Some very good movies have come along over the years with the word “Bad” featuring loudly and proudly in the title, such as “Bad Day at Black Rock in 1950, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1967, and, crossing the theoretical millennium bridge, The Bad News Bears in 2005. And yesterday MFW Editor Gary decided to perpetuate the legendary line with […]
The Preview: Plymouth Argyle v Norwich City
When I got the call-up to do this particular MFW preview, I knew that Ashley Barnes would feature prominently in the content, but had no idea that the context would change – and for all the wrong reasons. Plymouth Argyle surely became the club every true citizen of East Anglia fell in some form of unknowing but […]
As we contemplate autumn, a pleasant summer breeze has blown through NR1
For me, Chris Sutton is one of those so-called pundits who you have to be wary of. Very wary in fact. Many times over the years our Chris has fallen foul of authority in its various forms with his in-yer-face, no-nonsense, tell-it-as-he-sees-it comments and he continues to divide public opinion to this day. This feeling […]
The international break… a true Scot… Idah on target… & injury agony for Nacho
What with everything that has been going on behind the scenes at Carrow Road in the last seven days dear readers, you would be forgiven for thinking that these here UEFA European 23-24 Championships qualifying rounds are not being played this week and next for all the attention that MFW has afforded them. A quick […]
A good, bad or meh transfer window for City? The Posse has its say
Norwich City have long claimed not to like doing deals late in any given transfer window, and we’ve consistently heard this mantra from Paul Lambert to David Wagner, with both Alex Neil and Daniel Farke pretty much riding the same train too. Dean Smith had a couple of windows too, but these I seem to […]
“Miles off”…”Not good enough”. No word mincing from our coach and keeper
The recent ankle injury suffered by Josh Sargent, which will see him sidelined until the New Year, hasn’t exactly helped City’s situation, but the fact that we have moved on from being ultra reliant on one man [Teemu Pukki, of course] to produce goals is a significant mitigating factor. “It is, however, an unpleasant reminder of […]
Plenty of Ashton Gate positives with the Sarge news the only downer
When I saw the teamsheet for Ashton Gate I must admit to feeling a modicum of excitement as, at last, some issues were made abundantly clear as head coach David Wagner made his selection. The goalkeeping pecking order is now firmly established and to my surprise the one left out in the cold is American-Chilean youngster Vicente Reyes, […]
“Nothing not to like about this season so far and plenty to love”
There is something extremely pleasing about winning 4-0 away from home, especially when Saturday’s defeat of Huddersfield Town saw us hit second spot in the formative EFL Championship table, thus lifting us one point and four places above the Binmen to put them back in their box – for now at least. Equally pleasing were […]
High standards and high energy – in the stands and on the pitch
I can’t help but find a common theme between City head coach David Wagner and the breath of fresh air that has been free transfer signing Ashley Barnes as they expressed their views after the 3-1 mauling*** of the Lions of Millwall at Carrow Road on Sunday. Their attitude, which I’m pretty darn sure wasn’t choreographed, can be boiled […]
The Preview: Norwich City v Millwall
In MFW’s latest encounter with Nick Hart – creator of the brilliant Achtung! Millwall podcast – we have sensibly decided that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it and once again put the ball entirely in his court and asked him to give us the lowdown on how things are going down at the New Den right now, […]
The bond between players and Y’Army is back – just don’t tell the suits
“I think there’s still a few people feeling what went on last season, so there was a bit of nerves there, but they [the players] came through that brilliantly, and showed big courage in the way we want to play. “I’m really pleased that we got the point. We’re two games in, we’ve got four […]
Very early days, but has peace finally broken out at the Carra?
Phrases such as ceasefire, cessation of hostilities, or even invitations to smoke the pipe of peace have been much valued across the timeline of history, from the day Ug promised Stig he wouldn’t rob his cattle if he stopped trying it on with his life partner whenever they were alone together in the Big Cave. […]
The Martin P posse gives its eve-of-2023-24 thoughts…
As I mentioned more than once at the MFW weekend, the phony war begins at 1500 hours CRT precisely on Saturday, August 5, with CRT in this case obviously standing for Carrow Road Time, where the first shots of 2023-24 will be exchanged between ourselves and the Tigers of Hull City. The summer has been nothing without […]
Friendlies complete [✅]. Mulled over new season with mates [✅]. Now it begins
There’s nothing quite like it as all the stars begin to align when we are just one calendar week away from the start of that most vital thing in our lives – the beginning of the new football season. Season tickets, memberships, and arrangements for a match-day lift schedule with your mates all nicely completed, […]
The (Love)Joy of an Auction – Norwich City Style
The seemingly ever-popular world of antiques and auctions is one I have dipped in and out of over the years, both in terms of buying or selling items of little financial value it must be said. One of my favourite TV programmes back in the day was unashamedly Lovejoy. For MFW readers who passed it by […]
Why sell Bali?… the Lion & Castle opens… the Camacho rumour… & much more
Gary said yesterday that he is not feeling quite so aggrieved at the departure of Bali Mumba to Plymouth Argyle as other City supporters might well be so, here’s how I feel guv’nor, and there’s only one word for it: gutted. That article attracted a large amount of comments and it is a testimony to us MFW […]
Tommo’s injury, Todd’s nod, Town’s bounce, Holty’s march & more
I too “woke up yesterday morning with the intention of writing a piece in response to Delia’s interview in the Financial Times but, on reflection, thought better of it”, just as MFW editor Gary G did. Last week we featured an excellent article from Trev, who exhorted MFW readers and writers to put any off-field differences behind […]
The Yorkshire links, to and fro, refuse to go away
There’s well under a month to go now before the curtain is raised on the EFL Championship season of 2023-24, surely one where the huge number of Norwich City supporters that consider themselves to occupy the middle ground of expectation probably aren’t anticipating the current squad to pull up too many trees. Not for the […]
Where there’s gambling, you can bet on a controversy
It’s part of local folklore that back in the day Norwich had something which few other cities possessed, and that was that the City Walls contained within their geography a church for every week of the year and, possibly better still, a pub for every single day of the year. This of course would have […]
From Carlos Borges to Gabriel Forsyth and much gossip in between
To give credit where it is well and truly due, Norwich City have certainly played their part in the lives of the gossip-mongers over the last seven days and that is for sure. Gary dealt with the only concrete issue yesterday, the arrival of 22-year-old Spanish prospect Borja Sainz from Turkey’s Giresunspor, the latest in a line […]