatal blow to Watford’s title hopes while smashing records aplenty
Wow. Where to start, other than to say this really this is the ultimate test of not too high, not too low. So forget that. 99.9 per cent of City fans will need scraping off the ceiling this morning after, arguably, the most exhilarating 93 minutes of NCFC football in all of our lifetimes. As […]
A late blow to the solar plexus at Deepdale but City edge ever closer to the big prize
In anyone’s book, a point away at Deepdale in those most trying of circumstances should be seen as one gained, and it was, but try telling that to the good folk of the Canary Nation. For all the bravado mustered upon the final blast of Dean Whitestone’s whistle (more on where I’d like to shove […]
From dial-up to super-fast broadband in just under four years of the Webberlution
However poorly timed, ill-judged and bloody annoying this international break may be – and it’s all of those things – it does permit those of us who write about the club the chance to draw breath, take a step back and survey the lie of the land ahead of the run-in. The Wednesday-Saturday relentlessness of […]
City fail to make it ten on the spin but with Swans and Bees faltering the PL beckons
All good things… etc, but it’s no less disappointing when those good thing do come to an end. And that nine-game winning run was a good thing. A bloody marvellous thing. That we let slip a couple of points yesterday was not the end of the world, especially after said run has opened up a […]
BLACKBURN PREVIEW: Does Emi return? Can Bradders help end the winning run?
It’s to the gang of four I head for some help with this week’s preview: Andy Delf, Colin Michael, Don Harrold and John Scent. Take it away guys… So, how did you watch/listen to events at the City Ground unfold? iFollow? Sky red button? Radio Norfolk? And where does that opening half-hour rank in your […]
Nine wins on the spin for our flying Canaries and now it’s a question of when not if
“We can still catch Norwich”. Ivan Toney. Sky Sports. March 12, 2021. Dream on, Ivan. In fairness to Brentford’s finest, he was only saying what every pro is conditioned to say and, besides, said gent has a certain swagger that probably has him believing that anything is possible. But he’s wrong, just as his manager […]
Eyes on the prize, as City repel spirited Wednesday & edge closer to the p-word
Ivan Toney is a confident chap. Bullish even. Those who watched his post-match interview on Sky last Friday following Brentford’s 1-0 win over Blackburn will know what I mean. Before presenting himself with the Man of the Match award (he would also have awarded himself the trophy) Ivan got the hump when the Sky Sports […]
OWLS PREVIEW: Simon Thomas talks to MFW ahead of City’s trip to Hillsborough
Ahead of City’s attempt to make it eight in a row in South Yorkshire, I was lucky enough to chat to presenter, podcaster, former Sky Sports and Blue Peter presenter, President of Blood Cancer UK and, of course, City fan, Mr Simon Thomas. *** Thanks for joining us, mate. Appreciated. Has been an impossibly hard […]
If *it* happens, what’s on Webber & Farke’s to-do list to help steer City to PL safety?
I’ve been reluctant to look too far ahead for obvious reasons but even the lads at Archant are dipping their toes into the water, so I may as well put in my two-penneth. I’m talking of course of the club’s chances of making 2021-22 more than another single-season stopover in the Premier League. All caveated […]
Seven wins in a row; five clean sheets in the last seven; and ten points clear
There was a comment from Ben Gibson in the week, posted on Instagram in the aftermath of the Brentford win, that summed up perfectly the mindset in the City camp right now. “We have to win at the weekend so it isn’t wasted.” That this conversation had been had was confirmed after yesterday’s game by […]
Stiepi – not everyone’s cup of tea but was born to score goals and is on his way back!
He’s not everyone’s cup of tea and, I suspect even by his own admission, his Premier League experience was his season horribilis. Born to score goals he may be, but not so much when the Premier League is home. He wasn’t alone of course but I have often pondered what may have happened last season […]
Another day, another win, another Emi special, with a #ncfc double-pivot to die for
I trust we all woke up this morning feeling fine… Emi will generate the headlines. Of course he will. And why shouldn’t he. It was a brilliant goal. But at the heart of City’s fine win over the best the Championship has to throw at us was a quartet whose influence on all that happens […]
A crisp efficiency about the Class of 2021 right now as City negotiate another hurdle
And the wins just keep on coming. The myth, not helped by people like me, that City sometimes buckle when opponents put it up ’em should no longer even be a thing. Wycombe did everything, literally everything, to try and do a Jonesy on us but, despite a valiant attempt, came up short. Not only […]
City have to dig deep at St Andrew’s but Pukki’s brace keeps the ship on course
That City were able to hit three and still find time to miss a penalty on what was, by their own admission, an off night speaks volumes for this iteration of Norwich City. Cliché time I’m afraid: they found a way. I tweeted at half-time that I would happily settle for a point and I […]
BRUM PREVIEW: Parked buses Karanka-style, ultra-defence and the no 10 debate
Two games in close proximity, the first one a (narrow) win for City, so why change a winning team? Therefore it’s again to Andy Delf, Don Harrold, Colin Michael and John Scent I turn for their thoughts on City’s return to St Andrew’s. Lads, you know the drill… How are the nerves after Saturday’s second […]
A gritty, nervy one at the Carra but City edge past the some feisty ol’ Millers
“That was a tough ol’ go, Boy!” The words of Mr Derek Gowers (aka Dad) on the phone to Gower Junior at around 5pm yesterday. As ever, he nailed in one small sentence what I struggle to do in 800 words. It was indeed a tough ol’ go, in every sense, but that City came […]
ROTHERHAM PREVIEW… with a little bit of help from some familiar MFW voices
We’ve tried to mix the MFW match previews up a little this season and so it’s to four friends of MFW that I’ve turned for their thoughts ahead of tomorrow’s visit by Paul Warne’s Rotherham, namely Andy Delf, Don Harold, John Scent and Colin Michael. To keep it simple (for me, not them) I asked […]
The Emi and Teemu show sets the scene for a pivotal win on the St Andrew’s quag
Okay, so there were a few hairy moments in the second-half and our Tim at least had to get his gloves dirty as Coventry responded well to going 2-0 just before the interval, but the damage had already been done. Buendia-Pukki and Pukki-Buendia had already inflicted the blows that rendered the game over, as long […]