Let’s face it, most of us Canary supporters are down in the dumps right now as many of us feel like we’ve been befuddled, bemused and even downright cheated at the extreme end of the emotional scale as this season’s non-events have unfolded. We have been left with a squad within which there is no […]
A season that promised much, but which delivered us a mix of rien, nada, zero & zilch
The season that promised so much according to the powers that be at Carrow Road has delivered rien, nada, zero, zilch. I am not Mystic Meg, in fact I’m don’t even have the insight of MFW’s *Mystic Kev* but I commented on an article during this week that our season was finished on 05/03/22 after that […]
Another unhappy night at the Carra, albeit City gave the rich kids a second-half scare
As regular MFW readers will know I struggle to go to night matches these days, and especially when they are rearranged at relatively short notice to accommodate the likes of Chelsea who as I write are still part of the *elite*. For how long this bunch of erstwhile rich kids*** will remain in this elevated […]
If we’re the children of Delia, then best she prepares for some strops and tantrums
Some MFW readers have children while others don’t. It’s the way life works out and many people, like Delia Smith very recently, declare to the media that they simply don’t want offspring as they would not be confident of being a good parent. That’s fine by me. My own issues, now in their early thirties, […]
The depths of Hades… lessons learned… one heartwarming moment… and some tatts
I left Carrow Road on the hour on Saturday and got some stick from those around me for doing so, including my matchday friends Alan and Mystic Kev. Well deserved probably but getting back home in time to take Geezer for a walk before it got dark suddenly became a top priority. Talking of the […]
Anfield gloom… a frustrated Deano.. Zimbo’s return… Delia’s kids… and a classy Daniel
I’m not going to go down Gary’s path of yesterday by having a go at the ITV sports team. Mainly because I would not be as polite and relatively restrained as he was. OK I admired Lee Dixon as a footballer but as a pundit – yuck! Anyway the result the majority of the world […]
LIVERPOOL FA CUP PREVIEW: Martin P chats with Tony Evans
Here we go [to Anfield] again. Yes, and this time around it’s to face a Liverpool side buoyed by their quite astonishing Carabao Cup Final win over Chelsea 11-10 after penalties. Me? I’d have preferred a replay but currently, worldwide television scheduling rules out anything of a traditional nature so penalties to decide the contest […]
A gut-wrencher on the south coast but in the real world it was just a football match
I’m not attempting to defend Friday night’s performance simply because I don’t feel that I can. Limpid, placid, ineffective and seemingly willingly outplayed are descriptions that immediately come to mind. James and Gary covered the match itself in gruesome detail yesterday. You know, another one with just one Norwich shot on target. Dean Smith said […]
The Canary nation expects foreign nationals to hit the ground running, but it’s a big ask
The fact that former City player Cedric Anselin has very recently been granted settled status allowing him to stay in the UK permanently has set my old thought train running down the tracks. To be honest Cedric was never a star and debatably not really one of our stand-out recruits [courtesy of Bruce Rioch who […]
For an hour at Anfield we matched the Reds but there’s no fighting a ‘perfect storm’
If that wasn’t the footballing equivalent of a “perfect storm” I really don’t know what could top it and I’m not simply talking about the inclement weather over the weekend either. We put up a decent show against the mighty Liverpool and even had the sheer effrontery to score first courtesy of Milot Rashica’s first-ever […]
LIVERPOOL PREVIEW – Is a fourth time lucky for City even possible?
Following hard on the heels of our 4-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Carra, we now anticipate a visit to Anfield for an encounter with the mighty Reds of Liverpool tomorrow. It never rains but it pours, hey? And after a visit from the Bees of Brentford – which takes on a “must-win” significance […]
Misinterpreted omens… Celtic ancestry… three-mile yomps… and a 4-0 thumping
The Romans, Celts and Anglo Saxons had several thing things in common, two of which were that they all loved a good scrap and believed in omens, portents and harbingers of doom. Check out Julius Caesar in the latter case if William, not Craig, Shakespeare is to be given credence, although our Bard of Avon […]
City 28%, Palace 72% – a repeat over next two games and we’ll not be earning a point
I guess this was the original “two points dropped or one point gained?” type of match. Personally, I am very much in the latter camp on this particular issue but can understand why folks might feel differently. There was an electric start when a great run from Milot Rashica picked out Adam Idah in the […]
And the prize is… Liverpool (a). A reward unbefitting a fine away performance
When I saw our team selection at 2pm on Saturday to take on Wolves in the FA Cup Fourth Round at Molineux I took one look at the Norwich City midfield and thought: oh, blimey. Pierre Lees-Melou, Billy Gilmour and Kenny McLean with Kieran Dowell loosely in the mix as well. Physically about as lightweight […]
WOLVES FA CUP PREVIEW: With bigger fish to fry, a mix and match from Deano?
Roll up, roll up, welcome to the Cabinet of Dr Caligari, live from Molineux at 3pm tomorrow. Doctor Caligari is not actually the chief medical officer at Juve but was in fact the lead character in a 1920s silent movie wherein all mysterious things went on and some believe the phrase “smoke and mirrors” originated from. […]
Unless there’s a Dereham-type twist, City’s business was done before it even started
As the January transfer window gently closes at midnight tonight it is plain for all us Canary types to see that it will have resulted in “a masterly policy of inactivity” to quote Richmal Crompton, who remains one of my favourite authors to this very day. Although she never knew it, in many ways she […]
Remember that talented crop of England capped-keepers who promised so much?
As the late January storm is interrupted by the sheer sense of calm created by the inaugural Premier League winter break we can recline our chairs, sit back and enjoy the closing stages of AFCON. Unless we’re Newcastle United fans of course in which case we would be sitting around a crate of Journey into […]
The model relies on the club gambling on potential. How have they fared so far?
Gary suggested on MFW last week that there would be no significant incomings for Norwich City during this month’s transfer window, during which period Watford have already introduced three new arrivals and Burnley have £25million burning a hole in the back pocket of Sean Dyche from the ludicrous price they achieved for the sale of […]
A good one in Herts for City as Josh at the double draws the sting from The Hornets
Now, who would have thought it? Who could imagine us scoring three goals away from home, keeping a clean sheet without Tim Krul, and Josh Sargent, of all people, coming up with a minor worldie and a header reminiscent of the great Iwan himself? Throw in the floodlight failure, a show of petulance by the […]
A chink of light in the darkness, or just a lone win? As ever, it’s the hope that kills…
Unpopular Everton manager Rafa Benitez has been replaced by *Druncan Disorderly* on an interim basis but I can’t say I’m too concerned about that as it’s not my problem. Or yours. Even before kick-off, the *Benitez get out of our club* and *sack the board* banners were unfurled in the Scouse section of the South […]